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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedSHOP, LOOK AND LISTEN; RETAILERS FIND THAT THE SOUND OF CASH REGISTERS OFTEN FOLLOWS THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
Daily News Record, October, 2003 by Stewart, Al
On a recent weekday visit from headquarters a retail executive walked into one of his stores and heard something he didn't like.
It was stone-cold silence, punctuated by the muted chatter of customers and sales staff. "Where the hell's the music?" the executive demanded of a slightly startled salesclerk who quickly fished out a compilation CD of '70s hits and popped it into a nearby stereo system.
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