{"id":26828,"date":"2020-11-05T20:15:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T12:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/?p=26828"},"modified":"2020-11-05T21:05:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T13:05:53","slug":"sainsburys-cut-off-3500-jobs-and-close-down-80-of-argos-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/26828\/sainsburys-cut-off-3500-jobs-and-close-down-80-of-argos-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Sainsbury&#8217;s Cut Off 3,500 jobs and Close Down 80% Of Argos Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26829\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/and-Close-Down-80-Of-Argos-Stores.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/and-Close-Down-80-Of-Argos-Stores.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/and-Close-Down-80-Of-Argos-Stores-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/and-Close-Down-80-Of-Argos-Stores-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/and-Close-Down-80-Of-Argos-Stores-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/and-Close-Down-80-Of-Argos-Stores-1170x614.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/and-Close-Down-80-Of-Argos-Stores-585x307.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sainsbury&#8217;s Cut Off 3,500 jobs and Close Down 80% Of Argos Stores<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26832\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PRI_171380215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PRI_171380215.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PRI_171380215-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PRI_171380215-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PRI_171380215-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PRI_171380215-1170x614.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PRI_171380215-585x307.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The famous British Grocer Sainsbury&#8217;s has announced that they will be cutting off 3,500 jobs and close down around 420 standalone Argos stores, however, their online sales platform had nearly doubled in the six months to September but it was a pre-tax loss due to restructuring process.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Sainsbury&#8217;s also plans to open larger grocery stores which will be more convenient to the neighbourhood in the next three years time. Sainsbury&#8217;s also spent around \u00a3290 million ($377 million) on COVID-19 measures, though these were partially offset by \u00a3230 million ($299 million) in business rates relief. This is due to the profit margin for online sales are very tight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26830\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mansion_House_3-pixlr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mansion_House_3-pixlr.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mansion_House_3-pixlr-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mansion_House_3-pixlr-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mansion_House_3-pixlr-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mansion_House_3-pixlr-1170x720.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mansion_House_3-pixlr-585x360.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26833\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sainsburys_Qatar_Shop-In-Shop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sainsburys_Qatar_Shop-In-Shop.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sainsburys_Qatar_Shop-In-Shop-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sainsburys_Qatar_Shop-In-Shop-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sainsburys_Qatar_Shop-In-Shop-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sainsburys_Qatar_Shop-In-Shop-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sainsburys_Qatar_Shop-In-Shop-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sainsburys_Qatar_Shop-In-Shop-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sainsbury&#8217;s Cut Off 3,500 jobs and Close Down 80% Of Argos Stores The famous&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65],"tags":[3537],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - 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