(Bloomberg) -- Dixons Carphone Plc online sales surged during Christmas as consumers snapped up Xboxes, TVs and laptops helping the retailer weather forced store closures during the pandemic better than others.

Dixons, the owner of Currys PCWorld, said its online sales in the U.K. and Ireland more than doubled in the 10 weeks to Jan. 9, in a statement.

Strong online sales mean Dixons was less impacted by store lockdowns in November. Although e-commerce did not offset lost store sales entirely and mobile sales fell 40%, the company is on track to hit its full-year profit expectations.

Dixons Carphone was created through a merger of electronics retailer Dixons and the Carphone Warehouse mobile chain in 2014. It has operations in Britain, Ireland, the Nordic countries and Greece.

Chief Executive Officer Alex Baldock is leading a turnaround that includes lowering costs, improving efficiency and reducing exposure to a difficult mobile-phone market. He has cut more than 3,000 jobs so far this year as part of the company’s wider restructuring. On Wednesday, Dixons said it hired Bruce Marsh, a finance director for U.K. and Ireland at Tesco Plc, as its new chief financial officer.

Dixons Carphone’s stock has dropped 13% in the past year.

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