Music Retail

Through its Music in Print division (MIP), the company owns or controls more than 175 UK retail outlets selling printed music and/or musical instruments. These stores account for some 20% of the total UK music retail business.

MIP shops have a presence in many UK High Streets. Some are wholly owned premises, others are shops within shops. These stores are centrally operated from the Bury St Edmunds centre employing a support staff of about fifty people. A retail branding programme designed to unite all of these shops under a common name - musicroom - is currently being rolled out. Good store design and effective retailing techniques are supported by strategic use of the Internet in-store to give each outlet a vast virtual stock of downloadable music for instant download and sale.