TRI-POD Series 3, Episode 6: Meet Garry 'Gadget' Maxwell of GMAX Travel Retail : Moodie Davitt Report

This episode’s special guest on TRI-POD, The Moodie Davitt Report’s video podcast series in association with The SEVA Group, is Garry Maxwell, UK-based owner of GMAX Travel Retail, a company he created after spending 18 years alongside at Premier Portfolio as the key third man alongside co-owners Kevin Walsh and Andrew Webster.

Garry’s been in the travel retail world for a lot longer than that, having entered the business with Ocean Trading, part of Allders International in 1981. The intervening years have taken in stints on both the supply and retail sides, with Livingstone, Stena Line, Elizabeth Arden and Scorpio Distributors – fine companies all.

Garry launched his new business in early 2020. It wasn’t the only thing to launch. A certain well-known coronavirus had just arrived on the industry scene around the same time, sparking what would be the most prolonged, painful crisis in travel retail history.

But anyone who knows Garry Maxwell – Gazza to his many mates and Garry Gadget to even more, as the programme explains – knows he’s not going to let something like a global crisis stop him. His business hasn’t just survived, it has flourished. We find out more on this compelling edition.

As usual, we also discover a lot more about our guest’s life and interests, including his beloved Southampton Football Club, the Saints, currently languishing, alas, at the foot of the Premier League. Garry and his business, we are glad to say, are not. ✈

Garry flies First Class (albeit the only class) on TRI-POD Airlines

When Martin met Garry: The pandemic has a lot to answer for. Martin Moodie and Garry Maxwell finally hold a physical as opposed to virtual conversation for the first time in four years as they share a pre-Singapore show beer in Hong Kong.

Note: Would you like to appear with Roger and Martin on TRI-POD? Drop Martin Moodie a line at Martin@MoodieDavittReport.com and we will be in touch.