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2. Argos (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Since Sainsbury's acquired Argos, more and more standalone stores have been moved into a nearby Sainsbury's store. On 25 September 2019, Sainsbury's announced that over 50 Argos stores would be closing or relocating in order to cut costs. Stores also began to feature digital computers as well as printed catalogues to save costs.

3. Rushey Mead - Wikipedia

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   Located in Rushey Mead, on the corner of Melton Road and Troon Way is a 5m high, steel tree sculpture with bronze light bulbs on the branches. It stands opposite the former site of the GE-Thorn Lighting Factory, which a Sainsbury's supermarket now occupies. It cost £62,000 and was paid for by Sainsbury's.

4. Sainsbury's - Wikipedia

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   J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, [a] is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom.. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK retailer of groceries for most of the 20th century.

5. Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II - Wikipedia

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   Signage alerting passersby about the closure of Sainsbury's and Argos stores on 19 September. Plans for the Queen's death had existed in some form since the 1960s, and the Queen was consulted about all the details included in her funeral plan. [118] [119] The earl marshal was in charge of organising the event. [119]

6. Asda - Wikipedia

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   In December 2007, Asda, Sainsbury's and other retailers and dairy firms admitted to the price fixing of dairy products between 2002 and 2003. [160] The price operation was calculated to have cost consumers around £270 million. [161] Asda commented, "Everyone at Asda regrets what happened, particularly as we are passionate about lowering prices.

7. GUS (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   The company acquired Argos in 1998 in a hostile takeover bid [127] [19] and the UK's second largest online retailer at the time, Jungle.com, in 2000 for £37 million. [ 128 ] Argos Retail Group (2000–2006)

8. John James Sainsbury - Wikipedia

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   John James Sainsbury was born on 12 June 1844 at 5 Oakley Street, Lambeth, to John Sainsbury (baptised 1809, d. 1863), ornament and picture frame maker, and his wife Elizabeth Sarah, née Coombes (1817–1902). [1] During his childhood, his family moved house several times between rented rooms.

9. Milton Keynes - Wikipedia

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   Sainsburys-Argos [then] company headquarters (left) and a Holiday-Inn hotel (one of 24 hotels within MK) in the city centre in 2021. In 2014 and 2017, Milton Keynes ranked third in terms of contribution to the national economy, as measured by gross value added per worker, of the 63 largest conurbations in the UK.