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Electro World
IndustryRetail
ProductsConsumer electronics
Electro World store in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

Electro World is an electronics online retailer founded in 2002 and operating in Sweden. It also operated in Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Greece and Turkey, as a subsidiary of Currys plc (formerly DSG International, then Dixons Carphone), until operations in those countries were sold off.

Electro World operated stores in some countries, and was online-only in others. It arrived in Sweden as an online brand, replacing the PC City website there.[1] PC City's physical stores in Sweden had already been closed down in 2009.[2]

In 2009, the Polish Electro World operation was sold by DSG International to Mix Electronics.[3]

In 2011 Electro World Hungary, failed to escape bankruptcy protection, the Pest County Court initiated liquidation proceedings against the company.[4][5]

In September 2013, Dixons Retail announced that they would sell the Electro World operations in Turkey to Bimeks.[6] Electro World in Turkey was subsequently integrated into Bimeks.[citation needed]

Dixons Retail agreed in May 2014 to sell Electro World in the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Nay.[7]

The online Electro World operations in Greece have been merged with Dixons Retail's existing business Kotsovolos.[citation needed]

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. ^ "Mama Mia! Fresh DSGi bother as Swedish PC City stores to close". 26 March 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2013. More bad news for DSGi, as PC City, their Swedish version of PC World, has announced the closure of all eight of their stores
  3. ^ "Mix Electronics S.A. wykupuje 100 proc. udziałów w Electro World Polska sp. z.o.o." [Mix Electronics SA acquires 100 percent. shares in Electro World Poland Sp zoo]. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  4. ^ Index (2011-10-24). "Becsődölt az Electro World". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  5. ^ Zrt, HVG Kiadó (2012-12-13). "Még mindig van felszámolni való Electro World-cég". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  6. ^ "Sale of Electroworld Operations in Turkey". 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  7. ^ Jefford, Kasmira (20 May 2014). "Dixons Retail sells Electroworld chain ahead of Carphone tie-up". City AM. Retrieved 9 September 2014.


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