Popular service launches in 100 Sainsbury’s Local convenience stores.
Sainsbury’s is expanding the popular Argos Click and Collect service to 100 of its Sainsbury’s Local convenience stores.
The initiative will enable customers to order Argos products and Tu clothing online and collect their purchases closer to where they live or work.
The launch follows a successful three-month trial in six Sainsbury’s Local stores.
Announcing the launch, Sainsbury’s group ceo, Mike Coupe, said: “As customer shopping habits change, people increasingly want flexibility, speed and choice. More customers than ever are ordering online and choosing to collect from a store, which makes their lives easier and frees up their valuable time.
“Offering the Argos Click & Collect service in Sainsbury’s Local stores makes it even more convenient for our customers to buy our products.”
Mike continued: “Argos’ leading digital capability is an important differentiator for Sainsbury’s and is key to our future strategy. Over half of all Argos sales originate online and around 80% of customers then opt to collect their purchases from one of our stores, that day or the next.”
Less than one year on from the acquisition, Sainsbury’s opened its 100th Argos digital store in a supermarket in Barnstaple, North Devon earlier this month. The plan to open 250 Argos digital stores in Sainsbury’s supermarkets is on track for March 2019, six months ahead of the original schedule.
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