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Shape Your In-Store Experience with Music for Retail
Sound is a frequently underutilized emotional driver in the customer experience. That’s why we build branded soundscapes for retail that go beyond background music. Our approach unlocks music’s ability to shape brand perception, connect with your customers, and inspire action.
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of global shoppers say music is the number one factor in lifting their mood.
– Elevating The Customer Experience: The Impact of Sensory Marketing
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of shoppers say music is the in-store element that stood out most during their shopping experience.
– Mood Media Experiential Media Marketing Handbook
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of Millennials and Gen Z say curated music would enhance their in-store holiday shopping experience.
– Mood Media 2025 Holiday Music Survey
Mood Media’s global music library for business features more than 120 million fully licensed tracks, programmed into over 1500 curated playlists.
Music for Retail
It’s not just about trending tracks, the right music can evoke an emotional response, boost brand sentiment, and encourage your customers to spend more time in your stores.
Signature Music
Signature Music
Curate tailored playlists with our premium streaming solution. Choose from a vast library of licensed music to build a consistent sound across your locations. A quick, easy, and scalable way to harness the power of music throughout your global retail footprint.
Custom Music
Custom Music
Collaborate with our global network of music supervisors to create a bespoke playlist with licensed music that perfectly captures your brand story through sound. A seamless blend of strategy and emotion, custom curated to engage your target customers.
Contact us to discover how music for business can elevate the in-store experience for your customers.
How Can Music Help Your Store?
In the competitive retail industry, how can you cut through the noise and connect with your audience?
Sound is one of the most impactful tools we have at our disposal. It’s the first thing you customers will notice, even if they don’t realize it. The right music not only reflects your brand identity but can also evoke emotional responses, create comfort, build trust, and increase time spent in your stores.
Sound has the power to change how people feel, and people act based on those feelings.
Connect with Customers
Hit the right genre, tempo, and volume and watch as your music pulls your customers’ attention away from their phones and into your space.
A curated digital music playlist can serve multiple purposes at once: improving your in-store environment, enhancing brand perception, and lifting the mood of your customers and employees.
Music can inspire, entertain, and communicate key messages while also leaving a lasting impression on your target audience.
Cut through the noise with a captivating and customized soundscape.
Enhance Customer Experience
Improve the ambience of your stores while creating an emotional connection with your customers. The right music can create positive associations, put a spring in their step, or soothe their nerves.
Inspire Action
Up the tempo to keep lines moving at the register or changing rooms during peak periods or slow things down to encourage your customers to take their time exploring your full product range before making a considered purchase.
Boost Sales
A mood-boosting playlist combined with targeted audio messaging can make your customers more receptive to your marketing and encourage impulse buys.
Elevate Employee Morale
Music can increase productivity and improve job satisfaction, making repetitive tasks feel easier, and improving the overall working environment for your team.
Cement Brand Identity
Curate a playlist that reflects your brand personality to create a multisensory in-store experience across your global footprint that is consistent, memorable, and enjoyable.
What is Music for Business?
Music for business isn’t just background noise, it’s an essential component in curating a memorable and impactful retail environment.
More than that, the right music can lead people to associate your stores with pleasant memories, encourage repeat visits, and help your employees feel more energized and inspired.
With a licensed music library stretching to over 120 million tracks (the largest global music library for business), we can help you curate the perfect playlist for your brand.
Our Case Studies
Bringing Experiences to life
Our Case Studies
Bringing Experiences to life

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Why Trust Mood Music Solutions for Your Retail Stores?
Music is in our DNA. We were the first to explore how sound changes space, human emotion, and behavior. We’re the original sound designers of the modern retail world – and we’re still evolving, taking our clients’ spaces from background music to brand soundscapes.
Our global team of music supervisors, composers, designers, and cultural experts work alongside intelligent platforms and scheduling tools to deliver the perfect audio experience at scale. It’s a delicate blend of art and science that considers every element, from the customer journey and brand alignment to emotion and storytelling to global licensing and data analytics.
Consultative Approach
Forget one-size-fits-all; we work closely with your team to understand your unique needs and craft a bespoke music solution that is in tune with your goals.
Music First Mindset
With our in-depth global knowledge of music trends, genres, and licensing, we curate playlists that reflect your brand and resonate with your audience.
End-to-End Solutions
We support you through every step of the process, from initial strategy consultation and solution design to proactive music management and regular playlist updates.
Centralized Management
Control and update your music offering across multiple speakers and stores from one single centralized platform to ensure brand consistency no matter where you are in the world.
Brand Consistency
Every track is selected based on your brand attributes, customer profile, and business goals, ensuring a consistent sound.
Global Strategy
With teams based around the world and partners spanning every industry, we bring international insights and best practices to your audio strategy.
Audio Content Services
It’s all about finding the perfect harmony.
Our team offers end-to-end creative services, creating captivating soundscapes that cut through the noise, appeal to your target customer, and reflect your brand identity for retailers of all shapes and sizes.
Audio Strategy
We’ll use our years of experience and unique expertise to plan, develop, and manage your audio strategy, encompassing music, audio messaging, and ambient sounds.
Audio Identity
By taking the time to understand your brand identity and target audience, we can create a strong and consistent audio brand that can provide a clear framework to follow and be deployed cross-channel.
Custom Compositions
Once your audio identity is clear, we’ll work with talented composers and musicians to create original pieces that align with your objectives and are unique to you.
Music Distribution & Management
With our tried-and-tested processes, technologies, and systems, we can support you with the management and scheduling of your playlists, audio messages, and ambient sounds in multiple formats on a global scale.
Global Music Licensing
Mood Media’s extensive music licensing agreements ensure you can legally find and play music in 179 countries, including all of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. With over 120 million songs available, our music can be safely and compliantly used for curation and programming worldwide, allowing you to deliver exceptional audio experiences for your customers in the US and beyond.
An Extensive Library
Enjoy access to the world’s largest music library licensed for commercial and corporate use. Our in-house licensing team have forged partnerships with over 30,000 publishers and more than 3,500 record labels including Sony, Warner, and Universal to offer songs from both internationally renowned and emerging independent artists.
Experience and Expertise
Benefit from the long-standing relationships our expert in-house legal and music licensing teams have formed with thousands of PROs including ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and PRS, leading to licensing agreements that cover all of Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, Australia, and North America.
Proactive Management
Feel reassured that your music use is fully compliant thanks to our proactive approach. As well as covering your content master and publishing rights, our team constantly monitors the global PRO industry to ensure we keep pace with any legislative changes and global commercial licensing regulations, eliminating risk.
Mood Harmony™ Music
Meet Mood Harmony, an intuitive music management system that puts you in complete control of the sound in your stores. Home to the world’s largest library of music for business, Mood Harmony offers bespoke brand-approved playlists and pre-curated programs that make scheduling and managing your music simple. Log in on desktop or mobile to control the songs playing in a single location, a region, or across your global footprint.
Centralized Management
Have full visibility of the songs being featured in your stores. With the Mood Harmony mobile app, you can instantly see what’s playing now, what’s played recently, and what’s coming up next no matter where you are in the world.
Dynamic Adjustments
Give feedback on individual songs by giving them a thumbs up or down in the app, select an alternative playlist from your brand-approved library, or localize the sound in a specific store by choosing songs from emerging regional artists.
Actionable Metrics
Analyze the impact of your in-store music with Harmony Reports. Ensure brand and audience alignment by viewing global music trend analytics, proof of play reporting, and user engagement either within the platform or export via API to connect with your external tools.
Frequently Asked Questions
New to music for business? Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding playlists and music licensing for retail brands:
What is music for business?
Why is music for business important?
How do I choose the right music for my business?
Do I need a music license for my business?
How much is a music license for my business?
Can I customize the music for my business?
We Partner with Every Industry
Our customized and comprehensive music for business solutions include creative strategy, sonic branding, playlist development, licensing, and ongoing support.

Retail

Restaurant

Hospitality

QSR

Automotive

Grocery

Healthcare
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