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Sam Goody is a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and United Kingdom, operated by The Musicland Group, Inc. It was purchased by Best Buy in 2000, was sold to Sun Capital Partners in 2003, and filed for bankruptcy in 2006, closing most of its stores.
In 1977, American Can Company purchased Pickwick International and in 1978 purchased the Sam Goody chain of record stores, which had a long history going back to 1951 in New York. Shortly after, Musicland began converting the majority of its stores to the Sam Goody brand name, although some locations did retain the Musicland name into the early ...
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]
Formerly owned by Trans World Entertainment, [2] it began in 1993 [3] and was expanded in 2001, 2006, and again in 2009 after buying out and rebranding mall-based stores Camelot, Sam Goody, Spec's Music, Strawberries, Record Town, Coconuts Music & Movies, DiscJockey, Saturday Matinee, The Wall, Suncoast Motion Picture Company, Musicland, Media ...
On the weekends, it was off to rent a movie on VHS from Blockbuster and hit the Sam Goody at the mall for the latest record or cassette tape from your favorite band. And the music was so, so good.
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]
Closed Sam Goody store at the Wayne Hills Mall in Wayne, New Jersey. Sam Goody. Before the days of Spotify and Apple Music, Deadheads, Beatlemaniacs, and other fans headed to stores like Sam Goody ...
Media Play was a chain of retail stores founded in 1992 by Musicland that sold VHS, DVDs, laserdiscs, music, electronics, toys, video games, anime, books, and board games similar to Hastings Entertainment, 2nd and Charles, and Half Price Books. Each store contained full book, movie, music, and video game sections under one roof.