Sainsbury’s launching Argos Click & Collect in convenience stores

Sainsbury’s is launching the Argos Click & Collect service in Sainsbury’s Local convenience stores across the UK. The national roll-out, which will extend to more than 100 stores by the end of 2017, f0llows on from a three-month trial conducted in six Sainsbury’s Local stores.

The six trial stores included two sites in London, as well as locations in Chessington, Derby, Buckingham and Bexleyheath.

Announcing the nationwide 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.”

Coupe added: “Over half of all Argos sales originate online and around 80 per cent of customers then opt to collect their purchases from one of our stores, that day or the next.”

Argos became part of the Sainsbury’s retail network when the supermarket bought the Home Retail Group in September 2016.