Charles Dunstone, chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, today revealed that the first two “Big Box” stores run jointly with the massive US electronics retailer Best Buy will open in the South-East next spring ... more
In the midst of Gordon Brown’s latest travails, you might have thought that ministers would at least avoid going out of their way to annoy people... more
The iPhone and the avalanche of competing touch-screen mobile phones with a dizzying array of applications have saved Carphone Warehouse from a fall in sales ... more
Carphone Warehouse has patched up its differences with Vodafone following the mobile operator’s decision to stop selling its contracts through Charles Dunstone’s retail chain ... more
Carphone Warehouse has patched up its differences with Vodafone after the mobile operator’s decision to stop selling its contracts through Charles Dunstone’s retail chain ... more
Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone today said things are not as bad as was feared as the company’s profits hit expectations in the City.
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Cosalt, the shipping safety supplier where Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross was forced to stand down as chairman last year, warned its profits won't hit market expectations this year ... more
The crisis in the mobile phone industry deepened further as handset maker Sony Ericsson announced a crashing dive into the red and the sacking of another 2000 workers - more than a quarter of its staff... more
Consumer: It was the worst-ever Christmas for the mobile phone industry, but market leader Carphone Warehouse claimed victory in the battle to get consumers to part with their cash... more
Regulation: David Ross, the founder and former deputy chairman of Carphone Warehouse, who was forced to resign last month after he failed to disclose that he had used £130 million of his shares as security against personal loans, is off the hook... more
If you consider all the things going on in the stock market that you don't know about, the undisclosed use of shares in Carphone Warehouse by founder David Ross as collateral for a loan seems to be of very little consequence... more
The three High Street banks taking refuge in the Government's lifeboat were the biggest fallers among blue-chip stocks today as City investors became increasingly disillusioned with the terms of their proposed fund-raisers.... more
A drop in the price of raw materials has meant mining companies have suffered their biggest monthly fall in 11 years during September and the third- biggest monthly fall on record... more
The dramatic drop-off in consumer spending, brought about by soaring inflation and economic slowdown, is clearly apparent in the latest Footsie 100 index quarterly review, which will be finalised at the close of business tonight... more
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