Unlike the owners of most musical instrument stores, Randy Shayler is not a musician. Beyond some childhood piano lessons and a stint playing clarinet in the sc...
When I was 15 years old, I got my first car. It was a brown-and-white, four-door 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne. It had been my grandfather’s car, and it probably had ...
In our last episode, we talked about listening to consumer needs, as we rethink business models and move forward to the next iteration of the music products ind...
We’ve been talking about disruption in the last few “Veddatorials.” I mentioned last month that, while retail has seen channel disruption (big-box stores, inter...
Having grown up in a household where “my dad always had instruments around the house for me to pick up,” it’s not surprising that Tim Spicer would look to recre...
Ultimately, every business boils down to three main elements: sales and marketing, finance, and operations.
My last three articles, hereafter referred to as ...
Once upon a time, when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, making purchases for MI retail stock was a simple task. Everything cost 50 percent of what it sold for ...
Disruption. We hear about it in every industry, and if you’re not a consumer, it can be scary. Unless, of course, your business is part of the disruption. Then ...
In the April 2015 issue of the Music & Sound Retailer, I talked about user reviews and how bad customer service experiences in stores have led to the breakd...
A&G Central Music, winner of the Music Makes a Difference and Dealer of the Year awards at NAMM’s Top 100 Dealer 2017 event in July, is also one of the most...
