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Online retailers rated on customer satisfaction
News Bringing up the rear were high street stalwarts B&Q, Comet UK, Currys, PC World and WHSmith. Pure-play online retailers scored more highly on customer satisfaction than the web counterparts of traditional high-street brands over the Christmas... [02 Jan 2008]
PC World to offer remote tech fixes
News The service is also an additional revenue stream for the retailer, which owns the Currys, Dixons.co.uk and PC World brands. Consumer electronics retailer DSG International (DSGi) has launched a remote assistance service to complement its existing... [26 Oct 2007]
Dixons to become online finance guru
News Although an established high street brand focusing on consumer electronics, Dixons became a web-only brand in 2006 when Dixons high street stores were renamed Currys.digital. Dixons.co.uk is launching a financial services comparison business that... [20 Aug 2007]
Downloads sound the end of cassettes
News Following the demise of the floppy disk, it looks like analogue tape is about to meet a similar fate: Currys has announced it will no longer be stocking cassettes. As of today, Currys will start flogging off its old stock of tapes and won't order... [08 May 2007]
Woolworths to publish shoppers' reviews online
News Reevoo already provides similar services for Comet, Currys, Jessops and Orange. Mixed merchandiser Woolworths is to publish customer reviews of its products online in an effort to boost consumer trust. [03 Apr 2007]
Dixons shutters own-brand VoIP
News Citing incompatibility with the changing face of the Dixons brand - Dixons Stores Group (DSG) recently rebranded its high-street retail stores as Currys.digital - the company insisted it had not given up on the technology. [07 Sep 2006]
O2 buys The Link
News Dixons parent group DSG International, which also owns Currys and PC World, decided to get out of the mobile market by selling its 60 per cent share in The Link to O2, which already owned the remaining 40 per cent, for £30m. [22 Jun 2006]
Dixons moves from high street to the web
News DSG said it will rebrand its high street Dixons stores as Currys.digital, and move the Dixons brand completely online in the UK. DSG said Currys and Dixons would be able to "more clearly differentiate their approach through two channels to market... [05 Apr 2006]
Dixons signs five-year deal with BT
News The Dixons Group (DSG Retail), the parent company of high street stores Currys, Dixons, PC World and The Link, has signed a five-year IT services contract with BT. For an undisclosed sum, BT will manage all DSG's data services, including head... [10 Feb 2006]
Dixons outsources IT to India in £150m deal
News The five-year deal with HCL Technologies begins in February and will cover system development, application delivery, infrastructure support and maintenance for the DSG group, whose brands include Dixons, Currys, PC World and The Link. [20 Jan 2006]
BT slashes VoIP prices to keep customers
News DSG, which owns high street electronics firms including Currys and Dixons, has unveiled a VoIP venture, under the brand FreeTalk. BT has slashed its VoIP pricing to undercut number one internet telephony provider Skype. [28 Sep 2005]
Dixons to outsource IT in £30m cost-cutting drive
News The group, which includes UK high-street brands Currys, Dixons, the Link and PC World, confirmed the plans in its interim financial report this week. Dixons Group is in "advanced" negotiations with an IT supplier - believed to be LogicaCMG - over... [24 Jun 2005]
ScreenSelect takes Dixons to the movies
News Anybody going into a Dixons or Currys store will be able to pick up a starter pack, including a special promotional code, which will entitle them to a 21-day free trial of the ScreenSelect service. We believe that Dixons and Currys are the ideal... [20 Jul 2004]
Napster gets ready for UK and gets into bed with Dixons
News Dixons will push Napster via its network of Dixons, Currys, The Link and PC World stores, with Napster now signed up as Dixons' only music-download buddy. Napster and Dixons are getting into bed, the two companies have announced. [06 May 2004]
AOL confirms Dixons love-in
News AOL CDs will now be available in all 1,100 Dixons Group stores, which include Currys, Dixons, PC World and The Link. No sooner had Dixons seen the back of Freeserve than it was announcing a new deal with AOL which will see the US ISP giant become... [01 Sep 2003]
