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Sainsbury’s Agrees Home Retail (Argos) Deal

by Tom Allen

J Sainsbury, the UK supermarket chain, has agreed a deal to buy Home Retail Group (HRG), owner of catalogue retailer, Argos, in a deal valued at £1.3 billion ($1.9 billion). Sainsbury’s will pay £1.1 …

Home Retail Group Result 30/10/15

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Home Retail Group, owner of the Argos and Homebase brands, reported its half-yearly financial result indicating an increase in earnings per share of 13% to 3.4p (5.19¢). Benchmark profit increased 10% to £34.1 million …

Tags:Argos| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 43

Home Retail Group Result 06/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Home Retail Group, owner of UK retailer Argos, reported a 1% increase in like for like sales last year to £5.7 billion ($8.7 billion), while Argos’ sales were 0.6% higher, accounting for £4.1 billion …

Tags:Argos| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Argos Plans Digital Outlets in Sainsbury’s

by Helen Vince

Argos is planning to open 10 pilot digital stores within Sainsbury’s supermarkets across the UK before the summer. The new format stores will provide customers with a choice of over 20,000 non-grocery products, including …

Tags:Argos| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Argos Follows MyTablet With Low-Cost Upgrade

by Bob Raikes

Argos’ MyTablet, a 7″ model introduced in late 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 40), has been followed by a larger, updated model. The 2014 edition is a Windows 8.1 with Bing model, which …

Tags:Argos| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Argos Makes Key Appointments

by Super User

UK retail chain Argos has made two new appointments as part of its strategy to become a digital retail leader. Ian Dobson joins the company as head of customer and market insight, in which …

Argos to Expand Digital Stores

by Super User

UK retailer Argos is planning to have opened 50 digital stores by Christmas. In the last 12 months, the chain has opened 32 digital stores across the UK trading in three different formats (Display …

Ipsos Analyses WiFi Signals to Measure Loyalty

by Super User

Ipsos Retail Performance is trialling a new footfall-tracking solution with UK chain Argos. The Ipsos Retail Performance Shopper Mobile system uses WiFi and Bluetooth signals from mobile devices to gather metrics on a store’s …