Smartrac Hopes to Release Green RFID Tags Within a Year
The Dutch firm indicates the new passive tags will be almost completely biodegradable after use, to reduce waste, while being priced similarly to current tags.
MoLo Unveils Universal RFID-enabled Loyalty Card
The company envisions its system as a replacement for the multiple retailer loyalty cards and clipped coupons that consumers currently carry to realize savings.
Sandal Maker to Deploy RFID-enabled Displays in Stores
Sole, a company that makes high-performance sandals and footbeds, hopes that the use of EPC RFID tags will help retailers maintain optimal stock levels of high-demand products.
Alliance, Seeonic, UPM Raflatac Collaborate on Item-Level Retail Display
The RFID-enabled system uses EPC Gen 2 tags to allow retailers and product suppliers to track not only new promotional displays, but also the individual items they contain.
RFID Is TOP Priority for Store Loyalty Cards
Washington State retailer TOP Food & Drug issues RFID cards to help it provide customers with discounts, refunds, recall data and other personalized services.
Two Food Chains Trial RFID-based Electronic Shelf Labels
The Altierre system enables the retailers to automatically make price changes and product recall alerts on shelf labels throughout their stores.
Coca-Cola Bottle Maker Adds RFID to the Mix
Southeastern Container is leveraging an EPC Gen 2 RFID system to track thousands of bins packed with plastic tubes used to make soda bottles.
Finalists Unveiled for the Third Annual RFID Journal Awards
RFID Journal has announced the finalists for its four award categories: best RFID implementation, most innovative use of RFID, best use of RFID in a product or service and best in show. Winners will be revealed at RFID Journal LIVE!, to be held in Orlando on Apr. 27-29.
Walgreens, Revlon Affirm Value in Tagging Promotional Displays
The largest U.S. drugstore chain is using radio frequency identification to track product displays at nearly all of its 5,000 stores, boosting sales by as much as 400 percent.
Procter & Gamble Halts Tagging of Promotional Displays
The company has informed its contract manufacturers to stop tagging displays bound for Wal-Mart immediately.
