Home Retail Group

Home Retail Group plc
Home Retail Group
Company type
ISINGB00B19NKB76 Edit this on Wikidata
IndustryRetailing
PredecessorGUS
Founded10 October 2006; 18 years ago (2006-10-10)
Defunct2 September 2016; 8 years ago (2016-09-02)
FateAcquired by and folded into Sainsbury's
SuccessorSainsbury's
Headquarters489–499 Avebury Boulevard, Saxon Gate West, ,
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
John Coombe, Chairman
John Walden, CEO
ProductsConsumer goods
Number of employees
 (till closure)
SubsidiariesArgos (1998–2016; sold to Sainsbury's)
Homebase (2006–16)
Homestore + More (2007-13)
Habitat (2011–16; sold to Sainsbury's)
Websitewww.homeretailgroup.com

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.