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Carphone sales fall short of forecasts

By Elizabeth Rigby and Andrew Parker in London

Published: January 18 2008 08:40 | Last updated: January 18 2008 22:39

Carphone Warehouse, the mobile phone retailer and telecommunications group, has joined a growing band of consumer companies that missed sales targets over Christmas.

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However, Charles Dunstone, chief executive, played down the slight slowing of sales against City forecasts, arguing that constant changes in mobile handset models would drive performance.

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