Dixons Carphone plc
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| Public limited company | |
| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Predecessor |
Dixons Retail Carphone Warehouse Group |
| Founded | 7 August 2014 |
| Headquarters |
London, W3 United Kingdom |
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Number of locations
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2,139 stores (2017) |
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Area served
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United Kingdom, Ireland, Mainland Europe |
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Key people
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Ian Livingston (Chairman)Alex Baldock (CEO) |
| Revenue |
 £10.58 billion (2017)
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£501 million (2017)
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£386 million (2017)
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Number of employees
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43,000 (2017) |
| Subsidiaries |
Goji Electronics iD Mobile Partmaster Team Knowhow |
| Website | dixonscarphone |
Dixons Carphone plc is a multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company headquartered in London, formed on 7 August 2014 by the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse Group. It is listed on the and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The company operates under a number of brands in the United Kingdom, Ireland and mainland Europe. These include Currys, PC World, Team Knowhow and Carphone Warehouse in the United Kingdom; Dixons Travel in airports in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Oslo; Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse in the Republic of Ireland; Elkjøp in Norway; Elgiganten/Gigantti in the other Nordic countries; and Kotsovolos in Greece.
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 was appointed chairman and Sebastian James, became chief executive.
On the first day of trading, the company opened Carphone Warehouse concessions in seven PC World or Currys stores.
The company owns the following brands:
The KnowHow brand is also present in the Nordic stores.
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