Argos
Catalogue and Mail Order Shopping
| Website: | https://www.argos.co.uk/help/ |
| Address: | 489-499 Avebury Boulevard, Saxon Gate West, Central Milton Keynes MK9 2NW |
| Phone: | 0345 640 2020 (Customer Services Phone Number) |
| Working Hours | Mon-Fri : 08:00 – 22:00 Saturday : 08:00 – 21:00 Sunday : 10:00 – 16:00 |
Argos Limited, trading as Argos, is an English catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a subsidiary of Sainsbury’s. It was established in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of Argos. The company trades both through physical shops and online, with over 883 retail shops, 29 million yearly shop customers, and nearly a billion online visitors per annum, making it one of the largest high street retailers in the United Kingdom. It has also franchised overseas to countries such as China.
In April 1998, GUS plc bought the company and it became part of Home Retail Group when GUS split in October 2006. In August 2013, it was estimated that 96% of the population of the United Kingdom was within 10 miles of an Argos branch.
In April 2016, Argos’ parent Home Retail Group agreed to a £1.4 billion takeover by the UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s. The acquisition was completed on 2 September 2016 and the business became part of a division named Sainsbury’s Argos, led by its own chief executive.