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PC City
Company typePart of Dixons Carphone
IndustryRetail
Founded2000
DefunctOctober 2013
HeadquartersHemel Hempstead (United Kingdom)
ProductsInformation Technology
Revenuen/a (see Dixons Carphone for group revenue.)

PC City was a chain of computer superstores that was owned and run by Dixons Carphone which was established in the end of 1991, and was equivalent to the brand of PC World which operates in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The last logo of PC City was identical aside from the name to the previous version of the logo of PC World.

PC City had stores in several countries, but these are now closed;

  • Sweden – The physical stores closed down in April 2009.[1] The online outlet switched to the brand Electro World in August 2013.[2]
  • France – The chain started with two stores in December 2001, but closed all nine stores in February 2007.[3]
  • Spain – The chain closed all thirty four stores in April 2011.[4] Most of the stores were then sold to Worten.[5]
  • Italy – The business was combined with UniEuro which was merged with Marco Polo in October 2013.[6][7]

Store statistics

The former number of stores of the PC City Group was as follows by November 2008.[citation needed]

Number of Stores Year of First Opening
Spain 40 2000
Italy 15 2002
Sweden 9 2003

References

  1. ^ "Dixons Group Presentation 2011" (PDF). www.dixonscarphone.com. 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. ^ "PC City blir Electroworld". electroworld.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  3. ^ "PRELIMINARY AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE 53 WEEKS ENDED 3 MAY 2008" (PDF). dixonscarphone.com. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Dixons Retail axes Spanish division". Financial Times. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. ^ "PC City España traspasará a Worten ocho tiendas con 350 empleados". europapress.es. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Dixon's Unieuro and Marco Polo form new electrical retailer group for Italian market". gcmagazine.co.uk. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Carphone_Prospectus" (PDF). dixonsretail.com. October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2020.