BMG Record Club

In September 1994, BMG decided to launch its mail order music club in Canada. The world's second largest media company, BMG owns record labels RCA, Arista and Ariola and publishers Bantam, Doubleday and Dell among others.
Agency: Padulo Integrated Inc.Authors: Scott Luit, Charles Gordon and Douglas Moen

BMG Canadian Launch Campaign

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

BMG Music Service is an international music club that sells compact discs and cassettes via the mail. Headquartered in Europe, BMG is the world's second largest media company. Among other companies, it owns record labels RCA, Arista and Ariola; and publishers Bantam, Doubleday and Dell.

In September 1994, BMG decided to launch its mail order music club in Canada. BMG was virtually unknown here at that time. The market was owned by Columbia House – the largest music club...

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