Home facts |
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Home Retail Group is the UK's leading home and general merchandise retailer |
| Fact 2 |
Home Retail Group's distribution infrastructure handles over 400 million individual products per year |
| Fact 3 |
Argos sells over 18,000 general merchandise products for the home |
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Argos produces over 40 million copies of its 1,800 page, twice-yearly catalogue |
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17 million households, representing around two thirds of the population, have an Argos catalogue at home |
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www.argos.co.uk is the UK's second most popular e-commerce retail site |
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Argos delivered over 12 million products to customers’ homes in the last financial year |
| Fact 8 |
Homebase sells over 30,000 products across the wider home enhancement market |
| Fact 9 |
Homebase has four million active ‘Spend & Save’ loyalty card holders, accounting for 40% of Homebase sales |
| Fact 10 |
Home Retail Group Financial Services is one of the largest store card providers in the UK, having over one million active store card customers |
About us facts |
| Fact 1 |
Argos is the UK’s largest general merchandise retailer, is unique and is recognised for choice, value and convenience |
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Argos is the UK's leading retailer in a number of product markets – housewares, furniture, jewellery, toys, sports and leisure equipment and small domestic appliances |
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Argos serves an estimated 2.5 million customers per week |
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22% of Argos' sales are delivered direct to home |
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Argos prices are either lowered permanently or through a series of promotions communicated throughout the year – typically with between 500 and 1,000 prices cut each time |
| Fact 6 |
Argos intends to open approximately 30 stores per year |
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Homebase is the UK’s second largest home improvement retailer, recognised for choice, style and customer service |
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The ‘Furniture and Home’ Catalogue has been extended to all stores and now carries 2,300 lines |
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Mezzanine floors are now in over half of all Homebase stores |
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Homebase intends to open approximately 15 stores per year, with the potential for over 450 |
Investors facts |
| Fact 1 |
Home Retail Group has a market leading share of 10% of the general merchandise and home enhancement market in the UK |
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The Group’s management team has a wealth of experience, built from both within the Group and across the wider retail sector |
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Over the last three years, we have opened 114 stores, developed 70 mezzanines in Homebase stores and integrated Focus and Index stores into our business |
| Fact 4 |
Home Retail Group makes seven million deliveries to customers each year, delivering to one in six UK homes |
| Fact 5 |
Home Retail Group has sourcing operations in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen, with approximately 150 people located in these offices |
| Fact 6 |
Argos serves over 130 million customers per year through over 700 high street and out-of-town stores |
| Fact 7 |
Over one-third of Argos' sales now bypass the store as the order or receipt channel |
| Fact 8 |
Homebase serves 70 million customers per year, through over 330 large, out-of-town stores |
| Fact 9 |
Homebase is the first national DIY chain to achieve the Government TrustMark award – for its kitchen installation service |
| Fact 10 |
Home Retail Group Financial Services is one of the largest UK store card businesses, both by value and number of accounts |
Media facts |
| Fact 1 |
Home Retail Group is the leading furniture retailer in the UK |
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Argos is well established as the leading jewellery retailer in the UK by volume |
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Argos is the long standing number one toy retailer in the UK |
| Fact 4 |
Argos is the leading sports and leisure equipment retailer |
| Fact 5 |
Argos is the number one retailer in the small domestic appliances market |
| Fact 6 |
Home Retail Group is one of the UK’s leading retailers in the horticulture, garden furniture and outdoor living market |
| Fact 7 |
Argos is the second largest UK retailer within the consumer electronics market |
Corporate responsibility facts |
| Fact 1 |
Home Retail Group holds a gold classification in the Business in the Community Index and is listed in the FTSE4Good index |
| Fact 2 |
Argos and Homebase are members of Direct Enquiries (www.directenquiries.com), the nationwide access register |
| Fact 3 |
Argos has raised over £700,000 for Leukaemia Research and Irish charity Barretstown to date in its one year charity partnership |
| Fact 4 |
Homebase was the first UK DIY retailer to achieve chain of custody certification from the Forest Stewardship Council. Argos has similar certification for the Group’s publications |
| Fact 5 |
Home Retail Group aims for zero waste to landfill by 2010. We have reduced the amount of waste we have sent to landfill by 29% in 2007/08 |
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Electricity from renewable sources now accounts for 49% of the electricity we use |
| Fact 7 |
Homebase has raised over £1.3 million for Marie Curie Cancer Care and the Irish Cancer Society in its two year partnership |
| Fact 8 |
With our support, the Eden Project is conducting a year long study enabling customers to seek practical solutions to reduce their environmental impact |
| Fact 9 |
We have taken action to reduce our carrier bag consumption, leading to an 18% like for like reduction since 2005, well above the sector average |
| Fact 10 |
Argos produces an audio CD of its catalogue for the visually impaired containing verbal descriptions of the most popular lines from the catalogue |
