10 things we learned this week
Argos's Christmas concerns, HSBC looks west, Whitbread's wage costs.

1. With Christmas just two months away, Argos is worried about finding a lump of coal in its stocking
2. After mulling a move to the east, HSBC is thinking about taking its HQ Stateside.
3. The new national living wage could cost Costa Coffee owner Whitbread up to £20m.