Private company

Dixons Retail

Consumer electronics retailer (1937–2012)

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.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Oct 1937Founded1

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The story

Founded by Charles Kalms on Oct 1937.1

Leadership

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Chair

  1. Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms1972–2002
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Products and brands

  • consumer electronics

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Electro World since 2002

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2004Acquired Kotsovolos1
  2. 2002Acquired Electro World1

Timeline

  1. 2014Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Oct 1937Founded Founded1

Sources

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