Sam Ash Music appeared to start the year on a high note. Founded in New York City in 1924, the family-owned and operated music retailer was poised to mark its 100th year in business. But signs of ...

Digital downloads and streaming replaced earlier music and video formats. Major music retail chains, such as Sam Goody, Tower Records and Musicland, closed due to market shifts. Independent music ...

Guitar Center and Sweetwater, two of America’s major music gear retailers, are striking slightly different chords with how they plan to maintain and grow their market share, customer loyalty and ...

Ola Sars knows music. He was a co-founder and COO of Beats Music, a subscription streaming service, which was acquired by Apple in 2014 (along with Beats Electronics) in a $3 billion deal and ...

Guitar Center has launched an AI-powered shopping assistant, available not online, but rather on the store floor. The mobile-based Rig Advisor is designed to give musicians an easy way to navigate ...