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Article: Rants & raves: comments on the NAMM show.(2008 NAMM SHOW REPORT)
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- Music Trades
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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"I sure wish we had a public day. We need to encourage instruments to be played! "
"I thought the show was well run. There are too many end-users at the show and it makes it very difficult to discuss business with consumers standing around. Sunday is a non-productive day. Attendance of Music Stores drops off dramatically."
"With a strong Euro and a weak U.S. dollar, much of the attention we received and the majority of the sales were from the U.K., Germany, and France. U.S. dealers were non-committal and failed to arrive at scheduled appointments. Very unprofessional. A sad statement as to the attitudes and business practices here in America."
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