The gap between the performance of Argos, seller of consumer electronics to the masses, and Homebase, DIY store for the mortgaged middle classes, is widening... more
Home Retail Group boss Terry Duddy comes out fighting, fending off City talk that falling profits will force him to cut the dividend and dismissing gossip that the company is takeover fodder... more
Further evidence of just how squeezed working families are arrives in the form of a profit downgrade from Home Retail Group, the Argos and Homebase shopping giant... more
Home Retail says sales fell less than analysts expected at Argos and Homebase in the run-up to Christmas, and forecasts profit in line with its predictions... more
Sales at the catalogue retailer Argos tumbled 6.5% in the six months to August, while revenues at Homebase were relatively stable, down just 0.8%... more
Terry Duddy, chief executive of Argos and Homebase owner Home Retail Group, is hoping for a heatwave and England to go all the way in the World Cup... more
From Britons holidaying at home this year and getting their kicks instead by splashing out on swish new tellies to householders looking to tart up their fallen-value homes, Argos and Homebase have had a good recession ... more
The flow of good news from the High Street continued today, with upbeat numbers from the Home Retail Group and electricals firm Kesa, which owns Comet ... more
Shares in Home Retail Group were plunging toward new lows, off 16p at 188p, as the Argos and Homebase group admitted it would be doing a lot worse but for the demise of Woolworths and MFI... more
Retail: Britain's biggest electrical retailer DSG International sank deeper into the mire as shoppers cut back spending on big-ticket items and wait to buy computers and TVs
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Argos, the High Street catalogue retailer which had up to now bucked the trend of slower consumer spending, now admits it is no longer immune to the downturn... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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