Dixons Retail

{{short description|Consumer electronics retailer (1937–2012)}} {{about|the former parent company|the namesake retail chain it owned amongst others|Dixons (retailer)}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox company | name = Dixons Retail plc | logo = Dixons Retail.png | type = Public limited company | traded_as = Many brands including ''Dixons'' | foundation = October 1937 | defunct = {{End date|df=yes|2014|08|06}} | predecessor = Dixons (1937–2012) | fate = Merged with Carphone Warehouse | successor = Dixons Carphone (now Currys) | location = Acton, London, before which Hemel Hempstead (from 1993) | key_people = Lord Kalms (Life President) John Allan (Chairman) Sebastian James (CEO from 2012) | industry = Retail | brands = Dixons Travel Dixons (brand) Currys Digital | products = Brown goods White goods Telecommunications Information Technology Cameras Consumer Electronics | revenue = £8.213 billion (2013)<ref name=prelims>{{cite web |url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/press/FY13_Prelim_statement_FINAL_0.pdf |title=DIXONS RETAIL PLC A YEAR OF SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS |website=Dixons Retail PLC |publisher=Wayback Machine |date=20 June 2013 |access-date=26 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317032233/http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/press/FY13_Prelim_statement_FINAL_0.pdf |archive-date=17 March 2014 }}</ref> | operating_income = £136.0 million (2013)<ref name=prelims/> | net_income = £168.1 million (2013)<ref name=prelims/> | num_employees = 33,000 (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/about-dixons?qt-about_dixons_tabs=1 |title=Dixons Retail Introduction |website=Dixons Retail |publisher=Wayback Machine |date=16 February 2014 |access-date=11 November 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216092513/http://www.dixonsretail.com/about-dixons?qt-about_dixons_tabs=1 |archive-date=16 February 2014 }}</ref> | parent = Currys plc (intellectual properties) | homepage = }}

'''Dixons Retail plc''' was one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in Europe, which merged with Carphone Warehouse in 2014 to create Dixons Carphone, which was renamed Currys plc in 2021. In the United Kingdom, the company operated Currys, Currys Digital, PC World (with stores increasingly dual-branded ''Currys PC World''), Dixons Travel and its service brand Knowhow.

At the time of the merger in 2014, Dixons Retail had 530 outlets in the United Kingdom and Ireland and 322 in Northern Europe. Its Nordic and central European business was operated under the Elkjøp umbrella, and it also operated Kotsovolos in Greece. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

The company, formerly known as Dixons Group plc and later DSG International plc, specialised in selling mass market technology consumer electronics products, audio video equipment, PCs, small and large domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related financial and after-sales services such as extended service agreements, product set-up and installation, and repairs.

==History== [[File:Dixons Sheffield store in 2000 (cropped).jpg|thumb|A Dixons store in Sheffield in 2000]]

===Early years=== Dixons was founded as a photographic studio by Charles Kalms and Michael Mindel in High Street in Southend under the name of Dixons Studios Limited, a company registered in October 1937 with a share capital of £100.<ref name="history37">{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history |title=History |website=Dixons Retail |publisher=Wayback Machine |date=9 September 2011 |access-date=11 November 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909152831/http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history |archive-date=9 September 2011 }}</ref> The name Dixons, selected randomly from the telephone directory, was sufficiently short to fit above the small shop front.<ref name="history37"/> In the early 1940s, Dixons set up seven studios around London but by the end of the Second World War the business had been reduced to a single studio in Edgware.<ref name="history37"/> Stanley Kalms, the son of the founder, joined the business in 1948 and started advertising direct sales in the press, with postal ordering and delivery.<ref name="history37"/>

In 1950, the company began to sell cameras. In 1957, it opened a head office to house the staff now dealing with 60,000 mail order customers and to centralise buying.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history?year=2 |title=History |website=Dixons Retail |publisher=Wayback Machine |date=15 April 2012 |access-date=11 November 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415120638/http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history?year=2 |archive-date=15 April 2012 }}</ref>

Dixons was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1962, changing its name at that time to Dixons Photographic Limited.<ref name="history60">{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history?year=3 |title=History |website=Dixons Retail |publisher=Wayback Machine |date=15 April 2012 |access-date=11 November 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415120658/http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history?year=3 |archive-date=15 April 2012 }}</ref> It bought out competitors Ascotts in 1962, and Bennetts in 1964.<ref name="history60"/> In 1967, Dixons bought an {{convert|85000|sqft|m2|-2|abbr=on}} colour film processing laboratory in Stevenage.<ref name="history60"/> Charles Kalms was succeeded by his son Stanley in 1971.<ref name="history70">{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history?year=4 |title=History |website=Dixons Retail |publisher=Wayback Machine |date=15 April 2012 |access-date=11 November 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415120814/http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history?year=4 |archive-date=15 April 2012 }}</ref> In 1972, Dixons bought another competitor, Wallace Heaton, and in 1974, it opened its Stevenage distribution centre.<ref name="history70"/>

=== 1980s and 1990s === In 1984 Dixons acquired Currys, a retail chain with 570 shops selling electrical and other household goods; Currys retained its separate brand identity.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Walsh|first=Fiona|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/apr/06/highstreetretailers.marketingandpr|title=Dixons quits the high street after 70 years and moves from retail to e-tail|date=2006-04-06|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-12|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In February 1993, Dixons bought Vision Technology Group (VTG), operating under the PC World brand at Croydon, Lakeside Shopping Centre, Brentford and Staples Corner.<ref name="history90">{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history?year=6 |title=History |website=Dixons Retail |publisher=Wayback Machine |date=15 April 2012 |access-date=11 November 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415120836/http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history?year=6 |archive-date=15 April 2012 }}</ref> Later that year, the company sold VTG's mail order division, Dixons US Holdings Inc and Supasnaps.<ref name="history90"/> The company opened its first duty free store at Heathrow Terminal 3 in 1994, and later that year launched phone store The Link, the company's first venture into communications. The head office moved to Hemel Hempstead.<ref name="history90"/>

In November 1996, Dixons bought DN Computer Services, a computer reseller business.<ref name="history90"/> It also acquired the retail assets of Harry Moore Ltd, an Irish electrical retailer.<ref name="history90"/> Cellnet bought a 40% stake in The Link in April 1997. Also that year, the Dixons website was launched.<ref name="history90"/> In 1998, Freeserve, a free Internet service, was launched; it was later sold to France Telecom and renamed Wanadoo.<ref name="history90"/> Dixons bought Elkjøp, a Norwegian retailer, in November 1999.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Baker|first1=Lucy|title=Dixons moves into Europe with pounds 440m Norwegian buy|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19991130/ai_n14270774|access-date=25 October 2017|work=The Independent|publisher=Wayback Machine|date=30 November 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222113459/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19991130/ai_n14270774|archive-date=22 February 2009}}</ref>

===2000s=== In October 2002, Dixons bought UniEuro, an Italian-based electrical retailer,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/dixons-in-pound230m-unieuro-takeover-613617.html |title=News |work=The Independent |date=10 October 2002 |access-date=26 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211114415/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/dixons-in-pound230m-unieuro-takeover-613617.html |archive-date=11 December 2008 }}</ref> and Genesis Communications, a mobile phone service provider.<ref name="history00">{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history?year=7 |title=History |website=Dixons Retail |publisher=Wayback Machine |date=15 April 2012 |access-date=11 November 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415120853/http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/history?year=7 |archive-date=15 April 2012 }}</ref> The company opened its first Electro World store in Hungary in February 2002.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Balázs|first1=Edith|title=CENTRAL BANK ASSESSES MAJOR ERROR IN CURRENT ACCOUNT DATA|url=http://www.amcham.hu/BusinessHUngary/16-03/articles/16-03_06.asp|website=Business Hungary|access-date=26 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006211207/http://www.amcham.hu/BusinessHUngary/16-03/articles/16-03_06.asp|archive-date=6 October 2007|date=March 2002}}</ref> In October 2005, ''Dixons Group plc'' changed its name to ''DSG International plc''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4355678.stm|title=DSG steps up European expansion|publisher=BBC|date=19 October 2005|access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref>

Further potential expansion came in April 2005, when DSGi bought an interest in Eldorado Group, the largest electrical retailer in Russia and Ukraine, with an option to buy the rest by 2011 for US$1.9 billion (about £1 billion GBP).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/04/15/dixons_eldorado/ |title=Dixons looks to Russian Eldorado for growth |publisher=The Register |date=15 April 2005 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> This option was not pursued, DSGi withdrawing their interest in April 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/press/DSGi_PreliminaryResults_200607.pdf |title=DSG international plc PRELIMINARY AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE 52 WEEKS ENDED 28 APRIL 2007 |publisher=Wayback Machine |date=15 May 2014 |access-date=19 November 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515011835/http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/press/DSGi_PreliminaryResults_200607.pdf |archive-date=15 May 2014 }}</ref>

In May 2006, DSGi was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise.<ref name="history00"/> The company announced that the Dixons brand would continue purely online and that all high street stores would be rebranded Currys.digital.<ref name="history00"/> DSGi also bought 75% of Fotovista, a French photographic business.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Team Register|title=DSG snaps up Euro photo etailer|url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/04/13/dsg_etail/|website=The Register|access-date=26 September 2016|date=13 April 2006}}</ref> In January 2008, DSGi announced that it would stop selling analogue televisions and only sell integrated digital televisions, in an effort to get consumers ready for the digital switchover.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7202014.stm |title=Currys stops selling analogue TVs |work=BBC News |date=22 January 2008 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref>

In May 2008, DSGi announced that it would close 77 of its 177 Currys.digital shops in the United Kingdom, as their building leases expired over the following five years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7402090.stm |title=Currys.digital to close 77 stores |work=BBC News |date=15 May 2008 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref>

===2010s=== In May 2010, the company secured almost exclusive rights to sell the Apple iPad.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Oates|first1=John|title=PC World gets almost-exclusive iPad deal|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/25/dixons_apple_exclusive/|website=The Register|access-date=26 September 2016|date=25 May 2010}}</ref> In June 2010, DSGi changed its name to ''Dixons Retail plc''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilson |first=Amy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/dsgi/7852790/DSG-formerly-known-as-Dixons-is-now-renamed-...-Dixons.html |title=DSG, formerly known as Dixons, is now renamed ... Dixons |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=25 June 2010 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref>

===Merger with Carphone Warehouse=== In May 2014, Dixons announced a merger, that soon came to pass, with Carphone Warehouse; the combined company would have market capitalisation of around £3.8 billion.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/may/15/carphone-warehouse-dixons-agree-merger|title=Carphone Warehouse and Dixons agree £3.8bn merger|first1=Juliette|last1=Garside|first2=Sean|last2=Farrell|newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 May 2014|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> Dixons thus became a wholly owned subsidiary of Dixons Carphone Holdings Limited, and was renamed to Dixons Retail Group plc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03847921/persons-with-significant-control|title=Dixons Retail Group plc|publisher=Companies House|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> Sebastian James, who had been Dixons CEO since 2012, was appointed as CEO of Dixons Carphone.<ref name=":0" />

==Operations== As of 2014, Dixons had 530 outlets in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and 322 in northern Europe.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Raph|first1=Alex|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/retailing/article4014404.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200226063020/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/retailing/article4014404.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 February 2020 |title=Dixons in talks to merge with Carphone Warehouse |work=The Times |date=24 February 2014 |access-date=26 September 2016}}{{subscription required}}</ref> The company is structured according to the international locations of its businesses and brands, as detailed below:

===United Kingdom and Ireland=== thumb|right|Dual branded "Currys PC World" store in Leeds Brands comprise (40% of sales, largest market share in United Kingdom and Ireland):<ref name=structure>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/structure |title=Structure |publisher=Dixons Retail plc |access-date=13 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228131540/http://www.dixonsretail.com/dixons/en/aboutus/structure |archive-date=28 December 2011 }}</ref> *Currys / PC World – specialises in home electronics and household appliances. *Team KnowHow – a provider of after-sales product support and cover. *Dixons Travel – a retailer operating in the main airports in the United Kingdom and Dublin International Airport in the Republic of Ireland. *DSGi Business – a specialist provider of IT solutions to business and the public sector.

===Northern Europe=== [[File:Všebořice, Elektro World (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|300px|Electro World store in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic]] Brands comprise (32% of sales, largest market share in Nordic countries and Czech Republic):<ref name=structure/> *Elgiganten – ("Electrical Giant") sells home electronics and household appliances in Denmark and Sweden. *Elkjøp – ("Electrical Buy") sells home electronics and household appliances in Norway. *Elko – sells home electronics and appliances in Iceland. *Gigantti – ("Giant") sells home electronics and household appliances in Finland. *Electro World – electrical superstores in the Czech Republic. The Polish Electro World chain is no longer owned by Dixons.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mix Electronics S.A. wykupuje 100 proc. udziałów w Electro World Polska sp. z.o.o.|url=http://biznes.interia.pl/kraj/news/mix-electronics-sa-wykupuje-100-proc-udzialow-w-electro,1362782,4200|website=Interia|access-date=6 August 2013|date=3 September 2009}}</ref>

===Southern Europe=== Brands comprise (13% of sales, largest market share in Greece):<ref name=structure/> *Κωτσόβολος ("Kotsovolos") – sells home electronics in Greece.

==Product brands== {{anchor|essentials}}{{anchor|logik}}{{anchor|advent}}{{anchor|sandstrom}}{{anchor|goji}}{{anchor|prinz}}{{anchor|prinztronic}}{{anchor|saisho}}{{anchor|matsui}} thumb|right|''Prinztronic'' branded games console. thumb|A ''Logik'' branded washing machine Dixons Retail used a number of own brand names for products sold in its stores. The following were still in use as of 2013: * ''Essentials''<ref name="announce_2010">{{cite web|url = http://www.dixonsretail.com/media-centre/press-releases/pc-world-and-currys-feature-exclusive-new-brands-christmas#.Uf6xRG2f6Uk|title = PC World and Currys feature exclusive new brands this Christmas|publisher = Dixons Retail|website = Dixons Retail website|date = 27 July 2010|access-date = 4 August 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131104140630/http://www.dixonsretail.com/media-centre/press-releases/pc-world-and-currys-feature-exclusive-new-brands-christmas#.Uf6xRG2f6Uk|archive-date = 4 November 2013|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> – Includes Currys Essentials and PC World Essentials.<ref name="reg_new_brands">{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Caleb |date=4 August 2010 |title=Dixons aims high, medium and low with own-brand blizzard |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/04/dixons_own_brand_strategy/ |access-date=4 August 2013 |website=The Register}}</ref> * ''Logik''<ref name="reg_new_brands" /><ref name="announce_2010" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washermanual.com/logik/|title=Logik Washing Machines Manuals|website=WasherManual.com|access-date=2024-02-11}}</ref> – Registered as a trademark since 1989.<ref name="IPO Logik">{{cite web |title=Search for a trade mark – Intellectual Property Office |url=https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00001275972 |website=trademarks.ipo.gov.uk |publisher=Intellectual Property Office |access-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326150708/https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00001275972 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> Intended for everyday use with an "emphasis on reliability and efficiency" and "a better value alternative to the major name brands without compromising on performance." * ''Advent''<ref name="reg_new_brands" /><ref name="announce_2010" /> – Established PC World brand used for computers, peripherals and other accessories. * ''Sandstrøm''<ref name="reg_new_brands" /> – Intended to compete with higher end consumer electronics brands, Sandstrøm is claimed to be "inspired by Scandinavian design [and] designed to combine aesthetics with performance."<ref name="announce_2010" /> * ''Goji''<ref name="reg_new_brands" /><ref name="announce_2010" /> – Producer of equipment including computers, smartphones and audio products as well as bags and storage. Distributed by Dixons Group.

Other brands formerly used by the company included: * ''Prinz/Prinzsound/Prinztronic'' – The Prinz brand was first used on Japanese manufactured goods during Dixons' 1950s expansion.<ref name="corp_history_5059">{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/about-us/history?qt-history_tabs=1#qt-history_tabs |title=Dixons Retail : History: 1950–59 |publisher=Dixons Retail |website=Dixons Retail website |access-date=4 August 2013 |quote=Stanley Kalms forged vital links with Japanese manufacturers who supplied Dixons directly with products often made to the company's own specification and sold under the brand name of 'Prinz'. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104140741/http://www.dixonsretail.com/about-us/history?qt-history_tabs=1 |archive-date=4 November 2013 }}</ref> * ''Miranda'' – Originally the name of a Japanese company, Dixons acquired the brand in 1981, and used it on cameras and photographic kit.<ref name="Oates">{{cite web|last1=Oates|first1=John|title=Dixons to flog off old 'brands' Miranda and Saisho|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/18/dixons_brand_bonanza/|website=The Register|access-date=4 August 2013|date=18 May 2011}}</ref> As of 2011, Dixons still owned rights to the name, but no longer used it and planned to sell it off.<ref name="Oates"/> thumb|right|''Saisho'' brand logo * ''Saisho'' – Introduced in 1982.<ref name="corp_history_8089">{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/about-us/history?qt-history_tabs=4#qt-history_tabs |title=Dixons Retail : History: 1980–89 |publisher=Dixons Retail |website=Dixons Retail website |access-date=4 August 2013 |quote=In 1982 Dixons introduced Saisho own-brand products presenting an upmarket high technology image spanning audio, TV and video products. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104140754/http://www.dixonsretail.com/about-us/history?qt-history_tabs=4 |archive-date=4 November 2013 }}</ref> Dixons announced its intention to sell the brand off in May 2011.<ref name="Oates"/> thumb|right|1980s Matsui logo with the pseudo-Japanese "rising sun" symbol * ''Matsui'' – Introduced in the 1980s by Currys as a brand for its consumer electronics goods assembled in the United Kingdom, using imported components. Products in the Matsui line involved neither Japanese parts nor Japanese labour, but were branded with a Japanese sounding name, a rising sun symbol and the motto "Japanese Technology Made Perfect"'.<ref name="Lohr">{{cite news|last1=Lohr|first1=Steve|title='Made in Japan' or Not? That Is the Question|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/03/world/made-in-japan-or-not-that-is-the-question.html|access-date=28 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=3 April 1988}}</ref> The brand was retired in 2010 as part of the company's rationalisation of own labels.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dixons ditches a 'plethora' of own-brands to refresh line-up |url=https://www.retail-week.com/electricals/dixons-ditches-a-plethora-of-own-brands-to-refresh-line-up/5015672.article?authent=1 |website=Retail Week |access-date=25 January 2022 |date=30 July 2010}}</ref> *''Carlton'' – was used by Currys for own brand white goods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trademarkelite.com/uk/trademark/trademark-detail/UK00001271814/CURRYS-CARLTON|title=Currys Carlton|publisher=Trademark Elite|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> [[File:Prinzsound sm8.jpg|upright|thumb|A Prinzsound SM8, sold in the United States under the Weltron brand]]

==Former businesses== Businesses formerly owned by or associated with Dixons include: *Mastercare Commercial Services, a business operating from a call centre offering IT services to IT businesses, which has since been rebranded as Knowhow.<ref>{{cite web|author=David Cohen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2003/may/24/consumernews.howtocomplain |title=Fighting back after my Mastercare nightmare |work=The Guardian |date=24 May 2003 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> *Freeserve, an internet service provider, which was purchased by France Télécom and rebranded as Wanadoo in December 2000 (eventually rebranded/merged into Orange).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1057317.stm |title=French rival clinches Freeserve deal |work=BBC News |date=6 December 2000 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> *The Link, a mobile phone retailer based in the United Kingdom, sold to O2 in June 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5101016.stm |title=O2 to buy The Link chain for £30m |work=BBC News |date=21 June 2006 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> *Freetalk, a VoIP business, whose customers were transferred to Vonage, a VoIP company based in the United States, in August 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-150700184.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111044853/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-150700184.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2013 |title=Vonage Buys Customer Base As Freetalk Stops Talking |publisher=HighBeam Research |date=31 August 2006 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> *Pixmania, a French-based online retailer, which was acquired by Dixons Retail in April 2006, and sold in September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23968854|title=Dixons Retail to sell loss-making online store Pixmania|publisher=BBC|date=5 September 2013|access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref> *@Jakarta, a computer games store, which was sold to Gameplay.com in August 2000.<ref>{{cite web|last=Reece |first=Damian |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/4461747/Dixons-sells-Jakarta-to-Gameplay.com.html |title=Dixons sells @Jakarta to Gameplay.com |publisher=Telegraph |date=13 August 2000 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref>

==Financial results== The following table shows the company's financial results:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/FY14-results-announcement-26-June-14.pdf|title=Preliminary Results 2014|publisher=Dixons|access-date=26 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710110125/http://dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/FY14-results-announcement-26-June-14.pdf|archive-date=10 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/FY13_Prelim_statement_FINAL.pdf|title=Preliminary Results 2013|publisher=Dixons|access-date=26 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909014906/http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/FY13_Prelim_statement_FINAL.pdf|archive-date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/DixonsPrelimstatement2011-12FINAL.pdf|title=Preliminary Results 2012|publisher=Dixons|access-date=26 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413033309/http://dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/DixonsPrelimstatement2011-12FINAL.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/DixonsRetail201011PreliminaryResults23June11pdf.pdf|title=Preliminary Results 2011|publisher=Dixons|access-date=26 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412013323/http://dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/DixonsRetail201011PreliminaryResults23June11pdf.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/DSGi200910PreliminaryResults24June2010.pdf|title=Preliminary Results 2010|publisher=Dixons|access-date=26 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411034952/http://dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/DSGi200910PreliminaryResults24June2010.pdf|archive-date=11 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/DSGi0809Prelims25June09FINAL_1.pdf|title=Preliminary Results 2009|publisher=Dixons|access-date=26 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412173632/http://dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/DSGi0809Prelims25June09FINAL_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/PR5408DSGipreliminaryfinancialresults_0.pdf|title=Preliminary Results 2008|publisher=Dixons|access-date=26 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411143538/http://dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/PR5408DSGipreliminaryfinancialresults_0.pdf|archive-date=11 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/PR8607preliminaryresults.pdf|title=Preliminary Results 2007|publisher=Dixons|access-date=26 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412115059/http://dixonsretail.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/PR8607preliminaryresults.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse" |+ DSG International plc financial results |- ! Fiscal year ! 2013 ! 2012 ! 2011 ! 2010 ! 2009 ! 2008 ! 2007 ! 2006 ! 2005 ! 2004 ! 2003 ! 2002 ! 2001 ! 2000 ! 1999 ! 1998 |- ! Fiscal year end date ! 30/04/13 ! 28/04/12 ! 01/05/11 ! 01/05/10 ! 02/05/09 ! 03/05/08 ! 28/04/07 ! 29/04/06 ! 30/04/05 ! 01/05/04 ! 03/05/03 ! 27/04/02 ! 28/04/01 ! 29/04/00 ! 01/05/99 ! 02/05/98 |- | Turnover (£ millions) | 8,213.9 | 8,186.7 | 8,154.4 | 8,531.6 | 8,227.0 | 8,545.9 | 7,929.7 | 7,072.0 | 6,982 | 6,491 | 5,750.5 | 4,888.2 | 4,688.2 | 3,889.9 | 3,156.3 | 2,791.9 |- | Profit before tax (£ millions) |(115.3) | 70.8 |(224.1) | 112.7 |(140.4) |(192.8) | 295.1 | 302.9 | 336.8 | 366.2 | 278.6 | 282.3 | 647.1 {{efn|name="freeserve"|The above trend profits for 2000 and 2001 were primarily attributable to profits on disposal of Freeserve shares.}} | 472.1 {{efn|name="freeserve"}} | 231.3 | 213.3 |- | Profit for the period (£ millions) |(168.1) |(194.4) |(245.3) | 57.3 |(219.3) |(259.7) | 2.4 | 211.7 | 243.1 | 289.4 | 207.8 | 211.2 | 602.6 | 413.7 | 186.2 | 166.4 |- | Basic earnings per share (pence) | (4.4) | (4.3) | (6.6) | 1.7 |(10.2) |(14.5) | 10.9 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 14.4 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 31.5 | 22.5 | 41.1{{efn|name="presplit"|Pre stock split}} | 36.9{{efn|name="presplit"}} |}

==See also== {{Portal|Companies}}

* European Retail Round Table

== Notes ==

==References==

==External links==

* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20130917083341/http://www.dsgiplc.com/|Official Dixons Retail website, archived in September 2013}} * {{Commons category-inline}}

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