All Argos articles – Page 39
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AnalysisSites: Argos Vs Primark
Peter Veash Managing director of The BIO Agency, shares his view of good and bad sites.
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AnalysisTV shopping channels: What retailers need to know
As Argos TV prepares to make its final broadcast, Retail Week looks at the TV shopping market and why Argos decided it was not right for it.
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NewsArgos to axe its TV shopping channel as it focuses on digital
Argos is to close its TV shopping channel less than two years after its debut as it focuses on building its digital business.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The value of returns - what does it mean for your business?
Returns volumes are rocketing as online shopping grows. Liz Morrell finds out the best way for retailers to manage them - and how to resell returned goods.
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OpinionComment: Reports of retail's death are much exaggerated
Anybody reading today’s retail updates and coverage might think they’re in a different retail world to the one that existed yesterday.
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NewsHome Retail raises profit forecast after strong Christmas at Argos
General merchandise giant Argos generated a like-for-like sales rise of 2.7% over Christmas, and parent Home Retail Group has raised its full-year profit expectations.
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NewsArgos rolls out Shutl speedy delivery
Argos has rolled out its partnership with delivery specialist Shutl across the UK.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Argos, I Can Shop From Here
Argos declared its intention to move away from its traditional catalogue heritage last month and instead focus on multichannel.
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NewsArgos to launch interactive ad to promote apps
Argos is to launch a mobile-interactive TV advert to promote its iPad and smartphone apps.
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NewsMothercare raids Argos for new finance director
Mothercare has appointed Argos finance director Matt Smith as its chief financial officer and executive director.
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OpinionComment: Prepare for the new in-store experience
It is striking that the customer experience inside the average British shop has barely changed since supermarkets arrived.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Catalogue takes a back seat as John Walden reinvents Argos
The retailer is overhauling its business model for the digital era.
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NewsInfographic: The electricals market
As Comet prepares to appoint administrators, Retail Week takes a look at the electricals market.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Who will benefit from Comet's potential demise?
Comet management today confirmed to staff that the retailer would file an intention to appoint an administrator with a view to enter administration next week.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What went wrong at Comet?
Comet has been left teetering on the brink of administration after credit insurers pulled cover on the embattled electricals retailer. Retail Week takes a look at what went wrong.
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OpinionComment: Stores - the only way is down(sizing)
Closing stores and increasing online activities may sound attractive, but is it realistic or possible?
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AnalysisTablet launches: What retailers need to know
Retail Week takes a closer look at the raft of tablets hitting the market in the run up to Christmas and asks which retailers are likely to benefit
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OpinionComment: Argos bids farewell to past in digital shift
The much anticipated strategic review of Argos by its managing director John Walden was delivered this week from the relative comfort of a first-half performance that registered like-for-like sales growth of 0.6%.
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NewsWalden unveils digital vision for Argos
Queues in Argos stores would become a thing of the past under the ambitious vision of new managing director John Walden as he reinvents the business as a “digital retail leader”.
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OpinionComment: Jettison Homebase to save the Argos ship
Anyone looking through Home Retail Group’s latest results could be forgiven for thinking that Argos is the only company that the group owns.