Argos UK is part of the Home Retail Group. It was demerged from GUS plc (its parent company) in 2006. Argos has over 700 shops in the UK and republic of Ireland.
In the last financial year (2006-2007) Argos UK's sales grew to around £4.2 billion. Argos also employs 34,000 people.
Each year Argos serves over 130 million customers in its shops and takes around 4 million orders online or over the phone..
It is thought that 17 million UK homes have an Argos catalogue in them. All their catalogs can be recycled.