The Carphone Warehouse

Carphone Warehouse launch customer service on Twitter - In the mould of @BTCare and others ('In the News' 11 Nov 09), Carphone Warehouse has just launched a customer service facility on Twitter. Customers who want to avoid the hassle of trying to get…

Posted by Plebble Admin at 14:21 on 12-Nov-2009

Believe or not, BT setting a customer service example - In recent years, BT has been among other large UK corporations who've struggled to improve their reputation for poor customer service. However, since the launch of their @BTCare service on Twitt…

Posted by Plebble Admin at 12:16 on 11-Nov-2009

Tiscali purchase will make TalkTalk UK's largest broadband provider - On Friday, Carphone Warehouse finally concluded negotiations with the struggling broadband provider, Tiscali to buy Tiscali's UK business. This will make Carphone Warehouse's broadband service,…

Posted by Plebble Admin at 17:25 on 12-May-2009

TalkTalk offers Tiscali customers £50 to switch - TalkTalk broadband owned by the Carphone Warehouse has offered 1.7 million Tiscali customers £50 to switch. This follows speculation about Tiscali's financial situation and talks between Carphon…

Posted by Plebble Admin at 11:44 on 22-Apr-2009

Tesco to increase number of phone stores - Tesco is continuing with its strategy of increasing its non-grocery business by opening 100 new phone stores. Tesco already has 41 phone stores, 13% of the 'pay-as-you-go' mobile market and is k…

Posted by Plebble Admin at 10:10 on 20-Apr-2009

Carphone Warehouse engages with its customers on Plebble - The Carphone Warehouse - mobile phone retailer and soon to be electrical goods megastore chain in partnership with Best Buy ('In the News' on 4 Mar 09) - has signed up to use Plebble to engage wi…

Posted by Plebble Admin at 11:30 on 03-Apr-2009

Carphone Warehouse considering buying Tiscali's UK business - After dropping out of talks last year, the Carphone Warehouse is again apparently looking at bidding to buy Tiscali's UK broadband business (which includes Pipex and others) to add to its Talk Ta…

Posted by Plebble Admin at 11:04 on 30-Mar-2009

Battle of the electrical megastore brewing - The US electrical giant, Best Buy, and it's European partner, Carphone Warehouse, had been planning to open a Best Buy electrical megastore in the UK this year. They have delayed their plans to…

Posted by Plebble Admin at 10:28 on 04-Mar-2009

Ikea to launch mobile service for its loyal customers - From Friday Ikea is launching into the mobile phone market with a pay-as-you-go mobile package for its loyalty card holders. Ikea has approximately 1.4 million customers signed on to its loyalty…

Posted by Plebble Admin at 08:19 on 04-Aug-2008

Parents to be punished for children's illegal downloads - Thousands of parents could be punished if their children download music and films illegally via the internet under anti-piracy measures to be announced by the Government today. The measures, whic…

Posted by Plebble Admin at 10:07 on 24-Jul-2008