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Topic: Record Retailer

	Retailers look to rich relatives to help set up shop - retail industry financing - Special Report: Banks and Finance - ...
		Lenders are looking at each retailer on a case-by-case basis rather than at the performance of the industry as a whole, he noted.
		The first is the retailer's track record, the second is the retailer's profit, and the third is retailer's secondary sources of payment, which could include assets like inventory or property.
		Since most small retailers lease their space, and in the case of a loan default are not making payments to their landlords, the landlords often hold the inventory ransom for the rent and refuse banks access to it, James explained.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_n5_v14/ai_11900110 (923 words)

	Untitled Document
		A common example is where a record label and record retailer split costs of local newspaper ads to tout the availability of the label’s new album releases at the retailer’s locations.
		Retail Price – The price charged to consumers for products and services, which may or may not be the same as list price (the price suggested by a product’s manufacturer, which a dealer may raise or lower at discretion).
		The common record industry practice of consignment sales (allowing retailers and distributors to return unsold product, resulting in significant quantities of product coming back to the record company, for which no royalties are payable) requires record companies to set up a reserve fund for each artist’s royalty account.
	employees.oneonta.edu /dahancb/108def9.html (2574 words)

	E - Lacrosse Features - The Latest Spin
		Off the record, it is the most important occurrence in the industry of lacrosse in years, helping and maybe saving some retailers while harming and perhaps ruining some others.
		One retailer who wished to remain anonymous said that the benefits of the MAP policy could be explained by simple comparison.
		The silence by manufacturers and retailers alike on an open policy like this is perhaps indicative of larger problems for an industry where trust is integral to the chain of relationships between manufacturers, retailers and consumers.
	www.e-lacrosse.com /2002/spin/14.html (2311 words)

	BBC News \| NEW MEDIA \| HMV begins music downloads
		Consumers will be able to buy music and games from record retailer HMV in digital form after the high street chain struck a deal with technology company Tornado.
		Record shops, like record companies, have recently been suffering from a downturn in the value of music sales - especially singles.
		The HMV move is a sign of the continued fears in the record retailing business about the future influence of digital music trading - despite the failure, to date, of the new business model to live up to the hopes of a few year ago.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/new_media/1665132.stm (353 words)

	Jazz Record Mart Web Store
		The man behind the Jazz Record Mart's weathered eclecticism is owner Bob Koester-colorful Wichita, Kansas-born jazz and blues enthusiast, seat-of-the-pants record retailer, producer and walking compendium of record industry history.
		The fledgling record producer's notions of what music deserved to be documented changed and grew with time, but the drive to get it all down on tape remains his prime motivation to this day.
		Koester's insistence on keeping all his records in print, and his continued faith in a record 10, 20, even 40 years down the line, is a statement in itself.
	jazzrecordmart.com /jrm.history.htm (2510 words)

	City might stop sales of keg beer due to new law
		After the keg is returned, the retailer must remove the label or tag and keep it on record for 90 days.
		The retailer must also record information about the buyer of a beer keg, including the numbers on their driverís license, state ID card, military identification or valid United States passport or foreign passport.
		Drews also said she thinks the law will ìactually protect the retailer from liability if one of their kegs is found at an underage drinking party,î and place the liability on the adult purchaser.
	www.unioneagle.com /2002/july/25beer.html (674 words)

	TIME.com: Record Price Cut -- Aug. 19, 1940 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Record manufacturers have always explained the low volume of classical record sales on the ground that there are comparatively few high-brow record buyers.
		Effect on record retailers was to cut their profits, per record, almost two thirds.
		Retailers found they would have to handle three times the former volume of Columbia classics if they were to keep their profits up.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,764412,00.html (570 words)

	CBC.ca - Idols and Icons - Sam Sniderman
		He started selling records in 1937, and by the early 1960s, Sniderman was at the top of his game.
		By the middle of the decade, the "Sam the Record Man" chain was legendary, as was its founder, who played an important part in the creation of CanCon (Canadian Content) regulations.
		Record retailer Sam Sniderman says sales are up and bands are better.
	www.cbc.ca /idols/sniderman (385 words)

	Tower Records Likely To File For Bankruptcy Soon \| RockAndMetal.com
		WEST SACRAMENTO, CA, USA - TOWER RECORDS, the pioneering record retailer that invented the music megastore, is likely to file for bankruptcy to aid a potential sale, a source close to the matter said today.
		MTS Inc., the privately-held parent of the West Sacramento, Calif.-based record retailer, declined to comment on the possible Chapter 11 filing.
		Tower Records, begun with a single store in 1960, the same year as the "Twist" dance craze, became internationally recognized for its in-store concerts and a deep selection of popular and obscure music.
	www.rockandmetal.com /towerrecords.html (400 words)

	Beatle Money: An Economic History of The Beatles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The records engendered several lawsuits, but Swan's 'She Loves You' still became the second best-selling single of the year.
		By 1929 record sales were booming as never before, with dance band recordings selling literally millions of copies, but then the Great Depression hit, and sales slumped dramatically.
		EMI was in the forefront of the development of the British pop scene that reached its initial peak with The Beatles in the early 1960s, and subsequently produced many successful groups such as Pink Floyd, Queen, Deep Purple and Iron Maiden.
	www.beatlemoney.com /beatles6063records.htm (1629 words)

	Business - The Enquirer - March 15, 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Phil's Records shop in Fort Thomas, no more than a storefront in a strip center, looks little different from any other record retailer.
		Everybody's Records in Pleasant Ridge is known for its collection of used albums.
		Record retailing changed around 1994, when Best Buy, a consumer electronics and appliance retailer from Eden Prarie, Minn., vastly expanded its selection while slashing prices.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/1998/03/15/bus_philfinal.html (1110 words)

	MPR: Hart's Record Collection: An Audio Time Capsule
		Listen to this record and hear Jimminy Cricket sing a reasonable facsimile of the way he sang the song in the film.
		Fogel: Everything in there is as a record retailer would have stocked in that time.
		Whatever older records before the early '50s, late '40s are in there are such that there would be a demand for in 1949, 1950.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/199708/27_rabej_records (868 words)

	Record Shop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		BPI recorded that in the summer quarter of 2001 there was a drop in sales, the first in 10 quarters.
		Becoming a record retailer is a matter of dedication and knowing your subject rather than of having qualifications.
		The typical entry point for a retail owner is to have gained experience in record retailing, either as a worker in a record shop or more often as a buyer at a shop.
	www.startups.co.uk /Record_Shop.YV5UnxtoS63Ijg.html (1117 words)

	Sixties City - Bringing on back the good times
		What a confusing place the record charts of the Fifties and Sixties were - the jury is still out on the definitive artist and group chart performances of the decade - and may never return - as there were so many combinations you could have used.
		The 'Record Retailer' chart figures were not included in this calculation until 1966 as it's chart was published on a different day to the others.
		On 21st September 1967 'Record Retailer' reduced it's EP listing to the 'Top 9' titles only, which it continued to list until the last EP chart was produced on 30th November 1967.
	www.sixtiescity.com /60trivia/60charts.shtm (1631 words)

	West Virginia Record \| Cabell retailer sued for failing to pay for gasoline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cabell retailer sued for failing to pay for gasoline
		HUNTINGTON - John W. Clark Oil is suing a Cabell County retail gasoline distributor for breach of contract after the company failed to pay for $36,780.87 worth of fuel.
		In a suit filed March 20, Clark Oil claims that Countywide Retail Center and one its associates, Suren Chamian, purchased the fuel but have yet to pay for it.
	www.wvrecord.com /news/newsview.asp?c=176557 (402 words)

	Record chain files bankruptcy - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		The parent company of Tower Records, the pioneering record retailer that invented the music megastore, has filed for bankruptcy.
		WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The parent company of Tower Records, the pioneering record merchant that invented the music megastore and became one of the nation's largest music and video retailers, has filed for bankruptcy, the company announced yesterday.
		Reisman cited record piracy as a major factor in music retailing's demise, saying, "The person who is buying CDs, the predominant person is teenagers who shopped in the past at stores such as Tower, and they are no longer shopping at Tower.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Feb/10/bz/bz11a.html (780 words)

	Holiday shoppers jam merchants' servers \| CNET News.com
		With online retailers reporting record revenue days, Web merchants such as Buy.com and Toys R Us are also experiencing traffic overloads.
		Buy.com reported record revenues of $2 million yesterday after booking $1.7 million Tuesday in computer hardware, software, books, videos, and electronic games.
		At eToys, an online-only toy retailer, vice president of marketing Phil Polishook won't disclose numbers but says the site is doing twice as much business as it planned to do--so far without technical problems.
	news.com.com /2100-1017_3-218732.html (565 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Tower Records considering bankruptcy to facilitate potential sale
		WEST SACRAMENTO – Tower Records, the pioneering record retailer that invented the music megastore and became a cultural icon in the nation's biggest cities and throughout 21 states, is considering a bankruptcy filing to aid a potential sale, a source close to the proceedings said Thursday.
		MTS Inc., the privately held parent of the West Sacramento-based record retailer would not comment on the possible Chapter 11 filing, which comes nine months after a decision to sell because it could not pay $5.2 million in debt on $110 million in bonds sold in 1998.
		Tower Records owns about 100 stores, down from 171 during its heyday when annual sales topping $1 billion were routine and operations included franchises in nations such as Israel, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
	signonsandiego.com /news/business/20040205-1458-ca-towerrecords.html (556 words)

	Record Retailer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Record Retailer was a trade newspaper for the UK record industry.
		With its issue of March 10, 1960, Record Retailer became a weekly magazine and started a chart showing the top 50 records in sales.
		On October 5, 1967 the title reverted to Record Retailer and in January 1971 became Record and Tape Retailer.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Record_Retailer (156 words)

	Record retailer cuts more Glasgow links - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gordon Montgomery, who started the company with a single record shop in Byres Road, is switching corporate functions from Glasgow to London.
		That is where finance director Peter Hill, who used to be with major music retailer HMV UK, and managing director David Pryde, former head of HMV's European operations, are based.
		There has since been growing speculation that new boardroom members Pryde and Hill are keen to invest in Fopp in exchange for a share of the business.
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /print/news/5044460.shtml (350 words)

	Stereophile: Vinyl Record Day
		According to Brice, the little lip (sometimes referred to as the "groove guard") that typical records have around their edge is used to prevent the grooves from hitting each other when records are stacked in the record changers popular in the old days.
		Local independent music merchant Boo Boo Records had one of the larger displays with boxes of records new and used spread out on several tables.
		Record Player Plus's booth was packed as owner Willie Bosco showed off some pristine phonographs from the '50s and '60s that he restores and sells.
	www.stereophile.com /news/11417 (883 words)

	Rhino Records - About Rhino
		Through those salad days, Foos gained a "from the ground up" retail experience that informed the company's planning in the years to come.
		Rhino also gained a reputation as the hippest record retailer in the L.A. area, thanks to Foos' collecting expertise and offbeat sense of humor.
		This success was enhanced when self-confessed "record fanatic" Harold Bronson became a steady customer of the expanded Rhino Records retail store near UCLA.
	rhinorecords.com /about/about_start.lasso (275 words)

	OutdoorRetailer.com
		Despite the plethora of snowfall in Utah, this was the sentiment from many of the retailers, exhibitors, and leaders within the outdoor marketplace, as Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2006 closed Tuesday, wrapping up the largest show that OR Winter has experienced in the brand's history.
		Record Breaking 2006 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Reflects the Strength of the Outdoor Industry - Premier Two-Day Open Air Demo, Expanded Salt Palace, New Brands and Retrospective Walk of Fame Highlight 25th Birthday.
		Outdoor Retailer Summer Market will also feature the first ever two-day Open Air Demo, where attendees will experience hands-on the hottest outdoor products in the environments for which they are designed.
	outdoorretailer.com (576 words)

	Record Shop Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth vinyl retailer Dance Music Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Spank Records are based on Bourke Road, Darlinghurst, Sydney this music retailer sells vinyl and DJ gear, clothing and accessories.
		DMC Records Online is a slick site with fast downloading samples for those of you on dial up.
		Focussing on independent electronic music, leftfield hip hop, avant-rock, and various oddities that usually slip under the radar, the aim of the magazine is to assist the growth of a critical music culture in Australia and beyond.
	www.thefunkyway.com /gearmus/music/index.htm (3004 words)

	Record Distributors
		A record distributor may do business locally (area distributor), nationally (national distributor), or internationally (international distributor).
		The largest record distributors, of which there are only a handful, are called major distributors.
		If a distributor, e.g., a one-stop or rack jobber, is a middleman between a large distributor and a retailer, they are known as subdistributors.
	www.lacostamusic.com /record-labels/recorddistributor.htm (117 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Wal-Mart posts record one-day sales
		Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has reported record one-day sales for the day after Thanksgiving.
		The retailer said shoppers spent a total of $1.43bn (£918m) at its stores on Friday, compared with $1.25bn on the same day last year.
		A survey also suggested that Wal-Mart was not the only retailer to enjoy strong sales, with a poll by research firm ShopperTrak saying that sales on Friday were up by 12.3% against last year.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/2532639.stm (271 words)

	Programs & Services - Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) announced the winners of its annual Advertising Awards competition during a luncheon at the organization's 40th Anniversary Convention in San Francisco on March 17.
		These Awards recognize outstanding achievement in newspaper, magazine, radio and television advertising, direct mail pieces, point-of-purchase materials, special media, and overall advertising campaigns created by NARM member retailers and wholesalers (including rack jobbers, one stops and independent distributors) during 1997.
		Used in everything from screen savers to T-shirts to trade advertising to mouse pads, this multi-purpose campaign was designed to simply and effectively promote the AEC One Stop Group.
	www.narm.com /programs/awards/adwin.htm (551 words)

	The Urban Network
		Revered record retailer and music industry veteran Royce Fortune has died.
		In the 60s and 70s, he worked as a personnel manager for both Motown Records and RCA Records.
		Fortune retired from music retail and closed his store's doors in 2002 due to poor health.
	www.urbannetwork.com /cms/index.php?news=305 (117 words)

	Creative Records Web Hosting presents Music Dish Networks Music News at RecordDemo.com
		If you were to judge them by their recording Changes, you would have to agree that they succeeded.
		It becomes evident rather quickly while listening to their music that the fairies visited the studio and sprinkled some dust around before they arrived because the chemistry and magic are all present during this session.
		Maybe the little local record shop where you knew the owner and you could sell it on consignment, but there was nowhere to sell your CD in 1998.
	www.recorddemo.com /MusicNews.htm (9131 words)

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