All Argos articles – Page 51
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NewsHome Retail profits to beat expectations despite Argos sales fall
A later than usual catalogue launch and wintry weather contributed to a like-for-like sales fall of 9.4% at catalogue store group Argos but parent Home Retail Group expects its full-year results to beat expectations.
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AnalysisThe ideal store
Which areas of in-store operations do retailers fall down on - and how can they improve them? Joanna Perry finds out
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AnalysisAndy Bond: Asda is ready for battle ahead
Asda hasn’t become ‘boring’ and is approaching 2010 in an aggressive mood with a raft of new initiatives, chief executive Andy Bond tells Jennifer Creevy
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AnalysisSupply Chain Summit: The customer is king
The challenges facing supply chains continue, but at the Retail Week Supply Chain Summit retailers agreed the customer is becoming ever more important. Joanna Perry reports
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Customer satisfaction with top retailers improves
Customers’ satisfaction with retailers improved for the first time after three quarters of small declines, according to the National Customer Satisfaction Index.
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NewsRetail flotation jitters hit non-food shares
General retailers lagged the All-Share index and their food peers as doubts were cast over stores’ IPO hopes.
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OpinionMultichannel retail’s pioneers
A decade after the dotcom crash, online and multichannel retail are firmly established. But as entrepreneurs quest for transformational business models, the multichannel merits of older companies should not be overlooked
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‘iPod’ the most searched-for brown goods brand term
“Ipod” is the most searched-for brand term on the internet in the brown goods sector, generating 9% of all searches in a month.
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NewsArgos modernises logo in brand refresh as new catalogue launches
Catalogue store group Argos will tomorrow unveil a refreshed brand, coinciding with the launch of its latest big book.
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AnalysisOn the right channel?
With most online retail propositions now up to scratch in terms of customer delivery, what’s the best way and which is the best channel to differentiate your offer?
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NewsEBay sales grow 17% in the UK
EBay sales in the UK grew 17% on last year in the three months to December 31.
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AnalysisInsurance: Got it covered
The Competition Commission may have restricted the marketing of extended warranties, but insurance products still play an important role on the high street.
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NewsHome Retail Group profits to beat expectations
Argos owner Home Retail Group expects full-year profit to come in £20m ahead of City forecasts at £285m after Christmas trading exceeded management expectations.
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OpinionA hangover from Monday’s online retail madness
This Monday was predicted to be the zenith of the Christmas trading peak online, but the take away from 2009 is that retailers must make their own luck online.
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AnalysisInside the box: Christmas adverts
A couple of retailers stand out for their originality in this year’s crop of festive ads, but too many of them lack impact, Saatchi & Saatchi’s Richard Huntington tells Joanna Perry.
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NewsArgos uses voice direction tool for store deliveries
Argos hopes to improve efficiencies by rolling out a voice-directed put-away system to its entire estate following a successful trial.
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OpinionThink mobile after cyber Monday
This Christmas should prove the turning point for retailers accepting that they must have a mobile as well as web strategy to capture shoppers’ attention.
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AnalysisThe lessons to be learnt from online
Properly used, customer data gleaned online can help not only web sales but the top line across all channels, says Joanna Perry
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NewsArgos launches financial services price comparison site
Argos has today launched a financial services price comparison website called Argos Compare.
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OpinionLast night a kiosk changed my life
Just a couple of years back most retailers had written off in-store kiosks. But I had a moment in an Argos store yesterday; and it has made me think again about whether consumer perceptions of the technology have changed.