The Business is an independent music store in Anacortes

Anacortes, Washington

Anacortes is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is a consolidation of the name Anna Curtis, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman. Anacortes' population was 15,778 at the time of the 2010 census...

. Founded by Glen DesJardins, it opened on Commercial Avenue in Anacortes in 1978. Occupying a former bank

Bank

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, the store regularly stocks CDs

Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

, vinyl records, and audio cassettes, both new and used.

The store also trades in movies, though secondarily to their music business. The location has a smaller collection of movies on DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 and VHS

VHS

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. In addition, the store maintains a selection of music-related posters and artwork for purchase. The Business frequently holds free shows during store hours with locally and nationally known artists from a wide variety of genres.

External links

• Official homepage of The Business
• Wordpress blog for The Business
• Facebook page for The Business
• Twitter page for The Business