All Argos articles – Page 54
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Argos changes tack on prices
Catalogue store group Argos has jettisoned a long-standing element of its price promotion strategy and introduced a new marketing strapline to emphasise its value credentials.
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Argos launches biggest ever Christmas Sale
Argos has become the latest retailer to offer unprecedented discounting in the run-up to Christmas, launching a half-price Sale that the retailer said was its biggest ever.
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Key Argos supplier hits the buffers
One of Home Retail Group’s largest furniture suppliers has gone into administration.
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Argos error causes shoppers to be charged twice
Argos charged 190,000 shoppers twice for purchases made in its stores last Friday.
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Retailers criticised for high-interest pre-pay schemes
Critics are lambasting some of the UK’s most well-known high street stores for high-interest credit schemes targeting low-income consumers in the run-up to Christmas.
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Retailers criticised for high-interest pre-pay schemes
Critics are lambasting some of the UK’s most well-known high street stores for high-interest credit schemes targeting low-income consumers in run-up to Christmas.
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Tough outlook for Home Retail as profits fall
Home Retail Group has posted a plunge in first-half profits and warned that the full-year figure will be at the low end of expectations unless trading conditions improve.
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Argos to recruit far fewer seasonal staff this Christmas
Catalogue store group Argos will recruit 15,000 temporary staff this Christmas – a 25 per cent drop on last year’s number.
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Argos like-for-likes nosedive in second quarter
The mighty Argos became the latest victim of the consumer recession, as like-for-likes plummeted during the second quarter.
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Argos reaches pay settlement with staff
Argos has settled a dispute with distribution workers after offering them an amended pay deal.
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Argos strike back on
Argos distribution staff are going ahead with strike action over a 4 per cent pay offer after suspending it last week when Argos offered them a revised deal.
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Argos celebrates 35th birthday with biggest catalogue to date
Argos will launch its new catalogue tomorrow, which will carry 700 more products than a year ago.
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Argos strike suspended
Argos has averted strike action due to take place tomorrow, following negotiations between its management and union Unite.
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Argos staff vote to strike
Argos distribution staff have voted to strike over pay after rejecting a 4 per cent offer from the chain’s parent, Home Retail Group.
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Argos staff hold strike ballot as 4% pay increase rejected
Distribution staff from Home Retail Group’s Argos demonstrated at the company’s AGM this week ahead of a strike ballot in protest at the 4 per cent pay increase offered by the retailer.
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Home Retail Q1 stable but tough times ahead
Home Retail Group recorded flat first-quarter like-for-like sales at its flagship Argos chain – ahead of expectations – but warned that the outlook remains challenging.
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Argos like-for-likes top expectations
Home Retail Group has recorded flat first-quarter like-for-like sales at its Argos chain ahead of expectations, but has warned that the outlook remains challenging.
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Argos faces strike action
Home Retail Group faces possible strike action at its catalogue retailer Argos after union Unite said it will hold a ballot to take industrial action over pay.
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Argos to launch flatpack houses
General merchandise retailer Argos is launching a range of self-assembly log cabins with price points from as low as 11,000.
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Next takes Home Retail to court over copycat furniture claims
Fashion-to-homewares retailer Next has begun legal action against Argos over alleged design infringement of its children’s bedroom furniture range Storm.