Entries in 'dsgi' (32)
Best Buy preparing DSGi swoop?
Best Buy is looking to buy out rival electronics retail group DSGi, reports suggest.
GAME ‘safe’ from Best Buy invasion
Ahead of the opening of its first UK stores in Liverpool, Southampton, Merry Hill and Thurrock next month, Verdict Research consulting director Neil Saunders has told MCV that Best Buy ...
DSGi results smash expectations
PC World and Currys owner DSG International achieved an eight per cent like-for-like sales growth over the Christmas period, thanks largely to electrical sales in the UK and Ireland.
PC World and Currys combo ‘a success’
DSGi has declared its merger of PC World and Currys a success – and now plans to open more outlets under the new model in the future.
Advertisement
DSGi refits 120 UK stores
DSGi is to step up of its renewal and transformation programme with 120 stores to be refitted by the end of 2009.
DSGi earnings fall 78%
DSGi, owner of PC World and Currys, today posted a pre-tax loss of £140.4 million, in what chief executive John Browett described as 'a year of change.'
PC World's biggest ever ad campaign
PC World has launched a major ad campaign, with an emphasis on meeting particular customer needs, instead of the traditional low price point message.
DSGi sells Hungarian stores for €1
Currys and PC World owner DSGi has sold off all nine of its Hungarian stores, which operate under the Electro World brand, for just €1 – a move that mirrors ...
Advertisement
DSGi running scared of Best Buy
DSGi has locked down its sales figures on core products as it looks to hide vital information from emergent retail giant Best Buy – leaving GfK-ChartTrack with no
choice but ...
£311m rights issue confirmed by DSGi
DSGi has confirmed to the Financial Times that a £311m rights issue is imminent, with the retailer saying the funds raised from it will go towards its store refit programme ...
RETAIL BIZ: News round-up
It’s been a busy week for retail this week. Gamestation has revealed its half-price Easter marketing push, while the DSi launch has come and gone with 92,000 consoles ...
DSGi attempting second rights issue
DSGi is reportedly looking to raise several hundred million pounds through a rights issue, which would be the second attempt this year.
Advertisement
50 megastores planned in Currys push
DSGi has revealed that as many as 50 Currys megastores could be rolled out over the next couple of years, and its High Street presence could be reduced to just ...
Currys to launch megastore chain
Currys parent DSGi will this week announce plans for a new set of Currys megastores, which will be very large format and designed to combat the arrival of US electrical ...
DSGi aims for rights issue boost
DSGi is preparing for a rights issue, a process in which share holders are encouraged to buy new shares, which could raise it hundreds of millions of pounds.
Retail threatened by credit 'crisis'
The UK High Street is battling to prevent a nationwide games stock shortage – as credit insurers cut cover against the industry’s biggest retailers.Advertisement
Currys and PC World merger trialled
PC World and Currys parent DSGi has launched a trial store combining both brands. The site, based in Surry, is understood to be 15,000 square foot and contains a product ...
More sales falls at entertainment retailers
There was more doom and gloom on the High Street this morning as two major players in the entertainment retail sector reported significant sales declines over the Christmas period, The ...
DSGi posts £29.8m loss
PC World and Currys parent DSGi has axed its dividend to preserve liquidity, after being hit with a £29.8 million pre-tax loss for the first six months of the year.
DSGi competitor hits UK market
French retail giant Casino is set to launch a major assault on the UK, with the firm setting its sights on stealing market share from DSGi, Comet, Tesco and Amazon ...
First UK Best Buy stores unveiled
Best Buy looks set to go head-to-head with DSGi after it emerged that one of the launch locations would be the same retail park that its UK rival is currently ...
DSGI shares fall to new low
Shares in DSG International fell to 46p last Friday as it prepared to reveal its results this Thursday, according to the Independent on Sunday.
77 Currys.digital stores to close in ‘radical’ DSGi review
MCV sister publication PC Retail reports that Currys.digital parent company DSGi has revealed plans to “transform the very DNA of the business over the next three years” – take a ...
Best Buy eyeing DSGi and Comet?
MCV's sister site PC Retail reports that the chief executive of the mammoth electronics specialist has gone on record to speak about Best Buy's plans in the UK, with a ...
