The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

Summary

The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC (Carphone) is a UK-based independent retailer of mobile phones and services. It operates more than 2,459 stores across nine countries in Europe. The company has continuing business operations principally through Talk Talk Group, Best Buy Europe, and Virgin Mobile France. Talk Talk Group focuses on the provision of fixed line services in the UK. Carphone holds 50% share in Best Buy Europe and also covers retail operations across Europe and share of profits in Best Buy Mobile in the US. The company has 48.5% share in the Virgin Mobile France joint venture, which serves as mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Carphone is headquartered at London, the UK.

Global Markets Direct's The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review is an in-depth business, strategic and financial analysis of The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors. The hallmark of the report is the detailed strategic analysis of the company. This highlights its strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats it faces going forward.

Scope

• Provides key company information for business intelligence needs.
• The company's strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed. Financial, strategic and operational factors are considered.
• The opportunities open to the company are considered and its growth potential assessed. Competitive or technological threats are highlighted.
• The report contains critical company information - business structure and operations, the company history, major products and services, key competitors, key employees and executive biographies, different locations and important subsidiaries.
• The report provides detailed financial ratios for the past five years as well as interim ratios for the last four quarters.
• Financial ratios include profitability, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.

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