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Hey
Starz,
Welcome to another QRD. I don't think I've done this many issues in a year since 1995, so things are a little exciting in a way. Anyway, this issue I interviewed a bunch of indie record store owners. A lot of the questions I asked these folks were about my position as a small label owner, but they will hopefully be of interest to you as well. I'm including a couple of definitions below that may be of help to those lacking in a little bit of the jargon. Our cover art this issue is a photo of a scale model of aQuarius recOrds. It's also probably worth
mentioning the following interviews we did in the past:
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Big-box Store - A term that refers to a style of physically large chain store & by extension to the company behind the store. The terms superstore, megastore, & supercenter also refer to these retail establishments. Brick and mortar (B&M) - A company which possesses a building for operations. Distributor (distro) - The middleman between the manufacturer and retailer. After a product is manufactured, it may be warehoused or shipped to the next echelon in the supply chain, typically either a distributor, retailer, or consumer. Mom & Pop - A common colloquial expression for a single-family operated business with few (or no) employees other than the owners. One-stop - A wholesaler that
gets products from many different distributors into one central ordering
system for retail stores.
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