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Sam "Goody" Gutowitz (1904–1991) of New York City opened a small record store on New York's 9th Avenue shortly after the advent of vinyl long-playing records in the late 1940s. Although he did some retail business from his main store on 49th Street, most of his volume was in mail-order sales at discount prices, of which he was a pioneer. [ 2 ]
Their intention was to transform Sam Goody into a destination for young people looking for hip electronics. They launched a major remerchandising campaign and converted Musicland's On Cue concept of rural stores to the Sam Goody brand, [4] [5] reducing its position in books and moving more into video games and DVD. Many Musicland employees ...
Sam Goody – most locations converted to FYE, but two locations continue to operate as Sam Goody; Saturday Matinee – converted to FYE; Sound Warehouse – Dallas, Texas based chain; acquired by Blockbuster in 1992 and all stores converted to Blockbuster Music. Spec's Music – Florida-based chain; last store closed in 2013 [154]
In 1999, Musicland launched websites for Suncoast, Sam Goody, Media Play, and Oncue. In 2001, Best Buy purchased their then parent-company, Musicland, for $685 million. [1] In January 2003, Best Buy closed 20 Suncoast stores as part of a larger closing that included 90 Sam Goody stores. [2]
After eight years with Schaefer as presenting sponsor of The Pocono 500, title sponsorship for the race was picked up by Pickwick International who named it the Music 500 presented by Musicland and Sam Goody. [2] During race weekend, in the infield on Friday were concerts by Ronnie Milsap, Henry Paul Band, and Funky Communication Committee ...
The same Replay card also worked at Sam Goody and Suncoast Motion Picture Company stores. In 2001, Musicland was purchased by Best Buy Co. Inc. for $696 million (~$1.14 billion in 2023) as part of its initiative to diversify its retail holdings to reach a larger demographic with its consumer electronics and entertainment products. By then ...
Gotham Records was an American record label formed by Sam Goode (Goody) and Ivin Ballen in New York City in 1946. [1] In January 1948 Ballen acquired the interest of Goode and became the sole owner. He then moved the company to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the label was based for the rest of its existence until 1956.
King Karol was a New York City, New York-based record store chain founded by Ben Karol [1] and Phil King in 1952. [2]Lasting through at least 1987, [3] and defunct for some time by 1993, [4] King Karol was one of New York's "largest [and most] comprehensive" music stores.