Music Stores

Best Buy Co, Inc
7601 Penn Avenue South, Richfield, MN 55423
One of North America's biggest specialty retailers of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software & appliances; headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota; brands: Best Buy, Future Shop, Magnolia, Geek Squad

2Amazon.com Tel: 206-226-1000
410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109-5210
Online retailers of books, music, movies, clothing & accessories, computer & office products, consumer electronics, health & beauty products, home & garden products, kids products & toys, tools & hardware etc; headquartered in Seattle, Washington

3Barnes & Noble, Inc
122 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Multichannel booksellers headquartered in New York; operates a chain of retail bookstores (that also stock music, DVD/ video titles & magazines), & an online bookstore (www.bn.com); also does publishing

4Hot Topic, Inc
Chain of stores targeting young men & women passionate about rock music, pop culture & music-inspired fashion; based in City of Industry, CA, with around 600 stores countrywide; brands include Hot Topic & Torrid, & sell CDs, t-shirts, accessories etc

5GoHastings.com
Web site of Hastings Entertainment Inc, which operates over 150 superstores that rent videos & video games, & also sell new and used CDs, books, videos and video games, as well as boutique merchandise; based in Amarillo, TX

6CD Baby Tel: 503-595-3000
13909 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97230
World's largest online distributor of independent music, with 360,000 albums sold by artists & 3 million tracks in digital distribution catalog; ships CDs from warehouse (Portland), & sells downloads from site; a division of Audio & Video Labs, Inc

7ReDigi
Free cloud service that enables users to sell their legally purchased digital music; an online marketplace where music lovers can purchase pre-owned digital music

8Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Tel: 928-774-0005
1520 S Riordan Ranch St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Stores selling used books, music, movies, video games & systems, magazines, comics, electronics, tchotchkes, & musical instruments; has six stores in Tucson, Mesa, Phoenix, & Flagstaff; in-store events include art exhibits, musical performances

9Turn It Up! Tel: 413-582-1885
5 Pleasant Street, Northampton, MA 01060
Independently-owned group of four music stores around western New England (Northampton, MA, Brattleboro, VT, Keene, NH, & Montague, MA); opened in 1995; sells used, rare & collectible CDs, movies & LPs; has Amazon.com storefront

10Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Inc (HPB) Tel: 800-883-2114
5803 East Northwest Highway, Dallas, TX 75231
New & used bookstore chain founded in 1972 in Dallas, TX, by Ken Gjemre & Pat Anderson; has 85 retail stores in 14 states, selling books, music, movies, & games at affordable prices; dedicated to recycling books, & saving the environment