Topic summary
Dabs Press
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Dabs.com.
History
Originally Dabs Press, from 1987 to 1990, then Dabs Direct, the company primarily sold its products via advertisements in IT-related magazines. dabs.com was founded in Bolton by David Atherton and Bruce Smith in 1987; Dabs is an acronym of the initials of the founders' names. It subsequently grew to employ more than 200 people, with annual revenue of £200m from 5,000 transactions daily.