He says Guitar Center is needed in Macon and they don't have plans to leave. "We don't have a lot of other shopping stuff around us, so we don't have a lot of walk-in traffic.

The Otis Redding Center for the Arts is officially open in Macon, featuring practice spaces and a recording studio for up-and-coming musicians. To stream 13WMAZ on your phone, you need the 13WMAZ app.

Mattress Firm, Claire's, Guitar Center — they're all recent bankruptcy survivors whose stores you might have passed in a mall, perhaps with their doors shuttered early in the pandemic. But this ...

Guitar Center, December 2017 (VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images) Save. Save. Guitar Center has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as The New York Times reports. The company filed on ...

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Despite rumors to the contrary, Guitar Center isn't a goner. It is growing. Michael Amkreutz, the company's EVP of merchandising and e-commerce, talks about what lies ahead.