dabs.com

dabs.com
Subsidiary
Industry Retail
Founded 1987 (offline as Dabs Press)
1990 (offline as Dabs Direct and eventually online as Dabs.com)
Headquarters Bolton, England, UK
Area served
 United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
Key people
 Helen Slinger (CEO)
Revenue Increase £200m (2008)
Number of employees
 200
Parent BT Group
Website www.dabs.com
www.dabs.ie

dabs.com was an e-commerce retailer in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of BT Group. It was 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. In April 2016 the dabs.com was phased out in favour of the BT Shop brand.[3]

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.[4] 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. 1 2 "David Atherton at E-consultancy". Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  2. ↑ http://www.dabs.com/articles/help/new-to-dabs/about-dabs--our-history-and-growth-446.html
  3. ↑ "BT to bin Dabs.com brand". www.theinquirer.net.
  4. ↑ "BT buys online retailer dabs.com". BBC News. 28 April 2006.

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