The article originally appeared in the August/September 2019 issue of Canadian Music Trade magazine.
By Kevin Young
Coming into August, musical instrument retailers across Canada are looking down the pipe at one of their busiest times of year: the back-to-school season. Annual preparations vary from store to store, depending
This article originally appeared in the June/July 2019 issue of Canadian Music Trade magazine.
By Andrew King
In many cases, the summer months are the off-season for music lesson programs, and as any sports fan will tell you, that’s when the big moves are made to prepare a
This article originally appeared in the April/May 2019 issue of Canadian Music Trade magazine.
By Andrew King
Home recording is an inherently unique productcategory – one that’s complementary to virtually every other department in your store while also being a niche unto itself. Put simply, it’s a rabbit
This article originally appeared in the February/March 2019 issue of Canadian Music Trade
By Shanine Cook
NAMM University covers a wide array of topics relevant to MI retailers during The NAMM Show and Summer NAMM. The staple categories of sales, marketing, management, finance, and so on are explored from
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
