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		<title><![CDATA[Music & Arts adds five Texas stores, opens 17,000-sq.-ft. distribution center.(RETAILER UPDATE)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[STEPPING UP THE PACE of its Texas expansion, Music & Arts has  opened five new stores and a new 17,000-square-foot distribution  facility in Dallas County. The moves are part of an effort to strengthen  the Guitar Center division's position in the country's largest  school music market,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sam Ash expands in Los Angeles: adds percussion location on Sunset Boulevard, adjacent to Guitar Center flagship.(RETAILER UPDATE: NEWS FROM THE RETAIL FRONT LINES)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]    CONSISTENTLY STRONG sales results have prompted Sam Ash to expand  its outlet on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. By early December the  retailer will have completed remodeling on an additional  3,500-squarefoot space, bringing the total retail space to just under  14,000 square...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[High-profile ad campaign supports Guitar Center proprietary lines.(RETAILER UPDATE)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]     Guitar Center is backing its proprietary Laguna guitar and Raven  amp lines with high-profile ad campaigns in the industry's most  widely circulated end-user magazines. The Holiday issue of Guitar World,  which was released in mid-October, carried four pages, including a ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Guitar Center grant funds school guitar clinic program.(FLASH)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the Guitar and Accessories Marketing  Association GAMA has agreed to expand the Teaching Guitar Workshop  Program to include 12 workshops, up from ten in previous years. With the  expansion, 600 school music teachers will receive guitar training  through 2009 and 2010,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Guitar Center intros private-label Raven amps.(RETAILER UPDATE: NEWS FROM THE RETAIL FRONT LINES)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONTINUING TO EXPAND its selection of private label offerings,  Guitar Center is now offering the Raven line of guitar amplifiers. The  six-product line is also being offered by the company's  Musician's Friend division. The entry-level RG20, which boasts 20  watts of power, a single 12" speaker,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Joly replaces Galster as head of stores: Guitar Center.(RETAILER UPDATE)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENE JOLY HAS RETURNED to Guitar Center retail as the executive  vice president of stores. The industry veteran will be leading the GC  retail sales organization and bringing with him a wealth of industry  experience. Joly started his m.i. career in 1975 at E.U. Wurlitzer Music ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who's your real competition? Independents are rightly worried about getting swallowed by whales like Guitar Center and Best Buy. Maybe the real worry should be getting nibbled to death by all the little guys selling online.(THE GUITAR MARKET)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Independent guitar dealers, who's your competition? Is it  Guitar Center? Is it Best Buy? Or is it some guy you've never heard  of with a laptop and an apartment full of guitars? Just consider the  case of Matthew Paul, a senior at Brown University. Selling guitars on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Guitar center bonds downgraded on best buy roll out.(FOREFRONT)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHILE THE INDUSTRY debates the impact of the Best Buy rollout,  Moody's Investors Service appears poised to reach a conclusion. The  company, which rates the credit-worthiness of bonds, is reviewing Guitar  Center's bonds for a possible downgrade. In a prepared statement,  the company said, "The review...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BEHIND THE SCENES OF A MAJOR DRUMMING EVENT]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though it only takes place over the course of several hours on one night each year. Guitar Center's annual Drum-Off Grand Finals event is far more than just a single concert. In fact, it really is a major undertaking, with thousands of drummers nationwide competing for the honor of being...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Guitar Center's "Green" initiative.(RETAILER UPDATE: NEWS FROM THE RETAIL FRONT LINES)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5264/is_200806/ai_n31234876]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[GUITAR CENTER HAS launched an ongoing "Green" initiative  to reduce its carbon footprint and to conserve fuel and wood resources.     In 2007 the retailer halted the use of wooden pallets when shipping  product from its distribution center to all 214 Guitar Center Stores, ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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