Talking Shop
GMK’s managing director, Karl Waktare, shares his business insights and reveals how the distributor weathered the Covid-19 storm
Karl Waktare
Introduce us to GMK and its brands…
GMK are the UK’s biggest distributor for civilian shooting sports products in the UK. We do a full distribution service for brands that want to be represented in the UK. Our biggest brand is Beretta and we also distribute other market leading companies including Sako, Tikka, Federal, CCI, Benelli, Franchi and Steiner. In addition to this we have a retail division and a strong tactical division, which has won contracts with the UK MOD and supplies all the UK Police forces.
Tell us a little about the history of GMK - when was it formed and who by?