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Retail

Music Meets Retail: New Industry Alliances

From sonic social media-enabled branding and artist-influenced VM, to a new strain of pop-star product collaborations, the relationship between music and retail has never been more fruitful. We review the retailers using the synergies between the two industries to best effect.

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28 Nov 2014
BY: Marta Mąkolska & Katie Baron
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