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2. Argos (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Website. argos .co .uk. Argos Limited is a British catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and formerly in Ireland, acquired by Sainsbury's supermarket chain in 2016. It was established in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of Argos.

3. Index (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Index (retailer) Index was a catalogue retailer in the United Kingdom, that was owned by Littlewoods from 1985 until 2005. Many Index stores were attached to Littlewoods stores. It was a well known retailer in the 1980s and the 1990s, but sales declined in the noughties and it lost many customers to its main rival, Argos .

4. GUS (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Argos (previously an independent company, once owned by British American Tobacco) – the UK's largest catalogue retailer; Homebase (formerly owned and founded by J Sainsbury) – a DIY (home improvement) retailer; ARG Financial Services – provider of store card services, such as the Argos Card and Argos insurance products.

5. Green Shield Stamps - Wikipedia

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   Green Shield Trading Stamp Company. Green Shield Stamps was a British sales promotion scheme that rewarded shoppers with stamps that could be used to buy gifts from a catalogue or from any affiliated retailer. The scheme was introduced in 1958 by Richard Tompkins, who had noticed the success of the long-established Sperry & Hutchinson Green ...

6. Richard Tompkins - Wikipedia

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   1945–1992. Known for. Founder of Green Shield Stamps and Argos. Granville Richard Francis Tompkins CBE (15 May 1918 – 6 December 1992) was a British print, advertising and retail entrepreneur, best known for founding the Green Shield Stamps company, as well as the Argos chain of catalogue stores which became one of the largest retailers in ...

7. Catalog merchant - Wikipedia

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   A catalog merchant ( catalogue merchant in Commonwealth English) is a form of retailing. The typical merchant sells a wide variety of household and personal products, with many emphasizing jewelry. Unlike a self-serve retail store, most of the items are not displayed; customers select the products from printed catalogs in the store and fill out ...