(Bloomberg Opinion) -- That most bargain-hungry of corporate shoppers, Elliott Management Corp., might be about to put a chunky stake in a British retailer into its basket. Paul Singer’s activist hedge fund is looking at plans to acquire a big holding in electrical goods specialist Dixons Carphone Plc, according to Sky News. Neither Elliott nor Dixons would comment on Tuesday, and the Sky story said the fund’s investigations might come to naught. But there are several reasons why such a move would make sense.