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3D TVs have become increasingly popular - especially for watching sport.

Electronic retailer, who is owner of curries and PC World, said that he had "significantly reduced" its losses before income taxes in the first six months to 16 October at ￡ 7. 9 ￡ 17 m.6 m a year but the rate of like-for-like sales slowed in the second quarter.

John Browett, Managing Director of Dixons, said: "We have maintained our momentum in the transformation of the Group and perform in advance of the market".

The results have a frosty reception city where the actions of the FTSE 100 company fell 94 p or 3 5pc 25.7 percent in trade in the early Thursday.

Dixons, formerly DSG international, declared in all of its stores, revenues increased by 1pc during the first half with a rush of demand for televisions in the perspective of South Africa football World Cup.

Another top seller page was iPad Apple, which began selling to retail this year.

Sales rose by 2pc in the second quarter – much less growth in the first - 6pc leaving total sales on the. ￡ 3 35bn largely flat six months.

While analysts called the World Cup, a "Christmas bonus", the Group hoped that the demand for such items as 3DTV would be boost December.

More than a million televisions 3D were sold in Europe in 2010 - around all TVs 5mC vendus.Ce number should double next year and 19 m 3DTVsets should be sold in Europe.

Actions Dixons declined 29pc so far this year include concerns about the consumer as well as competition from supermarkets and the arrival of Best Buy, the American giant in the United Kingdom.

Dixons is two years in a three-year recovery plan launched by Mr. Browett .the ' company was refitted 250 shops and launched 25 SP format.

The group said that it is on track to deliver ￡ 50 m of savings for the fiscal year.

No interim dividend was déclarée.La net debt was largely the same six months earlier, for ￡ 215.1 m.

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