Dixons Group to Announce First Share Buyback

Dixons Group Plc, the U.K.’s largest consumer-electronics retailer, will announce a “substantial” share buyback program, its first, when it reports full-year profit on Wednesday, the Financial Times reported, without saying where it got the information.

60 face axe at Dixons call centre

IT services company Capita has confirmed that 59 jobs are under threat at its contact centre in Sheffield following a “review of operations”. News of the proposed job cuts emerged a fortnight after Capita took over the site as part of a £18m a year outsourcing contract with electrical retai…

Dixons downgraded to ”reduce”

LONDON, March 3 (New Ratings) “” Analysts at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein downgrade Dixons (DXNS.L) from “hold” to “reduce.” The target price has been reduced from 155p to 148p

Bigger format suits Dixons

ELECTRICAL retailer Dixons is to accelerate its testbed move into new, larger stores in the second half of this year as it seeks ways to counter the rising tide of competition from supermarkets.

Dixons investors braced for gloomy Christmas trading update

After two poor Christmases in a row, Dixons really needs to give investors something to cheer about when it unveils its crucial trading statement for the period on Wednesday. The electricals retailer, which runs high street names such as Currys, PC World and The Link, will also post interim resul…