Article: Chicago judge slaps Biasco for deceptive advertising.(Retailer Update)

Article: Illinois piano dealers square off in court; Biasco pianos and five other dealers trade charges of deceptive trade practices.(Retailer Update)
Music Trades;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......action against Event Marketing Group, Inc. d/b/a Biasco Piano Company. Biasco, in turn, has filed a verified counterclaim against...follow.) Many of the plaintiffs' charges pertain to Biasco's advertisements, which they contend: * include photographs...

Article: BIASCO BUYS BALDWIN FACTORY STORES, LIQUIDATES FLORIDA PIANO INVENTORY.
Music Trades;  May 1, 2001 ;     265 words ...BIASCO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS has purchased the 11 Baldwin factory-own...and a lease of a company-owned retail store in Atlanta. Biasco also agreed to sell only the Baldwin family of products...Wurlitzer, Pianovelle and ConcertMaster--in these cities. Biasco has had a longstanding relationship with Baldwin. ...

Article: RETAILING WITHOUT STOREFRONTS.
Music Trades;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Biasco Music Has Shuttered Three Stores To Invest In A Fleet Of Trucks To Bring Piano Sales To The Customer Cutting through all the technological babble surrounding the Web, John Biasco, president of Biasco Piano Company in Illinois, one of the nation's top retailers of pianos and digital pianos, says, ...

Article: Judge slams Biasco for deceptive advertising: 41-point injunction prohibits Chicago piano dealer from engaging in confusing or misleading promotions.(Retailer Update)
Music Trades;  July 1, 2004 ;     336 words ......issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Biasco Piano from running advertisements that...tigara's Musicville and Pickle Piano--had sued Biasco last year, alleging the company had engaged...ordered a temporary injunction against Biasco in December. The two sides have been negotiating...

Article: Biasco bankruptcy leaves piano buyers out $350k.(Retailer Update)
Music Trades;  November 1, 2004 ;     531 words ......30, 2004, Event Marketing Group, doing business as Biasco Piano, listed assets of $149,302 and unmet claims...444.39. There was apparently no other cash on hand. Biasco's liabilities also include $170,218 in unpaid legal fees to its legal counsel, the firm of Shaw Gussis. Biasco's legal issues began in ...

Article: Baldwin Piano Sells Eleven Retail Piano Stores to Biasco for $4.6 Million; Sale will Further Reduce Debt and SG&A Expenses.
Business Wire;  March 22, 2001 ;     349 words ......Lexington -- to an affiliate of Chicago-based Biasco Musical Instrument Company, Baldwin's...company-owned retail store in Atlanta. Biasco also agreed to sell only the Baldwin family...investment. We believe that the sale to Biasco, one of the nation's largest and most...

Article: Back from the brink, Biasco re-opens after five-week shut-down. (Retailer Update).
Music Trades;  June 1, 2002 ;     425 words ...AFTER A FIVE-WEEK CLOSURE, Biasco Piano is again in operation under the management and control of John Biasco. On May 2, in an agreement with secured creditors, John Biasco purchased select assets of the company including the name and a large collection...

Article: Biasco acquires Baldwin retail.(10 YEARS AGO)
Music Trades;  November 1, 2005 ;     85 words ...Biasco Music has acquired Baldwin's three Chicagoarea retail stores. John Biasco indicated that the stores would continue operating under the Baldwin name with many of the same sales people. He said We...

Article: BIASCO PIANOS CELEBRATES WITH CARIBBEAN CRUISE.
Music Trades;  June 1, 2000 ;     90 words ...BIASCO PIANOS rewarded its top sales professionals by sending them on a Cruise Into the Millennium. The trip was part of a sales-incentive program. For the week of April 3rd, John Biasco, John Williams, Peter Biasco, and Paul Biasco hosted the company's top sales personnel and their spouses on a ...

Article: Biasco Names John Williams Exec. VP.
Music Trades;  October 1, 1999 ;     139 words ......promoted to executive vice-president of Biasco Music of Vernon Hills, Illinois, Williams...has also become a major shareholder in Biasco Music. Williams has been active in the...Chicago's North Shore to be closer to Biasco Music's newly built corporate headquarters...

Article: Biasco files for bankruptcy.(Retailer Update)
Music Trades;  October 1, 2004 ;     82 words ...BIASCO PIANO CO., the Chicago-based retailer that has been at...single store in Downers Grove, Illinois. In court filings, Biasco parent Event Marketing Group, Inc., said it has less than...to a list of more than 100 creditors. Company owner John Biasco of Chicago could not be reached for comment.

Article: Judge throws out settlement in Biasco case causing misleading Music Trades story.(Retailer Update)
Music Trades;  August 1, 2004 ;     232 words ......Music Trades concerning the status of a lawsuit between Biasco Piano and five of its competing Chicago retailers: Cordogan...The confusion arose days later, however, when John Biasco of Biasco Piano reviewed the wording of the settlement and noted...

Article: ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO RECEIVES GIFT OF MUSIC.(from Baldwin Piano and Biasco Piano)(Brief Article)
Music Trades;  February 1, 2000 ;     72 words ...BIASCO PIANO and Baldwin Piano Companies recently donated a 5'7 Chickering grand piano to the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The satin ebony grand piano was be placed in the historic Cardinal's Mansion on North State Parkway on Chicago's Gold Coast. Biasco and Baldwin Piano Companies provided this piano to the ...

Article: Fraud investigation launched as piano experts appears to close.(RETAIL UPDATE)
Music Trades;  April 1, 2008 ;     608 words ...THE BIASCO FAMILY ONCE AGAIN is at the center of controversy...wrong doing on the part of Peter and Paul Biasco, who apparently shuttered their Piano Expert...Police force is also investigating. The Biasco family has been engaged in music retail...