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Science vs. ignorance: Silicon Valley does Flipper: Photo of Argos-enabled oceanic platform from Argos-system.org. An international coalition of scientists is calling for a direct assault on ignorance. They actually want governments and science agencies to spend money to learn more about our oceans. With mild effrontery they predict humans could...; Tags: Coalition, Agency, Argos, Ocean, Government, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-11-27
Most popular sites among 30-something Brits: Barclays, Argos, Halifax: Popular sites among UK Internet users ages 30 and above involve money and saving, Nielsen//NetRatings reports.Most popular sites among 30-something BritsSiteReachAudience, 000Barclays30%564Argos28%972Halifax28%642Play.com26%666PayPal26%1,172The National Lottery26%840Tesco25%981eBay23%2,796Channel 422%586Amazon22%1,764Source: Nielsen//NetRatings; Tags: Argos, Barclays Plc.; Blog posts 2006-03-15
ARGOS: Automatically Extracting Repeating Objects From Multimedia Streams: Many media streams consist of distinct objects that repeat. For example, broadcast television and radio signals contain advertisements, call sign jingles, songs, and even whole programs that repeat. The problem the paper addresses is to explicitly identify the underlying structure in repetitive streams and de-construct them into their component objects....; Tags: Multimedia, Argos, Architecture, Stream, Engineering, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; White papers 2006-02-01
Argos Implements 'Track-and-Trace' Supply Chain Solution: In 2003, Argos - a major catalogue retailer in the UK and Ireland with over 500 stores and an annual turnover in excess of £3 billion - introduced a trial 'track-and-trace' system for jewelry and other high-value items across its supply chain in the north of England. The system uses...; Tags: Supply Chain, Argos, Supply Chain Management (SCM), RFID, Retail, Enterprise Software, Software, Wireless, Security, Biometrics; Case studies

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UK BuyBar Shopping Toolbar For Firefox (xpi): The Buy Bar Shopping Toolbar is a great little tool which sits near the top of your Internet browser. You can search for specific products using the search box and choose to search at Kelkoo, ShopperQuest, Argos, Amazon, and Web and MP3's. There are also quick one press buttons taking...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Offer, Toolbar, CMC e-Services, Buy Bar Shopping Toolbar, Web Browsers, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2008-02-28

UK Shopping Toolbar for Internet Explorer (exe): The Buy Bar Shopping Toolbar is a great little tool which sits nicely near the top of your internet browser. You can search for specific products using the search box and choose to search at Kelkoo, ShopperQuest, Argos, Amazon, Web and mp3's There are also quick one press buttons taking...; Tags: Toolbar, Microsoft Internet Explorer, CMC e-Services, Buy Bar Shopping Toolbar, Web Browsers, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2008-02-12
9% of UK Christmas shoppers went to Amazon in 2007: Throughout the Christmas shopping season, visits in the UK to online retail sites were led by Amazon Sites, which attracted a 9% share of total online retail category visits for the period, according to comScore. Apple had a 6% share, while the Home Retail Group, owner of multi-channel retailers Argos...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Retail, NB; Blog posts 2008-01-17
Top Internet advertisers in February 2006: Vonage, Netflix, GUS: Nielsen//NetRatings published the list of top Internet advertisers in February 2006. ITFacts also covered top advertisers in January 2006. GUS plc is the company behind Experian and Argos Retail Group.Top advertisers in February 2006CompanyEstimated budgetImpressions, 000Vonage Holdings$23,022,5009,473,806Netflix$16,669,9006,961,163GUS Plc$16,144,2009,264,565LowerMyBills.com$12,075,0002,439,032Verizon$11,259,5003,211,531United Online$10,219,3003,468,026General Motors$9,580,3001,600,088QuinStreet$9,389,8001,880,501NexTag.com$8,912,1002,840,852Scottrade$8,893,2001,789,189Source: Nielsen//NetRatings; Tags: Internet Advertisers, GUS; Blog posts 2006-03-16
GUS plc Chooses OutlookSoft: OutlookSoft Corporation announced that GUS plc has selected OutlookSoft software for Group financial reporting and analysis across all of its major business divisions, which include Argos Retail Group, Experian, Burberry, and Lewis Group. GUS will unify its top-level financial and non-financial information in one system using OutlookSoft's Everest business performance...; Tags: OutlookSoft, Everest, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies
Chipping of Goods Case Study: Jewellery: This case study outlines how Argos in partnership with Integrated Product Intelligence developed an RFID based system to track and trace jewellery and other high value items from a central distribution point to a number of retail stores. The same process was applied to all products on the reverse journey...; Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Modems, Handhelds, Hardware, Components; Case studies