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In March 2006, Argos carried out a trial of a new catalogue branded Argos Home in over 100 stores in the United Kingdom. This proved successful, and on 5 August 2006, it launched the second Argos Home catalogue, this time in all 200 Argos Extra stores. The catalogue only contained home furniture and styling tips for the current season.
GUS plc acquired Argos in April 1998, and combined it with its mail order business to form Argos Retail Group (ARG) in June 2000. [4] It went on to acquire Homebase for £900 million in November 2002, bringing it into ARG. [5] In June 2005, GUS bought thirty three stores of Index, which were subsequently converted to the format of Argos. [6]
forestside.co.uk Forestside is a shopping centre located in Newtownbreda in south Belfast , Northern Ireland. The first phase of the centre, the 39,000 square feet (3,600 m 2 ) Sainsbury's store, opened in March 1997 followed by the remainder of the centre in September 1998.
Rank Shopping centre City/town Country or region Area (m 2) ; 1 Westfield London: Shepherd's Bush, London : Greater London: 235,900 [1]: 2 Metrocentre: Gateshead, Tyne & Wear : North East
On 30 May 2024, Asda announced that it will be launching a £50 million store upgrade programme to refurbish its 170 stores, including 50 larger stores, by late November 2024. [ 82 ] The 50 larger stores would be refurbished to include new features, including seasonal and food-to-go aisles, counters, flooring and lighting, and, in some stores ...
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.
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 ...
Autumn 2010 saw a mixed TK Maxx and Homesense store open on the site of the former cinema in the Lower Blue Mall. In November 2011, construction started on the new MetrOasis, on the site of a former Esso garage. In 2012, the Central Mall was redeveloped as the Platinum Mall, which focuses on higher-end stores and designer outlets.