Marks Electrical today revealed plans to list on London’s junior AIM market after benefiting from the pandemic online shopping boom.
The company, launched in 1987 by founder-CEO Mark Smithson from his father’s Leicester garage, saw revenues soar by 78% to £56 million in the year to end March
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Currys Perks
Currys the UK retailer, has today launched its first customer loyalty scheme to support customer retention
Currys Perks was developed for customers by customers. Research was undertaken to curate a loyalty club that shoppers would most value and want to be a part of. The three main benefits are:
Member discounts: Relevant and interesting offers and deals, exclusive to members
Monthly surprises: From new tech giveaways to a ‘win your basket’ and much more
Partner benefits: additional perks from some of the biggest brands – starting with free three-month Apple TV subscription
AO stock market wipe out
More than £200m has been wiped off the stock market value of AO World after the online retailer blamed driver shortages and supply chain problems for lower than expected profits.
The warning prompted a sharp sell-off, with investors fearing a reversal of fortunes for the electric goods retailer – one of the star performers of the pandemic when online shopping boomed –
AO Looks beautiful
Last week, AO launched it’s brand new health and beauty category onsite. This marks the first time that AO is expanding into this category with products such as beard trimmers, electric toothbrushes, hair dryers, straighteners and many more.
To view the full range of new health and beauty products, visit here:
Health & Beauty | ao.com
Beko targets South Africa
Arçelik, the consumer durables and electronics manufacturer is expanding its brand southern Africa by adding Beko, a freestanding home appliances name to its local portfolio.
Beko is available in 20 African countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, and Mauritius.
Arçelik which holds brands Defy, Grundig and Beko under its umbrella has launched Beko in South Africa at stand-alone stores in Johannesburg and Durban.
In South Africa, Arçelik currently employs more than 2700 staff with two manufacturing facilities, and is the largest manufacturer of major domestic appliances in sub-Saharan Africa.
Retailer Hughes 100 year’s old
Did you know that Hughes is 100 years old!? To celebrate this amazing milestone, they are going on a grand tour of their store locations in a 1950s-style Hughes delivery van! Saying thank you to their loyal customers, visitors can enter a prize draw for a chance to win one of 100 prizes!

https://www.hughes.co.uk/blog/celebrate-100-years-with-the-hughes-grand-van-tour/
AO’s newest facility gives returned appliances a new lease of life
AO announces today that it has opened a new ‘rework’ facility to give returned appliances a new lease of life.
Operating out of its ‘Latchford’ warehouse in Crewe, appliances returned by customers will be thoroughly tested with the aim of reselling them.
Since opening last month, the facility is currently handling approximately 900 appliances a week, including washing machines, fridges and TVs from a range of well-known manufacturers, that if not reworked may have ended up never being used.
Once safety tested, cleaned and repackaged, the appliances are sold for a reduced price on the AO Outlet Ebay shop, available for delivery across the UK.
Dixons Carphone brand merger
Dixons Carphone is to change its name to bring its four brands under one banner trading under the Currys label.
Currys PC World, Carphone Warehouse, Team Knowhow and Dixons Carphone will cease to exist from October 2021 as part of a recently announced £190m “surge in innovation investment”
Online Sales Consultant from Haier Japan

On March 20, Haier Japan launched Avatar, the first online sales consultant in the industry, who can have chat with consumers and introduce products, answer users’ questions at any time, as well as making intelligent recommendations.
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AO new delivery depot
AO.com our proud to announce that our latest depot opened last week in Newport.
The shiny new depot, which is the latest addition to the AO Logistics family, is now fully operational and delivering to AO customers!

