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MasterCard Rolls Out Contactless Carpet in the U.K. The credit card association claims 60 percent of Britons under 25 years old, and 49 percent of those ages 25 to 34, would use debit or credit cards more often than cash if the cards were RFID-enabled.

Hong Kong Shoppers Use RFID-enabled Mirror to See What They Want Mi-Tu, a high-end retailer, has installed RFID-enabled mirrors, catalogs and security systems designed to improve the shopping experience and boost sales.

Aggressive Sales Growth Predicted for Passive Tags in North America Frost & Sullivan expects a compound annual growth rate of 21.5 percent during the next six years, spurred in part by increased adoption in Canada.

Chemical Industry Explores ROI for RFID The trade group Chemical Industry Data Exchange has teamed up with EPCglobal to develop an RFID business model and foster RFID standards that benefit chemical manufacturers.

IBM Adds E-Pedigree Features to WebSphere RFIDIC Drug distributor AmerisourceBergen says it plans to test the software's electronic-pedigree capabilities as part of its current RFID pilot.

RFID Research Center to Demonstrate EPC Technologies and Applications at EPC Connection 2007 EPCglobal North America and RFID Journal announced today that the University of Arkansas' RFID Research Center will conduct live demonstrations of EPC technology at the fourth annual EPC Connection conference and exhibition.

RFID to Track Rare Cheese in Spain The University of Dortmund is testing RFID's ability to authenticate and track cave-ripened blue cheese as it moves from production to stores.

RFID Keeps Cherries Fresh A project involving fresh-fruit producer Apo Conerpo and Nordiconad, an Italian retail cooperative, reveals how RFID can help track the storage temperatures of cherries moving through the cold chain.

Handleman Deploys RFID for Supply-Chain, Internal Benefits The entertainment CD and DVD distributor is tagging individual items to improve supply-chain tracking and replenishment.

Acsis, SupplyScape Team for E-Pedigrees Companies can use the combined solution to manage readers on a production line and seamlessly transmit data to e-pedigree documents.