This article originally appeared in the August/September 2018 issue of Canadian Music Trade magazine.
By Andrew King
There’s business, and then there’s the retail business – an ever-evolving commercial landscape where passion, dedication, and hard work are vital and very often rewarded, but never a sure-fire formula for
Retail of any kind is a uniquely challenging place for employers with regards to employee retention. Earlier this year, a study by LinkedIn found that Canada ranks fourth-highest in the world in employee turnover, with an average turnover rate of 16 per cent, and the retail industry ranks near the
This article originally appeared in the June/July 2018 issue of Canadian Music Trade.
By Andrew King
When Sol Fleising formally incorporated SF Marketing, his eponymous sales agency, in 1978, it was a one-man operation with a corporate headquarters that also happened to be its namesake’s house.
Now, 40
When Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg announced in January 2018 that a coming change to the platform’s algorithm would significantly alter what content users see on their feeds, marketers, media companies, and businesses were left very worried that they were being cut out of the equation on the biggest social
By: Michael Raine. Photos: Getty Images for NAMM
Though the annual Summer NAMM show continues to grow each year and also become a more international affair – with a 28 per cent year-over-year increase in international attendees in 2017– it remains a significantly smaller and close-knit event compared to the colossal
