M&A Deal Summary

Currys Acquires Carphone Warehouse

On August 7, 2014, Currys acquired retailer Carphone Warehouse

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Currys’ 3rd transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Currys’ 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-08-07
Target Carphone Warehouse
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Currys
Deal Type Merger

Target

Carphone Warehouse

London, United Kingdom
Carphone Warehouse Ltd is a mobile phone retailer. It provides unbeatable prices on contract phones compared across the widest range of networks at Carphone Warehouse.

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Buyer

Currys

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1937
Sector Retail
Employees24,000
Revenue 8.5B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Currys is a specialist electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company. Currys was founded in 1937 and is based in London, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector: Retail M&A 3 of 3
Type: Merger M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2014 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-07 Elkjøp Norge AS

Lorenskog, Norway

Elkjøp Norge AS is a retail consumer electronics based in Lorenskog, Norway. Company products includes hardware, printer, keyboards and mice, software, network, fax machines, telephones, mobile phones, digital cameras etc.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-21 Simplifydigital

London, United Kingdom

Simplifydigital Ltd. is an independent broadband, digital TV and home phone switching service, helping tens of thousands of customers every month. Simplifydigital compares over 4,500 broadband, home phone and digital TV packages and offers comprehensive and accurate information on its Ofcom-accredited price comparison calculator.

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