{"id":169773,"date":"2023-08-27T23:40:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T18:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/final-sales-as-iconic-music-retailer-posts-store-closing-banner-after-50-years-liquidation-discounts-starting-at-20\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T23:41:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T18:11:45","slug":"liquidation-discounts-starting-at-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/liquidation-discounts-starting-at-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquidation Discounts Starting at 20%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An iconic music store is closing<\/strong> After more than fifty years, the company will be closing down.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the owners’ difficult decision to close, final sales have begun.<\/p>\n

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Drome Sound will close after more than 50 years.<\/span>Drome Sound: Credit on Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Drome Sound, in Schenectady (New York), will close soon.<\/p>\n

Signs announcing closing down the shop advertise final sales up to 20 per cent off.<\/p>\n

Locally owned since 1968, the shop is still going strong.<\/p>\n

Richard Park and Nancy Park are married owners who made the difficult decision to shut down the shop because they wanted to retire.<\/p>\n

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They told the local media that their attempts to sell had failed. Times Union<\/a> They were open to receiving offers.<\/p>\n

Since reopening following the pandemic, Drome Sound is struggling to draw customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Online retailers like Gear4Music and chain stores such as Guitar Center also face stiff competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSo with a heavy heart, I must announce that Drome Sound Music Store is closing its doors,\u201d wrote store employee Michael Smith in a social media post earlier this week.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cPlease stop in for deep discounts as we start our store closing sale!\u201d<\/p>\n

There were many comments, from both musicians who are professionals as well as hobbyists.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s real sad,\u201d local drummer and guitarist Jesse Perrotti told Times Union.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the last good mom-and-pop stores around. Now you\u2019ve got all the big chains left or you have online shopping.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. Sun contacted Drome Sound to get their comments.<\/p>\n

The current retail climate is not good for independent retailers.<\/p>\n

MEAN STREETS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A beloved New Mexico bookshop announced last month that it would be closing after almost 50 years of operation due to financial difficulties.<\/p>\n

Menaul Book Exchange in\u00a0Albuquerque first opened in 1975 and offered a stellar inventory of over 200,000 books.<\/p>\n

Shoppers will have until September 8 to complete their purchases.<\/p>\n

Retail apocalypse also affects major brands.<\/p>\n

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Rite Aid will be closing 25 stores.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gap has closed 350 of its stores in the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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