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Article: A banner year for the industry's best!. (music products industry) (The Music Trades Top 200: America's Leading Music Products Retailers) (Industry Overview)
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- July 1, 1994
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The Top 200 Retailers Post A 10% Sales Gain
This year's retail ranking has been doubled to include the top 200 music products retailers in the U.S. (There are actually 210 retailers on the list due to ties.) By any measure 1993 was a banner year for both the music products industry and this select group of retailers. The top 200 posted a solid 10% sales gain for the year, racking up revenues of $1,664,149,850. 191 retailers on the list, or 90%, posted sales gains ranging from 1% to a whopping 74% in the case of Sweetwater Sound. By contrast, only 12 retailers reported sales declines, and seven reported no change in sales.
The Top 200's 10% sales gain is ...