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company now has offices in 12 countries. Putumayo has sold more than 15 million CDs since it began, with 50 of its collections selling more than 100,000 copies each and several surpassing 300,000. Currently, more than 3500 specialty retailers in the U.S. and thousands more around the world sell
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Storper began to hone his entrepreneurial skills by trading coins and antiques while in junior high and high school. He also earned money by playing the piano at restaurants and other local venues. As a college student he set up a store in his dorm providing the usual necessities of dorm
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Putumayo Europe, in Hilversum, Holland in 2000 enabled the company to connect with the European music and retail scene. The expansion of the label's International division has also extended Putumayo's presence in South America, Asia, Africa and Oceania. The
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America. It received considerable media attention and by 1985 Storper found himself designing ethnic-inspired contemporary clothing and supplying 600 other stores. Putumayo also had three successful New York stores.
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Putumayo's first two world music collections in 1993. That same year, Storper was joined by his long-time friend Michael Kraus, who helped him launch the label.
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Storper was also a judge for the 5th, 10th, and 11th annual
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