catalogues and department stores links & info

What they say:

"Sainsbury's Supermarkets is the UK's longest standing major food retailing chain, having opened its first store in 1869. Sainsbury’s stands for great products at fair prices and with a simple objective: to serve customers well. The Sainsbury's brand is built upon a heritage of providing customers with healthy, safe, fresh and tasty food. Following the same principles upon which Sainsbury’s Supermarkets is built, Sainsbury’s have developed a non-food range to offer quality, value and innovation. Sainsburys.co.uk will offer the widest choice of Sainsbury’s non-food products including kitchenware, tabletop, home electronics, furniture, bathroom suites and accessories, luggage, toys and games and sports equipment from leading brands including Apple, Sony, Jamie Oliver, Christy Towels and Le Creuset, as well as Sainsbury’s own Tu and Different by Design ranges. Standard delivery - £4.95 3-5 working days. Next day delivery - £6.95. We deliver to mainland UK and Northern Ireland addresses."

This giant of discount retailing should need no introduction to UK visitors. Argos' commitment to exceptional value and trail-blazing standards of customer service mean that they have led the way in "warehouse to high street" retailing for many decades.

With their no-quibble 'change your mind' 16-day money-back guarantee, massive selection of leisure, clothing, fashion, electronics, gadgets, travel and a host of other type of products, and prices which remain almost impossible to beat, Argos.co.uk has got to be one of your first stops on any eShopping expedition.

Please note Argos only delivers within the UK.

What they say:

"ACHICA is a unique online private members store, which offers its members up to 70% off luxury home, kitchen, garden, beauty & lifestyle brands. Members can exclusively access brands & great discounts for 48 hours only."

What they say:

"Laura Ashley is an internationally recognised lifestyle retailer specialising in womenswear, childrenswear and home furnishings.

Our unique product ranges include stunning chandeliers, luxurious cushions and giftware to crisp cotton bed linen and beautifully hand crafted cabinet furniture.

Our womenswear has a definitive, lasting quality that calls on soft, feminine lines and a relaxed approach to dressing. Laura Ashley has regular online promotions including mid season sales, and new product launches."

What they say:

"British Home Stores, or Bhs as it’s more commonly branded, is a widely recognised and extremely popular name in retail. Bhs is known for its commitment to providing stylish fashion ranges and homewares at prices that represent outstanding value. Although Bhs opened its first store in 1928, it has just recently delved into making its products available online.

Highlights of our new website include:
• A wide range of womenswear
• The latest in menswear
• The tammy line for 8 -16 year old girls with ever changing ranges
• Cool and cute childrenswear including sleepwear and schoolwear
• A wide range of homeware – indoor and outdoor furniture, lighting, accessories, beds and bedding, kitchenware, dining, bathroomware and curtains
• Weddings with bridalwear, lingerie, bridesmaid dresses, menswear, accessories and shoes.

Bhs offers a standard 3 day delivery option for £3.50 for most items. Large items such as furniture have a £25 delivery charge. Delivery is free for all orders over £200. Please note delivery can only be made to mainland UK."

What they say:

"Tesco brings you Tesco.com one of the UK’s leading online retailers. Categories include: Grocery, Books, Entertainment, Tesco Jersey (the discount CD and DVD store), Wines, Flowers, Contact Lenses, DVD Rentals, eDiets, Duel Fuel, Gas Switch, Electric Switch, Digital Downloads.

Exciting changes will be taking place to the Tesco.com site over the next few months. We are expanding the number of non-food products available through our website and will be re-designing parts of the site so that they are better than ever for customers."

What they say:

"We offer thousands of top brand products in a variety of categories including clothing, footwear and accessories, childrenswear, sportswear, products for the home and garden, home entertainment, toys, games, gifts and jewellery"

What they say:

"Home Consumables @ Jersey Prices. Day2dayshop.com is a leading Jersey-based of Everyday Essentials such as computer related items & appliance parts & accessories."

What they say:

"Debenhams offers a unique mix of exclusive own brands including Designers at Debenhams, International brands and concessions - so we can style every aspect of your lifestyle from fashion through to homes. At Debenhams.ie you can discover a whole host of inspirational ideas for her, for him, for your kids and the home. So, whatever you’re looking for; fabulous fashions by all the best brands and Designers at Debenhams, all your favourite beauty names, stylish looks to spruce up the home or great gift ideas for every occasion, you can discover all this and much more."

What they say:

"Debenhams offers a unique mix of exclusive own brands including Designers at Debenhams, International brands and concessions – so we can style every aspect of your lifestyle from fashion through to homes. At Debenhams.com you can discover a whole host of inspirational ideas for her, for him, for your kids and the home. So, whatever you're looking for; fabulous fashions by all the best brands and Designers at Debenhams, all your favourite beauty names, stylish looks to spruce up the home or great gift ideas for every occasion, you can discover all this and much more."

What they say:

"Matalan Online offers up to the minute Ladies, Mens, Kids and Homeware at prices up to 50% below the equivalent High Street price. Matalan offer affiliates a fixed rate of 5%, free returns in store and free delivery on orders £50 and over. "

What they say:

"Visits Debenhams Extra for a huge range of TVs, home cinema and laptops. We also stock a wide range of Nursery goods and bikes for all ages."

What they say:

"We Live Electricals! Comet is one of the UKs leading retailers in electrical products online. We are committed to keeping our prices low all year round, and not just at sale time. To ensure our competitiveness, we check our prices every week, against over 27,000 offers our competitors in-store prices and thousands more online. Comet.co.uk offers secure shopping across a huge range of electricals. The website has an extensive advice centre containing comprehensive product guides and explanations of the latest technology. Plus independent customer reviews. Choose Comet with confidence, instore and online."

What they say:

"The UK's leading online electrical retailer. 247electrical.co.uk is one of the UK's leading online electrical retailers with over 12,500 top brand products in stock at discount prices. We offer FREE delivery on every single product and 90% of all orders are shipped the same day if placed before 2pm+ express delivery is also available!"

What they say:

"We are one of the longest trading electrical retailers in the UK, trading online since 1998. We are a real bricks and mortar company and our parent company has been trading for over 50 years."

What they say:

"iBOOD.com is Europe's leader in 'one offer a day'. We offer a daily product to 19 countries in Europe. Goods are allways Quality AAA goods, no refurbished. Discounts allways in the range of 50% below CURRENT online price. We ship more than 10.000 goods daily."

What they say:

"A Mail Order specialist for Tools, Electronics, Hardware, Gardening, Car Accessories, Farming and more for 85 years. Fast shipping and extensive service are also part of the Westfalia philosophy."

What they say:

"TheHut.com is a family friendly site offering a colourful array of products from video games, DVDs and music through to electronics, gifts and clothing and a lot more besides that! Take a look around to get a real idea of what we sell - www.thehut.com!

Our plan is to offer market leading promotions with up to 80% off high street prices , all delivered for free to the UK (and only 99p/€1.19 to Europe). For further information visit our Help page http://help.thehut.com."

What they say:

"With over 40000 quality products to choose from across a wide range of categories including electrical, clothing, sportswear, home and leisure, furniture, home entertainment, jewellery, and clothes, Littlewoods have something for everyone.

What's more, they offer 1 years interest free credit on orders over £60 and have a range of flexible payment terms.

As if that weren't enough, they are giving 15 pounds off first orders of 25 pounds or more."

Delivery within the uk only.

What they say:

"Natural Collection is the UK's leading and award-winning green shop offering a department store range of ecologically considered products including organic cotton and fair trade clothing and accessories, gorgeous homeware and gardenware, energy-saving gadgets, organic cosmetics, eco cleaning products and much more. We check every product so you can purchase from us in eco confidence.

"Since 1999, Natural Collection has been at the forefront of ethical retail, promoting fair trade and environmentally considered products.

Each item is carefully researched and selected to promote ecological and sustainable manufacturing practices. We support fair trade products in order to help alleviate poverty and to ultimately give poorer communities dignity in the knowledge that their products are selling within a competitive market place and not because of charitable or sympathetic patronage.

Natural Collection's philosophy is that small positive choices by the many can have a tremendous impact on our collective ethical evolution.

What they say:

"ASDA, the UK’s second largest supermarket, presents ASDA.com offering a wide range of products and services including: CDs, DVDs, Games, Contact Lenses and even Wide Screen TVs."

What they say:

"J D Williams is the UK's leading direct home shopping company, operating over 20 successful catalogue brands, with over 2 million customers.

Our websites offer a huge selection of clothing and other products for all ages and sizes. All our clothes are designed to provide the best fit at the best possible value, and we are specialists in the area of larger size womenswear.

# www.jdwilliams.co.uk - Fashion for sizes 12 - 34
# www.fashionworld.co.uk - Fashion collections in wide ranging fittings
# www.houseofbath.co.uk - Products for bedroom, bathroom and home
# www.naturallyclose.co.uk - Lingerie in sizes 32 - 50, A - G cup
# www.vivaladiva.co.uk - High street, boutique and couture shoes
# www.petfoodnstuff.co.uk - Pet foods and accessories
# www.crazyclearance.co.uk - Bargain basement clearance"

What they say:

"Studio is an established and reputable mail order catalogue business that has been in operation for over 40 years now, having been set up originally in 1962.

Studio is now able to provide an extensive product offering, and the catalogues now include a wide variety of goods including cards and wrap, innovative gifts, gadgets, toys, confectionery, household and electrical goods. Other areas of expertise include the provision of hundreds of exclusive products that can be personalised at no extra charge.

In addition to the product offering, customers who shop with Studio are able to obtain credit on their account, enabling them to shop with confidence and allowing them to spread the cost of their purchases.*"


* = N.B. New Customers first order is limited to £150 value so that a credit check can be completed

What they say:

"Woolworths.co.uk brings shoppers the convenience of everybody’s favourite high street store to their fingertips. With a fantastic selection of entertainment products (CDs, DVDs and games) and a great selection of Toys, Outdoor furniture and Outdoor Toys you will be sure to find that ‘perfect something’ for all the family. With great special offers and features available every day it is the well worth visiting Woolworths.co.uk!"

What they say:

"Freemans is one of the leaders in the UK catalogue market. Our main focus is the latest women's fashion, with exciting name brands and own ranges. Men's fashion also plays a big part, and there is a large selection of interiors, electrical goods, outdoors? everything you would expect from a 'big catalogue'."

What they say:

"Additions Direct is a successful and reliable home shopping business. We offer thousands of products including top brand fashions, footwear, electrical appliances, home entertainment, sportswear & equipment, toys, homeware and garden products."

Grattan is one of the leaders in the UK catalogue market. Our main focus is women's fashion, with an emphasis on style and high quality. Men's fashion also plays a big part, and there is a large selection of interiors, electrical goods, outdoors? everything you would expect from a big catalogue.

What they say:

"We offer thousands of top brand products in a variety of categories including clothing, footwear and accessories for men, women and children, sportswear, exercise equipment and home styles.

Best of all, abound allows customers to buy with confidence, offering a 14 day returns policy."

What they say:

"MutualPoints is the UK's leading rewarded shopping portal, members earn points every time they shop online with over 700 of the UK's top high street retailers including M&S, Lastminute, Boots and Ebay, once members accrue 3000 points we send them a cheque for £20!"

UK residents only.

What they say:

"SHOP.COM organises thousands of products from hundreds of retailers into a single location, allowing customers to conveniently manage all of their shopping needs. Customers can choose products from Choices UK Movies & Games, F Hinds, Bunches, Firebox, IWant One of Those, Robert Dyas and many more."

What they say:

"Be-direct.co.uk have been trading online since 1997 and in the real world for over 50 years. We sell thousands of electrical products from all of the top brands such as Sony, Samsung, AEG, Toshiba, Hotpoint, JVC and Zanussi. Our business has been built around providing the very highest levels of customer service both before and after sale.

We operate and own our 80,000 square foot warehouse and purpose built call centre based in West Wales.

We do not sell "grey import" or "graded" products, only new items sourced directly from the manufacturer in the UK."

What they say:

"Tchibo is one of Germany's largest internationally active retail enterprises. Tchibo's slogan "A new experience every week" is reflected on their website. The site is regularly up-dated with new product ranges, each comprised of approx. 25 products, i.e. a total of 1,300 products every year.

Customers can be assured of excellent value - however only for a limited time period. This system of selling in phases is unique worldwide."

What they say:

"Over the past six years we have grown tremendously and expanded our range to include sports nutritional supplements, fitness equipment, swimming pools, trampolines, BBQ's, camping accessories, including tents, airbeds and sleeping bags. On top of our summer range we also sell personal care products, health monitors, games tables, musical instruments, great gift ideas and much, much more

You will struggle to find anyone who can offer top quality products at these unbeatable prices."

What they say:

"Marks & Spencer are one of the UK's top department stores with a substantial range of products available online. All M&S clothing and home products are available through www.marksandspencers.com , as well as some online exclusive products, totalling over 20,000 items.


Since the launch of the new site in April 2007, customers benefit from an improved search facility allowing searches by size, colour, price and style, plus enhanced imagery with zoom functionality allowing details such as stitching and fabric to be viewed.

Product lines include, Womenswear, Menswear, Lingerie, Kidswear, Home & Furniture, Flowers and Gifts, Food and Wine, Entertainment, Travel and Technology."

What they say:

"Great Universal offers 20% off all first online orders, plus free delivery for all standard delivery items! As well as this Great Universal offers great value on thousands of fantastic products – from great fashion including sportswear and kidswear to great homeware and household appliances, electrical goods and garden products, Great Universal has it all!

1000s of top brand products in a variety of categories including clothing, footwear and accessories, childrenswear, sportswear, products for the home and garden, home entertainment, toys, games, gifts and jewellery."

What they say:

"We offer thousands of electrical items for sale with the great added consumer benefit of 10 Simple Interest FREE Payments. We know consumers love, easy interest free monthly payments but not one single electrical website has offered this until now. Our prices are benchmarked against the high street retailers such as Tesco, Argos and Currys etc (where more than 90% of electrical goods are still purchased). Every price is shown on Bigfatzero is shown as an easy monthly payment amount."