American Apparel Adopting RFID at Every Store
After several years of trialing item-level EPC Gen 2 passive tags and readers at select locations, the clothing company is now installing the technology at all of its retail operations worldwide.Goodpack to RFID-enable 2.6 Million Bulk Containers
The Singapore-based container company is using EPC tags and readers to track the locations and conditions of its reusable steel IBCs at its depots, and at its customers' facilities, worldwide.- RFID Brings Italian History to Life
- Phish Foundation Saves Labor at Concerts
- RFID News Roundup
- RFID to Improve Management of Corporate Artwork
- T-Systems, Intel Test RFID to Track Servers at Model Data Center
- GS1 US Offers "EPC Item-Level Readiness Program" Aimed at Retailers, Suppliers
- California Stores Pilot NFC System Providing Electronic Receipts
- RTLS to Increase Patient Visibility Within Tallahassee Memorial's Surgical Suite
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- Getting Ahead of the RFID Market
- Enterprise Deployments Gain Momentum
- Apparel Retailers Get RFID
- Think Strategically, But Act Tactically
- The Year That Was
- End Users Want an iPod
- Who Lost the RFID Industry?
- End Users—Not Vendors—Can Best Sell RFID
- For Retailers, the Times, They Are a-Changin'
More Editor's Notes
- Demystifying the "Low Memory" of Aviation's Low-Memory Tags
- A New Approach to Pharmaceutical E-Pedigrees
- Identifying Items
- Why RFID Is Poised for Growth in India
- Toward a Zero-Injury Workplace
- How RFID Can Sharpen Your Business Intelligence
- RFID Earns a Second Chance
- Is the Market Suffering From 'RFID Weariness'?
- The Seeds of Innovation
- RFID Research Supports Real-World Experimentation
More Expert Views
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RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 to Feature Two Co-Located Events
Published February 8, 2012
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Ensuring RFID's Bottom-Line Payoff
Published February 2012SATO America's Robert Lanzendorf and Michael Beedles discuss why understanding the impact of data collection and tracking, as well as data integration, is essential to RFID optimization. (3 pages)
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Basics in RFID
Published January 2012SATO America describes the basic components of a radio frequency identification system, and explores the technology, applications and competitive advantages of RFID technology, as well as its uses for automatic identification and data collection (AIDC). (8 pages)
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Item-Level RFID: A Competitive Differentiator
Published January 2012Accenture's Mike Gorshe, Mary Rollman and Russ Beverly, in cooperation with the VICS Item Level RFID Initiative, discuss why item-level radio frequency identification is setting many companies in the retail supply chain apart from their competition. Chain-wide rollouts by a number of North America's largest clothing retailers, the authors indicate, are a clear sign that this technology will soon be broadly adopted by the industry. (12 pages)
