Argos and Homebase enjoy spring sales 殺到する as football lovers splash out on barbecues and （軍の）野営地，陣営ing 議長，司会を務めるs ahead of World Cup

By Rupert Steiner for the Daily Mail

Updated: 10:32 BST, 13 June 2014

Shoppers 急ぐing to buy garden furniture and outdoor toys in the warm 天候 helped 解除する sales at Homebase and Argos.

Parent company Home 小売 Group said eight 連続した ４半期/4分の1s of sales growth was その上の 証拠 that a turnaround 計画（する） is working.

Home 小売 also said the 4.9 per cent rise in Argos’s underlying first-４半期/4分の1 sales vindicated the 拒絶 to 規模 支援する the chain’s enormous number of 734 蓄える／店s.

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The strong 業績／成果 （機の）カム as 競争相手 Kingfisher, owner of B&Q, sought to draw a line under poor 業績／成果 at 病んでいる French chain Castorama.

Philippe Tible, who looked after Kingfisher’s French chains, is to step 負かす／撃墜する after the chain 以前 非難するd disappointing 貿易（する）ing on the lacklustre French economy.

Tible’s two underlings, Veronique Laury, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of Castorama, and Alain Souillard, boss of Brico 倉庫・駅, will be elevated to the group (n)役員／(a)執行力のある team.

At Argos, 売春婦 me 小売 Group said growth was driven by a strong 業績／成果 in the sale of seasonal 製品s, such as 43,000 oil 派手に宣伝する barbecues and 32,000 倍のing （軍の）野営地，陣営ing 議長，司会を務めるs.

There was also a 選ぶ-up of TV sales in the run up to the World Cup, offsetting small 拒絶する／低下するs in homewares, furniture and jewellery. Internet sales 代表するd 42 per cent of total Argos sales with 購入（する）s on 動きやすい phones making up 21 per cent of sales.

At Homebase, a programme to 改造する some 蓄える／店s helped 解除する underlying sales by 7.9?per cent.

New 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある John? Walden, said: ‘We have had a good start to the year, with both Argos and Homebase 配達するing 肯定的な like-for-like sales growth.

This growth was 補佐官d by a strong 業績／成果 in seasonal 製品s

The 株 fell 8p to 192.5p.

日光 sales: Home 小売 Group said growth was driven by a strong 業績／成果 in the sale of seasonal 製品s, such as 43,000 oil 派手に宣伝する barbecues