Under the plans, Dixons became an online retail operation with its 190 outlets rebranded as Currys.digital along with branches of Currys.
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Instead Argos, Currys and the now defunct Comet group agreed to set up a price comparison website where consumers can easily compare warranties.
LifeMobile, as the service will be known, will be available from Phones4U's High Street shops as well as Currys and PC World stores.
While the looters had cleared out the stock of Currys, Claire's Accessories and Phones4U, nearby Waterstone's had been left "without a scratch", she says.
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Craig Carruthers, who has worked at the local branch of Currys Digital electrical store for 13 years, said he had not experienced such a rush outside the Christmas period.
Shares of Comet's rivals rose on news of the planned administration, with Dixons Retail, which owns PC World and Currys, jumping 15% as investors speculated that a major competitor could be removed from the market.
The market leader in electricals and electronics retailing, DSG the owner of Currys has been having a particularly torrid time and has issued two profit warnings since the start of the year.
In the U.S. the Samsung Chromebook has been at the top of Amazon's best-selling laptop list for 149 days since launch and in the U.K., Dixons says Chromebooks make up more than 10 percent of laptop sales in Currys and PC World stores.
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