Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has announced that its clothing line Tu
will be available from Argos from the end of the month.
From April 25, Sainsbury’s Tu customers will be able to order clothing
online by 2pm for next day delivery or free click and collect from 1,100
Sainsbury’s and Argos stores across the UK. There will be no minimum order
size and returns will be free at any Argos and Sainsbury’s location.
Sainsbury’s Tu clothing range for men, women and children contributes
almost 1 billion pounds to annual sales at the supermarket group, and it is
hoping that by offering the customers the convenience to buy and collect
the full ranges at Argos it will accelerate the clothing label’s
growth.
The expansion will also see Tu being available on Argos’s website, the
third most visited retail website in the UK, where 60 percent of its sale
originate online. Sainsbury’s adds that Argos has developed a new ‘look and
feel’ for shopping Tu on its website, which has been tailored to the
fashion experience and the website will give customers immediate
information on availability.
Sainsbury’s group chief executive of Sainsbury’s Mike Coupe said: “We
know that customers are increasingly shopping for clothes online and that
they love the convenience of being able to collect them from a store.
“When we bought Argos we always knew that we wanted to enable customers
to buy Tu clothing from Argos so this is a major milestone for us. We hope
Argos customers embrace the Tu range in the way that Sainsbury’s customers
have over the past ten years.”
Sainsbury’s purchased Home Retail Group 18 months ago, and open its
200th Argos store-in-store in its Sainsbury’s Pimlico, London store on
March 28. The supermarket chain plans to open 250 Argos stores in
Sainsbury’s supermarkets by March 2019.
Images: courtesy of Sainsbury’s Tu