IDC Various Distribution Outlets (USA)
Baker & Taylor — Baker & Taylor is the world's largest distributor of books and entertainment, in business for over 180 years. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and privately owned, in 2006 it had $2.2 billion in sales, employed 3,750 and was # 181 on Forbes list of privately owned companies. Baker & Taylor's core business distributes media — books, calendars, music and DVDs to libraries throughout the world. Its retail unit distributes approximately 1 million book titles and 311,000 CDs and DVDs to retail booksellers — both physical stores and internet operations.
Baker & Taylor currently sells to Amazon, Boarders, Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, Wal-Mart, Barnes and Noble, and over 9,000 retailers in the United States and Europe.
Synergy — Synergy is a Denver, Colorado based one stop that has been in business for over 15 years (with a short shutdown after the Tower Records Bankruptcy in 2006).
Synergy currently represents over 25,000 titles in over 5,000 retailers in the US and Europe, and sells to both independent stores and other one-stops. Current retail onestop partners include Alliance (AEC/IDN) and Super D, as well as a dozen smaller onestops in Europe.
Synergy sells to AEC, Super D and Independent Store chains including Value Music Concepts (50 stores), Plan 9, Bull Moose, J&R Music World, Fred Meyer, and Virgin Music Stores.
IDC Various Distribution Outlets (USA)
VP Records — VP Records is the largest Reggae One-Stop distributor in the world stocking tens of thousands of current and back catalog Reggae/Dancehall/Soca titles. Based both in Queens, New York and Southern Florida, VP generally stocks all of IDC's reggae titles.
Ernie B's Reggae — Ernie B's is the largest "mail order" reggae distributor in the United States. They currently stock 15,000 titles and although they can be selective about the titles they stock, they almost always bring in IDC's reggae titles.
