DSG International

The United Kingdom based DSG International plc (formerly Dixons Group plc) is one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in Europe. The company operates the Dixons, Currys, PC World, The Link retail chains and the Mastercare electronics repair business in the UK and the Electro World, UniEuro, Elkjøp, PC City and Kotsovolos chains in Continental Europe.

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United Kingdom - Plc - Consumer electronics - Retailer - Europe - Dixons - Currys - PC World - The Link - Mastercare - Electro World - UniEuro - Elkjøp - PC City - Kotsovolos - Continental Europe

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The Group specialises in the sale of high technology consumer electronics, personal computers, domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related financial and after sales services (e.g. extended warranties). In 1982 Dixons introduced their Saisho own-brand range of electronic goods.

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Dixons Stores Group (as they were known at the time) founded the UK Internet Service Provider Freeserve, which was later purchased by Wanadoo, now a subsidiary of France Télécom SA, and rebranded as Wanadoo. Freeserve was one of the key internet bubble stocks in the UK, and Dixons made large profits by selling much of its stake close to the top of the market.

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Internet Service Provider - Freeserve - Wanadoo - France Télécom SA - Internet bubble

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In 2005 the group acquired an option to buy Eldorado Group, the largest electrical retailer in Russia and Ukraine by 2011 at a fixed price of $1.9 billion.

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Eldorado Group - Russia - Ukraine - $

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On 8 August 2005 Dixons announced they would stop selling non-digital cameras when their existing stocks ran out as there was no longer sufficient demand for them.

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8 August - 2005

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