All Argos articles – Page 37
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Opinion
Comment: Argos’ digital quest for success
Despite improvement at the flagship Argos business, parent Home Retail’s shares fell after its full-year results.
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News
Argos launches £15,000 personal loan service
Argos has launched a loan enabling customers to borrow up to £15,000 as it grows its financial services offer.
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Opinion
Comment: Argos proves to be Home Retail Group’s white knight
It’s just been announced that Home Retail Group’s annual sales have stayed more or less flat at £5.48bn, with pre-tax profits rising from £104m to £130m.
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News
Argos to confront showrooming by introducing free instore Wi-Fi
Argos is to confront the trend of showrooming head on in a vote of confidence in the continued appeal of its retail proposition.
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Opinion
Nick Bubb's Verdict: Argos - Luck, or good judgement?
Argos has reversed years of LFL sales declines and been able to capitalise on the tablet PC boom, but was that through luck or good judgement?
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Analysis
Argos’ transformation plan: At a glance update
Eight months into Argos’ five-year transformation plan to overhaul its business model for the digital era, Retail Week takes a look at how they’ve done so far.
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Analysis
Home Retail full-year results: What the analysts say
Argos revealed its first like-for-like rise in five years this morning, however profits at its parent Home Retail slumped 10%. Retail Week takes a look at the analyst reaction
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News
Argos reports first like-for-like rise in five years driven by multichannel
Argos has recorded its first like-for-like sales rise for five years as the general merchandise retailer grew its multichannel business.
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Analysis
Analysis: How retailers can be in the right place at the right time
The explosion of multichannel is making retailers reconsider everything, from where they want their stores to be, to the kind of shops they should be.
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News
Argos hires for newly created role of head of own-brand
Multichannel retailer Argos has hired former Nokia executive Joanne Savage to the newly created role of head of own-brand.
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News
Shortlist for PayPal etail awards 2013 unveiled
The shortlist for the PayPal etail awards 2013 has been unveiled with the leading players in the sector all battling it out for a coveted trophy.
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News
Argos faces industrial action at Staffordshire warehouse in pay row
Argos is facing potential industrial action at its Staffordshire distribution centre amid a row over pay with trade union Unite.
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News
Close encounters of the customer kind
Argos has launched collectable figures of the extraterrestrial family that stars in its advertising campaign.
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News
Department store Debenhams hires Argos multichannel director
Debenhams has poached Argos ecommerce boss Ross Clemmow to replace Simon Forster who exited late last year.
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Analysis
Analysis: There’s more than one way to keep the tills ringing
Tesco turned up the pressure on price again this week with its Price Promise scheme. But price isn’t everything.
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Analysis
Video: Argos boss questions the need for store staff in digital world
Argos managing director John Walden has warned that the role of the store sales person is under threat because of the depth of product information available digitally.
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News
Argos like-for-likes rise 5.2% as tablets drive sales
Argos like-for-like sales jumped 5.2% in the eight weeks to March 2 as sales of tablet devices drove a strong performance.
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Opinion
Comment: Home shopping group Argos makes UK retail a priority
The year of the snake started with a bite for Argos’ fledgling business in China, which is being shut just months after launch.
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News
Argos to exit China after just four months of trading
Argos is to shut down its China business just four months after opening its first stores in the country.
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Analysis
Sites: Argos Vs Primark
Peter Veash Managing director of The BIO Agency, shares his view of good and bad sites.