COMET - PLYMOUTH
- 119 MAYFLOWER STREET
PL1 1SD PLYMOUTH, DEVON
Phone: 0844 800 95 95
Fax: 01752 254 269
E-mail: Send messagewww.comet.co.uk
Short profile:
Comet is part of Kesa Electricals plc, a pan-European group operating in ten European countries. Its focus is on giving customers the best price, best choice and the best service. Comet has 248 stores throughout the UK, offering a wide range of electrical products. Thousands of competitor prices are checked every week to ensure that Comet offers the best possible value.
Comet is an electrical retailer in the United Kingdom, which is owned by Kesa Electricals plc after the demerger of Kingfisher plc. The group was founded in 1933 by George Hollingberry in Hull as Comet Battery Stores Limited. The retailer specialises in electrical retailing after Comet demerged from Kingfisher, which also owns electrical retailer Laskys and DIY store B&Q and formerly Woolworths and Superdrug, in 2003 to form a new group under the Kingfisher Electricals S.A.
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Detailed description:
Comet offers a unique all-round shopping experience with a range of services including home delivery and next day delivery, full installation of products such as televisions, computers and integrated kitchen appliances, take back and recycling facilities for large products and comprehensive after sales service. The retailer has around 250 stores in the UK in three different layouts. The 'high street' style store contains large display cases stocking mainly small domestic appliances such as grey and brown goods with others in warehouses and few items available for self select. The 'core' store, larger than the previous, stocks a larger range of goods to include white goods.
Some items are self select; other larger items are kept in a warehouse. The 'destination' store, stocks nearly the whole range that Comet sells, many items are self select except for very large and delivery only items. These stores will also stock many of what Comet calls the 'premier collection'.
These are products by well-known brands such as, Panasonic, Pioneer, Apple, Sony, Samsung, Philips, AEG and Miele. Through Kesa, Comet also sell their own brand products covering most categories of small electricals under the name ProLine. Kesa Electricals have also unveiled plans for
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