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

1985Founded1
  • Industryretail1
Index, The Catalogue Shop
Photo: Bobulous, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

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

  1. 2005Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1985Founded Founded1

Sources

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