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Argos was launched with thousands of staff, taking £1 million during a week in November. [9] Argos was purchased by BAT Industries in 1979 for £32 million. In 1980, Argos opened its Elizabeth Duke jewellery counter (named after a director's wife) and by 1982, was the United Kingdom's fourth-biggest jewellery retailer.
The Heraion of Argos ( Greek: Ἡραῖον Ἄργους) is an ancient sanctuary in the Argolid, Greece, dedicated to Hera, whose epithet "Argive Hera" (Ἥρη Ἀργείη Here Argeie) appears in Homer 's works. Hera herself claims to be the protector of Argos in Iliad IV, 50–52): "The three towns I love best are Argos, Sparta and ...
[53] This controversy spawned a great deal of free publicity for Abercrombie, including a chain letter that received wide circulation. [55] In 2007 British retailer Argos removed from sale its G-string panties and padded bras for nine-year-old girls, following negative response from the public. [56]
Considerable controversy has engaged the scholarly world concerning the nature of same-sex relationships among the ancient Greeks described by Thomas Hubbard in the Introduction to Homosexuality in Greece and Rome, A Source Book of Basic Documents, 2007, p. 2: "The field of Gay Studies has, virtually since its inception, been divided between ...
Argo is a 2012 American biographical historical drama thriller film directed, produced by, and starring Ben Affleck.The screenplay, written by Chris Terrio, was adapted from the 1999 memoir The Master of Disguise by U.S. C.I.A. operative Tony Mendez and the 2007 Wired article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" [3] written by Joshuah Bearman ...
The group also outlined plans to open branches of Argos within Asda shops. [116] However, the Competition and Markets Authority (the UK's regulator on anti-competitive practices) said in February 2019 that it could block the merger. [117] On 25 April 2019, the Competition and Markets Authority blocked the merger and it was abandoned by Sainsbury's.
Zara (retailer) Zara ( Spanish: [ˈθaɾa]) is a fast-fashion retail subsidiary of the Spanish multinational fashion design, manufacturing, and retailing group Inditex. [ 2] Zara sells clothing, accessories, beauty products and perfumes. [ 3] The head office is located at Arteixo in the province of A Coruña, Galicia. [ 4]
Alcibiades was born in Athens. The family of his father, Cleinias, [ 3 ] had old connections with the Spartan aristocracy through a relationship of xenia, and the name "Alcibiades" was of Spartan origin. [ 4 ][ 5 ] Alcibiades' mother was Deinomache, the daughter of Megacles, head of the powerful Alcmaeonid family, and could trace her family ...