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Argos is one of the U K's best known retail brands. By offering customers a unique blend of choice, value and convenience, Argos has become the U K's leading general merchandise retailer.
Argos offers customers a catalog of over 18,000 product lines that are available across all order and delivery channels. By reinvesting buying and supply chain efficiencies in lower catalog prices, Argos continues to deliver outstanding value for customers. The integration of over 700 stores with our website and telephone channels means that the Argos shopping experience has never been more convenient.
Our competitors
The Group faces competition from many sources. Our competitors include:
• Established national specialists, such as B&Q, Wickes and Focus in home improvement, Currys and Comet in consumer electronics and domestic appliances, MFI and IKEA in furniture, Woolworths and Toys R Us in toys, H. Samuel in jewellery and Woolworths and Wilkinsons across broader general merchandise
• Supermarkets, such as Tesco, J Sainsbury and ASDA, which have been growing share in certain parts of the non-food, non-clothing market, building on their regular footfall and the increased space given to these ranges
• Online retailers such as Amazon.co.uk, who represent a small but growing share of the non-food, non-clothing market
• Specialist independents, such as regional and local chains selling single product ranges such as toys and jewellery.
We expect our markets to remain highly competitive in the future. Yet the barriers to entry for new market entrants are high, particularly in relation to establishing sourcing and distri ...