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Dixons Carphone says firm is on track to meet expectations for the full year

Dixons Carphone on track as H1 profit jumps 30%

Dixons Carphone, the electricals and telecommunications retailer, posted a 30% rise in first half profit on the back of market share gains.

Business • 17 Dec 14

Sales at Dixons Retail's UK/Ireland stores open over a year rose 4% in the three months to July 31

Dixons Carphone says electricals in strong start

Dixons Carphone said its electricals business made a strong start to the year, helped by the soccer World Cup and an improving consumer backdrop.

Business • 09 Sep 14

Dixons Carphone will begin trading on the London Stock Exchange tomorrow

Dixons Carphone to start trading tomorrow

A new era in consumer electronics begins tomorrow when Carphone Warehouse and the owner of Currys and PC World join forces under a £3.9 billion merger.

Business • 06 Aug 14

Dixons last month agreed an all-share merger with Carphone Warehouse

Carphone, Dixons profits rise ahead of merger deal

Carphone Warehouse and Dixons Retail today both posted big jumps in earnings ahead of their planned merger later this year.

Business • 26 Jun 14

Dixons Retail to sell its ElectroWorld operations in Central Europe

Dixons to sell central European operations

Dixons Retail has agreed to sell its ElectroWorld operations in Central Europe to local specialist NAY.

Business • 19 May 14

Google-owned Nest has launched a smart thermostat that can be personalised and controlled from a smartphone

The Internet of Things

The "Internet of Things" is the idea that the items we use in and out of home are all connected together and communicating.

Business • 15 May 14

New pan-European mobile phone and electricals group will have about 2,900 stores

Dixons and Carphone agree £3.8 billion merger

Carphone Warehouse and Dixons Retail have agreed a £3.8 billion all-share merger.

Business • 15 May 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 Retail agrees new deal for Italian business

Dixons pays €25m to merge Italy business

Dixons Retail has struck a deal to merge its loss-making UniEuro business in Italy with a firm controlled by private equity group Rhone Capital.

Business • 10 Oct 13

Dixons Retail reports tha sales at stores open over a year rose 2% in the 12 weeks to the end of July

Dixons Retail pays to rid itself of PIXmania

Dixons Retail is to pay €69m to a German firm to take the loss-making PIXmania e-commerce business off its hands.

Business • 05 Sep 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

Television buys a boost for Dixons Retail

Dixons Retail said it saw like-for-like sales in the UK and Ireland rise 3% in the 24 weeks to October 13.

Business • 29 Nov 12

Dixons Retail takes full control of PIXmania

Dixons Retail, Europe's second biggest electricals retailer, said it would take full ownership of online business PIXmania after agreeing to buy out the minority interest of its founders.

Business • 10 Aug 12

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