B&H Photo Video
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| B&H Photo & Electronics Corp. | |
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| Type | Retail |
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| Founded | 1973 New York, New York |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Cameras, Video, Film, Audio, and Electronics. |
| Slogan | "The Professional's Source" |
| Website | bhphotovideo.com |
B&H Photo Video, founded in 1973 and located in New York City, is the largest photo and video equipment store in the United States.[1] The store is patronized by the majority of the city's professional photographers and videographers, serving 8,000 to 9,000 customers per day, while 70% of the company's business comes from their internet operation run from warehouses in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[2] On its website, B&H claims to be the "world's leading retailer of imaging products".
The business is owned by Satmar Hasidim (adherents of one sect within Orthodox Judaism), who close the store on Shabbat and Yom Tov[2] to the dissatisfaction of its predominantly gentile customers.[citation needed] Surpassed only by the Diamond District in terms of Orthodox employment, the company is a vital part of the community's financial health, with hundreds of Orthodox Jews on staff. An Orthodox bus company provides daily service to both from Kiryas Joel, a Satmar enclave in Orange County, New York.[3]
B&H's flagship store is located in West Midtown Manhattan.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Camera store sizzles, except on Saturdays", St. Petersburg Times, January 9, 2006.
- ^ a b "New York camera shop combines 18th-century Jewish traditions and the hottest digital technology", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 12, 2005.
- ^ "Reverberations of a Baby Boom", New York Times, August 27, 2006.
