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Currys plc is a British multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company headquartered in London, [ 4] which was formed in 2014 by the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse Group. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index . The company operates under a number of ...
Currys. Currys (branded as Currys PC World between 2010 and 2021) is a British electrical retailer and aftercare service provider operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, specialising in white goods, consumer electronics, computers and mobile phones. Established as a bicycle retailer in 1927, Currys expanded the range of goods sold and from ...
The head office moved to Hemel Hempstead. [8] In November 1996, Dixons bought DN Computer Services, a computer reseller business. [8] It also acquired the retail assets of Harry Moore Ltd, an Irish electrical retailer. [8] Cellnet bought a 40% stake in The Link in April 1997. Also that year, the Dixons website was launched. [8]
Currys plc. Website. PC World website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2019-07-16) PC World was a British retail chain of mass market computer megastores. Established in November 1991, it became part of Dixons Retail in February 1993, and then part of Dixons Carphone, after the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse in August 2014.
Currys plc. Website. www .carphonewarehouse .com. Carphone Warehouse is a mobile phone retailer based in London, United Kingdom. In August 2014 the company became a subsidiary of Currys plc (previously named "Dixons Carphone"), which was formed by the merger of its former parent Carphone Warehouse Group with Dixons Retail.
Volvere plc. Harold Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms (born 21 November 1931) is the life president and former chairman of Currys plc (formerly DSG International plc, Dixons Group, Dixons Carphone). Currys plc owns Currys, as well as the now phased-out brands "PC World", "Team Knowhow" (in-house services) and various international electronics retailers.
It was also revealed that 628 employees at the head office in Newcastle-Under-Lyme would be made redundant. [10] On 22 September 2014, EE reached an agreement with Phones 4u's administrators to take over and rebrand 58 stores, while Dixons Carphone revealed that they would transfer 800 employees to its Currys and PC World stores. [11]
In May 2002, Argos, along with rival retailer Littlewoods Index, was accused by the Office of Fair Trading of price fixing goods from toy manufacturer Hasbro. [70] The decision reached in 2003 resulted in Argos being fined £17.28 million, [ 71 ] however, an appeal in 2005 led to that being reduced to £15 million. [ 72 ]