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HRG reports Argos sales up and Homebase down
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- 13 March 2008 09:30
Sales of video games and an early Mother’s Day helped boost sales at Argos in the final eight weeks of the financial year ended March 1st. In a statement Home Retail Group, which owns both Argos and Homebase, said that total sales at the catalogue retailer were up 5.4% to ...read more
Argos launches "career opportunity of a lifetime"
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- 15 February 2008 09:15
Argos has launched a search to find six of the UK’s top university students to join the company’s graduate leadership programme, now in its second year.The fast-track, 24-month programme provides graduates with exposure to key business functions and equips them for a career in organisational as well as retail management, ...read more
HRG warns on future trading as LFL sales dip
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- 17 January 2008 09:28
Home Retail Group, comprising Argos and Homebase, has warned that the continuation of the current consumer slowdown is "more evident" and that sales growth in the short-term "will be harder to come by". Reporting on trading for the 18 weeks ended January 5th, the group announced a rise in total ...read more
Post Office launches Christmas saving scheme
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- 16 November 2007 09:27
The Post Office has announced that it is to launch a Christmas savings club from January to help customers save for 2008. Filling the gap left by the Farepack collapse, the club will allow savers to make over-the-counter deposits ranging from £5 to £500 to help save to a maximum ...read more
HRG profits rise 40%
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- 24 October 2007 09:39
Home Retail Group has announced a 40% rise in benchmark profit for the 26 weeks to September 1st, led by strong sales at Argos. Excluding the impact of the demerger last year, in which HRG and Experian separated, total sales increased 3% to £2,736.5 million with a like-for-like sales increase ...read more
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