The Gadget Shop

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The Gadget Shop is an electronic toy retailer based in the United Kingdom, and offers many unusual products such as the "USB Cup Warmer".

The company was founded in 1991 by Jonathan Elvidge. 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. But, KC wouldn't allow him to work for them and run a business at the same time, so he decided to leave KC and run the shop.

The company entered administration in March 2005 after a boardroom bust-up over the future course of the company's plans. In 2005, the company trade marks and domain names were acquired by The Entertainer (Amersham) Ltd., and is currently run by Stuart Grant son of Gary Grant, the founder of The Entertainer group which is also the United Kingdom's largest independent toy retailer. The newly managed gadgetshop now trades exclusively online at the website listed below.