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  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
    Currys’ largest shareholder supports rejection of takeover bid

    Redwheel says they are ‘in complete agreement’ that business is worth substantially more than Elliott’s offer

    Outside a branch of Currys in Altrinham, England in February 2024
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Lex
    Battered Currys is an odd candidate for a bidding war Premium content

    The UK electrical retailer’s board is right to push back against bidders taking advantage of depressed earnings

    A customer carries a television outside a Currys store in London
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Chinese ecommerce group JD.com considers offer for Currys

    Interest comes days after UK electronics retailer rejected unsolicited bid from Elliott Management

    A person carries a television outside a Currys store
  • Saturday, 17 February, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    UK electronics chain Currys rejects takeover bid from Elliott

    Currys shares are down a third in the past year but its board said the bid undervalued the company

    A person carries a television outside a Currys store in London.
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    Lex
    Currys: dual cyclone sucks for high street sales vacuum gleaner Premium content

    The UK electronics retailer with a large stores estate has a cyclical problem and a secular challenge

    Currys chief executive Alex Baldock
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    Currys expects further falls in sales as inflation and rate rises bite

    Electronics retailer says customers are spending on appliances such as coffee machines to try to save money

    Inside a Currys shop
  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    Lex
    Currys: impairment confirms costly Dixons deal Premium content

    Well before the cold weather set in, the UK consumer appliance retailer was feeling the chill of a sales slowdown

    An exterior view of a Currys store in London, UK
  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    Currys cuts profit guidance as slowdown in Nordic markets takes toll

    UK electronics retailer falls to a half-year loss

    A Currys store in London, UK
  • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
    Currys and Entain warn consumer slowdown will hit growth

    Electricals retailer and gaming group expect rising inflation to hit demand

    A Currys store
  • Sunday, 16 January, 2022
    Lex
    Currys: levelling up proves elusive goal for electrical retailer Premium content

    Despite controlling a quarter of the UK market, the retailer still depends on its appeal to consumer whims

    Currys signage
  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    Supply chain problems dent Christmas trading at Currys

    Profits for the year at electricals retailer to be lower than expected

    Image shows a Currys store
  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    City Bulletin
    Currys’ Christmas disrupted by supply shortages and ‘uneven’ demand Premium content

    Negative yielding debt tumbles and why investors are right to kick the tyres on the tech rally

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    News in-depthUK retail industry
    Beating the Christmas Grinch for UK retailers

    Dire warnings of empty shelves have failed to materialise as many companies successfully navigate logistical challenges

    A shopper wearing a face mask in an Asda supermarket in London, UK
  • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
    City Bulletin
    Inflation surges to highest in more than a decade Premium content

    Plus, bumper bonuses for Goldman and JPMorgan bankers and the FT reveals its Person of the Year

  • Sunday, 7 November, 2021
    Interview
    Mobiles were a ‘ball and chain’ for Dixons Carphone

    Chief executive of successor company Currys expects phones will contribute to profits under new business model

    Carphone Warehouse store
  • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
    Dixons Carphone PLC
    Dixons Carphone to axe 800 jobs in revamp of operations

    Staff cuts in Currys stores add to thousands of positions slashed in March

    Dixons Carphone has stressed that stores still form a key part of its business model
  • Thursday, 23 November, 2017
    Retail sector
    Black Friday: The workers who make the day a retail success

    How will employees, from operations directors to security guards, spend the day?

    Iris Margulis, assistant general manager, Amazon UK
  • Sunday, 27 December, 2015
    Retail & Consumer industry
    British retailers box clever to make most of demand for shopping

    Centres see increased footfall as consumers strategise to make most of online and high street deals

    Christmas shoppers on Oxford street, London.
  • Friday, 27 November, 2015
    UK retail results
    Black Friday online spending surges as consumers shun high street

    Sites struggle to cope after shoppers turn to the web rather than battle it out in store

    A shopper carries bags as she walks through the Trafford Centre shopping mall past retailers offering 'Black Friday' discounts in Manchester, northern England on November 27, 2015. Black Friday, is a sales offer originating from the US where retailers slash prices on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday. AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFFOLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
  • Thursday, 22 November, 2012
    UK equities
    Dixons soars on back of Comet woes SABMiller adds strength to FTSE rally
  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2012
    US & Canadian companies
    Browett’s customer focus wins Apple role
  • Tuesday, 9 August, 2011
    UK retail results
    Business calls for government action
  • Friday, 5 August, 2011
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Dixons must focus on survival as courting comes to nothing

    The £224m pre-tax loss announced in June was a bitter pill to swallow

  • Saturday, 2 April, 2011
    UK retail results
    Electrical retailers fear overload
  • Friday, 25 September, 2009
    European companies
    DSG denies ‘availability issues’
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