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The Gadget Shop Limited
 PROFILE
Need a kinky teddy bear or a remote-controlled farting machine? Then The Gadget Shop is right for you. The company operates about 40 shops across the UK, which sell a wide variety of gadgets and goods, ranging from lava lamps to portable refrigerators. The company's stores are upscale gift shops where men buy for themselves and women buy for men. The Gadget Shop also sells through cable television and by mail, as well as through its Web site; it has re-branded all of its shops gadgetshop.com. Jonathon Elvidge founded the first outlet in Hull in 1991. He was joined by Andrew Hobbs, who had rented that store to Elvidge. The Gadget Shop is looking to Continental Europe for expansion.

 COMPETITION
The Great Universal Stores P.L.C. (GRUSY)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: June
1999 Sales (mil.): 40.90
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 55.1%
Employees: 316
Revenue per employee: $129,430.38

 KEY PEOPLE
• Jonathan Elvidge
    CEO

 CONTACT INFO
Hesslewood Hall, Ferriby Rd., Hessle
Hull HU13 0LH, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-1482-626-400
Fax: 44-1482-626-402
Online: Web Site

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