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World Of Music (retailer)
WOM (World of Music) is a brand and sales channel of the e-commerce and mail order media company JPC (retailer), jpc which in the past was a chain of retail music stores across Germany. History WOM was founded in Kiel in 1982 as a retail company for the sale of recorded music and opened branches in seven locations in Germany over the next few years. In 1987, Hertie Waren- und Kaufhaus GmbH took over 50% of the shares and used the WOM brand for the music departments of its department stores (including in the Alsterhaus in Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Karlsruhe and Cologne). In 1994, Hertie was taken over by Karstadt and the WOM brand was removed from department stores over the next few years and their music departments were closed. In 2002, the headquarters of WOM World of Music Production and Publishing GmbH was relocated from Kiel to Essen and a profit transfer agreement was concluded with Karstadt. In May 2009, the mail order company JPC (retailer), jpc acquired the WOM brand and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JPC (retailer)
jpc is a German music-retailer based in Georgsmarienhütte near Osnabrück. The name stands for ''jazz-pop-classic''. The business was started in 1970 by two university students selling LPs from a wallpapering table to finance their studies. Then in 1973 came a physical shop, and in 1976 mail order. The growth story of the mail-order business is a case study in German retailing textbooks. The company now employs 200 people and describes itself as the biggest retailer of classical music in Europe. jpc also owns its own classical label, cpo, which specialises in lesser known works by German composers and won "Best Label" at the Cannes Classical Awards The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are music awards first awarded 6 April 2011. ICMA replace the Cannes Classical Awards (later called MIDEM Classical Awards) formerly awarded at MIDEM. The jury consists of music critics of magazines ... in 1996. The company now also retails books and DVDs.Fanfare: Volume 17, Issue 3; Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
