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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 ]
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 ...
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]
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 ...
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]
Sam Goody. Before the days of Spotify and Apple Music, Deadheads, Beatlemaniacs, and other fans headed to stores like Sam Goody to get their rock 'n' roll fix. But like most record stores that ...
The Musicland Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2006, and in February announced the closing [2] of 226 Sam Goody and 115 Suncoast Motion Picture Company stores, and all Media Play locations. Just months after the chain closed, the website MediaPlay.com was all that remained.
Eddie's father Sam Antar was a retailer, and it was no surprise to the family that Eddie also became a retailer. [4] The predecessor to Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics shop called Sight And Sound. [citation needed] It was a property of ERS Electronics, a company owned by Sam M. Antar, his son Eddie Antar, and Eddie's cousin Ronnie Gindi ...