Hi Everyone,

This week I am very excited to announce that Dearborn Records has expanded. They opened their new location on September 2nd in Farmington, Michigan and things are off to a fantastic start for them. Effective next month, we will be adding that location to CIMS. This is also a very exciting way for them to celebrate 65 years in business this year!

The new location (a former Dressbarn), is a large space to fill, but the plan is for 4700 sq ft of the total 6200 sq ft. to be reserved for retail. Much like the Dearborn location, Dearborn Music Farmington will offer new and used vinyl records, CDs, t-shirts, DVDs and Blu-rays, books, games, and more. Rick and Kevin Leannais (brothers and owners of the Dearborn Music stores) hope to bring lots of new faces to downtown Farmington and not from just that community but from all over.

From Rick:
“A record store is a destination store. So, we're not gonna just be pulling people from Farmington, we’ll be pulling people from the surrounding communities. It's gonna bring more people downtown, and maybe for the first time. They’re going to get a chance to look at the farmers market or some of the restaurants down there, the other shops. We like thinking that we're a fun shop to go to. We don't just have music. We have music, pop culture gifts and t-shirts; we have family-oriented games. We like to think that we’re a great destination for all things entertainment, just in general.”

Dearborn Music Farmington is located at 33025 Grand River Ave. in downtown Farmington. So, if you are in or around the area, be sure to check them out.

We are excited to welcome this location to CIMS and are all very excited to see this growth within our group.

Here are the charts,
Andrea

Andrea Paschal
Executive Director
Coalition of Independent Music Stores
ThinkIndie Distribution
3738 4th Terrace North
Birmingham, AL 35222
Phone: 205.595.1932 x.208
Fax: 205.595.1938
Email : andrea@cimsmusic.com
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