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| name = Dixons Retail plc | logo = | type = Private company | traded_as = | foundation = October 1937 | defunct = {{End date|df=yes|2014|08|06}} | fate = Merged with Carphone Warehouse | successor = Dixons Carphone | location = Acton, London, United Kingdom | key_people = Lord Kalms (Life President) John Allan (Chairman) Sebastian James (chief executive) | industry = Retail | products = Brown goods White goods Telecommunications Information Technology Cameras Consumer Electronics | revenue = £8.213 billion (2013)[1] |operating_income = £136.0 million (2013)[1] |net_income = £168.1 million (2013)[1] |num_employees = 33,000 (2014)[2] | homepage = www.dixonsretail.com }} Dixons Retail plc was one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in Europe. 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. Dixons Retail's Nordic and central European business was operated under the Elkjøp umbrella, and it also operated Kotsovolos in Greece. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index until its merger with Carphone Warehouse on 7 August 2014 to create Dixons Carphone.[3] At the time of its merger in 2014, Dixons Retail had 530 outlets in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and 322 in Northern Europe. The company, formerly known as Dixons Group plc and later DSG International plc, specialised in selling mass market technology consumer electronics products, audio video equipment, PCs, small and large domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related financial and after sales services (e.g. extended service agreements, set up and installation and repairs). It also sold other products and services, electrical products, spares, mobile services and extended warranties. HistoryEarly yearsDixons 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.[4] The name Dixons, selected randomly from the telephone directory, was sufficiently short to fit above the small shop front.[4] During the beginning of the 1940s, Dixons set up seven studios around London but by the end of the Second World War the business was reduced to a single studio in Edgware.[4] Stanley Kalms, the son of the founder, joined the business in 1948 and started advertising the company's products in the press.[4] In 1950, the company started selling cameras, and in 1957, opened a new head office and buying centre in Edgware to accommodate the staff dealing with 60,000 mail order customers and to provide administrative back up for its six stores.[5] Dixons was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1962, changing its name at that time to Dixons Photographic Limited.[6] It bought out competitors, Ascotts, in 1962 and Bennetts, in 1964.[6] In 1967, Dixons bought an {{convert|85000|sqft|m2|-2|abbr=on}} colour film processing laboratory in Stevenage.[6] Charles Kalms was succeeded by his son Stanley in 1971.[7] In 1972, Dixons bought another competitor, Wallace Heaton, and in 1974, it opened its Stevenage distribution centre.[7] 1990sIn February 1993, Dixons bought Vision Technology Group (VTG), operating under the PC World brand at Croydon, Lakeside Shopping Centre, Brentford and Staples Corner.[8] Later that year, the company sold VTG's mail order division, Dixons US Holdings Inc and Supasnaps.[8] The company opened its first duty free store at Heathrow Terminal 3 in 1994, and later that year launched phone store The Link, the company's first venture into communications. The company's head office was relocated to Hemel Hempstead.[8] In November 1996, Dixons bought DN Computer Services, a computer reseller business.[8] It also acquired the retail assets of Harry Moore Ltd, an Irish electrical retailer.[8] Cellnet bought a 40% stake in The Link in April 1997. Also that year, the Dixons website was launched.[8] In 1998, Freeserve, a free Internet service, was launched; it was later sold to France Telecom and renamed Wanadoo.[8] Dixons bought Elkjøp ASA, a Norwegian retailer, in November 1999.[9] 2000sIn October 2002, Dixons bought UniEuro, an Italian-based electrical retailer,[10] and Genesis Communications, a mobile phone service provider.[11] The company opened its first Electro World store in Hungary in February 2002.[12] In October 2005, Dixons Group plc changed its name to DSG International plc.[13] Further potential expansion came in April 2005, when DSGi bought an interest in Eldorado Group, the largest electrical retailer in Russia and Ukraine, with an option to buy the rest by 2011 at a fixed price of US$1.9 billion (£1 billion GBP).[14] This option was not pursued, DSGi withdrawing their interest in April 2007.[15] In May 2006, DSGi was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise.[11] The company announced that the Dixons brand would continue purely online and that all high street stores would be rebranded Currys.digital.[11] DSGi also bought 75% of Fotovista, a French photographic business.[16] In January 2008, DSGi announced that it would stop selling analogue televisions and only sell integrated digital televisions, in an effort to get consumers ready for the digital switchover.[17] In May 2008, DSGi announced that it would close 77 of its 177 Currys.digital shops in the United Kingdom, as their building leases expired over the following five years.[18] 2010sIn May 2010, the company secured almost exclusive rights to sell the Apple iPad.[19] In June 2010, DSGi changed its name to Dixons Retail plc.[20] Merger with Carphone WarehouseIn May 2014, Dixons confirmed a proposed merger with Carphone Warehouse which would lead to a market capitalisation of around £3.7 billion.[21] OperationsAs of 2014, Dixons has 530 outlets in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and 322 in northern Europe.[22] The company is structured according to the international locations of its businesses and brands, as detailed below: United Kingdom and IrelandBrands comprise (40% of sales, largest market share in United Kingdom and Ireland):[23]
Northern EuropeBrands comprise (32% of sales, largest market share in Nordic countries and Czech Republic):[23]
Southern EuropeBrands comprise (13% of sales, largest market share in Greece):[23]
Product brands{{anchor|essentials}}{{anchor|logik}}{{anchor|advent}}{{anchor|sandstrom}}{{anchor|goji}}{{anchor|prinz}}{{anchor|prinztronic}}{{anchor|saisho}}{{anchor|matsui}}Since the Prinz brand was introduced in the 1950s,[43] Dixons Retail has used a number of own brand names for products sold in its stores. CurrentDixons' brand line up underwent a major reorganisation during 2010.[25] {{asof|2013|8|uc=y}}, the current brands in use include the following:
Former
In December 1988, a British government consumer protection agency charged Currys with misleading advertising. Because of its association with Iwane Matsui, a Japanese general responsible for the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people in the Nanking Massacre in 1937, the Matsui name brought protests from some British veterans of World War II. Currys was ordered by the Oxford court to drop the Japanese Technology Made Perfect motto and fined USD 7,400, but was allowed to keep the Matsui name.[30] Former businessesFormer businesses include:
Financial resultsThe following table shows the company's financial results:[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]
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