By Michael Raine
Photos Courtesy of Getty Images for NAMM
Last January’s NAMM Show was unlike any of its predecessors. A newly-expanded Anaheim Convention Center allowed organizers to take the annual MI extravaganza into new territories, bridging into the pro audio and live event technology sectors in a bold
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
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
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
This article originally appeared in the December/January 2018 issue of Canadian Music Trade magazine.
By Chris Brown
Today’s retail environment is less about the “hard sell” and more about meeting the needs of the informed shopper. With the unlimited amount of information available online, many retail customers now
