Record Sales

Drew Guarini

Still Spinning: How 'Record Store Day' Is Saving Independent Music Stores

HuffingtonPost.com | Drew Guarini | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Small Business, Record Store Day, Music Stores, Music Business, Record Sales, Record Store Day Deals, Small Business News and Trends, Independent Music Stores, Record Store Day 2012, Music, Vinyl Sales, Small Business News

Last year, the music industry finally had something to celebrate: a rise in record sales. But the celebration was probably timid. The increase was onl...

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Christie's Sells 3 Top Works From Liz Taylor's Art Collection

AP | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Elizabeth Taylor, Video, Liz Taylor, Art, Edgar Degas, Art Auctions, Record Price, Record Sales, Claude Pissarro, Christie's, Van Gogh, Arts News

LONDON — Three top works from the late Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor's art collection have sold at a London auction for nearly 14 million poun...

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Mallika Rao

Are Pukkelpop Insurers Right To Blame Record Sales For The Deadly Stage Collapse?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mallika Rao | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Gaga London Times, Gaga Moran Interview, Smith Westerns Pukkelpop, Smith Westerns Stage, Pukkelpop Downloading, Video, Pukkelpop Stage Collapse, Record Sales, Pukkelpop Insurance, Music, Pukkelpop Festival, Culture News

Insurers of Belgium's Pukkelpop festival blame this summer's deadly stage collapse at a Smith Westerns concert on "la chute des ventes de disques," o...

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New Home Sales On Track To Finish As Worst Year On Record

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Housing Market, New Homes, Home Sales, Record Sales, Mortgage Crisis, National Association of Home Builders, Economy Housing, Unemployment Housing, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes fell for the third straight month in July, a sign that housing remains a drag on the economy. If the current pac...

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Five Music Industry New Year's Resolutions

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Industry, Record Sales, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

This year, let's see some artists take the stage who have zits on their face, sweat stains under their armpits, hairs out of place, and clothes they bought themselves.

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How We've Changed Throughout the Bush Era

Maura Judkis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Energy Efficiency, Bush Administration, Corn, George W. Bush, Record Sales, Death of Newspapers, Green Living, Bush Legacy, Ethanol, Newspaper Industry, Sustainability, Green News
Maura Judkis

The January/February issue of the Atlantic has a neat graphic that shows how our country has changed over the Bush years. There are some interesting environmental stats here.

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Typo Led To Vinyl Sales At Fred Meyer

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fred Meyer, Vinyl, LP, Vinyl Is Back, Vinyl Sales, Record Sales, Business News

PORTLAND, Ore. — It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain. This spring, an employee intending to order a special CD-DVD edition...

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