The music could also be coming to and finish for Canada’s final remaining Sam the Record Man location.
After 45 years within the enterprise, the house owners of Belleville, Ont.’s, Sam the Record Man retailer has introduced they’re able to retire.
But it’s too quickly to say precisely what that can imply for the enduring report retailer.
“Everything’s still up in the air,” defined Spencer Destun, who owns the Quinte Mall store in addition to unbiased music shops in Kingston and Oshawa alongside together with his spouse and son.
“We’ve been at this business for a long time and it’s time to retire — it’s time to let it go.
“So we’re having a retirement sale and we’re looking at all other options to keep the stores open.”
Spencer Destun owns Belleville’s Sam the Record Man retailer alongside together with his spouse and son.
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Destun and his spouse have run the Belleville Sam the Record Man retailer because it opened in 1979 and their son joined the crew in 2000.
Started within the Nineteen Thirties by Sam Sniderman in Toronto, the Sam the Record Man chain was as soon as the biggest music recording retailer within the nation, with 140 places throughout Canada.
But the Belleville retailer turned final one standing as others started closing after the corporate filed for chapter within the early 2000s.
Destun says enterprise goes properly, and between the household’s three outlets, they’ve acquired quite a lot of stock through the years.
To scale back the load — and hopefully make the shops extra interesting to a purchaser — Destun despatched shockwaves by the neighborhood when he just lately introduced his retirement sale, inflicting many to invest it meant the tip of Sam’s final retailer.
‘It’s by no means modified’
The information introduced long-time clients like Jim O’Leary out to the shop Tuesday.
“I was devastated, but not surprised. Things don’t last and they’ve been here 45 years,” he mentioned of the information, including it’s the shop’s ambiance that has stored him coming again for many years.
“It’s never changed, it’s always just great vinyl, great CDs, music going all the time and friendly people that work here.”
Carol Morris has additionally been purchasing on the report retailer for years, and she or he says she preferred the store a lot she acquired a job there.
In the practically two years Morris has labored behind the counter, she says she’s met numerous clients who’ve pushed hours to get to the shop, simply because it’s Canada’s final Sam the Record Man location.
Belleville Sam the Record Man worker Carol Morris has additionally been purchasing on the retailer for years.
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“It’s like an icon of Canada for people,” she mentioned, including she’ll be unhappy to see it shut if a purchaser isn’t discovered.
She’s hopeful different clients are in a position to are available in and have a nostalgic expertise earlier than something modifications.
“No matter what age, no matter what music people like, the music brings people together,” she mentioned.
Destun credit good service, choice, and honest costs when requested how his household has stored Belleville’s Sam the Record Man retailer open.
With such a loyal buyer base, Destun is hopeful this isn’t the tip of Sam.
“What the future holds, who knows? But right now we’re working diligently to try to pass these stores on and keep them in the community,” he mentioned.
“The stores are very successful. There’s no reason for them to close.”
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