Running a drum shop in the United States isn’t without its challenges, from competing with the nearby Guitar Center and online giants like Musician’s Friend and Amazon to maintaining a healthy profit margin when a majority of your sales are from small-ticket items like heads and sticks. But at least drum retailers on Modern Drummer’s side of the Atlantic don’t have to import the bulk of their stock or navigate the economic impact of something like Brexit, the U.K.’s prospective withdrawal from the European Union.

January 2018 Issue