Dixons Carphone
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| Public limited company | |
| Traded as | |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Predecessor |
Dixons Retail Carphone Warehouse Group |
| Founded | 7 August 2014 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Sir Charles Dunstone (Chairman) Sebastian James (CEO) |
| Revenue |  £9.738 billion (2016) |
| £468 million (2016) |
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| £337 million (2016) |
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Number of employees
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over 40,000 (2015) |
| Subsidiaries | Goji Electronics Partmaster KnowHow iD Mobile |
| Website | www |
Dixons Carphone plc is a multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was formed on 7 August 2014 by the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse Group. It operates under a number of brands across the United Kingdom, Ireland and mainland Europe. These include Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse in the United Kingdom; Currys-PC World and Carphone Warehouse in the Republic of Ireland; PC World, Elkjøp in the Nordic countries and Kotsovolos in Greece. The company is listed on the and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Following shareholder agreement in July 2014, the £3.8 billion merged entity was launched on 7 August 2014; on the first day of trading the shares in the merged business were owned 50:50 by the former Dixons Retail and former Carphone Warehouse shareholders. Carphone Warehouse's Sir Charles Dunstone has been appointed chairman and Sebastian James, CEO of Dixons, has become chief executive.
On the first day of trading the company opened seven PC World or Currys stores with Carphone Warehouse concessions.
The Knowhow brand is also present in the Nordic stores.
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