Emporium Record Store organizes a great opening – The North Wind

The Emporium Record Store organized a large opening event on Friday, February 14, in its new location in the Third Street in the city center of Marquette.

The business carries gently used vintage vinyl together with vintage toys, CDs, comics and much more.

“We are also proud to track down this difficult to recording, for which you are looking for and fill up special orders, ”said Jon Teichman, the owner of the business.

Community members were welcomed to stop by the shop, which the owner had been looking forward to for months.

“All the challenges and the stress of the past four months have just melted away when the first customer went through the door on Friday at Highhmittag and the steady human flow lasted all day until we closed the doors at 8 p.m. . “Many thanks to everyone who spread the word, hung a flyer, shared the event and told their friends.”

Teichman has more than 10 years of experience in the record sales business and strives to continue his craft. That's why he had the opportunity this autumn when he had the opportunity to buy a house on the 800 block of third parties STreat, he knew that he should take it.

“After four years in our former location in the Washington Street it was worth a step,” said Teichman. “The support of the larger community makes small companies thrive and grow. People appear and remind me every day that we are an estimated and needed part of Marquette. “

Teichman is particularly looking forward to the possibilities that this record store offers for NMU students.

“We are a short walk, a bike tour, a snowshoe path or a trip from the campus,” said Teichman. “Everyone is invited to visit music, talk about pop culture and explore new sound boundaries!”

The Emporium is also a room for the NMU Record Club to organize activities with further information about the hub.

As you can imagine, there were some challenges associated with the opening of a new record business.

“Move all the music that we have acquired in the past 10 years to find out where everything fits, and donate/let go that we can no longer use [was difficult]«, Said Teichman.

The Emporium also supports local musical artists by wearing their music, stopping flyers and selling their goods.

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