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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.
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 ...
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.
He became managing director of Argos Ltd., the U.K.'s largest general merchandise retailer, in February 2012 [5] and was promoted to chief executive officer of Argos' parent company, Home Retail Group in March 2014. [6] [7] In 2016, it was announced that Walden would be stepping down as the CEO of Home Retail Group upon sale of the group to ...
ARG – The Argos Retail Group, subsequently demerged to become Home Retail Group, which consisted of several subdivisions, including Argos (previously an independent company, once owned by British American Tobacco) – the UK's largest catalogue retailer; Homebase (formerly owned and founded by J Sainsbury) – a DIY (home improvement) retailer
Argos (dog), Odysseus' dog in the Odyssey; Argos (radio program), a Dutch documentary series; Eddie Argos (born 1979), English musician; Argos-Shimano, a former cycling team; Task Force Argos, a branch of the Queensland Police Service; Toronto Argonauts or Argos, a Canadian Football League team; Minister Argos, a villain from the manga and ...
Granville Richard Francis Tompkins CBE (15 May 1918 – 6 December 1992) was a British print, advertising and retail entrepreneur, best known for founding the Green Shield Stamps company, as well as the Argos chain of catalogue stores which became one of the largest retailers in the United Kingdom, and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
In November 2008, the Bush brand name, along with Alba, was purchased by Home Retail Group, the parent company of Homebase and Argos, for £15.25 million. [19] As a result, the former Alba Group has now been renamed Harvard International. Harvard International still owns the Bush brand in Oceania. [20]