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THE NEWS MAGAZINE FOR MUSIC PRODUCTS RETAILERS<br />
Holiday Sales Guide, Part T<br />
Nearly 30 Additional Products To Keep The Jingle Bells<br />
By Dan Ferrisi<br />
Last month, in our “Hey Santa!” cover stor y, we feature<br />
October 15, 2014<br />
Volume 31, No. 10<br />
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Indie Retailers Ride Again<br />
The Second And Final Installment Of Our<br />
Annual Independent Retailer Roundtable<br />
By Dan Ferrisi<br />
Last month, we presented the first part of our 9th annual<br />
Independent Retailer Roundtable to great acclaim and consid-<br />
erable industry excitement; this time, we present the second<br />
half. The conversation centers on potentially explosive issues<br />
such as retailer-vendor relations, government regulations and<br />
unequal taxation on pro<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=1"> DRUMS & PERCUSSION ISSUE DRUMS & PERCUSSION ISSU</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=2"> GET TO KNOW THE NEW DEAN MARKLEY • Higher Margins</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=3"> LATES EV Road Show Rolls Into NJ Dan Ferri</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=4"> THE NEWS MAGAZINE FOR MUSIC PRODUCTS RETAILERS </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=5"> </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=6"> EDITORIAL You Spoke…We Listened The people wh</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=7"> </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=8"> ATEST L Casio Celebrates Music Making Septemb</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=9"> LATEST TMP Pro Inks Deal With Audiofly TMP </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=10"> ATEST L MoMM Gala Raises Funds The Museum of </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=11"> Arriba Unveils ‘Bag Tag’ Promo Arriba Cases i</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=12"> EOPLE P Milk And Honey ‘Combs’ Eddie Combs ha</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=13"> The Holidays Arrive Early This Year. </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=14"> ADVERTORIAL • OCTOBER 2014 vi</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=15"> NAMM Member Housing Opens October 1 Reserve Your </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=16"> RODUCTS P Color Me Impressed Over view:</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=17"> Over 800 music partners. 1 retail finance provider</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=18"> RODUCTS P A Different Drum Overview: Simmons’</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=19"> ‘Sub’-lime Over view: dB Technologies’ </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=20"> STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER (continued from cover) </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=21"> industry, but the statistics we came upon definite</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=22"> The jamstik is the culmination of a lot of small </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=23"> HOLIDAY SALES GUIDE, PART TWO (continued from cov</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=24"> 45 7 8 9 6 4 Dixon’s Multi-Functional Bri</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=25"> 10 </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=26"> 13 14 15 16 </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=27"> 22 21 TWO NEW TOWERS WIRED OR WIRELESS </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=28"> 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 Epsilon’s EPS Ser</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=29"> All Music’s All Over Long Island NY All Music</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=30"> FIVE MINUTES WITH ANDY ROSSI Senior VP, Sales</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=31"> I was doing really great at Fender. I was win</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=32"> Korg’s high level of technology appeals to Rossi.</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=33"> Korg USA overarches an impressive array of brands</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=34"> MI SPY Not long ago, I was hired by one </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=35"> Touch.AndGo! Yamaha DTX400 Series Yamaha DTX400 </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=36"> $5,050, was selling for $3,549.99. It can get you</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=37"> on it, and I could play the solo from “Jawbone” i</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=38"> SPECIAL TO THE RETAILER An American Manufacture</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=39"> </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=40"> SHINE A LIGHT </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=41"> With all the talk over the years about shrink</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=42"> SALES GURU We’ve Got A PROBLEM By Gene Fresc</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=43"> OVER 800 MUSIC PARTNERS 1 RETAIL FINANCE PROVIDER</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=44"> BUSINESS & MARKETING Is Your Store Perceived </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=45"> Designed FORunbeatable SOUND. INTRODUCING THE NE</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=46"> VEDDATORIAL THE HIDDEN INDUSTRY By Dan Vedda </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=47"> NEW HD8 DJ Excellent sound reproduction acr</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=48"> TheRetailer's Mall </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=49"> TheRetailer's Mall </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=50"> INDIE RETAILERS RIDE AGAIN (continued from page 4</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=51"> our social-media outreach. For example, “We gave </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=52"> labor to move stuff around and, from there, it wa</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=53"> your Amazon Primes…has been that some manufacture</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=54"> UNDER THE HOOD EARTHQUAKER DEVICES’ Palisades </a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=55"> The strengths of KMC are the key to your retail s</a>
<a title="MSR 10 2014 October page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b58e956e?page=56"> TOUCH THE FUTU New RM32AI & RM16AI with UC R</a>