All Argos articles – Page 10
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Opinion
Opinion: Sainsbury's is meeting market challenges
One of the joys of observing retailers is the constant challenge they have balancing what is within their control and coping with uncontrollable external influences.
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News
Sainsbury's Coupe: 'We’ve ridden the storm' of cost pressures
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe believes the grocer has “ridden the storm” of cost price pressures, but insisted there is more work to be done.
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News
Argos outshines parent Sainsbury’s in fourth quarter
Grocery and general merchandise giant Sainsbury’s generated a like-for-like sales rise of 0.3% in the fourth quarter, including the contribution from Argos.
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News
Tesco to reimburse £10m to staff after underpayment discovered
Tesco is to reimburse almost £10m to 140,000 current and former colleagues after discovering a payroll error.
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News
Argos 'weren’t fully ready' for Fast Track, says Bodson
Sainsbury’s Argos chief digital and marketing officer Bertrand Bodson said the retailer made “a tough decision” when it launched Fast Track in 2015.
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Video
Watch: Sainsbury's Argos' focus post-acquisition
Sainsbury’s Argos chief digital and marketing officer joins the Retail Week studio to explain the opportunities for the brand since its acquisition.
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News
Mastercard wins card fees case against Asda and Next
Mastercard has won a ruling in a legal battle over card interchange fees brought by a group of retailers including Morrisons and Asda.
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News
Sainsbury’s Argos poaches Mothercare marketing director
Sainsbury’s Argos has poached Mothercare executive Gary Kibble to take on the role of marketing director.
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Analysis
Infographic: Reiss hires Angelides, Clarks' store review
The week in words and numbers, February 24, 2017: Reiss’s founder on hiring ex-Next executive Christos Angelides, and Clarks’ boss on its portfolio review.
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News
Argos to pay £2.4m to staff paid below minimum wage
Argos is shelling out £2.4m in wages after an HMRC investigation revealed it had underpaid more than 37,000 current and former staff.
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Analysis
In other lives: where retail's leaders started out
Retail Week looks at what the sector’s leaders did before they embraced the wonderful world of retail.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Argos, Tesco and more
Retail news round-up: Argos paying £2.4m to underpaid workers, Tesco Ireland and trade union will talk to resolve strike, and new code of conduct calls for private firms
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Data
Data: Top 50 retailers by sales during 2015/16 financial year
Retail Week’s ranking of the UK’s top 50 retailers by sales for the 2015/16 financial year sees The Range, Inditex and Asos enter the table for the first time.
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Opinion
Opinion: Sir Ken has passed on, but his legacy lives on
The death of Sir Ken Morrison marked the passing of a retail generation as well as one of its most outstanding entrepreneurs.
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News
Analysis: Return policies of the UK’s top 20 retailers
As John Lewis slashes its returns policy from 90 days to 35, we take a look at the models of the top 20 UK retailers.
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Analysis
Argos, Boohoo and Zalando rewrite the delivery rules
Retailers including Sainsbury’s Argos, Boohoo and Zalando give their take on the future of ecommerce logistics at MetaPack’s Delivery Conference.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why small is beautiful and is also the future
Mini Habitats are just part of a phenomenon in retail that is an inevitable consequence of multi-channel. But technology is central to making them convincing for shoppers.
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News
Argos ups market share amid sinking entertainment sales
Argos has grown its share of the physical entertainment market as sales in the overall sector declined in a “tough” run-up to Christmas.
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News
This week in retail: Dixons Carphone charged for growth
Dixons Carphone, one of the last of the big retailers to report on Christmas trading, will reveal its numbers tomorrow.
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Analysis
Infographic: Sainsbury's and M&S buoyed by Christmas
The week in words and numbers, January 20, 2016: Mike Coupe says recent trading justifies Sainsbury’s Argos acquisition, and M&S, Fortnums and Dunelm report Christmas rises.