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Retail & Business February 22, 2016

Keyboard Concepts Named ‘Dealer of the Year’ by Yamaha

Keyboard Concepts of Southern California has been named “Institutional Dealer of the Year” by Yamaha Corporation of America. The award was presented to the piano retailer at the 2016 NAMM in…

MMR Staff
Feb 22, 2016
Retail & Business February 4, 2016

Breedlove and Bedell Give Guitars Away to Dealers

NAMM 2016 took place in Anaheim, CA, January 21 – 24. Dealers, artists, consumers, and distributors flood the convention center for four days to check out all that the music…

MMR Staff
Feb 4, 2016
Retail & Business February 2, 2016

New Peavey mixers hit stores

New Peavey PV Auto-Tune and Bluetooth Mixers now available in the UK from Barnes and Mullins.  PV Series mixers are suitable for both live and studio applications. They are equipped…

MMR Staff
Feb 2, 2016
Retail & Business January 29, 2016

Major German retailer boosts international online offering

German retailer Music Store has invested in an upgrade to its online shopping interface to help expand its international business. The firm has upgraded to a new version of online…

MMR Staff
Jan 29, 2016
Retail & Business January 28, 2016

SLM Presents 2015 Sales Achievement Awards

St. Louis Music (SLM) recently announced the recipients of its first annual Sales Achievement Awards, recognizing the outstanding efforts of the SLM sales team throughout 2015.  At a pre-NAMM meeting…

MMR Staff
Jan 28, 2016
Retail & Business January 24, 2016

D'Addario Receives MMR Dealers' Choice Award

D'Addario's Jim D'Addario, Brian Vance, and Peter D'Addario are handed the 2015 MMR Dealers' Choice Award for Accessory Line of the Year by MMR's Dave Jeans.

MMR Staff
Jan 24, 2016
Retail & Business January 24, 2016

Yamaha Dealer of the Year Award Presented at NAMM

The Keyboard division of Yamaha Corporation of America names Music Exchange “Overall Dealer of the Year” for the second year in a row at the 2016 NAMM Show. Photo (from…

MMR Staff
Jan 24, 2016
Retail & Business January 14, 2016

SLM Launches Dealer Promo: Win A Dream Vacation

St Louis Music is celebrating a very successful 2015 with a special promotion for dealers, giving away a dream vacation to five lucky winners.  “Giving back to our dealers in…

MMR Staff
Jan 14, 2016
Retail & Business January 7, 2016

Gear4Music Christmas sales up nearly 40 per cent

Like-for-like sales have soared over the Christmas period at online specialist Gear4Music, according to its latest trading update. In an update covering the two months from 1st November 2015 to 31st…

MMR Staff
Jan 7, 2016
Retail & Business December 23, 2015

Guitar Village becomes Gibson first Euro custom shop

Gibson Custom has linked with Guitar Village in Surrey, which has become its first Made 2 Measure custom facility in Europe. The appointment-only service guides you through body and neck materials, neck…

MMR Staff
Dec 23, 2015