Argos hoping for some festive 元気づける after 地位，任命するing lower-than-推定する／予想するd sales growth

By Money Mail Reporter

Updated: 08:41 BST, 12 September 2014

Arogs is already reliant on a bumper Christmas to 会合，会う its 年次の 利益（をあげる） 的s, owner Home 小売 said yesterday after sales disappointed.

株 in the group, which also owns Homebase, fell はっきりと after it 非難するd the 'North/ South divide' for 持つ／拘留するing 支援する a 消費者 回復.

Underlying sales in the 13 weeks to August 30 rose by 1.2 per cent, far below the 3.4 per cent growth 推定する／予想するd.

Christmas cracker: Arogs is already reliant on a bumper Christmas to 会合，会う its 年次の 利益（をあげる） 的s, owner Home 小売 said yesterday after sales disappointed

財政／金融 boss Richard Aston said he was 'comfortable' with year 期待s but 警告するd that everything hinged on Christmas.

長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある John Walden said: 'The 回復 needs to be 幅の広い-based. There's strength but I wonder how much is 負かす／撃墜する in the South East. The North/South 分割 does show up.'

The company, which has about 100 蓄える／店s 雇うing 3,000 people in Scotland, said that it was not making any 準備／条項s for a 'Yes' 投票（する） in the independence 投票（する）, but was 'watching with 利益／興味'.

株 yesterday fell 7.25 per cent, or 13.6p, to 174p.