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Argos Ltd, headquartered at Buckinghamshire, England is a leading player in the retail industry. To help customers aware of their products, the catalogue contains details of all the products with argos codes and argos discounts. It is considered as United Kingdom's largest general goods retailer. Argos is the registered owner of a large number of brands. Their catalogue features products like Challenge, Pro Action, Visiq, Mikomi, Cookworks, ProFitness, Opticom, and Coolworks to name some. The brands Alba, Bush and Chad Valley were included in 2009 after a takeover. Catalogues are published twice annually to ensure that a seasonal product with the argos codes and off-season argos discounts is clearly conveyed to the customers. The Argos stores are classified as;
"Call & Collect: These stores have the concept of holding little stock. Post receipt of customer's orders, the goods is ordered. The customers had to collect the goods later. The argos discount were offered to the customers. There exists only one Call and Collect store as the balance have been converted to hold extra stock or have been closed down as this mode has become outdated.
"Original": These stores focus on storing core and medium lines products with the argos codes. Primarily these are located in small town areas. Reason for holding small stocks is primarily due to lack of storage space.
"Extra Ordered In:" As the name suggests, these stores have the tendency to store a wide range of products to cater to the customer. In case of lack of stock of any product, the additional or "Extra" amount is ordered in from the warehouse within a time span of three days. Customers require being aware of the argos codes and argos discounts as purchases are usually of bulk quantity at these stores.
"Extra Stocked In": Formerly these stores known as the Argos Superstore. They contain all products mentioned as per the catalogue and the argos codes. These showrooms are primarily located at larger town centre or city centre stores.
