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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.

ADT Announces iREAD Network Antenna System The company says iREAD improves on current smart shelf designs by making shelf-mounted reader systems even smarter. German retailer Karstadt is testing the system.

Crystal Group Uses RFID Tags to Track Garment Production The Hong Kong knitwear company has installed RFID interrogators at 8,000 sewing stations in three of its plants, so that it can record the number of garments made by each worker.

RFID-enabled Phones Help London Commuters Make Connections Using cell phones equipped with Near Field Communication technology and a special application, commuters are evaluating a system for getting quick, personalized directions.