Jim Carroll

• Music business Retail
• April 11, 2011, 11:35

Ahead of next weekend’s Record Store Day, you’ll find a piece I wrote for the paper at the weekend about the current health of the music retail sector here. It’s probably the most pessimistic I’ve ever been about the record …

• Retail
• March 28, 2011, 08:23

Comet Records has become the latest Irish record store to close its doors. Comet was a presence on Irish streets for 27 years with stores in Dublin (the most recent outlet was on Cope Street) and Cork. Yes, I know …

• Retail
• March 11, 2011, 10:00

Another week, another story about record stores closing down. This week, BPM Records announced that they are to shut their stores in Wexford and Waterford. No prizes for guessing why these outlets are going out of business: competition from internet …

• Music business Retail RIP
• February 15, 2011, 09:29

John Caddell presents Key Cuts on Phantom 105.2 every weekday night. On Tuesdays before I do The Far Side, the two of us shoot the breeze about the musical news and views of the day. This usually involves semi-coherent rants, …

• Music business Retail Technology
• January 18, 2011, 10:07

Three music business stories in the ether this morning which may not look connected at first galnce, but are actually all part of the same conundrum. Zhivago Records in Galway has gone into liquidation with the loss of 15 jobs, …

• Irish Times Retail
• January 10, 2011, 09:02

Some of you may already have read my piece from Saturday’s Irish Times about how stores selling books and music will have to find new ways to attract customers through the doors if they are going to survive in an …

• Retail
• December 9, 2010, 09:35

Yes, there was a budget the other day and yes, the economic catastrophe is still rocking away, but it’s December and that means Christmas, presents and shopping. Wonder could I get away with cancelling Christmas due to unforeseen circumstances? Over …

• Music business Retail
• November 26, 2010, 10:44

While every day has been black these last few weeks in this country, today is Black Friday across the Atlantic Ocean. The day after Thanksgiving is when Americans hit the shops and malls to avail of special offers, price reductions …