Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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Economy/Business
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The troubled camera retailer Jessops has changed hands after AO World acquired the business from the Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones.
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World → change → star
The online electrical retailer said on Thursday it had completed the acquisition of Jessops.
AO bought the entire business, including its remaining seven stores around the UK, for an undisclosed sum.
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AO → say → sum
The deal will be funded from AO’s existing cash resources.
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deal → fund → resources
The acquisition is part of AO’s wider push to move beyond the categories it is best known for, such as white goods, mobile phones and televisions, and into other types of electricals.
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it → move → electricals
“[It] supports our strategy of expanding into adjacent categories, giving customers and members more reasons to shop with AO and increase our share of wallet,” AO World said.
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World → support → wallet
“Jessops brings a trusted brand and specialist expertise in cameras and optical technology, while its re-commerce business, Camera Jungle, is highly complementary to our existing musicMagpie operations and further strengthens our circular economy credentials.”
Camera Jungle specialises in buying and selling secondhand digital cameras, lenses, and photography accessories.
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Jungle → bring → cameras
In December 2024, AO bought musicMagpie, which buys and sells used smartphones, tablets, consoles, video games, CDs and DVDs.
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which → buy → smartphones
The company said it expected Jessops to grow over the next 12 months as it leverages its own scale, web traffic and operational expertise.
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it → say → scale
Jessops posted a 6.5% rise in revenues to £19.8m last year, and made a pre-tax loss of £1m, down from £1.17m in 2024, according to its most recently filed accounts at Companies House.
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Jessops → post → House
Founded in 1935 by Frank Jessop in Leicester, Jessops has endured a troubled history over the past two decades, and called in administrators three times.
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Jessops → found → administrators
Jones’s PJ Investment Group bought the chain out of administration in 2013.
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Group → buy → 2013
Jessops was left with 17 shops in 2021, when it was hit hard by Covid lockdown restrictions.
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it → leave → restrictions
Jones, who made most of his £400m fortune selling mobile phones, bought the Jessops brand in January 2013 to run it as a purely online retailer, and did not buy its 187 stores.
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who → make → stores
More than 1,370 stuff were made redundant.
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stuff → make → ?
Jones later reopened dozens of stores but in 2019 the company plunged into administration a second time, and then again in 2021.
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company → reopen → 2021
John Roberts, AO’s founder and chief executive, said: “I am delighted to welcome Jessops into the AO family and look forward to growing the existing business as well as integrating the category into the wider AO business.”
Roberts started AO in 2000 after making a £1 bet in a pub with a friend that he could change the way white goods were bought over the internet.
The Guardian has contacted Jones for comment.
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Guardian → say → comment
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