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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.
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Owners Sainsbury’s said the depot is one site set to be affected as part of plans to integrate the logistics networks for the two brands. Argos to close Somerset distribution site ‘with 230 ...
Sainsbury's submitted a revised offer of £1.3 billion on 2 February 2016, with a deadline of 23 February to make a firm bid. [14] Steinhoff International submitted a rival bid of £1.4 billion on 19 February. [15] Steinhoff abandoned its bid on 18 March 2016, while Sainsbury's submitted a formal bid of £1.4 billion. [16]
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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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.
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 ]