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Retail & Business April 20, 2021

Filling Distribution to Handle Ashdown's European Retail Strategy

Ashdown Engineering announces the appointment of Filling Distribution, a French-based, pan-European distributor of musical instruments, to handle its retail strategy across Europe. A new beginning for Ashdown, the appointment means…

MMR Staff
Apr 20, 2021
Retail & Business April 16, 2021

Martin Joins AES as International Sales Manager

The Audio Engineering Society is pleased to welcome Sean Martin to the staff as AES international sales manager, underscoring AES’s momentum as industry recovery begins to allow events and business…

MMR Staff
Apr 16, 2021
Retail & Business April 8, 2021

Fender Custom Shop's Limited Edition Mike McCready 1960 Stratocaster

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) and the Fender Custom Shop have announced the Limited Edition Mike McCready 1960 Stratocaster® in the artist’s first-time collaboration with the iconic guitar brand. The…

MMR Staff
Apr 8, 2021
Retail & Business April 1, 2021

Bringing it On Home: Home Digital Keyboard Sales

[caption id="attachment_75700" align="alignnone" width="460"] Young musician in wheelchair playing synthesizer at home[/caption] At the risk of repeating ourselves, there’s only so much time a person can spend binge-watching television or…

MMR Staff
Apr 1, 2021
Retail & Business March 31, 2021

Taking Control: Sales of MIDI Controllers and Interfaces

[caption id="attachment_75680" align="alignnone" width="460"] Abstract shot of a DJ using a digital controller[/caption] It’ll probably come as a surprise to nobody that the majority (93.3 percent) of those who participated…

MMR Staff
Mar 31, 2021
Retail & Business March 2, 2021

‘More Guitar Sales Equals More Bag and Case Sales’

Lugging your guitar to lessons, practices, shows, or the studio requires a sturdy and reliable conveyance. While many of those activities listed have been limited or put on indefinite hold…

MMR Staff
Mar 2, 2021
Retail & Business February 16, 2021

Zoom North America Achieves Record Sales in 2020

[caption id="attachment_74884" align="alignleft" width="460"] Massimo Barbini, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Zoom Corporation, Japan; Dan Gallagher, Senior Vice President Sales, Zoom North America; Scott Goodman, CEO, Zoom North America; Masahiro…

MMR Staff
Feb 16, 2021