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Record Store Day Retailers Find an Unexpected Online Ally: eBay

April 17, 2019

eBay has allied with Record Store Day to allow independent stores access to 179 million eBay buyers. Record Store Day is a celebration of independent record stores across the United States, and a decidedly o... Read More...

Warner Music Group’s ‘Record Store Crawl’ Is Hitting Major U.S. Cities — Here are the Upcoming Dates

Ashley King

March 15, 2019

Think of this like 'Record Store Day — The Tour'. Warner Music Group has announced a new series of dates for its Record Store Crawl event. Several locations across the country are featured in the fourth ann... Read More...

Bandcamp Is Opening a Brick-n-Mortar Record Store Next Month

Ashley King

January 18, 2019

Vinyl sales have been rising in the United States for the past decade, riding a wave of nostalgia and genuine interest in the format. Now, digital service Bandcamp is embracing the trend with a physical loca... Read More...

Bankrupt HMV Has Received ‘A Number of Offers’ — But Is This Chain a Goner?

Paul Resnikoff

January 16, 2019

HMV Group fell into bankruptcy again last December. Now, there are 'a number of offers' to purchase the down-and-out chain. But then what? The past few years have witnessed a resurgence in music retail, pa... Read More...

UK Trade Body Slams IFPI for Failing to Include Physical Sales

UK Trade Body Slams the IFPI for Failing to Include Physical Sales

Daniel Sanchez

October 15, 2018

According to the ERA, the IFPI has clearly omitted the growing trend of physical music sales worldwide. It’s difficult to ignore the physical sales boom. At the least for circular black discs. According ... Read More...

The last Blockbuster standing: 211 NE Revere Ave, Bend, OR

There’s Still One Blockbuster Store Left In the United States

Marsha Silva

July 13, 2018

In 2004, Blockbuster had more than 9,000 stores. Now, that number is down to 1. 'Blockbuster video stores have been officially closing around the country' sounds like 2003 headline. But in the interven... Read More...

Fact Check: Is Best Buy Really Getting Rid of CDs?

Marsha Silva

July 3, 2018

Best Buy has not removed CDs from their stores, despite rumors that surfaced last week. According to Best Buy management, the big retailer has decided to keep CDs in their retail locations but reduce the in... Read More...

Amoeba Music Is Getting Demolished — Then It’s Moving Down the Street

Lennon Cihak

June 18, 2018

Amoeba Music isn't going away — in fact, it's moving just down the block. The legendary Los Angeles record store currently sits on Sunset Blvd. It's been in that location since it opened back in 2001. But t... Read More...

Amoeba Music Is Now Selling Weed

Marsha Silva

June 12, 2018

Amoeba Music’s flagship store in Berkeley just opened a weed-friendly pot shop to boost business. California has legalized weed, which means that lots of businesses are making the drug a little bit more acce... Read More...

Tower Records on Sunset Dodges the Wrecking Ball — For Now

Paul Resnikoff

June 4, 2018

Gibson Guitar is now wriggling out of its expensive lease of Tower Records on Sunset. Now, the building's property manager is looking for a new tenant — while the owners decide what's next. The Tower Record... Read More...

Tower Records on Sunset Could Face the Wrecking Ball — Thanks to Gibson Guitar

Paul Resnikoff

May 24, 2018

The storied Tower Records building on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles could be getting demolished — thanks to the situation surrounding Gibson Guitar's bankruptcy. Tower Records has been out of business for more... Read More...

Russ Solomon — The Guy Who Started Tower Records — Is Dead

Paul Resnikoff

March 5, 2018

He was the king of music retail, until music retail came crashing down. Russ Solomon, founder and longtime ruler of the Tower Records empire, has just passed away at 92. It started in Sacramento in 1960, an... Read More...

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Record Store Day Retailers Find an Unexpected Online Ally: eBay

Warner Music Group’s ‘Record Store Crawl’ Is Hitting Major U.S. Cities — Here are the Upcoming Dates

Bandcamp Is Opening a Brick-n-Mortar Record Store Next Month

Bankrupt HMV Has Received ‘A Number of Offers’ — But Is This Chain a Goner?

UK Trade Body Slams the IFPI for Failing to Include Physical Sales

There’s Still One Blockbuster Store Left In the United States

Fact Check: Is Best Buy Really Getting Rid of CDs?

Amoeba Music Is Getting Demolished — Then It’s Moving Down the Street

Amoeba Music Is Now Selling Weed

Tower Records on Sunset Dodges the Wrecking Ball — For Now

Tower Records on Sunset Could Face the Wrecking Ball — Thanks to Gibson Guitar

Russ Solomon — The Guy Who Started Tower Records — Is Dead