Photobox
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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 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 French counterpart, Photoways. Stan Laurent became its head. In 2007, Photobox officially launched a dedicated German website. In 2010 Photobox launched in Norway and Poland.
In July 2011, personalised card company Moonpig[2] was acquired, creating the Photobox Group. This owns five brands: Photobox, Hofmann, posterXXL, Moonpig and Greetz.
References[]
- ^ "Consumer Photo Printing Market Report 2013". Futuresource-consulting.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- ^ "BBC News - Photobox announces merger with Moonpig.com". Bbc.co.uk. 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
Categories:
- Photography websites
- Digital photography
- Photography companies of the United Kingdom
- Internet properties established in 2000