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In 1984, Currys was taken over by Dixons (another electrical products retail chain, now Currys plc) but maintained its separate brand identity. In April 2006, Dixons Stores Group announced that its Dixons shops, except in Ireland and in duty-free areas in airports, would be rebranded as Currys.digital [6] (later changed to Currys Digital). In ...
In the United Kingdom, the company operated Currys, Currys Digital, PC World (with stores increasingly dual-branded 'Currys PC World'), Dixons Travel and its service brand Knowhow. At the time of the merger in 2014, Dixons Retail had 530 outlets in the United Kingdom and Ireland and 322 in Northern Europe.
to UK Owner # of shops Notes B&M: 1978 B&M European Value Retail S.A. 800+ The business was founded by Malcolm Billington as Billington & Mayman and the first store opened in Cleveleys, England, in 1978 and was acquired by Simon and Bobby Arora from Phildrew Investments in December 2004 Bargain Buys: 2013 Fortress Investment Group: 75
A combination of excessive waiting to speak to a store associate and a lack of product information in-store undermines your purchasing motivation, and you go elsewhere. 344 Rank on Fortune 500 Europe
Currys plc is a British multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer, and services company headquartered in London, England, [4] which was formed in 2014 by the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse Group.
Dixons Travel was a technology retailer, with stores in four airports in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was a division of Currys Retail, a subsidiary of Currys plc. It was initially established as Dixons Tax Free in June 1994 to relaunch the Dixons brand in airport locations. The name changed to Dixons Travel in January 2009.
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A further store in Leeds was added in 1965, but the UK business was sold to Asda in 1966. [88] Goodfellows Hull and East Yorkshire based chain [89] [90] Grandways: Some stores sold to Argyll Group for their Presto chain and Kwik Save, remainder renamed Jacksons 1992/3 Regional in Yorkshire Granville Supermarkets 31 stores purchased by ...