Record #:

13295

Author(s):

McConville, Edward M.

Abstract:

In 1962 the Record Bar was a single mom-and-pop store in a dying section of downtown Durham. By 1982, it had grown into the second-largest national retail chain in the record industry with sales in 1981 of $65 million. The retail chain has 136 stores in twenty-eight states.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 2 Issue 2, Feb 1982, p47-48, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Retail trade; Chain stores; The Record Bar (Durham); Record industry--Durham