PC City

PC City was a chain of computer superstores owned and run by Dixons Carphone founded in 1991, and was equivalent to the PC World brand, which operates in the United Kingdom and Ireland. (The last logo of PC City was identical – aside from the name – to the previous version of the logo of PC World).

PC City
Part of Dixons Carphone
IndustryRetail
Founded1991
HeadquartersHemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
ProductsInformation technology
Revenuen/a (see Dixons Carphone for group revenue.)

Previously, PC City had stores in several countries, but these are now closed:–

  • Sweden – The physical stores closed down in 2009. The online outlet switched to the brand Electro World in August 2013.[1]
  • France – The chain started with two stores in December 2001, but closed all nine stores in February 2007.
  • Spain – The chain closed all 34 stores in April 2011.[2] Most of the store were sold to Worten.
  • Italy - The business was combined with UniEuro, which was merged with Marco Polo in October 2013.[3]

Store statistics

By November 2008, the former number of stores of the PC City Group was as follows. The data was taken from DSG International.co.uk, which is now offline.[4]

Number of StoresYear of First Opening
Spain 402000
Italy 152002
Sweden 92003

References
  1. "PC City blir Electroworld" [PC City becomes Electroworld] (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013. PC City blir Electroworld [..] Electroworld har övertagit hanteringen av befintliga kunder till PC City. (Automated translation: "Electro World has come to Sweden! [..] Electro World has taken over the management of existing customers to PC City. ")
  2. "Dixons Retail axes Spanish division". Financial Times. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. http://www.dixonsretail.com/sites/default/files/attachments/pdf/Carphone_Prospectus.pdf
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