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<p>The name originates from an abbreviation of the phrase "file of facts". This name for the product was first coined when the UK company was founded in 1921. The popularity of the Filofax personal organiser grew enormously during the early 1980s due to its association with <a href="/facts/Yuppie/ugNce0x0">Yuppie</a> culture, where it was regarded as a "must-have" accessory, in the days before <a href="/facts/Electronic_organiser/c983HsBe">electronic organisers</a>.
</p><p>A range of insert page formats are sold, including calendars, notesheets, password lists and a thin calculator.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<p>The company was known as Norman & Hill until the mid-1980s, when it renamed itself after its most popular product. For much of its life it was based in <a href="/facts/South_Woodford/jmYD7PKM">South Woodford</a>, East London (postal address Essex). In the early 1980s, it moved to nearby <a href="/facts/Barkingside/MKDatYzz">Barkingside</a>, also in East London (London Borough of Redbridge, postal address is in Essex). It was bought by <a href="/facts/David_Collischon/dIbQlLHW">David Collischon</a>. 
In the late 1980s David Collischon floated the company on the stock exchange resulting in control of the company being taken over by Nightingale with Robin Field taking the role of MD. 
In the early 1990s it moved its offices to central London, near Oxford Street,  and subcontracted its warehouse operation to <a href="/facts/Crick%2c_Northamptonshire/pAK6ykLH">Crick</a> in Northamptonshire. The company was acquired by Day Runner, Inc. in 1998. In 2001, Day Runner, Inc. sold Filofax.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
</p><p>Filofax is part of the UK-based <a href="/facts/Thomas_Letts/EBmSMbau">Letts</a> Group. In 2006, <a href="/facts/Phoenix_Equity_Partners/q0dE7z8b">Phoenix Equity Partners</a> led a <a href="/facts/Secondary_buyout/jTqlRzqg">secondary buyout</a> of the business. The deal provided an exit for <a href="/facts/Private_equity/DpqoqjBH">private equity</a> firm Dunedin Capital Partners. In 2012, the company was acquired by HSGP Investments.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://filofax.com/">Official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://filowiki.robert-mayr.com/">Filowiki</a>, independent listings of Filofax models' features</li></ul>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Filofax-B134011-Personal-Calculator/dp/B001N356U2 <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Filofax-B134011-Personal-Calculator/dp/B001N356U2" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Filofax-B134011-Personal-Calculator/dp/B001N356U2</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"History of Day Runner, Inc. – FundingUniverse". www.fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11. <a href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/day-runner-inc-history/" target="_blank">http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/day-runner-inc-history/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"About Filofax". <a href="https://filofax.com/about" target="_blank">https://filofax.com/about</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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