Bull Moose Music
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Bull Moose Music |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Brett Wickard |
| Headquarters | Portland, Maine |
| Website | bullmoose.com |
Bull Moose Music is an independent retailer and record store chain based in Portland, Maine, USA. The chain has operated since 1989 and has nine locations in Maine and three in New Hampshire. It has been featured in various newspapers throughout Maine and New Hampshire. It was founded by Brett Wickard in Brunswick, Maine in 1989, though he did not file it as a Business Corporation until 1995. Bull Moose was started with $37,000. Chris Brown was hired in 1991 as a clerk and later became the creator of Record Store Day, and the company's Vice President.
Wickard and Brown often appear on local news channel WCSH6 to discuss the latest media trends. They were covered by Bloomberg for using unique predictive algorithms to drive media sales. The retailer defies rumors of a dying physical media industry with its increased sales, sparking interest from media outlets in how Bull Moose manages to make a profit in tough times for other record stores such as Tower Records. The Portland Press-Herald has also covered Bull Moose Music and Wickard's business journey several times.
Bull Moose promotes local involvement and independent retailers, and is known in Maine as a business that creates community. The retailer is often cited in Maine as "the best record store." In 2007 when Brown was head of Bull Moose marketing, an email chain with Michael Kurtz, head of the Department of Record Stores, sparked the idea for Record Store Day. Each year the co-founders at the Department of Record Stores works to collaborate with multiple artists for exclusive releases made especially for Record Store Day. The releases for 2017 included works from David Bowie, Prince, St. Vincent, and more. The Department of Record Stores keeps a list of participating independent record stores.
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