Digital downloads and streaming replaced earlier music and video formats. Major music retail chains, such as Sam Goody, Tower Records and Musicland, closed due to market shifts. Independent music ...

Sam Ash’s store closures position rival Guitar Center as the main U.S. music instrument retailer with physical locations. Sam Ash lists stores in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, ...

Guitar Center and Sweetwater, two of America’s major music gear retailers, are striking slightly different chords with how they plan to maintain and grow their market share, customer loyalty and ...