In late 2014 the UK lost Phones 4U, a well-known phone retailer. Now Dixons Carphone (a merger between Dixons and Carphone Warehouse from 2014) will close 11% of its UK stores, totaling 134 stores. That's not bad news though. The company says it has been doing this on a small scale for a while now and that experience makes it confident that the impact on sales and employee numbers will either be positive or at worst neutral. Here's the plan - PC World and Currys will merge into a single store, which will have a Carphone Warehouse section inside. Dixons Carphone will have to spend around £50 million on refitting the stores, plus £70 million on exit costs. It does expect £20 million in recurring cost savings. Source |...
Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/dixons_carphone_to_close_down_11_of_uk_stores_merge_the_remainder-news-16288.php
