Michael Bunnell, Executive Director of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) has announced that he will retire at the end of the year. Andrea Paschal, CIMS’ longtime General Manager, will succeed him. Bunnell first assumed the Executive Director position in 2009. He was a founding member of CIMS in…
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Indie Stores Are Being ‘Strangled’ By Major Label Distribution: ‘Things are a complete mess.’
Independent music stores are demanding action from all three major labels over repeated missing and incorrect shipments handled by their primary fulfillment partner Direct Shot Distributing. "We need help right now on this issue or you will begin to see stores fold simply because their supply chain strangled them," says…
Indie Stores Report 2018 Vinyl Sales +10%, CDs -12.6%
The Coalition of Independent Music Stores polled it ts members on December 2018 sales compared to last year. Despite the rush to streaming, brick and mortar music stores appear to be holding with the help of healthy sales of vinyl, turntables and vinyl accessories. 2018 Indie store charts follow the…