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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 .
Guy Johnson is an English businessman, the former third business partner in Carphone Warehouse. [1] He is estimated to have a fortune of £156 million, ranking him 546 in the Sunday Times Rich List of 2008. [2] After the business was founded by Charles Dunstone with £6,000 savings, he asked Johnson to join him as the second partner.
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 ]
David Peter John Ross (born 10 July 1965) is an English millionaire businessman, and one of the co-founders (with Charles Dunstone and Guy Johnson) of Carphone Warehouse.At the peak of his business interests in 2008, Ross was one of the 100 richest people in the United Kingdom. [1]
In December 2017, it was announced that he would leave Dixons Carphone and return as chairman of Carphone Warehouse to shake up the struggling company. [3] In April 2019, Harrison joined the board of WhoCanFixMyCar.com as chairman. [4] Harrison was named TechRadar's Mobile Power 50 Person of the year in 2009 and 2014.
Best Buy Europe Distributions Ltd. was a retail joint venture owned by the United States–based electronics retailer Best Buy Inc and United Kingdom–based mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse. The company was formed by Best Buy's purchase of 50% of The Carphone Warehouse's retail division in May 2008. [1]
Allan was an instrumental figure in the £3.7 billion merger of Dixons and Carphone Warehouse. [9] [10] In February 2011, Home Secretary Theresa May announced that Allan would join the Home Office as a non-executive member of its supervisory board in an attempt to bring business experience into the government department. [11]
[9] [10] During the Dixons Carphone Christmas 2015–2016 results update to shareholders, Sebastian James, group chief executive, revealed that over the following financial year the three-in-one shop format (shops featuring Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse branding under one roof) would be rolled out across the company's entire portfolio ...