The Gadget Shop
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Gadgetshop is an electronic toy retailer based in the United Kingdom, which offers many unusual products such as the "USB Cup Warmer", the "Time Machine Clock", and the "Solar Airship".
The company was founded in 1991 by Jonathan Elvidge who was 27 at that time. Elvidge was a worker for Kingston Communications (KC) and whilst working for them, decided to rent a plot in the Princes Quay shopping centre in Hull, which was being built at the time. He decided to leave KC and run the shop.[1]
The company entered administration in March 2005, the company trade marks and domain names were acquired by The Entertainer (Amersham) Ltd.. On 7 September 2010, The Gadget Shop was bought by WH Smith.
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- ^ "A £20,000 Loan into Millions - Thanks to Reggie Perrin! - Small Businesses Ideas 011". www.4-small-businesses.co.uk. http://www.4-small-businesses.co.uk/top-small-businesses-idea-011.html. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
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