The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC
News and overview for The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC
UPDATE: UK Urges Indus Help To Tackle Illegal Filesharing
Wall Street Journal, The | 10 days 20 hours 46 minutes ago
(Adds BT, Carphone Warehouse comments) LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson Wednesday confirmed plans to cut the Internet connections of persistent illegal filesharers, but called on service providers and the creative industries to work with the government to discourage unlawful downloading.
BRIEF-Carphone sees no rapid upturn in consumer markets
Forbes | 31 days 3 hours 45 minutes ago
LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Carphone Warehouse Group PLC: * FD sees 12-18 months of stability in consumer markets, not many grounds for a Article Controlsemail
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Bloomberg | 31 days 2 hours 48 minutes ago
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks climbed as raw-material producers rallied on better-than-expected earnings from Alcoa Inc. in the U.S. and as metals prices advanced.
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Light Reading | 26 days 22 hours 15 minutes ago
LONDON -- Charles Dunstone, Chief Executive Officer, said:
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Bloomberg | 30 days 23 hours 45 minutes ago
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks climbed, led by raw- material producers after Alcoa Inc. kicked off the earnings season in the U.S. with better-than-expected profits and metals prices advanced.
Carphone Warehouse Demerger On Track; Reiterates FY Guidance
Wall Street Journal, The | 31 days 4 hours 42 minutes ago
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. mobile retailer and broadband provider Carphone Warehouse PLC (CPW.LN) said it is increasingly confident of completing a demerger by March 2010 as the company reiterated full year guidance and reported better-than-expected performance in both its businesses.
Glance-UPDATE 1-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Forbes | 22 days 20 hours ago
(Adds Media Prima, RHB Capital, LSE, others) Oct 16 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, Article Controlsemail
UPDATE: Carphone Warehouse Demerger On Track; Repeats FY View
Wall Street Journal, The | 31 days 4 hours 45 minutes ago
(Adds detail.) By Kathy Sandler Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. mobile retailer and broadband provider Carphone Warehouse PLC (CPW.LN) Thursday said it is increasingly confident of completing a demerger by March 2010, as it reiterated full year guidance and reported better-than-expected performance in both of its businesses.
Carphone Warehouse demerger on track, repeats full-year view
Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) | 31 days 1 hour 38 minutes ago
U.K. retailer and service provider aims to complete demerger of Best Buy Europe from TalkTalk by end-March.
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MarketWatch | 31 days 2 hours 42 minutes ago
The U.K. FTSE 100 index /quotes/comstock/23i!i:ukx (UK:UKX 5,143, +34.42, +0.67%) jumped 1%, or 49.11 points, to 5,158.24.
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Company Overview
| Company: | The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC |
|---|---|
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
