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.
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 bought by WH Smith.
United Kingdom
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, 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
Kingston Communications
KCOM Group , formerly known as Kingston Communications, is a UK communications and IT services provider. Its headquarters is in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, where subsidiary business unit KC serves local residents and businesses with Internet and telephony services...
(KC) and whilst working for them, decided to rent a plot in the Princes Quay
Princes Quay
Princes Quay is a shopping centre in the heart of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The centre is unusual in that it is built on stilts over Prince's Dock after which it is named...
shopping centre in Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, which was being built at the time. He decided to leave KC and run the shop.
The company entered administration in March 2005, the company trade marks and domain names were acquired by The Entertainer (Amersham) Ltd.
The Entertainer (Amersham) Ltd.
The Entertainer Ltd. is the United Kingdom's largest independent toy retailer, founded by husband and wife team Catherine and Gary Grant in 1981, when he purchased a local toy shop in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England...
. On 7 September 2010, The Gadget Shop bought by WH Smith.