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Reliance Readies for RFID One of India's largest retailers has been testing RFID technology and is preparing applications to be used at its hypermarkets and supermarkets, as well as its electronics and convenience stores.

RFID Gives Sports Memorabilia Stamp of Authenticity Prova Group offered its RFID-enabled authentication service to thousands of collectors at a recent sports collectibles convention, providing electronic guarantees that autographs were genuine.

Eco-friendly Clothing Store Plans to Debut With RFID When Maskyelin opens for business in April, its employees will employ an RFID system that tracks products in the store and enables customers to purchase items without standing in line.

Growers and Grocers Get Into Plastic Pallet Pool While the plastic pallets' lightweight and environmental benefits first wooed its customers, iGPS hopes RFID-powered traceability will convince more to begin using its pallets.

Raflatac Releases RFID Tags With Built-In EAS Optimized for retail applications, the EPC Gen 2 tags are designed to be read equally well from all directions—even on densely stacked garments—and have an electronic article surveillance function that can be switched on and off.

Ho, Ho, Ho, Santa Uses RFID At Santa Claus Office in Finland, St. Nick's elves give EPC Gen 2 tags to visiting boys and girls, who wear them so he knows who's naughty or nice.

O2 Subscribers Use Phones to Make Purchases, Access Info As part of a six-month pilot project, Londoners are using NFC-enabled cell phones to pay for goods and services, read smart posters, download special offers and program RFID tags.

Industry Leaders to Keynote at RFID Journal LIVE! 2008 RFID Journal's sixth annual conference and exhibition will feature addresses by Procter & Gamble COO Bob McDonald, Sam's Club executive VP Greg Johnston, and Motorola Enterprise Mobility CTO Ray Martino.

Craft of Scandinavia Tests RFID The Swedish sports apparel company is testing a self-inventorying product display developed by clothing label producer Nilorn Group.

Event Reveals Interest in RFID Is Growing In Canada More than 400 people attended RFID Journal LIVE! Canada 2007—the second annual conference and exhibition produced by RFID Journal and EPCglobal Canada—held in November.