About Home Retail Group

Home Retail Group is the UK’s leading home and general merchandise retailer with pro forma annual sales of over £5.8 billion. It sells products under two distinctive and complementary retail brands, Argos and Homebase, which are both household names in the UK.

Argos is a unique retailer recognised for choice, value and convenience. It sells over 17,000 general merchandise products for the home, all of which are set out in its twice-yearly 1,700 page catalogue which is at the heart of its proposition. Customers can purchase products through its network of 680 stores, online and over the phone, with the option of picking up their purchases from a store or having them delivered direct. Argos’ Internet site, www.argos.co.uk, is the second most visited Internet retail site in the UK. Argos serves over 130 million customers a year through its stores and takes 4 million customer orders a year either online or over the phone. On average, 17 million UK households, or around two-thirds of the population, have an Argos catalogue at home at any time.

Homebase is the UK’s second largest home improvement retailer and is recognised for choice, style and customer service across the wider home enhancement market. It has 310 large, out-of-town stores, which sell over 30,000 products, as well as a growing Internet offering. Homebase also offers its customers the convenience of home delivery for bulky, high value items. Homebase serves over 70 million customers a year through its stores.