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dabs.com 
Type Subsidiary Industry Retail Founded 1990 Headquarters Bolton, England, UK Key people John Thornhill (CEO) Revenue 
£200m (2008)Employees 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. dabs.com (originally Dabs Press from 1987-90 and Dabs Direct[1]) 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.
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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, however this closed at the end of May 2006.
References
- ^ a b "David Atherton at E-consultancy". http://www.e-consultancy.com/internetdecade/a/david-atherton-113.html. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
- ^ http://www.dabs.com/articles/help/new-to-dabs/about-dabs--our-history-and-growth-446.html
- ^ "BT buys online retailer dabs.com". BBC. 28 April, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4956100.stm.
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
Categories:- Dot-com
- Commerce websites
- Online retail companies of the United Kingdom
- Consumer electronics retailers of the United Kingdom
- British Telecom
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