There won't be any administration misery on the horizon for the Dixons group of tech shops, thanks to the electronics giant reporting a "strong performance" over the critical Christmas cash grab, aided by huge sales of tablets across its Currys and PC World stores. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jammin500:
"Well yer, they took one of their best known brands and made it an online only business about 6 years ago.. only late last year did they fully merge th..." More »
Late last night, probably in some tense boardroom at the top of a skyscraper, High Street giant HMV made the call to pull the plug and appoint administrators. This follows in the recent illustrious tradition of High Street tech stores biting the dust: first Game, then Comet, Jessops, and now HMV have gone into administration. Are you sad to see them go? Read More >>
Featured comment by Raja Awad:
"so sad to see it go, we should try to rescue it, go on buy your self that set of headphones you've been wanting, p.s. i dont work there, I just go in ..." More »
The Knowhow Movies service, previously announced by the Currys and Dixons group, is now scheduled to launch on March 1st. And there should be some half-decent content on it too, thanks to licensing deals with Disney, Warner Bros. and Momentum Pictures. Read More >>
Featured comment by audaxero:
"While it's refreshing to see a DSG product not based around hard-selling extended warranties, I feel those prices are pretty unappealing...£12.99 for..." More »
Everyone knows PC World and Currys love their HDMI cables, almost as much as their extended warranties. Now they’ve gone one stage further and made a bunch into something you can actually wear. Read More >>
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"It makes me sad as I can never find a HDMI cable when I need one, never mind the mini adapters, this dress is distress to me." More »
The electronics retailing group DSGi, which runs Dixons, PC World and Currys, is apparently getting into the UK video streaming game with its new service called Knowhow Movies. Read More >>
Not to be out-done by the likes of Comet; PC World and Currys are holding a three-day sale from 3pm on Thursday 24th through till midnight on "Cyber" Monday 28th November. Apparently over £1m worth of products will be discounted. Read More >>
That PC World/Currys Star Wars advert screened for the first time over the weekend, during X-Factor. If you don't spend your Saturdays hunched up in front of ITV "live tweeting" about mentally-unstable people, here it is. They've even ruined the Imperial March. [YouTube] Read More >>
Featured comment by Dooku:
"Actually I spoke too soon. This R2D2 spin off ad is possibly even worse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_XzrdGvhJI" More »
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