The man who grew Sunrise Records from HMVs ashes, bought Toys R Us and clothing brands
News Source : Financial Post
News Summary
- Doug Putman is a self-described collector of businesses.
- Over the past decade, he has built a conglomerate of retailers that sell everything from vinyl records to teas and toys.
- Putman first attracted national attention in 2017 when he converted dozens of shuttered HMV Canada locations into Sunrise Records stores.
- He’s an entrepreneur “who sees opportunities to invest where others divest or, worse, go bankrupt,” said Canadian marketing specialist Tony Chapman on his podcast, Chatter That Matters.
Putman said he started in the warehouse, but in his spare time he made sales calls and realized he was good at it. One of Everests customers was Sunrise Records, then a small music retailer that was [+3505 chars]
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