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MUSIC WEEK AWARDS 2008: Recognition Of Services To Music Retail.
WINNER: PAUL QUIRK
For many in the music business Paul Quirk represents everything that is special about independent music retail: he is intelligent and charming and has a real passion for music and a head for innovative business ideas.
This made the closure of his bricks-and-mortar store in January all the more poignant, marking the end of a retail era that dated back to 1954, when his parents opened a radio and music shop.
But Quirk's is by no means retired: he is keeping his shop alive as an online-only operation, and the closure of his physical store will give him more time to devote to his work as chairman of the Entertainment Retailers Association, a role to which he devotes the passion and dedication of a true believer.
Quirk's achievements over his distinguished career are too many to mention. However, his ...
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