Dixons Carphone’s strong performance is expected to continue as the iPhone 7 goes on sale next week BEN STANSALL/GETTY IMAGESBritain’s biggest consumer electricals and mobile phone retailer got its financial year off to a strong start with a sharp rise in first-quarter sales, and that is before the iPhone 7 goes on sale. Dixons Carphone said it had experienced no “detectable impact” from the Brexit vote with its overall group revenue rising by 9 per cent year-on-year in the 13 weeks to July 30. On a like-for-like basis its revenue was up 4 per cent with broad-based growth across all its regions in the UK and Ireland, the Nordics and Southern Europe. Seb James, chief executive, said he was…

Source: The Times September 08, 2016 23:15 UTC