ELECTRICALS
Dixons Carphone reports strong full year profits
Dixons Carphone exits Sprint joint venture
Dixons Carphone and Sprint have agreed to end their stores joint venture and focus instead on the deployment of the Honeybee platform.
Tesco partners with Dixons Carphone to trial concessions in Tesco stores
Tesco and Dixons Carphone have embarked on a new partnership which will see two Currys PC World concessions opening within Tesco Extra stores this summer.
Dixons Carphone reports strong fourth quarter sales
Dixons Carphone has reported that its group revenue rose by 6% in its fourth quarter while like-for-like sales up climbed by 2%.
AO.com founder steps down as CEO and is succeeded by firm's COO
Online electrical appliances retailer AO.com has confirmed that its chief operating officer Steve Caunce has been promoted to the position of chief executive. He has succeeded founder John Roberts who will move to a new role on the board as executive director.
Dixons Carphone appoints new chairman
Dixons Carphone has announced that Ian Livingston is to become its new chairman as Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone prepares to step down from the role and become executive chairman at TalkTalk.
AO World seeks non-executive director
Appliance retailer AO World has announced that the initial three-year term of Rudi Lamprecht's appointment as a non-executive director of the company will expire on 16 February and, by mutual agreement, will not be renewed.
Dixons Carphone posts fifth consecutive year of Christmas growth
Dixons Carphone increased its like-for-like sales by 4% over the Christmas trading period following strong performances from its UK and Ireland and Southern Europe businesses.
Buy It Direct increases sales and profit
Online retail group Buy It Direct increased its profits by 44% to £2.6 million in 2016.
Maplin enjoys record Christmas
Technology retailer Maplin has reported one of its strongest Christmas sales periods ever with like-for-like growth of 4.4%.
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