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Rough Trade consults tweeters about possible expansion
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 6 September 2010
Those of you who follow CMU on Twitter (and who is there that doesn’t? Come on, own up) will have noticed a retweet on Friday from the Rough Trade record shops asking their followers where they think the independent retailer should set up base next.
Rough Trade now have two shops in London, of course, and seem to be doing rather well despite the general doom and gloom that hangs over their sector. Friday’s tweet doesn’t mean the Rough Trade retail company are planning an immediate expansion, but the company’s Retail Director Stephen Godfroy says he really does value the input of his firm’s Twitter followers on the general direction of his business.
He told Music Week that Twitter gives his the company “a dedicated channel to give and receive input on our thinking, where we’re heading and feedback”.
Godfroy has set up a Twtpoll regarding possible locations for future Rough Trade expansion, which you can take part in with or without the tweet machine here: twtpoll.com/dfc6ij