Latest news, insight and analysis on Home Retail Group
Home Retail Group comprises Argos, the UK’s only high street catalogue retailer and Homebase, the second largest DIY specialist chain. Both formats’ sales have declined in three of the latest four years, with the rate of decline having accelerated sharply in 2011/12 and profits having slumped. Argos sales were £3.87bn and Homebase sales were £1.51bn in 2011/12.
Home Retail Group analysis
Analysis: Will Argos’ new digital model prove successful?
Argos is six months into a five-year transformational plan. Managing director John Walden talks to Rebecca Thomson about the retailer’s journey to become a digital leader.
Home Retail Group comment
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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Home Retail full-year results: What the analysts say
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Argos to axe its TV shopping channel as it focuses on digital
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Tablet launches: What retailers need to know
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Argos to leave catalogue heritage behind
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Analysis: Lessons from the September reporting season
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Argos reports first like-for-like rise in five years driven by multichannel
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Argos faces industrial action at Staffordshire warehouse in pay row
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Argos to exit China after just four months of trading
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Home Retail raises profit forecast after strong Christmas at Argos
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41 Comet stores to close by end of the month
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Argos’ four-point change strategy: Key points
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Argos to step up store closures
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Home Retail: What the analysts say









