The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC
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Company Overview
| Company: | The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC |
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| Industry: | Consumer Electronics & Appliances Retail |
| Website: | http://www.cpwplc.com |
At Carphone Warehouse, "upward mobility" means calling someone while driving uphill. The firm has more than 2,400 stores in Europe that sell mobile phones, contracts, and services. It operates stores under the Carphone Warehouse banner in the UK and The Phone House in eight other European markets, including France and Spain. Carphone Warehouse also sells Internet access to homes in England and Europe and has begun selling laptops, touch phones, and other mobile devices at a new, larger store format called Wireless World. Founded in 1989 by CEO Charles Dunstone and former director David Ross, Carphone Warehouse sold 50% of its retail business to US consumer electronics giant Best Buy in 2008.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 1,967.9 (2009) |
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| One-year % Growth in Sales | -30.7 (2009) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 781.5 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 436.9 (2009) |
| Number of Employees | 19,810 (2007) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 0.0 (2007) |
| Fiscal Year-End | March |