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.
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.
External links
- electroworld.com - Pan-European gateway for Czech, Slovak, Greek, Turkish and Swedish sites
- Online Electronics Store
References
- PC City blir Electroworld retrieved 5 August 2013^
- Mama Mia! Fresh DSGi bother as Swedish PC City stores to close 26 March 2009, retrieved 5 August 2013^
- Mix Electronics S.A. wykupuje 100 proc. udziałów w Electro World Polska sp. z.o.o. 3 September 2009, retrieved 6 August 2013^
- Index. Becsődölt az Electro World index.hu, 2011-10-24, retrieved 2024-01-24^
- HVG Kiadó Zrt. Még mindig van felszámolni való Electro World-cég hvg.hu, 2012-12-13, retrieved 2024-01-24^
- Sale of Electroworld Operations in Turkey 5 September 2013, retrieved 5 September 2013^
- Kasmira Jefford. Dixons Retail sells Electroworld chain ahead of Carphone tie-up City AM, 20 May 2014, retrieved 9 September 2014^