Music for Retail Stores

Pandora CloudCover transforms background music into a powerful retail sales tool, syncing your store’s sound with your brand strategy.

  • Clean stations, ad-free music, all licensing included
  • Playlists & stations built for your retail store
  • 14-day free trial, no credit card required

Businesses Trust Pandora CloudCover for Premium, Ad-Free Background Music Streaming

THE POWER OF MUSIC

Why Music Matters in Your Retail Store

Music is more than background noise. It’s a powerful way to connect with customers.

Familiar, feel-good songs create a welcoming atmosphere that encourages shoppers to linger longer, buy more, and return often. Stores that align their music with their brand identity see an average 37% increase in sales.

With expertly curated stations from Pandora CloudCover, you can tap into the unique advantages of in-store audio and turn every visit into a memorable experience.

Pandora CloudCover helps maximize your restaurant's potential through the power of music, so you can focus on what matters most: your customers and operation.

+37% in Sales

when music matches your brand identity

+42% of Customers

stay longer in your store when music is playing

84% of Customers

notice when background music is playing in stores

The Right Background Music Can

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Increase dwell time

Research indicates that a 1% increase in dwell time results in a 1.3% increase in sales. Persuade customers to linger, explore, and discover more with a background music solution crafted for retail environments.

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Minimize perceived wait times

The average retail customer is only willing to wait 5 to 10 minutes in a checkout line. The right background music makes waits feel shorter, reducing frustration.

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Mask unwanted sounds

Our intuitive dashboard enables you to make real-time adjustments, controlling volume and reducing noise pollution, while providing customers a seamless shopping experience.

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Improve staff morale

Our low-repeat stations create a positive and productive atmosphere with background music designed to uplift, motivate, and energize staff.

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Create a memorable experience

Sound has a significant impact on the creation of memories and associations. We help you harness that power to communicate your brand identity and create memorable customer experiences.

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Enhance your brand identity

Our stations are custom-curated by expert musicologists who work directly with you to construct a soundscape that communicates your brand identity, allowing you to attract and retain the customers you want.

THE PANDORA CLOUDCOVER DIFFERENCE

Why Thousands of Retailers Choose Pandora CloudCover

Pandora CloudCover’s scalable, fully licensed business streaming solution provides retailers the tools to create exceptional customer experiences at a fraction of the cost of competitors.  

Our carefully curated stations ensure your brand’s image and values are conveyed seamlessly, while features like simple setup and our centralized dashboard streamline management. Best of all, our month-to-month pricing, along with a free 14-day trial, make getting started easy.

Explore Features Below

Computer

Stream in Your Favorite Browser

Log in to your account in a web browser to stream directly to any connected amp or speakers. Pandora CloudCover works on top browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari.

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MOBILE

Stream on the Go

The Pandora CloudCover mobile app is downloadable for free on iOS,  Android, and Amazon Fire.

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SPEAKERS

Use the Speakers You Have

Pandora CloudCover works with your existing Bluetooth speaker system. To stream Pandora CloudCover via Bluetooth, pair your device with Bluetooth-enabled speakers, and you’re ready to go. 

We also feature a native Sonos speaker system integration. Add Pandora CloudCover as a “Music Service” on the Sonos app, and start streaming.

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CLOUDBOX

Use Our Media Player

The majority of our customers appreciate having a reliable, dedicated, set-and-forget CloudBox to play music and messages. Once the CloudBox is plugged into an ethernet connection or WiFi is configured, it will connect to CloudCover and start playing the music or messages you have selected from your account.

  • Plug-and-play setup with WiFi
  • Bluetooth, HCMI, SPDIF, and RCA configurations
  • Smart music cacheing
  • Remote control
  • Tamper resistant
  • Auto restart
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Powered by Experts

While other services rely on AI and algorithms, our expert musicologists hand-select every song for maximum impact.

Our musicologists have the expertise to build custom stations for all restaurant types. We learn directly from you about your values, business, and customers to find the songs and sounds you need. Then, we create tailored stations engineered to maximize the customer experience when dining in your establishment.

All Licensing Included

A report from Music Business Worldwide found that nearly 78% of small-to-midsize businesses illegally stream music on site, putting their business at risk.

Work with Pandora CloudCover and stop worrying about legal compliance. Our music is fully licensed, so you don’t have to waste time stressing over potential fines or other complications from illegal streaming.

LOVED BY THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES

What Customers Say

CASE STUDIES

See How Pandora CloudCover Has Made an Impact

Brooks Brothers Elevates In-Store Experience with Pandora CloudCover Music

We’re excited to announce that Brooks Brothers has selected Pandora CloudCover to provide the perfect background music for their stores!

Music That Fits: Windsor Finds the Perfect Match for In-Store Atmosphere

Windsor Fashion is a fast-growing women’s fashion retailer with more than 230 stores nationwide. The company upgraded to CloudCover's background music and messaging service for all of their locations in under 30 days.

Retailer Spices Up 125+ Stores With Hot Music

This family-owned and operated retailer sells hand-crafted seasonings, rubs, hot sauces, recipes, and much more. Customers can even custom mix their own ingredients. They stream CloudCover Music to more than 125 stores across the U.S. and love the ability to enable control of the music to store managers, within a range of approved music from company headquarters. Store managers in different regions of the country can then mix the tunes that hit the hot notes with their customers.

GETTING STARTED WITH PANDORA CLOUDCOVER

Start Steaming Music in Your Retail Store Today

With Pandora CloudCover, setup is always simple. Stream uninterrupted, fully licensed music in minutes from any compatible device, with no special equipment required.

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CloudBox

Most CloudBox music players come preprogrammed, ensuring they’re ready to deliver tunes right out of the box without any manual setup.

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Mobile

Stream from a mobile device by connecting to an amplifier by wire, Bluetooth, AirPlay, or Chromecast.

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Computer

Log into CloudCover in your web browser to stream directly to any connected speakers.

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Sonos

Stream music and messaging through your existing Sonos system with our native integration.

A Sonos bluetooth device.
In-Store Music Streaming

Background Music Solutions for All Retail Environments

Clothing Retail Stores

Embellish the aisles of your clothing retail stores with music that’s as trendy and fashionable as your offerings. CloudCover enables you to set the perfect mood for shopping, adjusting playlists seasonally and ensuring that the ambiance is always supportive, both for your clientele's shopping experiences and your staff’s working environment.

  • Trendy, fashionable playlists
  • Mood setting for shopping
  • Seasonal music adjustments
  • Supportive atmosphere for staff

Grocery Stores

Elevate the daily shop with a fresh, welcoming soundtrack from CloudCover, ensuring every journey through your grocery store’s aisles is pleasant and guided by uplifting, positive tunes. Create a shopping experience that customers look forward to, complementing your fresh produce and delightful products with equally delightful melodies.

  • Fresh, welcoming playlists
  • Enhance shopping experience
  • Guided, pleasant journeys through aisles
  • Positive, uplifting atmosphere

Warehouse & Big-Box Stores

In the expansive spaces of warehouse and big-box stores, discover how CloudCover crafts vast, enveloping soundscapes that enhance, uplift, and guide the customer experience from aisle to aisle.

  • Wide-range soundscapes
  • Pleasant shopping
  • Enhances large spaces
  • Volume consistency

Malls & Shopping Centers

Immerse visitors in cohesive, widespread soundscapes with CloudCover, uniting varied retail experiences within malls and shopping centers under a singular, harmonious auditory umbrella. Manage multiple zones and stores effortlessly, ensuring a consistent, enjoyable atmosphere that blankets the entirety of the shopping center, enhancing every visit.

  • Cohesive, widespread soundscapes
  • Unite varied retail experiences
  • Manage multiple zones effortlessly
  • Consistent, enjoyable shopping atmosphere

Car Dealerships & Auto Stores

Rev up the customer experience in your car dealerships and auto stores with CloudCover, providing a selection of professional, upbeat tunes that enhance every showroom visit and test drive. Tailor the musical experiences to suit different departments, ensuring that every aspect of the customer experience is met with the ideal soundtrack.

  • Professional, upbeat tunes
  • Enhance customer journey
  • Boost showroom appeal
  • Tailor experiences per department

Everything you need to create the perfect sound

Pandora CloudCover offers fully licensed, premium music streaming tailored for your business—at a lower cost than AI-driven alternatives. Our expert musicologists create custom stations that enhance your brand and boost customer loyalty, and our centralized dashboard lets you easily manage your music and messaging across all your locations.

All music licensing included

License coverage to legally stream background music in your businesses

No ads or interruptions

Your music is never interrupted by unwanted advertisements or DJs

Hundreds of curated stations

Access hundreds of stations spanning every genre, mood, and era

10,000+ Artist Stations

Each artist station captures the essence of the featured musician

Custom stations and mixes

Choose a set of songs or artists, and let Pandora's Music Genome work its magic

Clean family-friendly tracks

Business stations are lyric-checked and rated for explicit language and offensive subject matter

FAQS

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need any special equipment to use the CloudCover service?

When I use CloudCover, do I have to worry about song rights, royalties or other licensing issues?

Can I manage multiple locations using CloudCover from a single device or location?

Is there someone I can talk to if I need help or have questions about my service or need technical support?

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Music for Retail Stores

Pandora CloudCover transforms background music into a powerful retail sales tool, syncing your store’s sound with your brand strategy.

Music for Retail Stores

Pandora CloudCover transforms background music into a powerful retail sales tool, syncing your store’s sound with your brand strategy.

businesses trust CloudCover for premium, ad-free background music streaming

Good music is good business

Background music can have a profound impact on your retail business

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CloudCover Retail

Retail Solutions

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How music impacts the retail experience

Music and messaging by CloudCover can enhance your business in so many ways.

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Increase dwell time

Research indicates that a 1% increase in dwell time results in a 1.3% increase in sales. Persuade customers to linger, explore, and discover more with a background music solution crafted for retail environments.

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Minimize perceived wait times

The average retail customer is only willing to wait 5 to 10 minutes in a checkout line. The right background music makes waits feel shorter, reducing frustration.

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Mask unwanted sounds

Our intuitive dashboard enables you to make real-time adjustments, controlling volume and reducing noise pollution, while providing customers a seamless shopping experience.

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Improve staff morale

Our low-repeat stations create a positive and productive atmosphere with background music designed to uplift, motivate, and energize staff.

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Create a memorable experience

Sound has a significant impact on the creation of memories and associations. We help you harness that power to communicate your brand identity and create memorable customer experiences.

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Enhance your brand identity

Our stations are custom-curated by expert musicologists who work directly with you to construct a soundscape that communicates your brand identity, allowing you to attract and retain the customers you want.

Why is Background Music for Retail Stores So Important?

Background music is essential for retail stores because it can significantly affect customer behavior and enhance the overall shopping experience. Research suggests that familiar music can increase purchase intention, customer satisfaction, and spending, and reduce perceived wait time. Pleasurable music and an inviting atmosphere can also increase the amount of time a customer spends in your store as well as increase the odds they return to the store at a later date.

Transform your retail store into a vibrant space with Pandora CloudCover, the ultimate music streaming service. Curate the perfect atmosphere for your shoppers with our extensive library of curated playlists.

CloudCover Features

Automate music and message across all your locations - from one simple dashboard

Dashboard

Manage all of your locations from one simple dashboard

A centralized dashboard gives you an up-to-the-minute view of what music and messages are playing across every location. Remotely change stations, apply music schedules, or turn on messaging.

Dashboard

Messaging

Overhead Audio Messaging

Speak to your customers when it matters most. Use fully integrated audio messaging to promote products and services, provide important information, welcome guests, and enhance the overall customer experience.

Messaging

Scheduling

Music & Message Scheduling

Easily schedule the music and messages that play throughout the day. With daypart scheduling, you have full control over the music and messages that plays at any given time, ensuring an optimal experience for your customers, clients, or employees.

Scheduling

Clothing Retail Stores

Embellish the aisles of your clothing retail stores with music that’s as trendy and fashionable as your offerings. CloudCover enables you to set the perfect mood for shopping, adjusting playlists seasonally and ensuring that the ambiance is always supportive, both for your clientele's shopping experiences and your staff’s working environment.

  • Trendy, fashionable playlists
  • Mood setting for shopping
  • Seasonal music adjustments
  • Supportive atmosphere for staff

Grocery Stores

Elevate the daily shop with a fresh, welcoming soundtrack from CloudCover, ensuring every journey through your grocery store’s aisles is pleasant and guided by uplifting, positive tunes. Create a shopping experience that customers look forward to, complementing your fresh produce and delightful products with equally delightful melodies.

  • Fresh, welcoming playlists
  • Enhance shopping experience
  • Guided, pleasant journeys through aisles
  • Positive, uplifting atmosphere

Warehouse & Big-Box Stores

In the expansive spaces of warehouse and big-box stores, discover how CloudCover crafts vast, enveloping soundscapes that enhance, uplift, and guide the customer experience from aisle to aisle.

  • Wide-range soundscapes
  • Pleasant shopping
  • Enhances large spaces
  • Volume consistency

Malls & Shopping Centers

Immerse visitors in cohesive, widespread soundscapes with CloudCover, uniting varied retail experiences within malls and shopping centers under a singular, harmonious auditory umbrella. Manage multiple zones and stores effortlessly, ensuring a consistent, enjoyable atmosphere that blankets the entirety of the shopping center, enhancing every visit.

  • Cohesive, widespread soundscapes
  • Unite varied retail experiences
  • Manage multiple zones effortlessly
  • Consistent, enjoyable shopping atmosphere

Car Dealerships & Auto Stores

Rev up the customer experience in your car dealerships and auto stores with CloudCover, providing a selection of professional, upbeat tunes that enhance every showroom visit and test drive. Tailor the musical experiences to suit different departments, ensuring that every aspect of the customer experience is met with the ideal soundtrack.

  • Professional, upbeat tunes
  • Enhance customer journey
  • Boost showroom appeal
  • Tailor experiences per department

Everything you need to create the perfect sound

All music licensing included

License coverage to legally stream background music in your businesses

No ads or interruptions

Your music is never interrupted by unwanted advertisements or DJs

Hundreds of curated stations

Access hundreds of stations spanning every genre, mood, and era

10,000+ Artist Stations

Each artist station captures the essence of the featured musician

Custom stations and mixes

Choose a set of songs or artists, and let Pandora's Music Genome work its magic

Clean family-friendly tracks

Business stations are lyric-checked and rated for explicit language and offensive subject matter

Start streaming music today

Back
Next

CloudBox

Most CloudBox music players come preprogrammed, ensuring they’re ready to deliver tunes right out of the box without any manual setup.

Product photo of the CloudCover CloudBox

Mobile

Stream from a mobile device by connecting to an amplifier by wire, Bluetooth, AirPlay, or Chromecast.

Picture of CloudCloud mobile app showing a mix station

Computer

Log into CloudCover in your web browser to stream directly to any connected speakers.

Picture of the CloudCover web application, browsing various Business Stations

Sonos

Stream music and messaging through your existing Sonos system with our native integration.

A Sonos bluetooth device.