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Janelle Borg

One of the UK's biggest guitar stores has sold its stock and website to online retailer Gear4music for $3.2 million – after weeks of speculation over its future

People walk past the yellow-painted Gak Music Emporium and guitar shop in The Lanes conservation area in Brighton, East Sussex, UK.

One of the UK's biggest musical instrument retailers, GAK, based in Brighton, has sold its stock and website to online mega-retailer Gear4music for £2.4 million ($3.2 million). This update follows weeks of speculation and uncertainty, following the brick-and-mortar store's closure on March 25, allegedly for maintenance.

According to a statement on Gear4music's website, the company “has purchased the remaining stock, together with certain intangible assets including websites, trademarks, and commercial data, from the Administrators of GAK.co.uk Ltd and The Guitar, Amp & Keyboard Centre Ltd (together, “GAK”).”

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