Reinvent Retail

There’s a fascinating, well-thought-out read over at FISTFULAYEN describing changes in the Jazz world.

The scary, one-line summary: the median age of the jazz-show goer (yes, that’s a phrase) is 46, up from 29 in 1982.

I think his advice is equally applicable to music retailers:

• Build modern websites
• modernize portals

Interesting interview on the Brian Lehrer Show with author Kit Yarrow about how tweens are revolutionizing retail.

P.S. I’ve always loved his theme music

via WNYC – The Brian Lehrer Show: Retail and Teenagers September 18, 2009.

Yet, despite the changes in format the one thing that doesn’t change is the people’s insatiable appetite for music.

via Tips on Starting a Record Store | EntrePinoys Atbp..

Every Friday afternoon my dad would pick me up from school. From about 4 – whenever he would close, we would hang out at LJ Sports Cards with my dad, Lenny (the owner) other kids on their way home from school, then the guys on their way home from work. We’d hang out late, talk about the Mets, statistics, what new sets were coming out, what big cards we were thinking about buying… Probably most Fridays for 3-4 years we did that. It’s what I loved to do. Its how I became a collector. It was the greatest thing in the world.

They were small companies that I got to know very well. People that took me under their wing and trusted me, not because I was the most knowledgeable about computers, but because they knew I would do whatever it took to get the job done.

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