1. Victory Launches Revamped Web Site

    November 28, 2006 12:00 AM EST Popular Chicago label relaunches site with expanded store, download offerings. Chicago rock label Victory Records, the label home to Hawthorne Heights, launched a redesigned Web site last week. The reworked site boasts access to nearly every video ...

  2. Holiday Tales Of Bagels & Broadcasts At Indie Stores

    November 24, 2006 12:00 AM EST Indie retailers find new ways to survive the holidays. Indie retailers may not be jumping for holiday joy this season, but there's plenty keeping them busy. From continuing to diversify beyond music to include everything from bagels to vintag ...

  3. The Game Tops The Billboard 200

    November 22, 2006 12:00 AM EST Moves 358,000 copies in the United States. Two popular urban acts occupy the top two spots on The Billboard 200 this week, with the Game's "Doctor's Advocate" coming in at No. 1. The Geffen effort moved 358,000 copies in the Un ...

  4. Merge Opens Download Store

    November 21, 2006 12:00 AM EST Label -- home to M. Ward, Arcade Fire -- stars selling digital albums from site, and does so without breaking its own bank. Indie labels still looking to enter the digital revolution and offer their own downloads for sale may want to look at Merge ...

  5. Fontana Inks Distro Deal With Strange Music

    November 20, 2006 12:00 AM EST First release under the deal from Tech N9ne. Fontana has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Kansas City, Mo.-based Strange Music. Under the new agreement, Fontana will work closely with the indie label on expanding reach in the marketplace ...

  6. HMV, Virgin Do Battle In Manchester

    November 17, 2006 12:00 AM EST Retailers launch rival initiatives. U.K. retail rivals HMV and Virgin will go head to head this coming week with respective initiatives in Manchester, England's northern music center. HMV will on Monday (Nov. 20) kick-starts a two-week HMV ca ...

  7. Nordstrom To Start Selling Music

    November 17, 2006 12:00 AM EST Upscale department store operator Nordstrom Inc. Nov. 13 said that it will start selling music CDs in its stores and online to expand its merchandise offering. The retailer said it plans to roll out the music program to all stores across the count ...

  8. Trans World Down In Third Quarter

    November 17, 2006 12:00 AM EST Trans World Entertainment posted a loss of $11.4 million, or 37 cents per diluted share, on sales of $297.7 million, for the fiscal third quarter ended Oct. 28. The loss would have been greater, but the company enjoyed an extraordinary gain of 6 c ...

  9. Indie Labels Look To Post-Tower World

    November 11, 2006 12:00 AM EST Labels rethinking marketing, staffing in wake of chain's closure. With independent labels slowing down their releases for the fourth quarter, the long-term effects of Tower Records' closing may not be realized for a while in the indie re ...

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