Andrew Wilkinson, founder and Chief Executive of Kingstreet Group plc, tour producers for Robbie Williams, Phil Collins, Sting and the Spice Girls, founder of Music3w and former partner at Rolling Stones’ management , Rupert Loewenstein Ltd, has joined Bob Geldof on the board of Recordstore .co.uk, one of the UK’s most successful music e-tailers.
The company, which operates online shops for over 200 UK bands and labels including Robbie Williams, Craig David, Moby, The Darkness and Ministry of Sound, has now been appointed official e-commerce partner to Universal and Sanctuary, and contracted to launch a string of online shops for Sony Music. The companies will benefit from sales from their artists’ web sites directly counting towards chart position, which has never before been possible.
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