Demand for iPhone lifts Carphone’s Irish sales

Demand for the new iPhone helped boost electrical goods retailer Dixons-Carphone’s sales in Ireland by 12% over the Christmas trading period.

Demand for the new iPhone helped boost electrical goods retailer Dixons-Carphone’s sales in Ireland by 12% over the Christmas trading period.

The company — which owns the Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse chains — said the 10-week trading period to January 6 represented a record performance for it, with sales being driven by November’s ‘Black Friday’ retail promotion; Christmas trading and the January sales.