Argos  |  Press release

Andy Brown has been appointed to the newly created role of Head of Customer Fulfilment for Stores, to lead the development of local fulfilment options, and make more choice available faster for customers. This follows the announcement to The City on24 October 2012to transform Argos into a digital retail leader.

Andy joins with significant experience in retail. Most recently he was Business Programme Director for Tesco.com, where he led the transformation programme for their online business. Prior to that he held a number of operational roles and spent five years as a strategy consultant at OC&C.

"Argos has over 700 stores right in the heart of local communities. We have a unique opportunity to enhance availability of products within customers' local stores, and allow a greater range to be ordered into store for collection same day or next day" says Andy.

He continues: "This is a great time to join Argos. I have been incredibly impressed by the stores teams in my first few weeks. They are excited by the transformation plan and keen to play their part in creating an even better experience for our customers."

Steve Carson, Retail Operations Director, Argos said: "Andy's experience will be invaluable for this newly created senior role. Few companies in the UK can match Argos' ability to move as many non-food products into local markets on a national scale, as fast and as efficiently. The ability to enable stores to offer a wider range for same day availability is a key part of our five year transformation plan. We welcome him to the business. "

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Notes to Editors:
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For information about a career within Argos, or one of its sister companies within Home Retail Group, see www.homeretailgroup.com/careers

About Argos
Argos is a leading UK digital retailer, offering around 29,000 products through www.argos.co.uk, its growing mobile channels, stores and over the telephone.

Argos continues to be the UK's largest high street retailer online with 635 million website and app visits in the 12 months to February 2013. Argos serves around 124 million customers a year through its network of around 735 stores. 

In the financial year to February 2013, Argos sales were £3.9 billion and it employed some 30,000 people across the business.

Argos is part of Home Retail Group, the UK's leading home and general merchandise retailer. 

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