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Argos Limited is a British retailer operating in the United Kingdom online and through catalogues, and formerly in Ireland; it was acquired by Sainsbury's supermarket chain in 2016. It was established in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of Argos. [5]
GUS plc acquired Argos in April 1998, and combined it with its mail order business to form Argos Retail Group (ARG) in June 2000. [4] It went on to acquire Homebase for £900 million in November 2002, bringing it into ARG. [5] In June 2005, GUS bought thirty three stores of Index, which were subsequently converted to the format of Argos. [6]
It was founded in 1931 as the Municipal & General Securities Company. In 1999 M&G Investments was acquired by Prudential plc. It was demerged in 2019. It has 2 subsidiaries: M&G Real Estate, and Infracapital. In 2022 its revenue was £6.5 billion, with a net income loss of £1.6 billion. Mace Group Ltd — is a construction and business ...
Bush is a British consumer electronics brand owned by J Sainsbury plc (Sainsbury's), the parent company of the retailer Argos. [1] The former Bush company is one of the most famous manufacturers of early British radios. The company is now defunct, but the Bush brand name survives as a private label brand for budget electronics.
The holding company, J Sainsbury plc, is split into three divisions: Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd (including convenience shops), Sainsbury's Bank, and Argos. As of 2021, the largest overall shareholder is the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar , the Qatar Investment Authority , which holds around 15% of the company. [ 6 ]
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Tesco is the largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom.. As of November 2024, there are 17 supermarket chains currently operating in the United Kingdom. The food retail market has been dominated by the 'big four' supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons – who made up over three quarters of sector market share in 2010.