Home Retail Group
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Company type | Public |
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ISIN | GB00B19NKB76 |
Industry | Retailer |
Founded | 2000 |
Headquarters | Milton Keynes |
Key people | Terry Duddy ARG CEO |
Products | Consumer goods |
Revenue | Sales - £5.548 billion (2006) |
Number of employees | circa 48,000 |
Website | http://www.homeretailgroup.com |
The Home Retail Group, formerly Argos Retail Group, is a holding company for the UK retailers Argos, Homebase and the financial services division for both companies, including ARG Financial Services, comprising of ARG Card Services (handling store cards such as the Argos Card), ARG Insurance Services (handling in the store extended warranties and accidental damage insurances) and ARG Card Transactions (handling processing of in-store EFTPOS transactions).
As of 11 October 2006 Home Retail Group demerged from GUS PLC and was listed in the FTSE 250 as HOME [1].