Sam Ash Music took home a NAMM Top 100 Award for Best Online Presentation. At the “NAMM Retail Summit,” Sammy Ash, COO of the Hicksville, N.Y.-based company, joined NAMM President and CEO...
Carter Vintage Guitars won a NAMM Top 100 Award for Best Exterior—the vintage guitar shop has murals on both sides of its standalone building. But a pretty storefront is just a small part...
Gayle Beacock of Beacock Music in Vancouver, Wash., and Myrna Sislen of Middle C Music in Washington, D.C., operate under a simple but powerful strategy: Break down the barriers that keep...
At the “NAMM Retail Summit,” NAMM President and CEO Joe Lamond called on Jon Haber, a previous NAMM Top 100 winner, for online retailing advice. Haber, owner of Middletown, N.Y.-based Alt...
In 2014, Rand and Cindy Cook of The Candyman Strings and Things in Santa Fe, N.M., won NAMM’s Dealer of the Year award. Twelve months later, they regrouped with NAMM President and CEO Joe...
School bids can be frustrating. At some point, you’ve probably spent hours working up a bid, only to lose to a competitor. Still, there’s money to be made in school bidding, if you go abo...
School bids can be frustrating. At some point, you’ve probably spent hours working up a bid, only to lose to a competitor. Still, there’s money to be made in school bidding, if you go abo...
At the 2015 NAMM Show, three music retail veterans shared their insights and wisdom on starting music retail businesses. Former Steinway Piano Gallery owner Greg Billings, the moderator, ...
Rand and Cindy Cook of The Candyman Strings and Things know a thing or two about rock camps—through research, hard work, and trial and error. The result is a summer rock camp that took ho...
Are you thinking of updating and redesigning your store? If so, it can make a big difference to your sales. At the 2015 NAMM Show, Jen Lowe of Boom Boom Percussion interviewed music retai...
Are you thinking of updating and redesigning your store? If so, it can make a big difference to your sales. At the 2015 NAMM Show, Jen Lowe of Boom Boom Percussion interviewed music retai...
Sooner or later, bad weather affects business. It might be a blizzard or hurricane. Maybe you’ll have to close for the day because of a blackout or hail storm. But the unexpected will hap...