Dixons Carphone

Dixons Carphone plc
Public limited company
Traded as 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 Increase £9.738 billion (2016)[1]
Increase £468 million (2016)[1]
Increase £337 million (2016)[1]
Number of employees
over 40,000 (2015)[2]
Subsidiaries Goji Electronics Partmaster KnowHow iD Mobile
Website www.dixonscarphonegroup.com

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

Northern Europe

The Knowhow brand is also present in the Nordic stores.

Southern Europe

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Preliminary Results 2016" (PDF).
  2. "Who We Are". Dixons Carphone. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. "Dixons and Carphone warehouse merge to exploit internet of things". Marketing Week. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 1 Sep 2014.
  4. "Dixons and Carphone Warehouse shares drop on merger". BBC News. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  5. Ruddick, Graham (15 May 2014). "Carphone Warehouse and Dixons agree £3.8bn merger". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  6. "Dixons Carphone unveils new stores". BBC. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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