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2. Argos (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Argos was launched with thousands of staff, taking £1 million during a week in November. [10] Argos was purchased by BAT Industries in 1979 for £32 million. In 1980, Argos opened its Elizabeth Duke jewellery counter (named after a director's wife) and by 1982, was the United Kingdom's fourth-biggest jewellery retailer.

3. Home Retail Group - Wikipedia

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   Home Retail Group plc was a British retail company established on 10 October 2006, following the spin-off of Argos Retail Group (ARG) from GUS plc. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The group primarily comprised two retailers: Argos and Homebase, as well as in-house brands such as Chad Valley and Habitat. In April 2007, the ...

4. Category : Defunct department stores of the United Kingdom

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5. Habitat (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Habitat (a trading name of Argos Limited) is a brand of household furnishings in the United Kingdom and the main homewares brand within the Sainsbury's group.. Founded in 1964 by Sir Terence Conran, it merged with a number of other retailers in the 1980s to create Storehouse plc, before the latter sold Habitat to the Ikano Group, owned by the Kamprad family, in 1992.

6. Index (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Index was a catalogue retailer in the United Kingdom, that was owned by Littlewoods from 1985 until 2005. Many Index stores were attached to Littlewoods stores. It was a well known retailer in the 1980s and the 1990s, but sales declined in the noughties and it lost many customers to its main rival, Argos.

7. The Very Group - Wikipedia

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   A former Littlewoods branch in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The Very Group traces its roots to a variety of independent mail order and retail companies in northern England, particularly Littlewoods, the pools and mail order business founded by John Moores, as well as the Manchester-based home shopping business of Great Universal Stores.

8. T. J. Hughes - Wikipedia

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   LHR Holding Limited (trading TJ Hughes) is a British discount department store brand which first emerged in Liverpool in 1912.. Thomas John Hughes started the business on Liverpool's London Road after an apprenticeship with Owen Owen, eventually partnering with Owen Owen in 1925, which allowed him to expand the store into a department store.

9. The Original Factory Shop - Wikipedia

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   During 2010 to 2011, the chain expanded its warehouse and offices in Burnley by 100,000 square feet (9,300 m 2) to provide for the future needs of the business. [ 1 ] In August 2011, the chain did not perform as well with profits reduced, due to economic conditions and massive investment in the chain, including many store openings, expansion of ...