All Argos articles – Page 46
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Opinion
Argos down but not out
Is Argos the new Woolies, someone asked last week when parent Home Retail issued prelims showing plunging profits at the catalogue store business.
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News
Ideal snapped up as TV shopping catches on
Home shopping group Ideal Shopping Direct is to be sold to private equity firm Inflexion as interest in TV shopping channels increases.
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Opinion
Argos. It’s not really a shop is it?
As profits fall at Argos, what should the shoppers make of a model that would be difficult if you were starting from scratch?
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NewsArgos boss steps down as profits plunge
Argos managing director Sara Weller is to leave the catalogue store group in June.
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OpinionAsos typifies online success
It’s a hard life on the high street but online sales are still growing strongly.
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AnalysisHow to drive growth in a tough market
They say tough times breed innovation and opportunity, and a look at the UK high street and online offer shows how retailers are driving growth in a difficult market.
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AnalysisThe changing face of eBay
One year on since the launch of its fashion Outlet, eBay has emerged as an unlikely ally in offloading end-of-line and clearance stock. Charlotte Hardie reports
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NewsHigher income shoppers will keep spending
Marks & Spencer, Kingfisher and Dixons will benefit this year from their older, higher income customer bases, according to broker Espirito Santo.
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NewsArgos to drive engagement with TV channel
Catalogue store group Argos is to launch a digital TV home shopping channel this summer.
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InterviewInterview: Sir Stuart Rose - Mr M&S
Outspoken, controversial and never dull, Sir Stuart Rose is a retailer’s retailer. He tells George MacDonald about the mess he inherited in 2004, the highs and lows of his time in charge and his plans for the future
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NewsHome Retail lowers forecasts after dip in sales at Argos
Home Retail Group has lowered its year end forecast after Argos reported a dip in sales and trading conditions were more volatile than it expected.
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AnalysisUp against the clock
The immediacy of online buying has never quite extended to fulfilment, but that is starting to change. Joanne Ellul finds out about fashion group Aurora’s new 90-minute delivery promise
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AnalysisFacebook shopping
Asos’s move to make its Facebook page transactional signals exciting opportunities for retailers to leverage their social network ‘fans’ into hard sales
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NewsTakeover talks reflect tough week for stores
Plunging consumer confidence, signs of slowing trading at bellwether department store group John Lewis and a Carpetright profit warning meant general retailers were left on the shelf by investors.
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AnalysisTime for retail to come in from the cold
After three snowy, sales-depleting winters in a row, are the icy temperatures here to stay in the UK and can retailers do anything to lessen the impact of the weather? Charlotte Hardie reports
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NewsRetailers sign up to Facebook's new discount service
Retailers including Argos and Debenhams have teamed up with Facebook to offer location-specific deals to users of the social network.
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AnalysisChristmas Trading: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Terrible weather hit retail hard this Christmas, but some managed to prosper regardless. Rebecca Thomson wraps up Christmas 2010 with the help of OC&C’s Christmas trading index
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NewsArgos-owner Home Retail ran slide-rule over Blacks
Argos-owner Home Retail Group was among the potential bidders for outdoors specialist Blacks Leisure, it has emerged
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NewsArgos promotes social media in new big book
Catalogue store group Argos is to more closely integrate its famous big book with social media such as Facebook and Twitter as its multichannel business grows.
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OpinionInterest rate rise could knock retailers for six
There’s only so much you can do if the weather stops customers getting to your stores, or you delivering to their homes.