Talk:Dixons (retailer)

message: I have moved some content from the main page into this discussion page.  As the article currently stands, this text stands out as heavily biased.  The content itself is eligble for inclusion, but the whole article needs rewriting and extending (incorporating this content) in order to appear an unbiased, encyclopaedic article.
The content in this box was removed from the article for being incompatible with Wikipedia:NPOV. Please read the content and references and add to the discussion below the box.<P>
The content below has been reinstated since User Chris Throup - who originally removed it is an employee or associate of Dixons as this link shows.
The chain has long suffered the reputation that its staff are unhelpful .
In November 1998 Dixons came under fire because of the prices it was charging for personal computers. Peter Mandelson said he was worried that consumers were getting a "raw deal" because of the store's dominant position in the market . Intel's chief executive at that time, Craig Barrett, said that Dixons charges "ridiculous margins" . The Intel Architecture Business Group said "Dixons has classic channel presence and can determine what gets sold at what price." Dixons responded that it could not make sense of the comments. The Consumers' Association said "Dixons controls over half of the high street distribution of PCs and they seem to be using this enormous market power to keep prices to consumers high" and has a "monopoly position in the high street" . Criticism continued into 2000 when competitor John Lewis, with the support of two Members of Parliament, accused Dixons of sifling competition in the market by striking anti-competitive deals with suppliers . 
The retail chain was criticised by the Consumers' Association in 2003 for the way staff pressured customers (through "dodgy sales tactics" and "dubious practices") into purchasing poor value extended warranties ,  an issue which was widely reported in the press  , with Dixons facing particular criticism by virtue of supplying one-in-four of all extended warranties  accounting for 40% of the store's profits .
Also in 2003 The Daily Telegraph and The Independent reported that the chain had been selling used goods .   Dixons had been investigated by more than twenty-two of thirty county trading standards offices; in the previous two years thirteen counties had prosecuted the company and five had issued formal cautions, another 12 were contemplating prosecution .   Furthermore the chain has made a number of advertising claims which the Advertising Standards Agency judged were misleading  and advertised in-store credit in a way that the Office of Fair Trading ruled unlawful .
*Removed by ~ Throup (talk) 19:45, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Content removed from article for [[NPOV]] 

message: There's still a lot of duplicate information in Currys.digital and Dixons. Since this is indicative of bad organisation (from a reader's POV) and hard to maintain, it should be dealt with. Which information belongs where- any thoughts? Fourohfour 17:37, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Merge debate ended"- this is still a dupe... 

message: :Image:Currys digital logo.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page.  Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 23:23, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Currys digital logo.gif

message: :Image:Dixons.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is  other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page.  Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot (talk) 20:09, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Dixons.png

message: :Image:Currys digital logo.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is  other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page.  Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot (talk) 21:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Currys digital logo.gif

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified  on Dixons (retailer). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added  tag to http://nsg.fiftylessons.com/executives/Stanley_Kalms
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20150825050127/http://www.dixonstravel.com:80/ to http://www.dixonstravel.com
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 06:41, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: It is looking like Dixons Travel is set to become defunct as well according to it's website - since they are both small articles, might it be worth merging them and just making Dixons Travel a section towards the bottom?--Zerbstill (talk) 17:03, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Klbrain (talk) 05:05, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger discussion