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Website. argos.co.uk. Argos Limited is a British catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and formerly in Ireland, acquired by Sainsbury's supermarket chain in 2016. It was established in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of Argos.
CEO, Sainsbury's. Term. 2020–present. Predecessor. Mike Coupe. Simon John Roberts (born 26 January 1971) is a British businessman, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Sainsbury's since 1 June 2020, having previously been retail operations director. He is a former managing director of Boots UK .
Home Retail Group plc was a home and general merchandise retailer based in the United Kingdom. It was the parent company of Argos and Habitat, and once owned the do it yourself chain Homebase before selling it to the Australian retailer Wesfarmers in February 2016. Home Retail Group was listed on the London Stock Exchange, until it was acquired ...
1945–1992. Known for. Founder of Green Shield Stamps and Argos. Granville Richard Francis Tompkins CBE (15 May 1918 – 6 December 1992) was a British print, advertising and retail entrepreneur, best known for founding the Green Shield Stamps company, as well as the Argos chain of catalogue stores which became one of the largest retailers in ...
Index (retailer) Index was a catalogue retailer in the United Kingdom, that was owned by Littlewoods from 1985 until 2005. Many Index stores were attached to Littlewoods stores. It was a well known retailer in the 1980s and the 1990s, but sales declined in the noughties and it lost many customers to its main rival, Argos .
Argus, eldest son of Phrixus [6] and Chalciope ( Iophassa [7] ), and husband of Perimele, daughter of Admetus and Alcestis. [8] By her, he became the father of Magnes, the father of Hymenaios. [9] Argus was erroneously conflated with the above Argus Arestorides who was the shipwright of the Argo and counted as one of the Argonauts.
Argos (dog), Odysseus' dog in the Odyssey. Argos (radio program), a Dutch documentary series. Eddie Argos (born 1979), English musician. Argos-Shimano, a former cycling team. Task Force Argos, a branch of the Queensland Police Service. Toronto Argonauts or Argos, a Canadian Football League team. Minister Argos, a villain from the manga and ...
He became managing director of Argos on 1 February 2012 before joining Home Retail Group as its chief executive officer on 14 March 2014. In 2016, it was announced that Walden would be stepping down as the CEO of Home Retail Group once Sainsbury's acquired the business. In November 2018, Walden was hired as chairman of Holland & Barrett.