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| industry = Internet Retail |
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| Gründungsdatum = 1973 |
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| location_city = [[Georgsmarienhütte]] |
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| key_people = Georg Gerhard Ortmann |
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'''jpc''' is a German music-retailer based in [[Georgsmarienhütte]] near [[Osnabrück]]. The |
'''jpc''' is a German music-retailer based in [[Georgsmarienhütte]] near [[Osnabrück]]. The name stands for ''jazz-pop-classic''. |
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The business was started in 1970 by two university students selling LPs from a wallpapering table to finance their studies. |
The business was started in 1970 by two university students selling LPs from a wallpapering table to finance their studies. In 1973, came a physical shop, and in 1976 mail order. The growth story of the mail-order business is a case study in German retailing textbooks.<ref>Jutta Emes ''Unternehmergewinn in der Musikindustrie: Wertschöpfungspotentiale'' 2004 p. 90 "JPC Die Firma JPC ist ein mittelständisches Unternehmen mit 200 Mitarbeitern Es hat seinen Hauptsitz in Georgsmarienhütte bei Osnabrück und wurde Anfang der siebziger Jahre von zwei Studenten gegründet, die sich mit dem Schallplattenverkauf das Studium finanzieren wollten. Nachdem Schallplatten zunächst auf Tapeziertischen vor den Universitäten Köln und Göttingen angeboten worden waren, eröffnete 1973 das erste Ladengeschäft. Bereits 1976 kam der Versandhandel ......"</ref> The company now employs 200 people and describes itself as the biggest retailer of classical music in Europe.<ref>[http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/home/theme/-/tname/hilfe-wasistjpc#geschichte History] "2009: Ein mittelständisches Unternehmen - jpc ist der größte Klassik-Anbieter Europas."</ref> jpc also owns its own classical label, [[Classic Produktion Osnabrück|cpo]], which specialises in lesser known works by German composers and won "Best Label" at the [[Cannes Classical Awards]] in 1996. The company now also retails books and DVDs.<ref>Fanfare: Volume 17, Issue 3; Joel Flegler - 1994 "Obviously, Ortmann's involvement in a mail order firm was a great boon at the beginning. We have distributors worldwide, but it is a special thing in Germany. JPC [Jazz Pop Classics] announces every new release each month in a printed ..."</ref> |
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| Industry | Internet Retail |
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| Founded | 1973 |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Key people | Georg Gerhard Ortmann |
| Website | www.jpc.de |
jpc is a German music-retailer based in Georgsmarienhütte near Osnabrück. The name stands for jazz-pop-classic.
The business was started in 1970 by two university students selling LPs from a wallpapering table to finance their studies. In 1973, came a physical shop, and in 1976 mail order. The growth story of the mail-order business is a case study in German retailing textbooks.[1] The company now employs 200 people and describes itself as the biggest retailer of classical music in Europe.[2] jpc also owns its own classical label, cpo, which specialises in lesser known works by German composers and won "Best Label" at the Cannes Classical Awards in 1996. The company now also retails books and DVDs.[3]
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[edit]- ^ Jutta Emes Unternehmergewinn in der Musikindustrie: Wertschöpfungspotentiale 2004 p. 90 "JPC Die Firma JPC ist ein mittelständisches Unternehmen mit 200 Mitarbeitern Es hat seinen Hauptsitz in Georgsmarienhütte bei Osnabrück und wurde Anfang der siebziger Jahre von zwei Studenten gegründet, die sich mit dem Schallplattenverkauf das Studium finanzieren wollten. Nachdem Schallplatten zunächst auf Tapeziertischen vor den Universitäten Köln und Göttingen angeboten worden waren, eröffnete 1973 das erste Ladengeschäft. Bereits 1976 kam der Versandhandel ......"
- ^ History "2009: Ein mittelständisches Unternehmen - jpc ist der größte Klassik-Anbieter Europas."
- ^ Fanfare: Volume 17, Issue 3; Joel Flegler - 1994 "Obviously, Ortmann's involvement in a mail order firm was a great boon at the beginning. We have distributors worldwide, but it is a special thing in Germany. JPC [Jazz Pop Classics] announces every new release each month in a printed ..."