Carphone
Warehouse performed well during this period with a 10pc increase in sales. In a
trading update, the Irish arm of the group said it increased market share
across all categories ranging from TVs, computing, mobile phones and white
goods over the Christmas trading period.
Dixons
Carphone Ireland has reported a "significant" increase in store and
online traffic.
Meanwhile
Black Friday saw sales increase by 48pc, with premium handsets like Samsung and
Huawei attracting huge demand over the Christmas period.
Elsewhere,
and Currys PC World saw a 17pc increase in footfall over Black Friday. This
contributed to an increase of 22pc in sales year on year.
Online
traffic saw sales increase by 70pc in this period. An online order was placed
every eight seconds and a TV sold every minute on Black Friday alone, the group
added.
"We
are delighted with these results, which show that we continued to grow faster
than our competitors in every single segment," Mark Delaney, MD of Dixons
Carphone Ireland, said.
"Our
investment in our online presence has brought class leading innovation to our
customers, who demand we deliver the best retail experience online."
In
the UK the group reported another sales slump at its troubled mobile phone
division, which dragged on its third-quarter performance.
The
retailer's Carphone Warehouse outlets booked a 7pc fall in UK like-for-like
sales in the 10 weeks to January 5, which includes the critical Christmas
trading period.
It
flagged a continued decline in consumers opting for lengthy mobile contracts,
but insisted the performance was as expected.
The
group added that its full-year profit guidance of around £300m (€340m) remains
unchanged.
(Additional
reporting PA)
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