for other uses see paper chase disambiguation . paperchase type private industry retail founders judith cash eddie pond headquarters london united kingdom products stationery greeting cards revenue 106 949 000 2015 parent primary capital website www.paperchase.co.uk paperchase is an international chain of stationery stores which were established in the united kingdom but has since expanded into europe the usa and united arab emirates . as well as stand alone stores in the uk there are concessions in selected selfridges and house of fraser stores . contents 1 history 2 stores 3 controversy 4 references 5 external links history edit paperchase was founded by two art students judith cash and eddie pond around 1968 . the company went through various owners before receiving investment from w h smith in 1985 ; it continued to expand and in 1996 became paperchase products ltd. 1 having been bought by the existing management with investment from a venture capital fund . in 2004 borders group inc. bought out graphite capital 2 3 and the company grew internationally within the borders network . in 2007 borders sold a majority stake in the uk and irish division of borders book stores to risk capital for 10 million . 4 in may 2008 the borders group announced it was considering selling its 97 % share to one of either hgcapital isis equity partners or change capital 5 with w h smith interested in putting in a 50 million bid 12 years after selling it at 1 million . 6 with the administration and closure of borders uk in late 2009 the company lost a large presence on the british high street as there was a paperchase concession within every uk borders . the uk division of borders separated from its parent and the owner of paperchase in 2007 and all border stores closed on 22 december 2009 . to replace these lost uk retail sites paperchase concessions were formed in a number of hmv and waterstones stores during 2010 . 7 in 2010 an mbo was completed 8 and the company is now owned by primary capital and its board of directors . stores edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message in september 2010 paperchase launched an online store built on the venda ecommerce platform . as of january 2013 the company has over 130 retail points of sale made of up a mix of concessions and standalone stores . these are primarily based in the uk with several in dubai and a few in denmark the netherlands france and germany . one of their flagship stores is on tottenham court road and is known as paperchase heaven and another in manchester citation needed a new store opened in the white rose centre in leeds in june 2013 and in march 2013 another flagship store was opened in buchanan street in glasgow in 2013 paperchase occupied the former barratts shoes store in jersey . barratts closed the jersey store just before it went into administration . controversy edit in february 2010 the company was accused of stealing artwork created by an independent british artist . 9 hidden eloise . 10 an artist working for the agency gather no moss eventually admitted tracing the artwork . 11 references edit business week graphite capital sells paperchase to borders group . retrieved 2008 10 13 . woolner aaron 2004 07 14 . borders buys paperchase . the independent . london . retrieved 2008 10 13 . financial times 20 may 2008 financial times 20 may 2008 telegraph 28 may 2008 financial times 7 may 2010 pr newswire 13 july 2010 http hidenseek.typepad.com come out come out green chris 2010 02 11 . paperchase forced to deny it copied artist s work . the independent . london . retrieved 2010 05 21 . http hidenseek.typepad.com come out come out 2010 02 the designer apologises.html external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title paperchase & oldid 734906385 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