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Fontana, Six Degrees Sign Distro Pact
December 05, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Fontana has extended its reach and signed an distribution deal with San Francisco-based Six Degrees Records. As part of the exclusive agreement, Fontana will distribute Six Degrees' product in the US, including the label's back catalog a ...
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Entertainment Proves Tough For Woolworths
December 05, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 British retail chain Woolworths Group plc today (Dec. 5) warned that its full-year financial figures would be at the lower end of analysts' expectations following a tough period of trading, particularly in its entertainment business. Woolwort ...
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Virgin Stores To Feature Pontiac Merch Towers
December 04, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Pontiac and Virgin Megastores are enhancing their co-branded marketing strategy with the placement of merchandising towers in all 13 of the chain's North American outlets, beginning this week. The Pontiac Towers, created by Leo Burnett Detroi ...
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Caroline Adds One Little Indian
December 01, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 U.K-based indie opened an office in San Francisco three years ago, and has released efforts from the Twilight Singers and Bjork, among others. EMI-owned Caroline Distribution will soon handle upcoming releases from San Francisco-based label One Li ...
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Victory Launches Revamped Web Site
November 28, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 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 ...
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Holiday Tales Of Bagels & Broadcasts At Indie Stores
November 24, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 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 ...
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The Game Tops The Billboard 200
November 22, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 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 ...
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Merge Opens Download Store
November 21, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 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 ...
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Fontana Inks Distro Deal With Strange Music
November 20, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 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 ...
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HMV, Virgin Do Battle In Manchester
November 17, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 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 ...
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Nordstrom To Start Selling Music
November 17, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 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 ...
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Trans World Down In Third Quarter
November 17, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 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 ...
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Indie Labels Look To Post-Tower World
November 11, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 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 ...