Argos (retailer)
British retail company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Argos Limited is a British catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and formerly in the Republic of Ireland. Sainsbury's bought it in 2016. It started in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of Argos. The company trades both through physical shops and online, with 29 million yearly shop customers, and nearly a billion online visitors per year. It has also franchised overseas to countries such as China.
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Formerly | Argos Distributors Limited (1972–1999)[1] |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | 13 November 1972; 51 years ago (1972-11-13) |
Founder | Richard Tompkins |
Headquarters | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England |
Number of locations | 883 (2019)[2] |
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Key people | Simon Roberts (CEO) |
Products | Consumer goods |
Revenue | £4.1 billion (2016)[2] |
£83.1 million (2016)[2] | |
Number of employees | 29,768 (2016)[2] |
Parent | Sainsbury's |
Website | argos.co.uk |
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