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Home > Company Index > Retail > Clothing, Shoe & Accessory Retailing > The Great Universal Stores P.L.C.
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The Great Universal Stores P.L.C. |
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PROFILE |
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Great Universal Stores (GUS) seeks planetary dominance. Its Argos unit, about 70% of sales, focuses on retail through catalogs, Web sites, and stores. Catalogs include Kays, Great Universal, Wehkamp, and Choice, offering clothing, toys, electronics, and housewares. The division also runs some 460 Argos catalog showrooms throughout the UK and over 450 Lewis Stores furniture outlets and Best Electric stores in Africa. GUS also has Burberry and Scotch House luxury clothing stores in Europe and the US. The company's Experian division provides credit reports and mailing lists while its Reality division handles e-commerce infrastructure for GUS and external customers. GUS plans to spin off Burberry as a public company.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 9,007.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 2.1%
Employees: 51,493
Revenue per employee: $174,916.98
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John W. Peace
CEO
David A. Tyler
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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Universal House, Devonshire St.
Manchester M60 1XA, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-161-273-8282
Fax: 44-161-277-4881
Online: Web Site
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