NEARLY 100 Carphone Warehouse stores are to close this year as the retailer's new boss pledges to "take action" to tackle challenges in the firm's troubled mobile phone unit.
Dixons Carphone said that it will shut 92 Carphone Warehouse standalone stores over the next 12 months as it grapples with changing consumer habits.
Hard-pressed consumers are holding on to older devices for longer and going "Sim-only", which have dented the group's performance.
However, the firm insisted that no jobs will be lost as staff will be offered the chance to move to larger outlets nearby.
New boss Alex Baldock, who replaced the long standing Seb James earlier this year, said: "Right now, with our international business in good shape, we're focusing early action on the UK.
"In electricals, we're focused on gross margin recovery. In mobile, we're stabilising our performance through improvements to our proposition and network agreements.
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