Photobox

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Photobox
Photobox-logo.png
Type of businessPrivate
Founded2000
No. of locationsLondon and Paris
Founder(s) Graham Hobson and Mark Chapman
Managing director Dan Mucha
IndustryOnline photo printing
Products Prints, Canvas, Photo books, Cards, Magnets, Invitations
Revenue £175.3m 18.8% Increase2.svg
Employeescirca 700
URL www.photobox.co.uk
Users 30 million+

Photobox is an online photo printing company, [1] founded in 2000 by Graham Hobson.

Photobox has two offices, one in London and one in Paris, and operates in 10+ countries, predominantly in Europe.

Business

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

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

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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.