Electricals

- The management team of electricals retail group Dixons retail will feel satisfied with the success of its renewal & transformation programme this morning, after publishing vastly improving sales results.Full-year sales for the 52 weeks ending Apri...

- The benefits of new Smart TVs are not being communicated well enough to consumers leading to lost sales, new research published today reveals.Smart TVs represent the next generation of television sets and allow users to connect directly to the int...

- Around 100 jobs are to be lost at Telecommunications firm Everything Everywhere as the group looks to consolidate its store portfolio.Everything Everywhere, which was formed by the merger of Orange and T Mobile in 2010, currently operates 750 stor...

- John Cleland has been appointed as the new CEO of specialist electronics retailer Maplin, it has been announced today.Having previously worked for Asda, B&Q and the former supermarket chain Somerfield, Cleland has plenty of retail experience to he...

- Electricals retailer Maplin will be showcasing a new advert on major commercial TV channels later this week, it was confirmed today.It has been seven years since Maplin last aired an advert on TV, with the new promotion, planned by media agency Ad...

- Struggling electricals retailer Comet has today unveiled plans to shrink its in-house repairs services at a cost of as many as 450 jobs.OpCapita, the private investment firm which recently acquired the UK based business, has decided that resources...

- John Browett has announced today that he will be standing down from his position as Group CEO of electricals retailer Dixons to join global consumer technology giant Apple.Current Group Operations Director Sebastian James will take over from Browe...

- Electricals and mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse (CPW) saw revenues and total number of connections fall in its third quarter, according to result published today.Its prepay market in the UK saw a 35 per cent to 40 per cent drop in the 13 ...

- Struggling electricals retailer Comet has today reported terrible Christmas trading which has pushed its level of debt far past what was anticipated when it was sold late last year.In November Kesa Electricals sold Comet for just £2 to private inv...