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Dixons Carphone is changing its name to Currys

Dixons Carphone's Irish sales up 39%

Dixons Carphone - the parent company behind Currys PC World in Ireland - said it saw electricals like-for-like sales growth of 39% here, despite stores being closed for a number of weeks due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Business • 30 Jun 21

DixonsCarphone plans to rebrand all its Irish and UK shops as Currys

DixonsCarphone to rebrand shops as Currys

Electricals retailer DixonsCarphone has revealed plans to rebrand all its Irish and UK and shops as Currys.

Business • 13 May 21

Dixons Carphone has posted a strong online performance, which more than offset the forced closure of its stores during Covid-19 lockdowns

Dixons Carphone profits rise due to strong online sales

Electricals retailer Dixons Carphone has reported a jump in first half profit, benefiting from a strong online performance that more than offset the closure of stores during Covid-19 lockdowns, sending its shares sharply higher.

Business • 16 Dec 20

Total revenue from Dixons Carphone's UK and Ireland mobile phone division fell 56% in the 17 weeks to August 29

Dixons Carphone's mobile phone sales slump

British electrical goods retailer Dixons Carphone has today reported lower mobile phone sales in 17 weeks to August 29.

Business • 10 Sep 20

Dixons Carphone said it will not update current year or medium-term guidance until the impact of Covid-19 becomes clearer

Dixons Carphone warns on profit due to coronavirus

UK electricals retailer Dixons Carphone has warned it would not meet its previous guidance for 2019-20 profit and debt due to the coronavirus emergency which has forced the closure of its stores in Ireland, the UK and Greece.

Business • 26 Mar 20

Dixons Carphone trades as Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse in Ireland and the UK

Dixons Carphone boosted by demand for TVs & smart tech

Demand for TVs, gaming sets and smart technology helped Dixons Carphone to report flat underlying revenue over the tough Christmas period, keeping it on track to meet its financial targets.

Business • 21 Jan 20

Dixons Carphone trades as Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse in the UK and Ireland

Dixons Carphone H1 profit plunges on mobile weakness

UK electricals retailer Dixons Carphone has today reported a 60% fall in first half profit, hurt by expected losses in its mobile phones business.

Business • 12 Dec 19

Dixons Carphone Ireland said its Currys PC World website saw double digit growth in online sales in the year to April

Smart home products boost Dixons Carphone Ireland

Dixons Carphone Ireland, which operates both Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse, has reported a strong financial year for the 12 months to April 29.

Business • 20 Jun 19

Dixons Carphone has booked £490m of exceptional charges, mainly related to goodwill

Dixons Carphone cuts dividend after profit slump

Dixons Carphone today cut its dividend and warned its turnaround plan would take time after slumping to a £440m first half loss, sending its shares sharply lower.

Business • 12 Dec 18

Dixon Carphone's H1 profits hurt by a weak mobile market as customers hold on to handsets for longer

Dixons Carphone profit slumps on weak mobile market

Electricals and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone today reported a slump in first-half profit, hurt by a weak mobile market as customers hold on to handsets for longer.

Business • 13 Dec 17

Dixons Carphone trades as Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse in Britain and Ireland

Dixons Carphone shares down as UK mobile sales falter

Shares in Britain's Dixons Carphone have dived as much as 30% after the retailer cut its full-year profit forecast, blaming tougher conditions in the mobile market as customers keep their handsets longer.

Business • 24 Aug 17

The firm trades as Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse in the UK and Ireland

Dixons Carphone 'well positioned' as profits rise

Dixons Carphone, Europe's second largest electricals retailer, beat forecasts with a 10% rise in full-year profit and said it was "well positioned to flourish" despite Britain's tough economic outlook.

Business • 28 Jun 17

Dixons Carphone reports strong fourth quarter

Dixons Carphone today beat fourth-quarter trading forecasts and narrowed its full-year headline pretax profit guidance to £485-490m from £475-495m.

Business • 24 May 17

Dixon Carphone trades as Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse in Ireland and the UK

First-half profit rises at Dixons Carphone

Dixons Carphone, Britain's largest electricals and mobile phone retailer, beat forecasts with a 19% rise in first-half profit but said it was planning for the threat of tougher times ahead.

Business • 14 Dec 16

Dixons Carphone said it had seen no impact from the vote to leave the European Union in June

Dixons Carphone sales beat forecasts

Dixons Carphone, Britain's biggest consumer electricals and mobile phone retailer, beat forecasts today with a 4% rise in quarterly sales and said it had seen no impact from the vote to leave the European Union in June.

Business • 08 Sep 16

Dixons Carphone sees profit at top end of forecast

Consumer electricals and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone estimated full-year profit towards the top half of its previous range, boosted by strong performance in its mobile phone business in the UK.

Business • 25 May 16

Dixons Carphone trades as Carphone Warehouse, Currys and PC World in Ireland and the UK

Dixons Carphone yearly profit tops forecasts

Dixons Carphone beat forecasts with a 21% rise in yearly profit and said its integration was progressing well.

Business • 16 Jul 15

Currys and PC World's owner Dixons set to announced £3.7 billion merger with Carphone Warehouse

Carphone Warehouse and Dixons set to merge

A £3.7 billion merger between Carphone Warehouse and Dixons is set to be unveiled this week in a move creating a retail giant.

Business • 12 May 14

Dixons Retail Group said merger discussions are at an early stage

Dixons in Carphone Warehouse merger talks

Dixons Retail Group has revealed it is in talks with mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse about a potential merger.

Business • 24 Feb 14

Over £100,000 of sales went through Dixons' tills every minute on December 26 - a record for the group

Dixons posts rise in Christmas sales

Dixons Retail today posted a rise in sales in the key Christmas trading period, gaining market share from rivals.

Business • 16 Jan 14

Dixons made an underlying pretax profit of £30.2m sterling in the six months to October

Dixons tops profit forecasts on strong UK sales

Dixons Retail beat forecasts as underlying first half profit more than doubled on the back of sales growth in Britain driven by robust demand for tablet computers.

Business • 17 Dec 13

One applicant said he initially thought it was a joke

Currys sorry after job applicants forced to dance

British electronics retailer Currys issued an apology after admitting that interviewees trying to earn a job as a sales assistant at one of its stores had been made to dance.

News • 05 Sep 13

Dixons operates under the Currys and PC World brands in Ireland

Tablet sales help Dixons to profit in Ireland, UK

Sales of tablet computers are booming, electricals retailer Dixons has said, underpinning profit growth and offsetting weak markets in debt-squeezed southern Europe.

Business • 20 Jun 13

Q4 like-for-like sales rose 13% in the UK and Ireland and were up 14% in northern Europe

Dixons sees year profit at top end of forecasts

Dixons Retail said year profit would be at the top end of market expectations after it posted a 7% rise in fourth quarter underlying sales.

Business • 16 May 13

Dixons Retail sees sales increase in UK, Irish and Nordic markets but sales down in southern Europe

Dixons Retail sales in Ireland and UK up 8%

Dixons Retail said "phenomenal" demand for tablet computers drove sales in its home and Nordic markets, though they continued to fall in southern Europe.

Business • 17 Jan 13