Currys PC World opens drive-thru service at Cardiff and Swansea stores

Currys PC World has opened a new order and collect service from Cardiff Newport Road and Swansea stores.

The the electronic retail chain has launched the service at 32 further stores, following the success of the 20 stores it reopened in May. As of Friday 5th June, Currys PC World is offering this service at 52 locations across the UK.

The drive-thru order and collect service is providing a zero-contact way customers can purchase items online and collect them from their chosen local store, with pickup availability ranging from an hour after purchase to the next day depending on stock.

Mark Allsop, Chief Operating Officer at Dixons Carphone said:

“On May 22^nd we opened 20 stores to operate a zero-contact order and collect service, this has gone extremely well and we are pleased to announce that we will be extending the service to 32 further stores nationwide as of today. With a tremendous amount of hard work and commitment from our store colleagues, we are happy and confident that we’re providing both customers and colleagues a safe environment as we roll-out this service further.

“The drive-thru order and collect service is a zero-contact way customers can purchase items online and collect them from their chosen local store, with pickup availability ranging from an hour after purchase to the next day depending on stock. Once customers have placed an order, they will receive an email to say the item is ready to be collected safely.

“Over the last two weeks we have seen over 24,000 items purchased and collected from the 20 stores safely, with top performing products including, small screen TVs, home audio, laptops, printers and scanners, consoles and PC gaming hardware. The average wait time has been less than 5 minutes.

“Customer and colleague safety continues to be our highest priority. At the stores we have implemented social distancing and hygiene measures to ensure that colleagues feel comfortable in coming back to work and our customers feel safe to visit us.

“We are following government advice on the reopening of our stores. When we do, we will be prepared to open so that our customers can shop for their important tech in-store safely and with the right measures in place.”

The full list of Curries PC World stores now open for order & collect:

1. Aberdeen Berryden
2. Bangor Menai
3. Blackburn Peel Centre
4. Brentford
5. Brighton & Hove
6. Cardiff East (Newport Road)
7. Carlisle
8. Chester Deva
9. Douglas
10. Dundee Kingsway
11. Edinburgh Kinnaird
12. Enfield De Mandeville
13. Glasgow Braehead
14. Hereford
15. Hull St Andrews Quay
16. Inverness Telford Street
17. Ipswich Interchange
18. Kirkcaldy
19. Lincoln Tritton
20. Medway
21. Old Kent Road
22. Oldham
23. Oxford Botley
24. Plymouth
25. Poole
26. Reading Gate
27. Rotherham
28. Stevenage
29. Stirling
30. Swansea Morfa
31. Warrington
32. York Clifton Moor
33. Cambridge     
34. Cribbs Causeway      
35. Croydon         
36. Leeds Birstall 
37. Leicester Fosse         
38. Liverpool Aintree        
39. Milton Keynes
40. New Malden   
41. North Shields Silverlink         
42. Norwich Sweet Briar  
43. Nottingham Castle Marina     
44. Solihull
45. Southampton 
46. Staples Corner           
47. Stockport Peel Centre
48. Stoke Festival Park
49. Swindon         
50. Teesside Park
51. Thurrock
52. Wednesbury J9