Speaking of Argos, just last month, the first batch of Argos' own-brand products produced in China arrived in the UK.
At the same time, all Argos stores launched a wave of discount promotions.
Although it is said to be a discount promotion, in fact, most of the products participating in the event are Argos' own brands.
However, this time the discount promotion is very strong. Compared with the previous price, the promotion price is only 50% off!
And after the promotion is over, the restored price is only 80%-90% off the previous price...
In fact, the goods produced in China can still maintain sufficient profits at such prices, and the profits of some goods are even higher than before.
In less than a month, Argos' turnover increased by more than 70% compared to the same period last year!
Under such circumstances, the management of Argos is more supportive of Barron's strategy of transferring its supply chain to China, and will continue to expand its cooperative supplier system in China.
Argos currently has around 450 stores across the UK and Ireland, and they will be undertaking an ambitious store expansion plan.
They plan to increase the number of their stores in the UK and Ireland to 500 within the next year, and by 2006, they will have 600 stores in the UK and Ireland, thus covering the whole of the UK and Ireland.
At the same time, Argos will begin to enter the European continent, starting with France, which is adjacent to England...
It is expected that Argos will build more than 5 warehouse stores, 10 drive stores, 15 pick-up points and a large warehouse and logistics center starting in Paris this year.
The so-called warehouse stores are stores with warehouses, similar to most Argos stores in the UK at that time, which provide almost all categories of Argos products.
Drive stores are located near warehouse stores and only stock the most popular products, but they can conveniently deliver goods from warehouse stores and warehouse logistics centers.
As for self-pickup points, they are generally small in size and are only provided for customers who order goods by phone or online to pick up their goods by car nearby.
At this time, Argos has begun to transform the way users choose products from paper product catalogs to its official shopping website.
Users can conveniently purchase products on the Argos official website, and after leaving their address, they can choose Argos to deliver the goods to their doorstep - of course, this service requires additional payment.
You can also choose the store or pick-up point closest to you and pick up the goods yourself within the agreed time.
Argos expects to cover urban areas throughout France with its stores and pick-up points within two years and begin expanding to more European countries.
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Sicily can be said to be one of the British people's favorite vacation destinations in the summer, because compared to the poor climate in the UK, in Sicily, you can enjoy the sunshine, beaches and the beautiful scenery of the Mediterranean.
And this place is also full of imagination because of the movie "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily".
Indeed, after coming to Italy, especially Sicily, Barron saw many tall beauties, and they were more passionate than British girls.
But all of this is not as good as the "English Rose" beside him...
This was not Barron's compliment to Bonnie. In fact, no matter in appearance or figure, he had never seen anyone better than Bonnie along the way.
As promised, Bonnie came to Sicily with her boyfriend to enjoy a vacation for two. Bonnie was in a very good mood, which also allowed Barron to enjoy a lot of "enthusiasm" that she had been shy about showing before.
Through previous impressions from some movies, such as "The Godfather", many people easily associate Sicily with the Mafia, so they can't help but worry about encountering thugs who are always shouting and killing.
But after arriving here, Barron and Bonnie still felt that the security here was quite good, and it was also very peaceful and leisurely, especially with the company of bodyguards and followers...
"Are you Ms. Stuart?"
Barron, Bonnie and their group naturally stayed in the most upscale hotel here.
As they walked out of the hotel today, a girl took the initiative to speak to Bonnie.
"Yes, I'm Bonnie Stuart..."
This wasn't the first time this had happened since arriving in Italy, so Bonnie acted very appropriately.
Speaking of which, I'm afraid that Bonnie is much more recognizable than Barron throughout Europe now, because many countries, including Italy, have introduced the British version of the reality show "The Traitors", and the ratings in those countries are not low.
As the host of "The Traitors", Bonnie has also become known to the public in these countries through the show.
I'm afraid her popularity will be further enhanced when the even more popular "Love Island" starts to be broadcast in other countries this year...
"You are the Duke of Cavendish, then?"
Unexpectedly, besides Bonnie, this girl also recognized him. Barron met her gaze, nodded, and said,
"You know me too?"
"Because I see you have so many followers, and she is Bonnie Stuart, so you, handsome gentleman, must be the Duke of Devonshire."
Just after the girl said this to him, a man who looked like a bodyguard walked up to the girl, glanced at Barron and the others, and said something to the girl in Italian.
The languages Barron currently knows include English, Chinese and Russian. As for Italian, he can only understand a very small part - those exclamations that Bruni said when she was excited while learning knowledge from her...
Things like "pull harder", "I'm dying", "Oh my god", "Dad" etc...
He really didn't understand what the bodyguard said.
"It's nice to meet you today. I have to go first. By the way, my name is Barbara Berlusconi."
After the girl finished speaking, she waved to them, followed the bodyguards and got into a Maserati Quattroporte at the door.
Berlusconi?
Hearing this surname, Barron immediately thought of the identity of this young girl, the daughter of the current Italian Prime Minister...
In fact, in his previous life, Barron had seen photos of Barbara in some reports.
Mainly because of some of the scandals she had after managing AC Milan...
But now she was only 19 years old, still very young compared to later years, so Barron did not recognize her at first.
No wonder Barbara was not as excited as others when she first recognized Bonnie and Barron. Instead, she was relatively calm. After all, the family she was born into was one of the richest and most powerful families in Italy...
But this was just a small episode in Barron's arrival in Sicily.
After that, Barron continued to enjoy a rare leisurely vacation in Sicily with Bonnie.
It has to be said that when it comes to women, Mr. Bei is a role model. A year before his death, at the age of 85, he married his fourth wife, a post-90s woman who was 53 years younger than him.
You know, at that time, his eldest daughter was almost 60...
As for his lovers, there are countless...
And the people around him, who searched for beauties for him in Italy and held those *parties, were even more worthy of Barron's... criticism.