Photobox is an online photo printing company,[1] founded in 2000 by Graham Hobson.
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| Type of business | Private |
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| Founded | 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 |
| Users | 30 million+ |
Photobox has two offices, one in London and one in Paris, and operates in 10+ countries, predominantly in Europe.
Business
editIn 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.
References
edit- ^ "Consumer Photo Printing Market Report 2013". Futuresource Consulting. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- ^ Gilles Musi (2007-07-27). "Photoways vise les nouveaux marchés de la photo sur Internet". L'Express. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "Photobox announces merger with Moonpig.com". BBC News. 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2013-12-16.