What is Argos (retailer)?
{{Infobox company | name = Argos Limited | logo = Argos logo.svg | former_name = Argos Distributors Limited (1972–1999)<ref>{{Cite web |date=1972-11-13 |title=ARGOS LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01081551 |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=[[Companies House]] |language=en}}</ref> | type = [[Subsidiary]] | industry = [[Retail]] | founded = {{Start date and age|1972|11|13|df=yes}} | founder = [[Richard Tompkins]] | hq_location = [[Milton Keynes]], Buckinghamshire, England | num_locations = 883 (2019)<ref name=annualreport /> | area_served = {{ubl|United Kingdom}} | key_people = Simon Roberts ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]]) | products = [[Final good|Consumer goods]] | revenue = {{decrease}} [[Pound sterling|£]]4.1 billion (2016)<ref name=annualreport>{{cite web|title=Annual Report and Financial Statements 2016|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDF/LSE_HOME_2016.pdf|publisher=[[Home Retail Group]]|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809090101/http://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDF/LSE_HOME_2016.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | operating_income = {{decrease}} £83.1 million (2016)<ref name=annualreport /> | net_income = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = 29,768 (2016)<ref name=annualreport /> | parent = [[Sainsbury's]] | website = {{URL|https://www.argos.co.uk/|argos.co.uk}} }} '''Argos Limited''' is a British [[catalogue]] [[Retail|retailer]] operating in the [[United Kingdom]] and formerly in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. [[Sainsbury's]] bought it in 2016. It started in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of [[Argos]]. The company trades both through physical shops and [[Online shopping|online]], with 29 million yearly shop customers, and nearly a billion online visitors per year. It has also [[Franchise|franchised]] overseas to countries such as China. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category