In the 16-week period up to April 29th, UK like-for-like sales for electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company Dixons Carphone were up by 2%. Much of the increase was attributed to its good performance in the electricals department, leading to full-year group revenue for the company to rise by 9% and like-for-like sales by 4%. Chief executive of the company, Seb James stated that, “Our full year like-for-like sales of 4% over the year is pleasing across the group; in the last quarter, sales in the UK & Ireland were - especially in phone - impacted by the later launch of the iconic (and excellent) Samsung S8 and by a late Easter.”