Earlier this month Scotland tightened its lockdown measures to restrict non-essential retailers from offering click & collect, though electricals retail was excluded from the new rules.

"We continue to make the case that what we're providing to customers is a safe and essential service," Dixons Carphone CEO Alex Baldock told reporters after the group updated on Christmas trading.

He said the group had invested over 15 million pounds ($20.5 million) in offering a safe, zero contact, order and collect service.

($1 = 0.7315 pounds)

(Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Kate Holton)