All Dixons Retail (DSGi) articles – Page 18
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NewsDixons to drive profit through its Knowhow service division
Electricals group Dixons could add “tens of millions” to profits with a push into services through its Knowhow division, group chief executive John Browett believes.
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NewsDixons Spanish exit begins with PC City store disposals
Electricals group Dixons has disposed of eight of its 34 PC City stores in Spain to Portuguese retailer Sonae on undisclosed terms.
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NewsDixons teams up with big brands for service push
Electricals retailer Dixons has begun providing services such as delivery and installation on behalf of brands and other retailers as it ramps up its services division.
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NewsDixons offloads eight PC City stores in Spain
Electricals group Dixons has offloaded eight of its 34 PC City stores in Spain to Portuguese retailer Sonae, which aims to expand in the country.
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NewsDixons UK like-for-likes slide in second half
Dixons has reported UK & Ireland like-for-like sales were down 3% in the full year and down 7% in its second half but said its business is performing ahead of the market.
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OpinionA false dawn for the two-speed market?
After two bank holidays, a royal wedding and some cracking weather, this week had a bit of a back to school feeling.
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NewsCalls for new Comet boss Darke to shake things up
Electricals retailer Comet’s new managing director Bob Darke needs to bring a completely fresh approach if he hopes to turn the business around, observers believe.
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NewsTesco shares down but brokers confident
Grocery and general merchandise giant Tesco edged down as the market digested the first set of results delivered by new boss Phil Clarke.
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NewsSteinhoff UK devolves authority in restructure
Furniture giant Steinhoff UK is restructuring the group into separate businesses, resulting in the scrapping of the Steinhoff UK chief executive role.
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AnalysisColin Holmes
After 22 years at Tesco where he built the grocer’s convenience arm, Colin Holmes faces a fresh challenge as chairman of outdoor specialist Go Outdoors.
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NewsDixons Retail to bow out of loss-making Spain
Electricals group Dixons Retail is to say adiós to Spain and shut its loss-making business there as part of its strategy to concentrate on “winning markets and formats”.
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NewsDixons exec: ‘Best Buy is barely a competitor’
One of Dixons’ directors has laughingly dismissed any threat to the market-leading electricals group from recent entrant Best Buy.
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OpinionThink local, act global
Even for UK-focused retailers, events thousands of miles away have an impact, says David Wild
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NewsDixons to close PC City business in Spain
Electricals giant Dixons is to shut its Spanish business.
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Bad news hammers store stocks yet again
General retail stocks had a poor week as a raft of bad news from non-food retailers brought home just how tough trading is.
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NewsDixons ecommerce boss leaving, as company issues profit warning
Electricals group Dixons’ ecommerce director David Walmsley is leaving the retailer.
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OpinionDixons not alone as the freeze sets in
At least the Nordics were OK. You can always rely on that from a Dixons trading update. But there was no disguising the awfulness of the UK and Ireland performance that prompted Wednesday’s profit warning.
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NewsStore stocks up ahead of Dixons profit alert
Despite bearish comments from Next boss Simon Wolfson, general stores outperformed the market over the week - but that was ahead of a profit warning from electricals giant Dixons.
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NewsPhones 4U to double store openings in 2011
Phones 4U is ramping up its store expansion programme under its new owners to take advantage of customers who prefer to buy phones in shops rather than online.