Electro World (retailer)
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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]
The online Electro World operations in Greece have been merged with Dixons Retail's existing business Kotsovolos.[citation needed]
Dixons Retail agreed in May 2014 to sell its Electro World operations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia to NAY.[7]
In 2024, NAY combined with HP Tronic, the operator of Czech electronics retailer Datart. The group then reorganized its retail brands, keeping Datart in the Czech Republic and NAY in Slovakia. As a result, Czech Electro World stores were rebranded as Datart from September 2024, and the Electro World website was redirected to Datart.cz.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "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. ")
- ↑ "Mama Mia! Fresh DSGi bother as Swedish PC City stores to close". 26 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. 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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Index (2011-10-24). "Becsődölt az Electro World". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ↑ Zrt, HVG Kiadó (2012-12-13). "Még mindig van felszámolni való Electro World-cég". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ↑ "Sale of Electroworld Operations in Turkey". 5 September 2013. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ↑ Jefford, Kasmira (20 May 2014). "Dixons Retail sells Electroworld chain ahead of Carphone tie-up". City A.M. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ↑ Hodková, Zuzana (23 April 2024). "Z Česka zmizí Electro World. Vše mají v rukách Slováci, říká majitel". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 25 September 2026.
- ↑ "Electro World se změnil na Datart". Datart (in Czech). Retrieved 25 September 2026.
External links
[edit]- electroworld.com - Pan-European gateway for Czech, Slovak, Greek, Turkish and Swedish sites
- Online Electronics Store
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