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Carphone Warehouse is a mobile phone retailer based in London, United Kingdom. In August 2014 the company became a subsidiary of Currys plc (previously named "Dixons Carphone"), which was formed by the merger of its former parent Carphone Warehouse Group with Dixons Retail .
In May 2014, Dixons announced a merger, that soon came to pass, with Carphone Warehouse; the combined company would have market capitalisation of around £3.8 billion. [21] Dixons thus became a wholly owned subsidiary of Dixons Carphone Holdings Limited, and was renamed to Dixons Retail Group plc. [22]
During the period under investigation, between 1 December 2008 and 30 June 2015, Carphone Warehouse sold Geek Squad policies worth more than £444.7m. [13] Dixons Carphone did not contest the FCA's findings and qualified for a 30% discount, reducing the fine from £41.6m.
From 2008, the business turned away from shops in town centres to larger out-of-town stores under the Currys PC World brand, combining the operations of Currys with Dixon's PC World under one roof; after the formation of Dixons Carphone in 2014, the stores gained Carphone Warehouse departments. It was announced in July 2021 that all Currys PC ...
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PC World was a British retail chain of mass market computer megastores.Established in November 1991, it became part of Dixons Retail in February 1993, and then part of Dixons Carphone, after the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse in August 2014.
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Carphone Warehouse agreed to purchase the UK subsidiary of Tiscali in May 2009 for £236 million. [17] The purchase was approved by the European Union Competition Commission in June 2009, [18] and the sale was completed on 6 July 2009. [19] Carphone Warehouse confirmed the business would merge into TalkTalk ahead of the planned demerger. [20]