RFID Technology News & Media
Ski resort improves shopping experience with RFID
January 3, 2010
A Colorado-based ski resort chain is improving its guest experience with an innovative use of RFID technology.
read nowRFID smart mirror prototype installed at men's store
December 14, 2009
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on a new RFID-based smart mirror — or Smart.Mirror, to be more precise — installed at Charles Spiegel for Men in…
read nowRFID-based loyalty card tracks shopper movement
November 15, 2009
Sydney, Australia-based Ramp has announced what it calls the "world's first customer tracking and loyalty system," an RFID-based loyalty card that contains…
read nowGetac unveils real-time RFID kit
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
August 18, 2009
V3 reports a new RFID release from ruggedized computing manufacturer Getac. Aimed at retail, warehousing and manufacturing, the system is "a hybrid of active…
read nowSweden testing mobile phone payments
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
July 28, 2009
There has been much speculation about the mobile phone as the all-in-one payment device of the future, and while adoption of that technology has taken off in…
read nowApparel retailer implements item-level RFID tool
June 14, 2009
LOS ANGELES — Checkpoint Systems Inc., supplier of shrink management and merchandise visibility solutions, today announced the successful implementation of its…
read nowSheetz completes mobile payment trial
May 19, 2009
Progressive Grocer: Sheetz Inc. completed its multi-city NFC mobile payment pilot with Wright Express Corp. and ViVOtech. During the trial, drivers used their…
read nowReport: 'Major breakthrough' yields one-cent RFID tags
May 17, 2009
CrunchGear: Japanese business publication The Nikkei is reporting that NEC is planning to sell RFID tags priced at $100 for 10,000 tags. The company seems to…
read nowEC sets privacy requirements for RFID tags
May 11, 2009
PC World: The European Commission Tuesday set a code of conduct for companies using RFID tags that it hopes will safeguard citizens' privacy and allow the…
read nowAvery Dennison announces mobile merchandising tool
May 10, 2009
PASADENA — Avery Dennison Corp. and Scanbuy Inc. have joined forces to produce a new mobile-merchandising solution that uses camera phone technology to enhance…
read nowNew retail display system provides item-level intelligence
April 23, 2009
DIXON, Ill. — UPM Raflatac, Seeonic and Alliance have announced the deployment of a new generation of Alliance's MAXRPM, an inventory management system for…
read nowTesco plans next-gen loyalty program
April 21, 2009
Marketing Week: Supermarket giant Tesco intends to create a next-generation loyalty scheme as a powerful weapon in its fight to prevent rivals eroding its…
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Microsoft's Retail Experience Center: It's all about connectedness
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
The Redmond giant's retail test lab focuses on connecting all the moving parts of a retail enterprise, right down to the customer level.
read nowCheckpoint introduces source-to-store merchandise visibility solution
April 7, 2009
THOROFARE, N.J. — Checkpoint Systems Inc., a supplier of shrink management solutions, has announced the release of its Merchandise Visibility Solution, which…
read nowDatalogic Mobile, Wincor Nixdorf to deliver more mobile solutions to retailers
April 2, 2009
PADERBORN, Germany — Datalogic Mobile, a global player in the rugged mobile computers and self-shopping solutions market, and Wincor Nixdorf AG have signed a…
read nowTOP Food & Drug loyalty card offers more than just discounts
April 2, 2009
RFID Journal: Consumers at TOP Food & Drug, a food retail chain in Washington State, are using RFID-enabled loyalty cards as part of a program known as…
read nowStickers enable NFC payments on cell phones
March 31, 2009
USA Today: Payments by cell phone at retail have been slow to take off in the U.S. MasterCard and Blaze Mobile have unveiled high-tech stickers that aim to…
read nowDigital shopping assistants
In the next five years, shoppers will increasingly rely on themselves - and the opinions of each other - to make purchasing decisions rather than wait for help…
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Basket-at-once scanning technology exists, but retailers aren't biting
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
RFID-based scanners can massively speed up checkout and cut wait times, but supply chain challenges have prevented adoption.
read nowP&G halts tagging of promotional displays
February 15, 2009
RFID Journal: The Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G), a pioneer in the use of Electronic Product Code (EPC) technologies in the supply chain, has ceased…
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