Requiem for musical instrument stores

2023-08-08 15:40:44

Multiplication of festivals, streaming records, increase of emerging artists. The fourth art still federates just as much, if not more. However, many musical instrument stores are lowering the iron curtain. Between digitization of the sector and successive crises, some shops are resisting. Article reserved for subscribers By Thomas Schefferzick (st.) Published on 08/08/2023 at 17:40 Reading time: 7 min

Rue du Midi, Brussels. The black facade with white and red letters of number 156 hides behind it Music City, “one of the last Gallic villages in the middle of a mad war”, confides Mike, the store manager.

The phenomenon is not limited to the capital. The whole industry suffers. Against the background of domination 2.0, the Thomann group, among others, finds itself in the dock. The German ogre leads the dance with an iron fist, and life is hard for traders.

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