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Articles tagged with: Carphone Warehouse
Best Buy Europe Appoints Scott Wheway as new CEO
Best Buy Europe - the joint venture between the UK's Carphone Warehouse and US based Best Buy - has announced that Scott Wheway, age 42, has been named chief executive officer. Wheway will report to the shareholder board of Best Buy Europe. He assumes responsibility for all Best Buy Europe operations, including The Carphone Warehouse's 2,450 stores across nine European markets, its online and direct businesses, insurance operations and "big box" Best Buy stores that are planned in Europe and due to open in the U.K., beginning next year. more
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Carphone Warehouse to Resume Sales of Vodafone Contract Phones
The UK mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse (CPW) has agreed a deal with Vodafone UK to start offering the network operator's contract (postpaid) tariffs to its customers again. Vodafone terminated earlier sales through CPW in last 2006 in favour of an exclusive deal with rival retailer, Phones 4U. more
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New CEO set to take reins at Best Buy on Wed
Almost 25 years after he was hired as a sales clerk in a small regional electronics store, Brian Dunn is set to become the next CEO of Best Buy. more
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Best Buy 1Q profit drops 15 percent
Best Buy reported Tuesday that its first-quarter profit fell 15 percent, even as its biggest competitor exited the market, as recession-weary shoppers cut back on items like appliances and digital cameras. more
Carphone Warehouse Profits Surge on Exceptional Items
The Carphone Warehouse has reported a massive jump in full-year profits to 550 million, from 73 million a year ago - due to a one-off gain of 608 million on the 50% disposal of its retail business. Revenue dipped to 1.39 billion pounds, from 1.42 billion pounds last year. more
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Carphone Warehouse Founder Resigns After Using Shares to Secure Personal Loans
David Ross, one of the two co-founders of the UK based mobile phone retailing giant, Carphone Warehouse (CPW) has resigned with immediate effect, after it was revealed that he had used his shares in the firm as collateral against personal loans. more
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Best Buy Mobile Unveils New “Mobile Life†Store
US based electronics retailer, Best Buy is launching a new range of stand-alone stores in shopping malls. The stores will target mall shoppers that don't traditionally shop at Best Buy's big-box stores: women and younger shoppers; so-called "tweens" and teenagers. Currently, this audience shops multiple retailers for many of their products, while Best Buy aims to put its "mobile lifestyle" goods into one single retail outlet. more
CPW Plans $154 Million European Best Buy Rollout
UK based Carphone Warehouse (CPW) has detailed an initial US$154 million plan to rollout a chain of Best Buy branded stores throughout Europe - as part of its joint venture with the US firm of the same name. The company also extended its Best Buy Mobile format into Canada with both standalone store and store-within-a-store formats. more
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Virgin Media Censured for the Loss of 3,000 Customer Details
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) - which regulates data protection and privacy issues - has found Virgin Media in breach of the Data Protection Act following the loss of an unencrypted CD containing the personal details of over three thousand customers. more
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O2 UK Offers Apple iPhone on Pre Pay Tariffs
O2 UK has announced that it is to offer the Apple 3G iPhone on a Prepay tariff in a couple of weeks time. The 8GB model will be sold for 349.99 and 399.99 for the 16GB model. Prepay customers will also receive inclusive unlimited data and Wi-Fi for 12 months following activation, which company values at 120. more
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