GUS snaps up profitable dot-com for $130m

A rare collectible, never on the market long...

NEWS UK retail giant GUS 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 made a small profit in 2001 on sales of $50m - making it that rarest of breeds, a profitable dot-com. The company will be incorporated into credit rating company Experian's North American arm. Experian is wholly owned by GUS.

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