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Peacocks - U.K

2011-01-28T13:36:00.000-08:00

Peacock’s Penny Bazaars established 1884...

Albert Frank Peacock founded the company in Warrington, Cheshire in 1884; a true Victorian Penny Bazaar selling anything and everything.
His founding principle of value helped Peacocks develop a successful business that continued to grow throughout the twentieth century.
In 1940, Albert’s son, Harold, moved the business to its current home in Cardiff.

Growing into clothes…

During the following years Peacocks continued to establish itself as a value-for-money retailer. From the mid 1990s onward Peacocks experienced significant development and growth and a greater emphasis on fashion, which helped to propel the brand to even greater success in today's market.

1997 - Richard Kirk (Chief Executive) lead a management buy-out.

1999 - Peacocks floated on the London Stock Exchange.

2002 – The Peacock Group acquired value retailer Bonmarche.

2004 – The Peacock Group opened its first international store in Bahrain.

2006 – Peacocks delisted from the Stock Exchange to once again become a privately owned business.

2008 – Peacocks exceeds 500 stores in the UK.

2009 – Peacocks continues to open stores in the UK and abroad. Through collaboration with fashion designer Pearl Lowe. Peacocks continues to strengthen its fashion credentials.

Peacocks ♥'s Students...

Currently Peacocks are offering students with a valid student card 20% off for a limited period!

The Registered Office and Head Office of Peacocks is:

Peacock’s Stores Limited
Capital Link
Windsor Road
Cardiff
CF24 5NG

French Connection

2011-01-24T11:08:00.000-08:00

Founded in 1972 by Stephen Marks, French Connection set out to create well-designed fashionable clothing that appealed to a broad market. French Connection now offers a fashion-forward clothing range with a quirky spin on design, priding itself on quality and affordable prices.

Having established a strong core clothing business, through unique design and a true sense of style the company has, over recent years expanded its portfolio into exciting new areas including men's and women's toiletries, sunglasses and opticals, watches and shoes. Driven by innovation and change, the brands strength lies in balancing new and exciting ideas with the basic promise of quality and affordability, established when the company was founded. Throughout this expansion and diversification the principles have remained the same; design-led products presented in a unique and innovative way.

French Connection Stores

Stores across the globe are designed to be a true extension of the brand whilst being relevant to there local surrounding, so all elements including staff and store design work together to creat a shopping enviroment which is all part of the French Connection experience.

Retaining the clean, minimalist simple signature look that French Connection has made its own, the stores provide an environment where the product takes centre stage. Advertising forms an integral part of the environmental concept in store and large graphics form the backdrop for many of the fittings and fixtures.

Brand Identity

FC have developed a brand identity, which is stylish and has attitude. FCUK is a short, sharp name to stand for French Connection United and was being used on faxes between our offices in the UK and Hong Kong (FCHK) before being introduced across the company as a highly recognisable name and acronym to stand alongside the French Connection logo.
A simple advertising campaign launched FCUK onto the British High Street in the spring of '97 and has since evolved to personify the casualwear offering of the French Connection brand. A controversial ad campaign featuring the simple line 'fcuk fashion' hit the headlines and when 'fcuk advertising' followed hot on its heels the attitude of the brand was established.
The whole business is born of a desire to be original, distinctive and accessible. Whether fcuk has shocked or amused, it certainly made you think. Bold, witty and intelligent, it demonstrates how French Connection has given personality to its brand, a rare achievement on today's crowded high street. Since then fcuk has become interchangeable with French Connection as the brand name and identity.

Products:
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LONDON
HEAD OFFICE
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7036 7200
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7036 7201
Website: www.frenchconnection.com

NEXT - United Kingdom

2011-01-23T04:30:00.000-08:00

Next plc (LSE: NXT) is a British retailer marketing clothing, footwear, accessories and home products with its headquarters in Enderby, EnglandLeicestershire.[3] The company has over 550 stores throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland, and 50 franchise branches in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

The company was founded by Joseph Hepworth in Leeds in 1864 as a tailor under the name of Joseph Hepworth & Son.
Next has three main outlets: Next Retail, a chain of 500+ retail stores in the United Kingdom and Eire; Next Directory, a home shopping catalogue and Website with more than 2 million active customers, and Next International, with 180+ international stores. Its other businesses include Next Sourcing, for own brand products; Lipsy, which designs and sells its own branded younger women's fashion products through wholesale, retail and Website channels, and Ventura, which provides outsourced customer services facilities.

Shop Worldwide

NEXT Has worldwide stores in the following countries :

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Hungary
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Turkey
USA
Venezuela
United Kingdom
BFPO Customers

Head Office
Next Retail Ltd.
Desford Road,
Enderby,
Leicester.
LE19 4AT
www.next.co.uk/

Topshop - U.K

2011-01-18T17:24:00.000-08:00

Topshop is a British chain of clothing stores with operations in over 20 countries. Topshop's sales primarily come from women's clothing and fashion accessories. The chain has also expanded into the online fashion retail arena. It is part of the Arcadia Group, which also owns a number of other retail outlets including Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge and Wallis.

Products
Topshop's current trends are 'Rough Diamond', 'Into The Wild', 'Dark Nouveau' and 'The Outsiders', alongside luxury garments and designer affiliations under 'The Boutique'.

In May 2007, the British supermodel Kate Moss, designed her first collection for Topshop. The appointment of Moss was announced just before the departure of CEO Jane Shepherdson.

In July 2007, British artist Stella Vine designed a limited edition fashion range exclusively for Topshop inspired by her colourful artworks. These included T-shirts, vest tops, and T-shirt dresses, with the labels designed in pink glitter. The Guardian commented that "the fact that the range of T-shirts she has recently designed for Top Shop - emblazoned with slogans like Breaking Up With Her Boyfriend - are flying out, speaks volumes for her public support.
Visit TopMan Website for more information.

ZARA - United Kingdom

2011-01-18T11:49:00.000-08:00

Zara is one of the largest international fashion companies. It belongs to Inditex, one of the world’s largest distribution groups. The customer is at the heart of our unique business model, which includes design, production, distribution and sales through our extensive retail network.

MISSION STATEMENT

Through Zara’s business model, we aim to contribute to the sustainable development of society and that of the environment with which we interacts. The company's commitment to the environment is included in Inditex Group’s Corporate Responsibility Statement, published on our website: www.inditex.com

AT THE STORE
- We save energy.
- The eco-friendly shop.
- We produce less waste, and recycle.
- Our commitment extends to all our staff.
- An environmentally aware team.

WITH THE PRODUCT
- We use ecological fabrics.
- Organic cotton.
- We manufacture PVC-free footwear.

Use ecological fabrics. Organic cotton
Zara supports organic farming and makes some of its garments out of organic cotton (100% cotton, completely free of pesticides, chemicals and bleach). They have specific labels and are easy to spot in our shops.

Work With Zara

Because fashion trends change, and very quickly, because there is somewhere in the world where ZARA open a shop every week, because we have more than 200 different positions, because job opportunities come up every day, ZARA has prepared an international employment portal for you. Zara want to grow with you.

ZARA Offices

Germany - Hamburg
Andorra - Andorra la Vella
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Argentina - Buenos Aires
Austria - Vienna
Bahrain - Salmaniya
Belgium / Luxembourg - Brussels
Brazil - Sao Paolo
Canada - Montreal (Quebec)
Chile - Santiago de Chile
China - Shanghai
Cyprus - Nicosia
Colombia - Bogotá
South Korea - Seoul
Costa Rica - San José
Croatia - Zagreb
Denmark / Norway / Sweden - Stockholm
El Salvador - San Salvador
U.A.E. (Abu- Dhabi) - Dubai
United Arab Emirates (Dubai) / Oman - Dubai
Slovenia - Lubiana
United States / Puerto Rico - New York
Estonia / Latvia / Lithunania - Vilnius
Philippines - Makati City
Finland - Helsinki
France / Monaco - Paris
Greece - Athens
Guatemala - Guatemala
Holland - Amsterdam
Hong Kong - Hong Kong
Hungary - Budapest
India - Haryana
Indonesia - Jakarta
Ireland - Dublin
Iceland - Kopavogur
Israel - Or Yehud
Italy - Milan
Japan - Tokyo
Jordan - Amman
Kuwait - Kuwait
Latvia / Estonia / Lithuania - Vilnius
Lebanon - Beirut
Lithuania / Estonia / Latvia - Vilnius
Luxembourg / Belgium - Brussels
Malaysia - Selangor Darul Eshan
Malta - B'Kara
Morocco - Casablanca
Mexico - Mexico City
Monaco / France - Paris
Montenegro / Serbia - Belgrade
Norway / Denmark / Sweden - Stockholm
Oman / United Arab Emirates (Dubai) - Dubai
Panama - Panama City
Poland - Warsaw
Portugal - Lisbon
Puerto Rico / United States - New York
Qatar - Doha
United Kingdom - London
Czech Republic - Prague
Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo
Romania - Bucharest
Russia - Moscow
Serbia / Montenegro - Belgrade
Singapore - Singapore
Sweden / Denmark / Norway - Stockholm
Switzerland - Geneva
Thailand - Bangkok
Tunisia - Ariana
Turkey - Istambul
Ukraine - Kiev
Uruguay - Montevideo
Venezuela - Caracas

Vist ZARA Website for more information.

The Body Shop

2011-01-18T05:39:00.000-08:00

"The business of business should not just be about money, it should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed."

We believe there is only one way to beautiful, nature’s way. We’ve believed this for years and still do. We constantly seek out wonderful natural ingredients from all four corners of the globe, and we bring you products bursting with effectiveness to enhance your natural beauty. Whilst we’re doing this we always strive to protect this beautiful planet and the people who depend on it. We don’t do it this way because it’s fashionable. We do it because, to us, it’s the only way.

Dame Anita Roddick. Human Rights Activist. Founder of The Body Shop

The Body Shop International plc, known as The Body Shop, has 2,400 stores in 61 countries, and is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world, following O Boticario, a Brazilian company. The Body Shop is headquartered in Littlehampton, West Sussex, England, was founded by the late Dame Anita Roddick and is now part of the L'Oréal corporate group.

History

In the early 1970s, Anita Roddick–then Anita Perilli–visited a shop called The Body Shop in Berkeley, California run by Peggy Short and Jane Saunders. This inspired her to open her own shop back in the UK, as she documented in her books. In 1987, Anita purchased the naming rights from the original Body Shop.
The opening of Roddick's first modest shop received early attention when the Brighton newspaper, The Evening Argus, carried an article about an undertaker with a nearby store who complained about the use of the name "The Body Shop."
From its first launch in 1976 The Body Shop experienced rapid growth, expanding at a rate of 50 percent annually. Its stock was floated on London's Unlisted Securities Market in April 1984, opening at 95p. After it obtained a full listing on the London Stock Exchange, the stock was given the nickname "The shares that defy gravity," as its price increased by more than 500%.
In March 2006, The Body Shop agreed to a £652.3 million takeover by L'Oréal. It was reported that Anita and Gordon Roddick, who set up The Body Shop 30 years previously, made £130 million from the sale.[6]
During her lifetime, The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick had built a reputation for innovation, integrity and social responsibility.

Following her death in 2007, Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid tribute to Dame Anita, calling her "one of the country's true pioneers" and an "inspiration" to businesswomen. He said: "She campaigned for green issues for many years before it became fashionable to do so and inspired millions to the cause by bringing sustainable products to a mass market. "She will be remembered not only as a great campaigner but also as a great entrepreneur.

Products

The Body Shop carries a wide range of products for the body, face, hair and home. The Body Shop does not claim its products are 'all-natural', but "inspired by nature" and they feature ingredients such as marula oil and sesame seed oil sourced through the Community Trade fair trade program.
The Body Shop is constantly producing innovative products and improving current products for customer safety and satisfaction. In 2010, The Body Shop produced its first ECOCERT certified organic skincare line, Nutriganics. Following the launch of Nutriganics, The Body Shop reformulated their hair line to contain no parabens or colorants(Rainforest Hair Care), and produced a new line of antiperspirant deodorants that contain no parabens or aluminum salts, and uses volcanic minerals as a substitute.

Contact

United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
The Body Shop International PLC
Watersmead
Littlehampton
West Sussex
BN17 6LS
UK

Primark - The Cheapest Stores Ever

2011-01-18T05:09:00.000-08:00

From the first Penneys store in Ireland to the latest flagship store in Liverpool, the Primark story has been one of continuing success founded on a unique combination of fast fashion and lean operations.

The beginning:
In June 1969, the first Penneys store opened in Mary Street, Dublin. Within a year, four more stores were added – all in the Greater Dublin area.
In 1971, the first large store outside Dublin was opened in Cork and by the end of that year there were 11 more stores in Ireland and one in Northern Ireland.

Scope

We aim to make our employees, suppliers and local and wider communities part of our success by working with them in every way we can. This means that:

Employees have equal opportunities based on merit
Suppliers are treated fairly
Local communities are respected and supported by Primark
The company takes its environmental responsibilities seriously.

Number of Stores Trading at 6th December 2010

Ireland - 38

Spain - 19

UK - 150

The Netherlands - 2

Portugal - 2

Germany - 3

Belgium - 1

Total - 215 Stores

Address:

Primark Stores Limited

Primark House

41 West Street

Reading Berkshire

RG1 1TZ

M & S Plan 2010-2013

2011-01-18T04:05:00.000-08:00

Plan: 2010-2013:

1) Focus on the UK

Our first priority, from 2010 to 2013, is to improve our business capabilities in the UK. We will do this by developing the M&S brand, improving our stores, and focusing on our Clothing, Home and Food businesses.

Brand

The M&S brand is one of our key assets and we excel when we lead the market by originating special products that are unique to M&S. We are building on our brand strength by launching ‘Only at M&S’, a brand positioning which encapsulates our special qualities and communicates the extraordinary lengths we go to in order to deliver innovative ‘M&S only’ products.

Stores

We know that our customers can find our stores difficult to shop. We will address this by segmenting our stores better, for example by region or local demographics and by creating a more inspiring in-store environment. We will improve in-store navigation and present a more consistent packaging architecture across Food, Clothing and Home. We will also focus on more cross selling – migrating more of our customers between Food, Clothing and Home.

Clothing

Our research shows that customers lack clarity on the positioning of our sub-brands in Clothing. We plan to address this by increasing the role of the M&S brand so it becomes a brand destination of choice in its own right. We will continue to build on its outstanding quality and make demonstrable improvements to our core ranges as well as improving our style and fashion credentials.

We believe our sub-brands are real assets which our customers value. But they tell us that we need to develop these sub-brands giving them more distinctive identities, turning them from labels to real brands. We will deliver more clarity and remove duplication across the sub-brands by exiting Portfolio and transitioning the range to our core M&S brand. In addition, we will improve the in-store presentation of our sub-brands, introduce dedicated brand managers in order to manage the brands individually and provide clear support and targeted marketing strategies.

Home

Currently only 20% of our customers shop our Home department, representing a real opportunity to grow this part of the business. We will do this by offering a wider choice and making our core Home offer more accessible in our largest stores and online.

We will also take a ‘lifestyle’ approach to Home, segmenting our offer into Classic, Contemporary and Design. Our focus will be on growth departments such as kitchenware, bedding and personal care and, we will release additional space by exiting Technology, which will allow us to play to our strengths.

Food

In Food we will build on our heritage of quality and innovation to establish a clear market position as a specialist, high quality food retailer focusing on freshness, speciality and convenience.Branded foods will play a role only where we cannot develop our own best in class M&S alternatives. We will reduce the number of non-M&S branded lines from 400 to around 100, predominantly by reducing the number of pack sizes rather than the choice of brands. At same time, we plan to introduce 100 distinctive international brands, exclusively available at M&S.

The space in our food hall is currently under-utilised. Better use of space will allow us to bring in new products, increasing our range from 7000 to 8000 lines, offering our customers greater choice and more innovation.

We will ensure that we continue to provide great value on our core lines, improving the quality without increasing the prices. Our focus however will be on developing products unique to M&S and characterised by innovation and superb quality, inspired by the Best of British and Flavours of the World.

UK space growth

For the last two years we have lagged the UK retail market on space growth. Our target is for 95% of the population to be within 30 minutes drive of a full-line M&S store by 2015. In order to do this, we will step up the pace of space growth to around 3% per annum until 2015/16.

We will increase the number of Simply Food stores, ensuring they are tailored to meet the needs of customers in their local catchment area. We will refresh the look of our stores and execute a programme of store relocations and openings to increase coverage. We will maximise the opportunity presented by our Shop Your Way service by using our franchise partners’ store network as customer collection points.

2) Multi-channel

Our multi-channel operations are a key area of growth, as our customers increasingly shop with us via a range of channels. While we have made considerable progress over the last year with Shop Your Way, our aim is now to become the UK’s leading multi-channel retailer, growing sales to between £800m to £1.0bn by 2013/14. We will offer a seamless, high quality shopping experience for our customers whichever way they shop with us – in stores, online or over the phone.

In order to deliver this, we will build and manage a new platform for www. marksandspencer.com which will enable us to provide a customised multi-channel experience that links all our channels for our customers. We will continue to work closely with Amazon to maximise the performance of our existing platform until our Amazon agreement ends in late 2013.

In Food, we plan to grow our existing online wine, flower and Food to Order business from £80m to £150m by 2013/14. We will continue to evaluate a full online food offer but do not intend to build that capability at present.

It is important that we continue to provide new opportunities for customers to shop with us. We will install, for example, touch screen ordering points in stores. We will start International online capability with one market in 2011.

3) International

While we have 337 stores in 41 territories overseas, we are essentially a UK retailer that exports. We have an opportunity to move on from this and become a more international retailer, reducing our dependency on the UK economic cycle. We will target International sales (excluding Republic of Ireland) of between £800m and £1.0bn by 2013/14.

We will continue to adopt the appropriate ownership model for the different markets in which we operate. Our emphasis will be on franchise operations, building strong partnerships in each territory. We will use a JV or wholly-owned model in selected markets where it is appropriate.

Instead of ‘planting flags’ we aim to build a leadership position in priority markets. We have already built a strong presence in markets like Turkey and the Czech Republic by opening a flagship store surrounded by a cluster of smaller supporting stores. We will continue to build local leadership in core markets in this way.

We will also enter selected countries with our online capability to complement our stores on the ground, setting up tailored websites for specific local markets from 2013. We will develop a new organisational structure to enable our growth overseas, where necessary reshaping our supply chain and building up our capabilities in international design, marketing and customer insight.

4) IT, Logistics and Supply Chain

We will accelerate the benefits of Project 2020, our plan to transform our IT and logistics, and increase our original target cost savings from £250m to £300m, comprising £125m from improvements in IT and £175m from logistics, with no increase in capital investment. In Clothing and Home, we will continue to reduce our dependency on our full service vendor suppliers, giving us greater control of our supply chain. By 2015 we will aim to have a supply base comprising 35% FSV suppliers and 65% Direct.

As a result of these actions we will deliver a 5% improvement in Food availability by 2013/14, and a 9% improvement in Clothing and Home by 2015.

Mark & Spencer

2011-01-17T12:40:00.000-08:00

M & S is one of the UK’s leading retailers, with over 21 million people visiting our stores each week. It also offer stylish, high quality, great value clothing and home products, as well as outstanding quality foods, responsibly sourced from around 2,000 suppliers globally. It have over 600 stores located throughout the UK, ranging from large out-of-town and flagship stores of over 100,000 sq ft, to Simply Food stores of around 7,000 sq ft. M & S largest store is located at Marble Arch on London's Oxford Street and has around 170,000 sq ft of selling space.

M & S is the number one provider of womenswear and lingerie in the UK, and are rapidly growing our market share in menswear, kidswear and home, due in part to our growing online business. Overall, its clothing and homeware sales account for 49% of our business. The other 51% of our business is in food, where it sell everything from fresh produce and groceries, to partly-prepared meals and ready meals.

Contact Information:

The Registered Office and Head Office of Marks & Spencer is
Marks and Spencer Group plc
Waterside House
35 North Wharf Road
London
W2 1NW

Telephone: 020 7935 4422
Clothing, Home and Beauty Press Office: 020 8718 4313
Food Press Office: 020 8718 8777
Corporate Press Office: 020 8718 1919 or 020 8718 2000 (out of hours)
M&S Money Press Office: 01244 686068

H & M Hennes & Mauritz

2011-01-17T12:07:00.000-08:00

Hennes & Mauritz (operating as H&M) (OMX: HM B), is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children.

It has almost 2,200 stores in 37 countries and as of 2010 employed around 76,000 people.

Marketing:
In 2008, the company used the song "Hang On" by British singer-songwriter Lettie as background music to its U.K. website.

Company World-Wide:.
This company has many Branches World Wide.

NORTH AMERICA:

Canada

United States

EUROPE:

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTHERN AFRICA:

Bahrain
Egypt
Israel
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia

ASIA:

China
Hong Kong SAR
Japan
South Korea

United Arab Emirates

eBay - United Kingdom

2011-01-12T03:37:00.000-08:00

eBay:

The World's Online Marketplace. eBay is The World's Online Marketplace® with a global customer base of 233 million. Founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, eBay has created a powerful marketplace for the sale of goods and services by a passionate community of individuals and small businesses. eBay now has a global presence in 37 markets, including the United States.
On any given day, there are millions of items listed on eBay across thousands of diverse categories, including antiques, toys, books, computers, sports, photography and electronics, amongst many others.

eBay U.K:

Launched in the UK in October 1999, eBay.co.uk is the UK's largest online marketplace.
eBay.co.uk has over 14 million active users.
eBay.co.uk has over 13,000 categories.
eBay uses Paypal for payment,
PayPal is a secure online account that stores and safeguards your bank, credit or debit card details, which allows you to pay or get paid safely and easily without sharing any of your financial information.
Visit eBay for more information.

Amazon.co.uk

2011-01-07T08:56:00.000-08:00

Amazon:

Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company:
Amazon.com, a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, Washington, is the global leader in e-commerce. Since Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com in 1995, we have significantly expanded our product offerings, international sites, and worldwide network of fulfillment and customer service centers. Today, Amazon.com offers everything from books and electronics to tennis rackets and diamond jewelry. We operate sites in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Italy, and China (Joyo.com) and maintain over 40 fulfillment centers around the world which encompass more than 17.5 million square feet.

Amazon.co.uk:

Amazon.co.uk, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, was launched in 1998. Today, the site provides fast, convenient service for customers in the UK, Ireland and beyond and offers many of the same customer features offered on Amazon.com, including personalized recommendations, wish lists and Amazon.co.uk Marketplace.

Technological Innovation:

Technological innovation drives the growth of Amazon.com, offering our customers more types of products, more conveniently, and at even lower prices. We offer a personalized shopping experience for each customer, book discovery through "Search Inside The Book", convenient checkout using "1-Click® Shopping", and several community features like Listmania and Wish Lists that help our customers to discover new products and make informed buying decisions.

Visit Amazon Website for more information.

Currys - U.K

2011-01-07T08:43:00.000-08:00

Currys Digital is an electrical retailer in the United Kingdom, that is owned by DSG International plc.With its origins in a photographic shop opened byCharles Kalms, the chain now has a store in most towns and cities across the UK and Ireland. It was known as Dixons until 5 April 2006, when the company announced they were moving away from the Dixons brand, except in Ireland and UK airports.

Origins

The first Dixons( New Currys) was opened by Charles Kalms in Southend as a photographic studio in 1937. The business flourished during the Second World War, as there was much demand for photographic services and family portraits. By the end of the war Kalms had opened seven more studios in the London area. Unfortunately for Kalms, the demands for portrait services decreased considerably after the war, and he was forced to close all but one studio in Edgware, North London. There are now more than 30 stores across the United Kingdom and more than 7,000 staff working for DSGI.

2006 Dixons rebranding to Currys.digital

On 5 April 2006, Dixons announced that they were removing their brand from the high street and would only be using the Currys brand, Dixons rebranded as Currys.digital an extension of Currys.digital markets itself as a specialist division of Currys aimed at the technology-focused consumer with product ranges such as cameras, personal computers, audio and video equipment - as Dixons had in the past.

Visit Currys Website for more information.

Best Shopping Places

2011-01-07T08:32:00.000-08:00

When going for shopping in London Mostly People buy a quality product instead of its price.
The most popular shops mostly people use to go are :