On Dragon's Den, Theo Paphitis's stationery retailer was Ryman.
Theo Paphitis is a British retail entrepreneur who acquired Ryman, the stationery chain, in 1995. The business became one of the central companies associated with his public profile before he joined Dragon's Den as an investor. Ryman sells stationery, office supplies and related products through shops and online channels.
Paphitis is sometimes linked with other retail brands because he has owned or invested in several businesses. Those include lingerie retailer Boux Avenue and lingerie company La Senza in the United Kingdom. However, Ryman is the stationery retailer most directly associated with his career and Dragon's Den persona.
The name is also easy to confuse with other high-street stationery chains such as WHSmith and Paperchase. Ryman’s history dates back to a shop founded by Henry Ryman in London in the nineteenth century, long before Paphitis’s acquisition.