Dixons carphone plc is a british multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company headquartered in london, formed on 7 august 2014 by the merger of dixons retail and carphone warehouse group. Britains biggest electrical retailer changed its name to dsg international in 2005, but has finally conceded that no one calls the group dsg and is changing its name to dixons retail. Dsg international plc, one of europe s leading specialist electrical retailers, is today updating the market on trading for the 12 weeks ended 24 july 2010. Through our sustainable business strategy, we aim to inspire more super engaged colleagues, grow a customer base that is confident we are on their side and on the side of society and a business investors feel good about investing in. London including stock price, stock chart, company news, key statistics, fundamentals and company profile. Dixons group plc 07 mar 2000 07 sep 2005 new dixons group plc 23 nov 1999 07 mar 2000. The activist investor elliott advisors is exploring plans to acquire a big stake in dixons carphone following a slump in the mobile phone and electrical goods retailers share price. Dixons carphone plc dumps lossmaking honeybee software. Group blames consumer shift to shopping online and upgrading mobile phones less often. See who you know at dixons retail, leverage your professional network, and get hired. Mcafee sues dixons carphone in software dispute techradar.
Dsg international plc to be renamed dixons retail plc. The company opened its first electro world store in hungary in february 2002. Dixons electrical store, uk enjoy big savings at dixons. Stuart fielder senior unix engineer vocalink linkedin. Unix infrastruture analyst dixons stores group intl. Dixons carphone plc officers free information from. Dsg international plc is europes leading specialist electrical retailing group. Carphone to create electricals retail giant with 3,000 stores. In october 2005, dixons group plc changed its name to dsg international plc. With dixons sale save up to 55% today at dixons online electrical store. Dixons group plc is the largest specialized retailer of consumer electronics in europe and controls more than 1,250 retail outlets in the united kingdom, ireland, scandinavia, spain, portugal, and hungary. Dixons carphone closes 530 uk stores with loss of 3,000 jobs.
Along with sister brands, currys and pc world, dixons online store is second to none, with more deals than you can shake a dongle at. Dixons carphone entered into an agreement with sprint in july 2015 to open and manage a number of sprintbranded stores in the us as part of an ambitious expansion plan. Dixons group plc dixons is a diversified electrical retailer operating in the uk and other european countries. The six dixons stores in the republic of ireland were unaffected by the rebranding, as were dixons 21 taxfree airport stores. Activist elliott explores taking dixons carphone stake. In october 2002, dixons bought unieuro, an italianbased electrical retailer, and genesis communications, a mobile phone service provider. The move will not put the dixons logo back on the high street, however, as the old dixons stores are now rebranded as currys megastores or currys. Dixons retail group limited free company information from companies house including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity. London, 20151221 epr retail news on 16 december 2015, tony denunzio, nonexecutive chairman of pets at home group plc, was appointed to.
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