2 Key development of Argos 2 Significance of analyzing business environment 3 Identifying 3 Scanning 4 Analyzing 4 Forecasting 4 SWOT analysis 5 Strengths 5 Weaknesses 5 Opportunities 6 Threats 6 Limitations and conclusion of SWOT analysis 7 Evaluation 8 PESTEL Analysis 8 Political 8 Economic 9 Social 9 Technology 10 Environment 10 Legal 10 Limitations and conclusion of PESTEL 11 Conclusion 11 Bibliography 12 Introduction Argos is one of the largest
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5th March 2012 Argos History Founded in 1973 by Richard Thomkins‚ Argos is the largest general-goods retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland with over 751 stores (1). It was then acquired by GUS plc in 1998 and subsequently became part of Home Retail Group‚ which was demerged from its parent company‚ GUS plc‚ with effect from 10 October 2006 (2). A non-specialized store‚ Argos carries over 35‚000 different household goods such as furniture‚ toys & games‚ electronics‚ jewelry‚ sports‚
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Argos Home delivery service Introduction : Argos is a well-known retailer in UK. There are about 20‚000 products for customers to choose that including garden‚ furniture‚ sports‚ jewellery‚ toys‚ leisure equipment and so on. (Argos company‚ 2010). It is different between Argos’s operation and the traditional retailers’. Customers can not see the shelves‚ or the goods in the Argos warehouse. Argos provides different ways for the customers to purchase goods‚ such as to go to Argos store‚ or
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business sells through. This report is about identifying Argos key external stakeholders and also analysing the external stakeholders’ influence on Argos‚ Conclusion and finally‚ bibliography. History Argos is a subsidiary retailer of Home Retail Group‚ and was founded in 1973 by Richard Tompkins. It is the biggest supplier of consumer goods in United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and has 750 stores. Argos Limited has about 51‚000 employees and its headquarters
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Exchange on 11 October 2006. Argos sales slide hits Home Retail Group shares Argos has reported a big drop in sales for the past three months after experiencing worse-than-expected trading conditions‚ its owner has said. Home Retail Group shares closed down 14% after it said like-for-like sales - which strip out new selling space - at Argos fell 9.6% in 13 weeks to 28 May. It added there had been a "significant decline" in sales of consumer electronics goods at Argos. However‚ trading at its
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Denzel The company analysis of Argos Profile Argos‚ an extraordinary retailer in the United Kingdom‚ is operating 750 chain stores(Home Retail Group website‚2010). And it is the unique retailer which is affirmed by customer’s feedback‚ quality of production and convenience as it sells more than 20‚000 general commodities via the catalogue(Home Retail Group website‚2010). Customers can obtain the Argos catalogues‚ select the needed items to purchase them from the collect desk in branches or they
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Movie: Argo The movie Argo is based on the true story. In the history the story is known as the Canadian Caper. The movie is about how the production of a fake sci-fi movie was used to rescue 6 Americans from the Canadian ambassador ’s house in Teheran in 1980 after they were able to flee from the American embassy when Iranian militants stormed it in 1979. It all started in 1950‚ when the Iranian people elected Mohammad Mosaddegh as prime minister. He nationalized Iranian oil industry‚ which
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Pedro Peniche 3/4/14 1A Argo The Movie Argo did not win the Oscar for the best movie just because people liked it. Argo is a movie directed and produced by Ben Affleck‚ in the movie Ben Affleck also plays the role of a main character along with Bryan Cranston‚ Alan Arkin‚ and John Goodman. The movie plays during the time Iran’s Revolution. The movie based itself on 6 Americans that work in the US embassy in Tehran and when the Iranian protesters break into it they manage to escape and take
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1.Literature review Developing with your customers may be an effect way to eliminate your competitors‚ because it is difficult to imitate (Buttle‚ 1996). In this case‚ you should understand what you can do for customers. Firstly‚ it is crucial to identify the customers who are going to be provided services and are cared for‚ if satisfying the needs of customers has been seen as a precondition before considering any marketing (Egan‚ 2001). Stone & Young (1992) pointed out that target groups of
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Argo [2012] Argo is a name of a movie which got Oscar for best movie in 2012. It has been done in Warner Bros production‚ with Ben Affleck as a director and George Clooney as a producer. It’s a thriller (120min) full of surprises and unexpected events‚ so I would rate it 10/10 for the story. This thriller is about hostage extraction from Teheran in 1979 and it’s based on a true story about a fake movie. During the Iranian diplomatic crisis‚ the CIA rescued six US diplomats by passing them off
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