CHICAGO — With a new record store opening soon in Pilsen, joining dozens more operating citywide, it appears that the vinyl record business is thriving.
But how difficult is it to manage a record store in 2015?
Wil Sutphin, a fixture on Chicago's vinyl scene for four decades, closed Wilbilly's in Roscoe Village two months ago.
Sutphin also shuttered Deadwax — another vinyl record store — in 2011 and said, in retrospect, "I should have pulled out sooner."
DNAinfo Chicago discussed the difficulties facing record stores on WGN 720AM during Saturday's Noon Business Lunch with Steve Bertrand. Each week, DNAinfo Chicago joins Steve to discuss neighborhood "Openings and Closings" on the show:
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