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Harvey Norman, Smyths Toys, Currys PC World, Waltons Music, Elvery's Sports and DFS are also located in the retail parks around the centre. The complex includes a 9-screen cinema operated by Odeon Cinemas and a Leisureplex entertainment centre.
Currys (branded as Currys PC World between 2010 and 2021) is a British electrical retailer and aftercare service provider operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, specialising in white goods, consumer electronics, computers and mobile phones.
In 1984 Dixons acquired Currys, a retail chain with 570 shops selling electrical and other household goods; Currys retained its separate brand identity. [7]In February 1993, Dixons bought Vision Technology Group (VTG), operating under the PC World brand at Croydon, Lakeside Shopping Centre, Brentford and Staples Corner. [8]
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Carphone Warehouse is a mobile phone retailer based in London, United Kingdom. In August 2014 the company became a subsidiary of Currys plc (previously named "Dixons Carphone"), which was formed by the merger of its former parent Carphone Warehouse Group with Dixons Retail.
A combined Currys PC World was created here, on the Headrow, Leeds. This was when the Currys branch on Briggate was relocated within this PC World. (2013) PC World traded only in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It previously also traded in other European countries, but were disposed as the parent company refocussed. [19]
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Dixons had acquired Currys in 1984, and Kingfisher said that if the bid was successful it would retain both brand names along with Comet. [28] Dixons retaliated by preparing a submission to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) stating that a merger of Comet, Currys and Dixons would create a monopoly in out-of-town retail parks.