UK's Dixons Carphone to make case to retain "click & collect" during lockdown -CEO

Earlier this month Scotland tightened its lockdown measures to restrict non-essential retailers from offering click & collect, though electricals retail was excluded from the new rules. "We continue to make the case that what we're providing to customers is a safe and essential service," Dixons Carphone CEO Alex Baldock told reporters after the group updated on Christmas trading.

British electricals retailer Dixons Carphone will press the UK government to continue to allow "click & collect" services in England while its stores are closed in the COVID-19 lockdown, its boss said on Wednesday. Earlier this month Scotland tightened its lockdown measures to restrict non-essential retailers from offering click & collect, though electricals retail was excluded from the new rules.

"We continue to make the case that what we're providing to customers is a safe and essential service," Dixons Carphone CEO Alex Baldock told reporters after the group updated on Christmas trading. He said the group had invested over 15 million pounds ($20.5 million) in offering a safe, zero contact, order and collect service.