Comet Group is an electrical retail chain trading in the United Kingdom, owned by OpCapita. The company sells consumer electronics and white goods along with related products and services, and pioneered the concept of the out-of-town discount warehouse in the UK.
Comet entered administration on 2 November 2012 following unsuccessful attempts to turn the business around.
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