Dixons Carphone mobile slump offset by TV and hairdryer sales
(The Guardian Business News)

Company that owns Carphone Warehouse and Currys PC World has 2% rise for electricalsDixons Carphone, Britain´s biggest electrical and mobile phone retailer, has suffered a further slump in mobile sales but benefited from a surge in sales of supersize TVs and Dyson hairdryers.The company, which owns the Carphone Warehouse and Currys PC World chains, posted a 9% fall in like-for-like mobile phone sales in the UK and Ireland in the 10 weeks to 4 January but this was offset by a 2% rise in electricals sales - better than expected - and overall group sales were flat. Mobile sales had been even worse in the first half of the year, down 18% at established stores. Continue reading...