Memphis' Explanation Retail !Soul TM 1 Chain Opens Its Own One -Stop C Copyright 1980, Billboard Publications, Inc
23 General News Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 5/3/80 AND SEEKING NEW EMPLOYES Memphis' Explanation Retail !Soul TM 1 Chain Opens Its Own One -Stop c Copyright 1980, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part o' this publication may be reproduced. stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted. in any form or by any By JEAN WILLIAMS mea.s, electronic. mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission LOS ANGELES -The Explana- 1972, says record sales, for the most "For the industry people we had of the publisher. tion retail record chain in Memphis part, have been good at all shops. eight DJs from four local stations, expanded into the one -stop business He credits this largely on the ex- WDIA -AM, WLOK -AM, WHRK- *STAR Performer-LP's registering greatest proportionate upward prog- last week when it opened New Dawn pertise of his staffers, pointing out FM and WZXR -FM spinning rec- ress this week Enterprises. that his employes are trained in mu- ords. TITLE 3 TITLE The chain, with three outlets in sic, how to sell it and how to buy it. "For the general public," he con- Artist, Label & Number Artist, Label & Number Dist. Label) different parts of the city and a "Once they learn this they are on tinues, "we had Arista's Galaxy to (Dist. Label) A 3 fourth to open mid -May, has their own and I just consult them." provide the entertainment and we 2 3 GO AU. THE WAY 39 36 22 BRASS CONSTRUCTION 5 brought of Eldridge Henry and Ed- he says.
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