Type Public limited company Industry Consumer electronics Headquarters United Kingdom | Traded as DC. Founded 7 August 2014 Revenue 9.738 billion GBP (2016) | |
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Predecessor Dixons Retail
Carphone Warehouse Group Key people Sir Charles Dunstone (Chairman)
Sebastian James (CEO) Stock price DC (LON) 302.93 GBX -1.57 (-0.51%)8 Mar, 5:09 PM GMT - Disclaimer CEO Sebastian James (6 Aug 2014–) Subsidiaries Carphone Warehouse, Currys, PC World, Elkjøp | ||
Dixons carphone coe part of dixons carphone plc
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; Currys-PC World and Carphone Warehouse in the Republic of Ireland; PC World, 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 250 Index.
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Dixons carphone working towards expanding its global footprint
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 by the former Dixons Retail and former Carphone Warehouse shareholders. Carphone Warehouse's Sir Charles Dunstone has been appointed chairman and Sebastian James, CEO of Dixons, has become chief executive.
On the first day of trading the company opened seven PC World or Currys stores with Carphone Warehouse concessions.
UK and Ireland
Northern Europe
The Knowhow brand is also present in the Nordic stores.