Private company
Index
British retailer
Index was a catalogue retailer in the United Kingdom, which was owned by Littlewoods from 1985 until 2005. Many Index stores were attached to Littlewoods stores. It was a well known retailer in the 1980s and the 1990s, but sales declined in the noughties and it lost many customers to its main rival, Argos.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryretail1
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Index was a catalogue retailer in the United Kingdom, which was owned by Littlewoods from 1985 until 2005. Many Index stores were attached to Littlewoods stores. It was a well known retailer in the 1980s and the 1990s, but sales declined in the noughties and it lost many customers to its main rival, Argos.2
Products and brands
- final good
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaIndex (retailer)
- WikidataQ6017796
Sources
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- 1WikidataIndex on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaIndex on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsIndex photo by Bobulous, CC BY-SA 4.0