AYLESFORD, United Kingdom
A sales assistant waters plants at a Homebase store in Aylesford in south east England
A sales assistant waters plants at a Homebase store in Aylesford, south east England May 1, 2013. Home Retail, Britain's biggest household goods retailer, will reinvent Argos stores to allow shoppers to pick up pre-paid goods in less than a minute, as it trials new initiatives to reverse half a decade of profit falls. The group, which also owns the Homebase DIY chain, posted a 10 percent fall in 2012-13 profit, a fifth straight decline, and said it did not expect any improvement any time soon as consumers fret over job security and a squeeze on incomes. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)