Jim Carroll

• Music business Retail
• September 7, 2012, 08:43

Warning: this is a piece which mentions the C word. Readers of a sensitive disposition might want to turn to the film reviews now. Yes, Christmas is coming. For the record industry, Christmas is the most important season of the …

• Music business Retail Technology
• June 22, 2012, 09:04

Should artists get paid for music or should it be free ? That was one of the questions which came to mind after a week observing the ins and outs from a pair of blog posts. The conversation began with …

• Retail
• April 27, 2012, 09:40

It’s Record Store Day tomorrow. And the day after that and all next week and all next month too. I know, you thought it happened last week, but that’s the problem. Record shops are not just for Record Store Day …

• Retail
• February 8, 2012, 09:31

The Amazon shop may be coming to a street near you. The speculation about the opening of a Seattle store comes on the day when Amazon became the UK’s leading entertainment retailer, knocking the beleagured HMV into second place. Add …

• Music business Retail
• February 3, 2012, 09:44

Innovation comes in many different forms. When you’re a record label operating at a time when sales and revenue are on the slide, you have a couple of options. You can do what the big boys are doing: sit on …

• Retail
• December 14, 2011, 09:27

The queue for the Youth Lagoon album was getting out of hand It’s that time of year. Of course, it has been “that time of year” for a few weeks now – a few months if you’re one of the …

• Music business Reissues Retail
• October 7, 2011, 10:00

They are the last refuge of the record label scoundrels, When all else fails, when you can’t sell enough albums or downloads by new acts to pay the bills, stick out a luxury deluxe edition or box set and listen …

• Marketing Music business Retail
• September 30, 2011, 09:48

Is this a record shop revival in the capital I see before me? Last week, E2 Music announced plans to open a pop-up shop on Dublin’s College Green in the space formerly occupied by Habitat. This week, it’s the arrival …