Well for what it's worth: Thomann started out as and still is a Brick and Mortar Store. In fact it used to be quite the Mom&Pop Shop makin sales in the founder'

Well for what it's worth: Thomann started out as and still is a Brick and Mortar Store. In fact it used to be quite the Mom&Pop Shop makin sales in the founder's living room that doubled as a show floor. They however were excellent at expanding into online sales (in roughly the same timeline as Amazon) and became Europe's largest online retailer. So one could argue that Guitar Center not improving their online offerings and maybe cutting back on physical locations had also something to do with it.