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Currys was formerly known as Dixons Carphone

Currys announces share buyback on robust sales

Currys, the electricals retailer formerly known as Dixons Carphone, announced a £75m share buyback today after group organic sales jumped 15% on two years ago, driven by demand for tech products.

Business • 04 Nov 21

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 repays government wage subsidy payments in both Ireland and the UK

Carphone Warehouse repays government support payments

Electricals retailer Dixons Carphone said today it had repaid government wage subsidy payments in both Ireland and the UK.

Business • 28 Apr 21

A Carphone Warehouse store in Dublin city centre

Carphone Warehouse closes Irish business, 486 jobs lost

Dixons Carphone has confirmed that the decision to close the Irish Carphone Warehouse business is expected to lead to 486 redundancies.

Business • 21 Apr 21

Dixons Carphone has forecast full year 2020-21 profits in line with market expectations despite current store closures

Dixons Carphone's 'teething problems' supplying Ireland

Strong online sales of large screen televisions, smart tech and food preparation gadgets helped Dixons Carphone report an 11% rise in underlying sales of electricals in its Christmas trading period.

Business • 20 Jan 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 its adjusted pretax profit for the year ended May 2 fell to £166m from £339m last year

Dixons Carphone profit falls, skips final dividend

Electricals retailer Dixons Carphone has opted not to pay a final dividend for its financial year ended in May after strong online sales failed to offset underperformance of its mobile unit and a lockdown hit to store sales, halving annual profit.

Business • 15 Jul 20

Dixons Carphone said it would not pay a dividend due to uncertainty connected with the pandemic

Online sales throw Dixons Carphone a lockdown lifeline

Electricals retailer Dixons Carphone said online demand was making up for around two-thirds of store sales lost due to closure during the coronavirus crisis.

Business • 29 Apr 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 said its like-for-like sales in its UK & Ireland mobile phones division fell 10% in the 13 weeks to July 27

Mobile phone sales plunge at Dixons Carphone group

Dixons Carphone has today reported another big fall in mobile phone sales in its latest quarter, though it maintained its financial guidance for the full 2019-20 year.

Business • 05 Sep 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 said its group like-for-like revenue rose 1% in the 10 weeks to January 5

Dixons Carphone Ireland's Christmas sales up 10%

Dixons Carphone Ireland has today reported a 10% increase in sales over the key Christmas period.

Business • 22 Jan 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

Dixons Carphone is still recovering from a huge profit warning in May

Dixons Carphone says on track for full year targets

Dixons Carphone, the electricals and mobile phone retailer, said today it was on track to make its full year profit targets as sales of televisions during the soccer World Cup helped it meet quarterly forecasts.

Business • 06 Sep 18

Dixons Carphone said the 1.2 million personal data records that were hacked saw non-financial personal data, such as name, address or email address, accessed

Dixons Carphone uncovers unauthorised access of data

Dixons Carphone has become the latest company to fall victim to a cyber attack after revealing 5.9 million customer bank card details and 1.2 million personal data records were hacked.

Business • 13 Jun 18

Dixons Carphone said it expected headline pretax profit for its 2018/19 financial year to be around £300m - 21% below earlier forecasts

Dixons Carphone's Irish stores not affected by closures

Dixons Carphone today warned on profits and said it would have to close shops, wiping more than £500m off the value of the UK's biggest electricals chain in the latest blow to traditional retailers.

Business • 29 May 18

iD Mobile was set up in 2015 after Three Ireland took over O2 Ireland

iD Mobile placed into provisional liquidation

40,000 customers of iD Mobile, the mobile phone network owned by Dixons Carphone in Ireland, will have to move providers after the business was placed into provisional liquidation.

Business • 06 Mar 18

Underlying revenue at Dixons Carphone Ireland was up 12% in the 10 weeks to January 6

Dixons Carphone Ireland posts 12% growth in revenue

Revenue at Dixons Carphone Ireland, which trades as Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse, saw record growth of over 12% in sales from the Christmas and New Year trading period.

Business • 22 Jan 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