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Turn on. Tune in. Drop a hint?

GuitarCenter.com’s new Wish List Poster Creator lets online shoppers drag and drop products into holiday gift wish lists styled after poster genres including 1960s, new wave, punk, psychedelic and metal.

Posted 11/18/2009Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Musician’s Friend’s latest gig: Build up its e-commerce infrastructure

Despite the bad economy, Musician’s Friend is going ahead with plans to bolster its web platform, says CEO Craig Johnson. So far in 2009 Musician’s Friend has consolidated three e-commerce platforms into two.

Posted 04/08/2009Bill BriggsPost a comment

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Guitar Center helps employees strum their own digital music

Guitar Center Inc. is using social networking tools to help release 50,000 CDs of a music compilation created by Guitar Center employees who are part of the company’s GAIN Program. The program gives employees an outlet for their musical talents.

Posted 11/05/2008Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Guitar Center annual web sales hum along nicely

A combination of organic growth and acquisitions helped Guitar Center Inc. increase web sales by 14% in 2006, while total revenue rose by 13.9%. For 2006 Guitar Center posted web sales of $251.7 million in 2006.

Posted 02/21/2007Bill BriggsPost a comment

Guitar Center replays its move to buy Woodwind & Brasswind

With approval from a U.S. bankruptcy court, Musician’s Friend, a unit of Guitar Center Inc., will pay about $29.9 million for substantially all of the assets of musical instruments retailer The Woodwind & The Brasswind, Guitar Center said.

Posted 02/02/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment