Argos
British catalogue retailer
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| June 2023 | Argos closes its head office in Milton Keynes and moves registered office to Sainsbury's head office in Holborn, London. |
| June 24 2023 | Argos ceases operations in Ireland. |
| November 5 2020 | Sainsbury's announces plans to close 420 Argos standalone outlets by March 2024, leaving about 100 stores. |
| July 29 2020 | Announced the discontinuation of printed catalogues, transitioning to online product listings. At its peak, approximately 10 million catalogue copies were printed per edition. |
| September 25 2019 | Sainsbury's announced the closure or relocation of over 50 Argos stores as part of a cost-cutting strategy, marking a significant shift in the retailer's physical store presence. |
| 2016 | Argos introduced a 'fully-digital' store format with grey color schemes, wide-screen touch-screens, new store layouts removing payment desks, and self-checkout options. |
| April 2016 | Home Retail Group agrees to a £1.4 billion takeover by Sainsbury's, completed on 2 September 2016. |
| January 2016 | Sale of sister company Homebase for £340 million is announced. |
| 2015 | Argos began a charity partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, which continued until 2018. |
| 2015 | Reduced the size of their catalogues by 1.5x compared to previous issues, starting with the Autumn/Winter issue. |
| 2012 | Argos launched a six-week Christmas campaign with Barnardo's, raising £700,000 for the children's charity by collecting unwanted toys and offering £5 Argos vouchers to customers. |
| October 2012 | Argos announced plans to close some of its catalogue shops in 2013, reducing nationwide catalogue availability in response to a significant profit decline and to promote their online shopping platform. |
| 2010 | Argos initiated a charity partnership with the Teenage Cancer Trust, which continued until 2012. |
| 2010 | Argos launched an Autumn/Winter rebrand, planning to rename all Argos Extra shops to simply 'Argos' and refit them with updated branding and layouts. |
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