Electronic Retailer's, Going By?

Don't worry, the Apple stores will fill the gap. What kind of freak are you, not wanting to listen to downloads thru your Apple headphones/buds? No need to even buy music, iTunes will have a real time download of every recorded title in the universe. Oh, the monthly sub fee is only $109.99 per month. Why clutter up your life with anything else. When you die, all your music will die with you. Rumor has it that Apple will soon be in the concert business, leaving no profit for anyone else. I hear that they have just signed 'Pussy Riot' to a long term exclusive contract, with a concert tour planned for their release from jail. You never know.

Audiooracle, I hope you succeed. Your business model suggests it is driven more by passion for audio rather then profit and loss. Finding, and keeping, sales people who are motivated like your self may never be possible. Carrying a million dollars worth of display inventory plus stock inventory, unless self financed, suggests doom. I did floor financing for many brick and mortar audio stores many years ago and for most of the owners it did not lead to any profit, given the discounts the market required. I made money, they did not. Think about it, in a real sense your display inventory cost to carry is at least $100K per year unless you do a 100% inventory turn every 30 days and can finance all inventory through manufacturers terms. Remember, Amazon's profit in many cases comes from the payable float of not paying vendors for three months after an item sells. I do wish you success as I love to visit stores like yours, especially to hear speakers, and 'kick the tires', but not buy which I do on line or direct from the distributor.