Except for its size, Elgiganten’s Megastore-concept has lost its uniqueness. In the coming year all standard stores will get the same concept, but without the addition Megastore. Now the electronics chain evaluates… Read more »
Elgiganten expands its Swedish retail network with 18 new establishments and five upgrades. “We see growth in all sales channels and can confirm that the physical stores, despite a strong… Read more »
The closure of 46 Fona-stores and Elgiganten’s acquisition of ten means that the market shares in Denmark will look very different from this summer. Fona’s annual sales of two billion DKK is… Read more »
As expected – Elgiganten takes over Fona’s brand and operations in ten stores in Denmark with plans to turn it into a multichannel city concept under Elgiganten’s label. ”We have… Read more »
Sweden might be the best example of how Elgiganten’s establishing strategy looks like in the Nordics. After upgrading to megastores on key-locations and converting the Phone House chain to a new… Read more »
56 stores Danish electronics chain Fona, founded in 1926, seeks reconstruction. ”The background is the recent years’ extremely intense competition where we unfortunately have been squeezed on our earnings to… Read more »
Elkjøp Group’s Christmas sales, including Black friday and sales period over New Year, was great in Sweden, good in Norway and tough in Denmark and Finland. That’s the conclusion after Dixons… Read more »
Elgiganten in Sweden announces that Black Friday was the start of a record strong Christmas, with sales growth of 5 percent, more customer visits and a higher customer ratings than… Read more »
Swedish Christmas sales peak on Christmas Day – but in Norway they are expected to peak today. ”Last year’s turnover this day was insanely strong and Elkjøp Group in Norway… Read more »
(Updated with Nordic numbers) Elkjøp does not contribute to its owner DixonsCarphone as before. The reason is lower margins – and weakening currencies. Still, separate markets like Sweden reports good growth and forecasts… Read more »
The users of one of Sweden’s and Norway’s largest comparison sites, Prisjakt, has voted this year’s “Best Online Retailers”. The winners of the main prize Webshop of the Year 2015… Read more »
Despite server capacity problems within the Elkjøp Group at the start of Black Friday – the Norwegian online sales reached 25 million NOK from bedtime to breakfast.
The Nordic Black Friday started in the darkest way for several participants – and consumers. Many homepages of the consumer electronics stores could not handle the pressure. Visitors were met… Read more »
It’s Friday today. At least according to several e-commerce retailers in the Nordics who’s extending the rising Black Friday-trend to go on for a full week. “Last year’s Black Week… Read more »
Elkjøp Group takes over its main partner for service and repairs, InfoCare Workshop. ”The acquisition will strengthen our service offerings to our customers by ensuring efficient repairs and an even better… Read more »
Elgiganten is converting Phonehouse stores to be integrated with the chain. At the same time, the former Phonehouse management is converted to key positions in the Swedish market leader. Johan… Read more »
Elgiganten continues to invest in new and modern stores – not only by their converting Phone House stores. Today, Tuesday, 22 September, a new department store opens in Norrtälje and… Read more »
[smartslider2 slider=”1″]’ A year after the big deal – now Elgiganten officially rebrands their Phone House stores in Sweden. For seven weeks, the chain will grow by 79 stores and take the… Read more »
Expert launched its new large concept Power in Denmark two weeks ago, as a completely new concept. But the competitors are not impressed. ”We’ve seen it before”, say Elgiganten and… Read more »
Danish electronics war has started as Expert opened it’s Power-concept on Monday. Larger stores and an organization much picked from main competitor Elgiganten is set to challenge with low prices… Read more »
Elkjøp Group is growing – with the Swedish branch of Phonehouse added to the family, Elkjøp Nordic set a new sales record in 2014/2015. Sales increased by two billion NOK, reaching 29.8… Read more »
Dixons Carphone’s Nordic branch the Elkjøp Group is increasingly investing in service and help desks in the store. Now they have commissioned a study which confirms that they are right in… Read more »
Elgiganten is awaiting Expert’s move towards larger stores in Denmark. Meanwhile they upgrade their own stores – the new premises in Vejle are three times bigger than the former store…. Read more »
Elkjøp Group’s revenue growth has slowed down. Still, the market shares are increasing. ”We have a very strong business in the Nordics and feel confident that the projects we are… Read more »
Granngården has recruited Per Sigvardsson as new CEO of Granngården. This means the garden centre chain will gain top competence in multichannel strategy. ”It will be exciting to work with a company with entirely… Read more »
Elkjøp Express stores in Norway get a new profile and are rebranded to “Phone House”. ”With this new investments we take a further step in telecom,” says director Jaan Ivar Semlitsch. This… Read more »
Dixons Carphone, who owns the Elkjøp Group, has equipped its UK staff with 5,000 tablets with a self developed all-in-one solution called PinPoint in the store. This has boosted the… Read more »
After the UK merge last year, Swedish Phone House stores now become Elgiganten’s city-concept. One hundred stores will be rebuilt – starting with three Stockholm pilots.
Several heavy advertising buyers within the Swedish retail reschedules their media strategy and invests substantially more in digital channels. Bauhaus will this year invest 40 percent of the total budget primarily… Read more »
Elgiganten Denmark follows Sweden and opens dedicated business centers in Aarhus, Aalborg and Copenhagen. Right now, the demand for white goods for new construction projects is high.