In the summer of 2002, the Cartridge World family of stores was
growing quickly in Australia and Great Britain. Company
Directors then set their sights on the world's most promising
consumer market: The United States.

The U.S. corporate headquarters were secured in the City of
Emeryville, six miles east of San Francisco, California. With a
top notch staff in place, the system began to grow. In 2003, 13
Master Territories were created,  each owned by Master
Franchisees who began to populate the U.S. market with the
Cartridge World brand. By the end of 2003, 40 franchises had
been awarded.

In 2004, the corporate headquarters expanded to a new 12,000
square foot office facility, 8,000 square foot state-of-the-art
training facility, and 20,000 square foot warehouse.  

2004 was a break-out year for store growth with the 100th store
in the United States was sold in June and three new Master
territories were added.

Since that time, we have expanded our retail store franchise
system to over 650 stores and 28 Master Territories within the
our North American Region.