Carphone Warehouse
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Carphone Warehouse is a mobile phone retailer based in London, United Kingdom. In August 2014 the company became a subsidiary of Currys plc (previously named "Dixons Carphone"), which was formed by the merger of its former parent Carphone Warehouse Group with Dixons Retail. Prior to this merger, Carphone Warehouse Group was listed on the London Stock Exchange, and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Following the closure of all stand-alone UK stores in April 2020, all remaining Carphone Warehouse UK outlets were within branches of Currys PC World.[3] In April 2021, the Carphone Warehouse business in Ireland (including all stand-alone and co-located branches and the website) was closed with immediate effect.[4] Currys continued to use the Carphone Warehouse brand in the United Kingdom, online and, until 2021, inside Currys stores.
Founded | 1989; 35 years ago (1989) |
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Founder | Charles Dunstone and Julian Brownlie |
Defunct | 2020 (stores) 2021 (concessions) |
Fate | Trades only online |
Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Revenue | £10.7 million (2013)[1] |
£57.1 million (2013)[1] | |
£4.2 million (2013)[1] | |
Number of employees | over 11,500[2] |
Parent | Currys plc |
Website | www |