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Currys. Currys (branded as Currys PC World between 2010 and 2021) is a British electrical retailer and aftercare service provider operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, specialising in white goods, consumer electronics, computers and mobile phones. Established as a bicycle retailer in 1927, Currys expanded the range of goods sold and from ...
Currys plc is a British multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company headquartered in London, [ 4] which was formed in 2014 by the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse Group. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index . The company operates under a number of ...
Dixons. Dixons was a British high-street retailer of consumer electronics, originally founded in 1937 as a photographic studio by Charles Kalms. The company would later deal in many consumer electronics, with nationwide outlets in the United Kingdom and Ireland . In 1984, Dixons purchased rival Currys, though kept separate brand identities ...
In 1984 Dixons acquired Currys, a retail chain with 570 shops selling electrical and other household goods; Currys retained its separate brand identity. [7]In February 1993, Dixons bought Vision Technology Group (VTG), operating under the PC World brand at Croydon, Lakeside Shopping Centre, Brentford and Staples Corner. [8]
PC World was a British retail chain of mass market computer megastores. Established in November 1991, it became part of Dixons Retail in February 1993, and then part of Dixons Carphone, after the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse in August 2014. During its final years, the company's remaining physical stores were within co-branded ...
Volvere plc. Harold Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms (born 21 November 1931) is the life president and former chairman of Currys plc (formerly DSG International plc, Dixons Group, Dixons Carphone). Currys plc owns Currys, as well as the now phased-out brands "PC World", "Team Knowhow" (in-house services) and various international electronics retailers.
Clonliffe Road was originally known as Fortick's Lane, named for the previous owner of Clonliffe House, Tristram Fortick, [ 1] a saddle -maker who began leasing the property from John Graham (an Alderman from Drogheda) on a 94-year lease in March 1710. [ 4] Clonliffe House, also known as the Red House, is the earliest extant building in the area.
DID Electrical is an Irish chain of electrical and electronics shops. It has 23 outlets throughout Ireland, employing some 400 staff. [3] [4] [5] It was founded in 1968, with a shop on Mountjoy Square, Dublin. [6] [7] Its main competitors are Irish chain PowerCity and UK chain Currys.