Photobox

Photobox

Type of business	Private
Founded	2000;25 years ago (2000)
No. of locations	London and Paris
Founder(s)	Graham Hobson and Mark Chapman
Managing director	Dan Mucha
Industry	Online photo printing
Products	Prints, Canvas, Photo books, Cards, Magnets, Invitations
Revenue	£175.3m 18.8%
Employees	circa 700
URL	www.photobox.co.uk
Users	30 million+

Photobox is an online photo printing company, ^[1] founded in 2000 by Graham Hobson. It has offices in London and Paris and operates over 10 countries, primarily in Europe.

Business

In January 2000, Graham Hobson founded Photobox with his friend Mark Chapman. In 2006, the company merged with its French counterpart, Photoways and Stan Laurent became its head. In 2007, Photobox launched a dedicated German website. ^[2] In 2010, expanded to Norway and Poland.

In July 2011, Photobox acquired the personalised card company Moonpig, ^[3] forming the Photobox Group, which owns five brands: Photobox, Hofmann, posterXXL, Moonpig, and Greetz.

References

1. "Consumer Photo Printing Market Report 2013". Futuresource Consulting. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
2. Gilles Musi (2007-07-27). "Photoways vise les nouveaux marchés de la photo sur Internet". L'Express. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
3. "Photobox announces merger with Moonpig.com". BBC News. 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2013-12-16.