PhotoBox Limited Press Release

PhotoBox Limited, today announced it has signed a deal with Littlewoods brand, LX Direct, that will offer new services to users of the Littlewoods site www.lxdirect.com.

With the PhotoBox digital photography service integrated into www.lxdirect.com, Littlewoods is building the services available to their community online and encouraging loyalty in a highly competitive market. This partnership will provide their customers with the chance to share memories with loved ones instantly. Their favourite photographs can be seen online by family and friends through private photo albums, they can even share them with the rest of the world if they choose to make the album public.

Printing is also easy with the PhotoBox service, customers simply select their favourite photographs online, order them and they’re delivered the next day. LX Direct online customers can choose from a huge variety of shapes and sizes, from traditional 6x4 to 20x8 panoramic posters. For special occasions and celebrations there’s a range of beautiful personalised gifts like mugs, calendars and canvas prints, to name but a few.

“The Littlewoods website, www.lxdirect.com is a natural fit with our service here at PhotoBox. A large portion of their registered users own digital cameras and use them regularly. These individuals are also highly likely to have broadband access and love the convenience of buying online”, said Mark Chapman, Managing Director of PhotoBox. He continued, “we are confident that this partnership will deliver some great results for LX Direct and we’re excited about working together over the coming months.”

Lian Rowlands, Business Development Manager for LX Direct agrees. “We’re delighted to be adding another string to the bow of the LX Direct online offering as we continue to move the site towards being a comprehensive lifestyle experience for our customers.  The majority of our users are young families who are already using technology to certain degree, and this partnership with PhotoBox will allow them to share their memories in creative ways.  Our philosophy is to treat our customers as individuals so it’s great that we can now offer them the chance to create bespoke gifts with the help of LX Direct and PhotoBox.” 

About PhotoBox
PhotoBox is the UK’s first online digital photographic company and the market leader in its field according to independent research by Understanding and Solutions 2004.  Using award-winning, state-of-the-art facilities, and partnering with FujiFilm UK, has ensured that PhotoBox has become the destination site for both professional and amateur digital photographers. 

PhotoBox, which is privately owned and funded, was the brainchild of CEO Graham Hobson and Managing Director Mark Chapman.  The company is chaired by Colin Glass, who brings a wealth of retail experience to the business.

PhotoBox customers can order photographic prints in wide range of sizes up to 30”x20” posters. A wide range of gifts including greeting cards, mugs and calendars featuring the customers own digital images are also available.  Standard sized prints ordered before 4pm Monday-Friday are sent same day by first class post. Each customer is given unlimited space for photo printing and free space for photo sharing.  PhotoBox also offers a number of mobile features for customers on the go including a FREE send-to-mobile photo service.

PhotoBox Awards
o     Revolution Awards Best Online Retailer 2005
o     Best of breed 2005 awards from Broadband & Internet Advisor and Digital Photo
o     Daily Express, 100 sites you can’t live without
o     Winner of the 2004 E-Commerce Awards, London Region E-Trading category
o     Best of breed 2004 awards from What Digital Camera, Web User, Internet User, Broadband & Internet Advisor, Which Digital Camera? and Photography Monthly
o     Commended for Best Online Retailer, Revolution Awards 2004
o     Best of breed 2003 awards from Digital Photography Buyer and User, Digital Camera Magazine, PC Pro, What Digital Camera and Web User
o     Amateur Photographer Online Digital Lab of the Year 2003
o     Sunday Times top 10 best websites of 2002

About LX Direct
Designed with time and money-conscious customers in mind, the new season book and website (www.lxdirect.com) make it even easier to find the latest electrical products and designer interiors, plus all the definitive looks from the catwalk and high street, with great value for money.

As well as the best choice of women’s fashions the range also offers kidswear, menswear, homewares, electronics, toys and jewellery.

LX Direct offers:
•    All the choice of the high street, plus great value and convenience
•    Top brand electricals including Sony, Toshiba, Olympus, Phillips and Samsung
•    Exclusive designer clothes – including Elspeth Gibson, Amanda Wakeley, Nicholas Millington and Scott Henshall
•    High street brands – including Miss Sixty, Ted Baker, Diesel and Morgan
•    Next day delivery available on most items with the reassurance that orders are tracked every step of the way by our own delivery tracking system and you can choose when you want the order to be delivered
•    Free returns
•    Easy ways to order – by phone (0870 166 2219), on the Internet (www.lxdirect.com/home), fax (0845 6060), textphone (0800 316 0407) or post (LX Direct, Kershaw Avenue, Liverpool L72 1SU)