Sainsbury’s Argos acquisition boosts digital reach

By the holidays, customers of J Sainsbury Plc will be able to take advantage of more mobile capabilities.



Leveraging its acquisition of the Home Retail Group, which closed last month, Sainsbury will begin adding Argos branches or click-and-collect distribution points inside almost all of its stores, according to a recent Bloomberg article.



The acquisition added 739 Argos outlets and three Habitat home-furnishing stores to Sainsbury’s portfolio, which already consists of 601 supermarkets and 782 convenience stores around the U.K. More than a dozen mini-stores and collection points already operate inside Sainsbury’s shops, and 19 more will open before Christmas, the article said.



Sainsbury is further raising the bar on delivery times with tests of a mobile app, called Chop Chop, which offers same-day deliveries in south London, the Bloomberg article mentioned.



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