PC City
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| Company type | Part of Dixons Carphone |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | November 1991 |
| Defunct | October 2013 |
| Headquarters | Hemel Hempstead (United Kingdom) |
| Products | Information technology |
| Revenue | n/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.
Previously, 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 sold to Worten.[5]
- Italy – The business was combined with UniEuro, which was merged with Marco Polo in October 2013.[6][7]
Store statistics
By November 2008, the former number of stores of the PC City Group was as follows. The data was taken from DSG International.co.uk, which is now offline.[8]
| Number of Stores | Year of First Opening | |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 40 | 2000 |
| Italy | 15 | 2002 |
| Sweden | 9 | 2003 |
References
- ^ "Dixons Group Presentation 2011" (PDF). www.dixonscarphone.com. 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "PC City blir Electroworld" [PC City becomes Electroworld] (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
PC City blir Electroworld (..) Electroworld har övertagit hanteringen av befintliga kunder till PC City. (Automated translation: "Electro World has come to Sweden! (..) Electro World has taken over the management of existing customers to PC City.")
- ^ "PRELIMINARY AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE 53 WEEKS ENDED 3 MAY 2008" (PDF). dixonscarphone.com. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Dixons Retail axes Spanish division". Financial Times. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "PC City España traspasará a Worten ocho tiendas con 350 empleados". europapress.es. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Dixon's Unieuro and Marco Polo form new electrical retailer group for Italian market". gcmagazine.co.uk. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Carphone_Prospectus" (PDF). dixonsretail.com. October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "PC City". dsgportal01.dixons.co.uk. 2005. Retrieved 19 October 2020.