“It keeps going and going, you think it’s going to plateau and stop but it hasn’t,” says Rough Trade’s Nigel House at the start of the official film of ...
Last but not least, our third and final selection of music business executives offer up their wish list for the next 12 months. We’ve already heard from dozens of industry ...
Black Friday 2018 brings another round of music industry discounts, from streaming subscription offers to Amazon pop-ups. Both Spotify and Amazon Music are offering inducements to sign up to premium ...
Last year, Kingston’s Banquet Records won Music Week’s coveted Independent Retailer Of The Year Award. And, in 2018, they’re still going from strength to strength. Here co-owner Jon Tolley explains ...
This year’s Record Store Day was the most successful in its 10-year history, with sales soaring a whopping 40% on last year’s outing.
The increase comes as album sales increased ...
Crate-diggers rejoice, Record Store Day 2017 is almost upon us. This time tomorrow, thousands of people will be joining queues that should snake into record shop entrances across the UK ...
So the 10th Record Store Day approaches. And what is it all about? Well, to some, Record Store Day is an unnecessary rehashing of reissues which you got first time ...
Independent record stores have dismissed concerns over supermarkets muscling in on the vinyl scene, as they prepare for their annual Record Store Day sales boost.
Supermarkets' share of the vinyl market ...
As Record Store Day looms, a raft of leading independent retailers and experts have told Music Week that there is still plenty of life in the vinyl revival - despite ...
Today, we can finally reveal the shortlist for the Independent Retailer Award, sponsored by Proper Music Group, category at this year’s Music Week Awards.
The nominees for the coveted accolade ...