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| File:Dixons Carphone company logo.png | |
| Company type | Public limited company |
|---|---|
| LSE: DC. | |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Predecessor | Dixons Retail Carphone Warehouse Group |
| Founded | 7 August 2014 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Key people | Sir Charles Dunstone (Chairman) Sebastian James (CEO) |
| Revenue |  £9.936 billion (2015)[1] |
| £381 million (2015)[1] | |
| £293 million (2015)[1] | |
Number of employees | over 40,000 (2015)[2] |
| Website | www |
Dixons Carphone plc is a multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was formed on 7 August 2014 by the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse Group. It operates under a number of brands across the United Kingdom, Ireland and mainland Europe. These include Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse in the United Kingdom; Elkjøp in the Nordic countries and Kotsovolos in Greece. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
History
Following shareholder agreement in July 2014, the £3.8 billion merged entity was launched on 7 August 2014: on the first day of trading the shares in the merged business were owned 50:50[3] by the former Dixons Retail and former Carphone Warehouse shareholders.[4] Carphone Warehouse's Sir Charles Dunstone has been appointed chairman and Sebastian James, CEO of Dixons, has become chief executive.[5]
On the first day of trading the company opened seven PC World or Currys stores with Carphone Warehouse concessions.[6]
Operations
UK and Ireland
- Carphone Warehouse / Phone House - mobile phone retailer
- Currys / Currys Digital - specialises in home electronics and household appliances
- PC World - specialises in computing. Increasingly combined with Currys in dual-branded stores
- Knowhow - a provider after-sales product support and cover and provides home delivery and installations and repairs.
- Dixons Travel - a retailer operating in the UK's main airports, and Dublin International Airport in the Republic of Ireland.
Northern Europe
- Elgiganten - ("Electrical Giant") sells home electronics and household appliances in Denmark and Sweden
- Elkjøp - ("Electrical Buy") sells home electronics and household appliances in Norway
- Gigantti - ("Giant") sells home electronics and household appliances in Finland
- Lefdal - sells home electronics from larger stores in Norway
- Dixons Travel - operating in Copenhagen Airport. Similar concept as the UK/Dublin ones.
The Knowhow Concept is also present in the Nordic stores.
Southern Europe
- Kotsovolos - sells home electronics in Greece
- Phone House - mobile phone retailer in Spain and Portugal
- PC City – a chain of computer superstores in Italy
References
- ^ a b c "Preliminary Results 2015" (PDF).
- ^ "Who We Are". Dixons Carphone. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "Dixons and Carphone warehouse merge to exploit internet of things". Marketing Week. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 1 Sep 2014.
- ^ "Dixons and Carphone Warehouse shares drop on merger". BBC News. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ Ruddick, Graham (15 May 2014). "Carphone Warehouse and Dixons agree £3.8bn merger". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ "Dixons Carphone unveils new stores". BBC. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
