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Currys plc is a British multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company headquartered in London, [4] which was formed in 2014 by the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse Group.
Currys (branded as Currys PC World between 2010 and 2021) is a British electrical retailer and aftercare service provider operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, specialising in white goods, consumer electronics, computers and mobile phones.
Dixons was founded as a photographic studio by Charles Kalms and Michael Mindel in the High Street in Southend under the name of Dixons Studios Limited, a company registered in October 1937 with share capital of £100. [3] The name Dixons, selected randomly from the telephone directory, was sufficiently short to fit above the small shop front. [3]
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In May 2008, Best Buy agreed to buy a 50% share in Carphone Warehouse's retail business for £1.1 billion, to launch the Best Buy Europe joint venture, named CPW Europe. [19] [20] Best Buy and Carphone Warehouse also opened joint venture stores in the United States. [21] Ross, by now a non-executive director, resigned from the board in December ...
The electricals retailer said people are visiting its stores to learn more about the technology, with AI-enabled computers helping it take an almost 50% market share in UK laptop sales. Currys has ...
PC World's website was merged into Currys in July 2019, resulting in the end of PC World as the separate retailer. Dixons Carphone announced they will rebrand as Currys plc in September 2021, dropping the PC World from the Currys name. The change also replaced Team Knowhow and Carphone Warehouse brands within the existing Currys brand. This ...
Its headquarters is in London. In 2021 it was renamed Currys plc and the Currys brand also replaced the PC World, Team Knowhow and Carphone Warehouse brands. In 2022 its revenue was £10.1 billion, with a net income of £222 million. Curzon Cinemas — is a cinema chain, film distributor, and video on demand company. It was established in 1934.