Chapter 222 Sicily
Speaking of Argos, just last month, the first batch of Argos’ own brand products produced in China arrived in England.
At the same time, all Argos stores are conducting a wave of discount promotions.
It is said to be a discount promotion, but in fact most of the people participating in the event are Argos' own brands.
However, this time the discount promotion is very strong. Compared with the previous price, the promotional price is only a minimum of 50% off!
And after the promotion is over, the restored price is only 80-90% off the previous price...
In fact, those goods produced in China can still maintain sufficient profits at such prices, and even the profits of some goods are higher than before.
In less than a month, Argos’ turnover increased by more than 70% compared with the same period last year!
Under such circumstances, the management of Argos is more supportive of Barron's strategy of transferring its supply chain to China, and will continue to expand its cooperative supplier system in China.
At this time Argos has approximately 450 stores across the UK and Ireland, and they will embark on an ambitious store expansion plan.
They plan to increase the number of stores in the UK and Ireland to 500 in the next year, and by 2006, they will have 600 stores in the UK and Ireland, covering the entire UK and Ireland.
And at the same time, Argos will begin to enter the European continent, starting with France, which is adjacent to England...
It is expected that within this year, Argos will build more than 5 warehouse stores, 10 drive stores, 15 pickup points and a large warehousing and logistics center starting in Paris.
The so-called warehouse stores refer to stores with warehouses similar to most Argos stores in the UK at this time, providing almost all Argos products.
Drive stores are stores near warehouse stores that stock only some of the most popular products, but can conveniently deliver goods from warehouse stores and warehouse logistics centers.
As for self-pickup points, they are generally very small and only provide nearby drive-up pick-up points for customers who order goods by phone or online.
At this time, Argos has begun to transform the way users purchase products from the previous paper product catalog to its official shopping website.
Users can conveniently purchase products on the Argos official website, and after leaving their address, they can choose Argos to provide door-to-door delivery service - of course, this service requires an additional fee.
You can also choose the store or pick-up point nearest you and pick up the goods yourself within the agreed time.
Argos expects to cover roughly the entire French urban area with its stores and self-collection points within two years, and begin expanding to more countries in Europe.
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Sicily can be said to be one of the British people's favorite vacation spots in the summer, because compared to the bad climate in the UK, in Sicily, you can enjoy more sunshine, beaches and beautiful views of the Mediterranean Sea.
And here, because of the "Beautiful Legend of Sicily", people are imagining.
Indeed, after coming to Italy, especially Sicily, Barron saw many tall beauties, and they had hotter enthusiasm than the British girls.
But all these are not as good as the "British Rose" around him...
This is not a compliment from Barron to Bonnie. In fact, it is true that regardless of appearance or figure, he has never seen anyone better than Bonnie.
As promised, Bonnie came to Sicily with her boyfriend to enjoy a two-person vacation. Bonnie was in a great mood, which also allowed Barron to enjoy a lot of "enthusiasm" that she was a little shy about before.
Through previous impressions in some movies, such as "The Godfather", many people easily associate Sicily with the Mafia, so they can't help but worry that they will encounter thugs here who shout and kill at every turn.
However, after actually arriving here, Barron and Bonnie still felt that the security here was quite good, and it was also very peaceful and leisurely, especially when accompanied by a group of bodyguards and entourage...
"Are you Ms. Stuart?"
Barron, Bonnie and their group stayed at the most upscale hotel here.
When they walked out of the hotel today, a girl took the initiative to say to Bonnie.
"Yes, I'm Bonnie Stuart..."
This was not the first time this happened after coming to Italy, so Bonnie behaved very appropriately.
Speaking of which, I am afraid that Bonnie is much more recognizable than Barron across Europe now, because many countries, including Italy, have introduced the British version of the "The Traitors" reality show. In those countries, The ratings are not low.
As the host of "The Traitors", Bonnie has also been known to the public in these countries along with the show.
I'm afraid that when this year's more popular "Love Island" starts to be broadcast in other countries, her popularity will be even more enhanced...
"So you are the Duke of Cavendish?"
Unexpectedly, besides Bonnie, this girl also recognized him. Barron met the other person's eyes, nodded, and said:
"You know me too?"
"Because I saw that you have so many followers, and she is Bonnie Stuart, then your handsome gentleman must be the Duke of Devonshire."
Just after the girl said these words to him, a man who looked like a bodyguard walked up to the girl, glanced at Barron and the others, and said something to the girl in Italian.
The languages Barron currently masters include English, Chinese and Russian. As for Italian, he can only understand very few parts - those exclamations that Bruni said in excitement when she was learning knowledge from her... …
What about hard work, death, God, dad, etc...
He really didn't understand what the bodyguard said.
"Nice to meet you today. I have to go first. By the way, my name is Barbara Berlusconi."
After the girl finished speaking, she waved to them, followed the bodyguards and left, getting into a Maserati Quattroporte at the door.
Berlusconi?
Hearing this surname, Barron immediately thought of the identity of this young girl, the daughter of the current Italian Prime Minister...
In fact, in his previous life, Barron had seen pictures of this Barbara in some reports.
Mainly due to some scandals after she managed AC Milan...
It's just that she is only 19 years old now. Compared with later, she is still very young, so Barron did not recognize her at first.
No wonder that when she first recognized Bonnie and Barron, Barbara was not as excited as others, but rather calm. After all, the family she was born into is arguably the richest and most powerful family in Italy. one……
But this is just a small episode when Barron came to Sicily.
After that, Barron continued to have a rare and leisurely vacation with Bonnie in Sicily.
I have to say that when it comes to women, Lao Bei can be considered a role model. One year before his death, at the age of 85, he married his fourth wife born in the 1990s, who was 53 years younger than him.
You know, at that time, his eldest daughter was already almost 60...
As for his lovers, there are countless...
And the people around him, who searched for those beauties in Italy and held those *parties for him, were even more worthy of Barron's... criticism.
