Music Trades back issues from August 1997:
Story & Clark expands U.S. piano operations.
Aug 01, 1997 ... Story & Clark has broken ground on a 13,000-square-foot addition to its Seneca, Pennsylvania, plant, marking the second time in less than three years that the century-old piano maker has expanded its manufacturing facility. The current expansion, combined with the company's 1995 acquisition ...
Plant manager Davis wins D.H. Baldwin Award. (Baldwin Piano & Organ plant manager David L. Davis)
Aug 01, 1997 ... David L. Davis, a 35-year-old Baldwin Piano & Organ employee who "learned on the job," rising from an entry-level position to plant manager in just 14 years, has been selected as the first recipient of the D.H. Baldwin Award. The prestigious award is named in honor of Dwight Hamilton ...
Alfred marks 75th year. (Alfred Publishing Co.)
Aug 01, 1997 ... How do you stay vibrant and productive at 75? For Alfred Publishing Co., which reaches the three-quarter-century milestone this year, the secret is to constantly reinvent yourself. Well known for its top-selling educational methods, like the Alfred Basic Piano Library, the Los Angeles-based ...
Spring technology series explores new software. (software clinics sponsored by West L.A. Music)
Aug 01, 1997 ... West L.A. Music held a series of software and software-related clinics in April at its West Los Angeles and Universal City stores. The series was a part of West L.A. Music's ongoing effort to provide the latest products and updates, education, and technical support to its customers. ...
The top 200: America's largest music products retailers.
Aug 01, 1997 ... For the last twelve months, everyone in the industry has been preoccupied with changes sweeping the landscape of music retail. With Guitar Center selling shares to the public and announcing an aggressive expansion program; Sam Ash Music moving beyond the New York market; and Office Depot ...
Productivity per location. (top 200 music products retailers in the US)
Aug 01, 1997 ... When It Came To New Locations, There Was More Talk Than ActionFor all the talk about dramatic store openings, to look at the Top 200, you'd never know anything noteworthy happened in 1996. During the course of the year, the nation's largest music retailers added just 23 additional ...
Productivity per employee. (top 200 music products retailers in the US)
Aug 01, 1997 ... Sales-Per-Employee Gains Stall In 1996 After Seven Year RiseA potent combination of improved data processing capabilities and rising industry sales has fueled significant productivity gains in each of the seven years Music Trades has been presenting the Top 200 retailer ranking ....
Sales road map: a state-by-state guide to where the business is done. (music products retailers)
Aug 01, 1997 ... A State-By-State Guide To Where The Business Is DoneIf California's per-capita spending level on music and sound products ($29.06) equaled the level of South Dakota ($50.26), the music products industry would be $675 million, or 12% larger. Conversely, if the per capita spending ...
Single store showplace. (McMurray Music Center)
Aug 01, 1997 ... Quality, Not Quantity, Explains John McMurray's Decision To Opt For One Great Store Rather Than A Chain Of Mediocre OutletsJohn McMurray was born in the house that adjoined his father's St. Louis music store, giving a highly literal meaning to the phrase "born into the business." ...
Revenge of the store. (music products retailers)
Aug 01, 1997 ... It wasn't supposed to turn out like this. By now, stores should have been obsolete. Who would want to fight traffic, search for a parking place, and then struggle through crowds of people when you could just leaf through a glossy catalog and have merchandise delivered to your door the next ...
Top performers for 1996. (music products retailers)
Aug 01, 1997 ... Retailers Who Racked Up Extraordinary Sales Gains In The Past 12 Months, And A Look At How They Did ItThe fastest growing members of this year's Top 200 were an exceptionally diverse group, including a high-end piano dealer, a mail order percussion specialist, an m.i. "superstore," ...