dabs.com
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Bolton, England, UK |
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Key people
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Helen Slinger (CEO) |
| Revenue |  £200m (2008) |
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Number of employees
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200 |
| Parent | BT Group |
| Website | www.dabs.com |
dabs.com is an e-commerce retailer in the United Kingdom. It is one of the UK's largest internet retailers of IT and technology products. Originally Dabs Press, from 1987 to 1990, and Dabs Direct,[1] dabs.com was founded in Bolton by David Atherton and Bruce Smith[2] in 1987;[1] Dabs is an acronym of the initials of the founders' names. It has subsequently grown to employ more than 200 people, with annual revenue of £200m from 5000 transactions daily.
Management
In April 2006, it was announced that BT Group had purchased dabs.com for an estimated £30m and that the business would become a wholly owned subsidiary of BT.[3] dabs.com was also a former shirt sponsor of Fulham FC.
International
Dabs operates in Ireland under dabs.ie and has previously operated in France, but this closed at the end of May 2006.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.dabs.com/articles/help/new-to-dabs/about-dabs--our-history-and-growth-446.html
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External links
- dabs.com official website
- dabs.ie official website for Ireland
- BT Shop provided by dabs
- BT Business Direct (formally dabs4work.com) official website for businesses
- Unified communications provided by BT Business Direct
- dabs4work.ie official website for businesses in Ireland
- dabs.com reviews
- Review of 2010 Dabs.com Live Gadget Show in London
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