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Breathe.com gets a new owner

After being bought out by Great Universal Stores early this year, Breathe.com has now been bought by... Read more

11 June, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

GUS breathes life into ISP

Great Universal Stores (GUS), catalogue retailer and parent company of the Argos chain... Read more

9 January, 2001 by Ron Coates

Museum gets funding to promote the web

...It was established by and named after Sir Isaac Wolfson, chairman of Great Universal Stores, and his son Lord Wolfson, the current chairman and a... Read more

27 August, 2008 by Colin Barker

Another flat-rate ISP bites the dust

...trading with a £15-a-month service after a rescue package from Great Universal Stores (GUS), the owners of Argos. The reasons for Connect25's... Read more

19 April, 2001 by Matt Loney

Fate of Breathe hangs in the balance

Retailer Great Universal Stores (GUS) has refused to comment on speculation that it is... Read more

27 March, 2001 by Will Knight

Breathe to launch unmetered offer

Two months after it was saved from the scrap heap by Great Universal Stores, Breathe.com is to launch a new unmetered Internet access... Read more

26 February, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Old Economy lines up to take over dotcoms

...Another e-commerce site, UK-based Jungle.com, was snapped up by Great Universal Stores (GUS) last year for £36m. At its peak, Jungle was... Read more

6 February, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

GUS resuscitates Breathe

...has been brought back to life with a £1.4m purchase by Great Universal Stores (GUS). The group, which owns the Argos retail chain, said... Read more

8 January, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Dot-coms face a tough 2001

...to the sale of the UK's second largest e-tailer to Great Universal Stores for £37m in September 2000. For complete business coverage, see... Read more

4 January, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Scoot to make profits next year

...established groups, for example Jungle.com, which announced Friday its acquisition by Great Universal Stores. Scoot said Vivendi increased its shareholding from 11.5 percent... Read more

1 September, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

GUS snaps up profitable dot-com for $130m

...has bought US online credit reporting company ConsumerInfo.com for $130m. GUS (Great Universal Stores), which owns high street catalogue chain Argos, said the company... Read more

19 March, 2002 by Joey Gardiner

Dot-com down-and-out stole my email

...have been disconnected. No spokesmen for Jungle.com or the parent company Great Universal Stores were available for comment Read more

24 August, 2001 by Ben King

GUS dissolves e-tail division

Well that was £35m well spent wasn't it... Great Universal Stores' (GUS) £35m ecommerce division has told staff at its Glasgow... Read more

13 August, 2001 by Sally Watson

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