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Walsh Western International wins multi million Euro Dixons contract

Dixons Stores Group Ireland, a division of the £6.5bn Dixons Group, announced today, 1 st September, that it has awarded a multi-million Euro contract to Irish logistics company Walsh Western International (WWI) to handle the warehousing and reverse logistics for their €107m business in Ireland.

WWI was one of seven companies that tendered for the Dixons Group business in Ireland . The appointment of Walsh Western International will create 15 new positions immediately within the company in Dublin with more job openings to follow in the next quarter.

Brendan Ryan, Business Development Director, WWI said; “Given today's competitive environment, WWI is delighted to have secured this contract with Europe 's leading electrical retailer. WWI will be responsible for managing the storage and distribution of a large range of brown and white goods. This is additional business to the recent contract awarded to WWI by PC World, part of the Dixons Group, for their components business in the UK .

Steve Herbert, Distribution Operations Director of Dixons said; “Dixons Group has invested heavily in supply chain and branch systems. Our improvement programme has seen increased focus on forecasting sales, ordering stock and intake planning. In selecting Walsh Western, we have a partner with proven IT solutions and the ability to manage our out-sourced services which will help us meet our market growth objectives in Ireland .

For further information:
Jill O'Herlihy - Bill O'Herlihy Communications - 01 660 2744
Brendan Ryan - Business Development Director, WWI - 086 60 80 546
Ruth Adams - Dixons Group Media Relations Officer 0044 1727 204515

ABOUT WWI
Walsh Western International (WWI) is one of Europe's fastest growing supply chain solution service providers in Europe. WWI provides fulfilment; reverse logistics, transportation and dynamic in-transit merge solutions to a broad range of customers with particular focus on the high tech and healthcare sectors. The company is headquartered in Dublin Ireland and has operations throughout Europe. For further information on the company please visit www.walshwestern.com.

ABOUT DIXONS
Dixons Group is Europe 's leading electrical retailer. Headquartered in the UK , the Group employs 35,000 staff in 1,400 stores across 12 countries. The Group trades in the UK, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain and Sweden. Leading retail brands operated by the Group include Dixons, Currys, The Link, PC World, PC City, Electro World, UniEuro, Elkjop, El Giganten and Lefdal Lavpris. Business-to-business brands include PC World Business, Genesis Communications and Dixons Group Business Services. Own-brand sourcing operations are managed by the Group's OmniSource division. The Group is also a leading provider of financial and after-sales services.