Home Retail Group | |
Company type | |
ISIN | GB00B19NKB76 |
Industry | Retailing |
Predecessor | GUS |
Founded | 10 October 2006 |
Defunct | 2 September 2016 |
Fate | Acquired by and folded into Sainsbury's |
Successor | Sainsbury's |
Headquarters | 489–499 Avebury Boulevard, Saxon Gate West, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK9 2NW , |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | John Coombe, Chairman John Walden, CEO |
Products | Consumer goods |
Number of employees | (till closure) |
Subsidiaries | Argos (1998–2016; sold to Sainsbury's) Homebase (2006–16) Homestore + More (2007-13) Habitat (2011–16; sold to Sainsbury's) |
Website | www |
Home Retail Group plc was a home and general merchandise retailer based in the United Kingdom. It was the parent company of Argos and Habitat, and once owned the do it yourself chain Homebase before selling it to the Australian retailer Wesfarmers in February 2016. Home Retail Group was listed on the London Stock Exchange, until it was acquired by the British supermarket company Sainsbury's for £1.4 billion on 2 September 2016.