Latest financial statements filed by the group’s Irish arm, Argos Distributors Ltd, showed that in the year to March 5th 2022, the company had an operating loss of €12.6 million, and saw sales decrease by 21.25 per cent on the previous year.
“I’ll miss it dreadfully. It was my favourite way to shop. You could look it up in the catalogue online and read the reviews, and they had a mix of stuff from different manufacturers so you could do comparisons, and there was great customer service,” she said.“I shopped here often, and my daughter would shop online for me if I couldn’t get down here. I love it, and the staff are lovely. I got furniture, I got my shopping trolleys and everything; I will miss it.
Michael Meegan, divisional organiser with Mandate, said it is a “sad day” for customers and staff in the Republic, but that the redundancy package will be “helpful” in the medium term.