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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Photographic products and services |
| Founded | 1939 |
| Founder | Kenneth Becker |
| Fate | US operation purchased by C&A Marketing in bankruptcy auction. EU operation still active. |
| Headquarters | Bahrenfelder Straße 260 22765 Hamburg, Germany |
Number of locations | 18 |
Area served | UK, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium |
Key people | Christof Bergmann, Managing Director |
| Products | Cameras, video, film, accessories. |
Number of employees | 200 |
| Website | www |
Calumet Photographic, Inc., often shortened to Calumet Photo and formerly known as Calumet Manufacturing Company,[1] is a photographic retail and photofinishing specialty store, originally headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. In 2012, the company owned and operated a chain of 32 locations worldwide. The company had 15 locations in the United States, 8 in the United Kingdom, 6 in Germany, 2 in the Netherlands and 1 in Belgium,[2] with 200 employees and an annual revenue of $10 million.[1]
On March 12, 2014, Calumet Photographic filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. C&A Marketing, the New Jersey–based owners of a number of retail photo brands including Ritz Camera, Wolf Camera, Inkley's, Camera World, and RitzPix, purchased the US-based assets on May 1, 2014 for $4 million.
On May 7, 2014, the company announced that it would reopen its Oak Brook, Illinois, retail store location, and did so on May 11; it served as the anchor for the brand.[3][4] The final three stores closed in January 2016.
- ^ a b "Calumet Photographic, Inc". Inside View. August 21, 2012. Archived from the original on August 4, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ "Store Locations". Calumetphoto.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ C&A Marketing Will Reopen Calumet Photographic's Oak Brook Location Sunday May 11 Archived October 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, C&A Marketing. May 7, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ Kukec, Annie Marie (May 14, 2014). "Shuttered Calumet Photo reopens in Oak Brook". Daily Herald. Retrieved August 6, 2015.