A year ago, the record store on Haight Street was in dire straits. Now, it's seeing a resurgence.
Though the 25,000-square-foot bowling alley-turned-vinyl collectors’ paradise on Haight Street had managed to withstand an economic recession, shifting listening formats and the rise in music streaming services, it was the first time the store would face an entirely new beast: the COVID-19 pandemic.
Luckily, Amoeba was able to secure two PPP loans, in addition to individual grants for each of its three stores, which helped to cover most of the losses. Meanwhile, a successfulgenerated nearly $300,000 — all of which went toward maintaining health care benefits and payroll-related costs for more than 400 employees.
He attributes this renaissance to a variety of factors. For one, people had been cooped up at home for weeks, if not months. Some of them had stimulus checks they were eager to spend, or a handful of old records they no longer listened to and hoped to exchange for an upgraded selection. But Weinstein also believes that record stores provide a personal freedom that not necessarily everyone knows how to quantify.
“That didn’t dampen anyone’s enthusiasm for coming in,” said Green, who had just transferred from his previous gig at the Berkeley store to a new role as head buyer for the Haight Street location. “It was just a stream of people, and so busy, you wouldn’t believe it. There was a line out the door the whole day, and I felt punch drunk by the end of it.”
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