M&A Deal Summary

Currys Acquires Dixons Retail

On August 7, 2014, Currys acquired retailer Dixons Retail

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 Dixons Retail
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Currys
Deal Type Merger

Target

Dixons Retail

Herts, United Kingdom
Dixons Retail plc is a specialist electrical retailing and services company.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Currys

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1937
Sector Electronics
Employees30,000
Revenue 9.5B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

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

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Retail) 3 of 3
Type (Merger) 2 of 2
Country (United Kingdom) 2 of 3
Year (2014) 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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