Each month, RFID Journal receives numerous white paper submissions from outside experts. We read each paper carefully and select the most informative articles. Please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of facts or claims in these papers.
RFID Journal Fashion Retail ROI Calculator
Published August 2009
RFID can help apparel and footwear retailers reduce out-of-stocks, improve inventory management and boost sales, while cutting labor costs. This report explains the assumptions behind RFID Journal's Fashion Retail ROI Calculator, which debuted at RFID in Fashion 2009.
Santa Fe Optical Thwarts Theft With RFID
Published June 2009
The retailer, which offers designer eyeglass frames to its clients in Austin, Texas, is employing an RFID solution from Electronic Inventory Solutions and Avery Dennison to reduce theft within its store. The RFID system has also enabled the firm to decrease its inventory-taking time by 80 percent.
Real-World RFID in Retail
Published May 2008
Research from the Aberdeen Group explores how companies with current or planned RFID deployments are pursuing and achieving benefits, and how RFID-enabled vendors and their partners are helping apparel retailers achieve business goals with RFID.
Best Practices for RFID-Mandated Sam's Club Suppliers
Published April 2008
Zebra Technologies offers ten best practices to help companies meet Sam's Club's RFID mandate, using several examples of successful supplier implementations.
Improving Consumers’ Contactless Payment Experience
Published July 2007
Chris Cook, Konstantin Aslanidis and Helfried Vollbrecht of Texas Instruments explain how contactless cards can be a key technology in improving the consumer experience for retail transactions.
RFID Apparel Tracking and Inventory
Published March 2007
Monarch Products and Services evaluates several fixed and handheld RFID readers and inlays from various technical solution providers, for use in an item-level apparel setting.
EPC/RFID Data Sharing
Published February 2007
This METRO Group publication explains the concept and process of RFID data sharing, addressing how to use RFID data and for what purpose.
An Introduction to Radio Frequency Identification
Published December 2006
Written by Simon Holloway of Solidsoft, this white paper defines the opportunities offered by RFID technology for all organizations involved in the production, movement or sale of goods.
Contactless Commerce Enables a World Beyond Payment Cards
Published November 2006
Steve Turner, of Texas Instruments, discusses the growth of contactless transactions and the issues that must be resolved concerning manufacture and distribution before key fobs and other cashless-payment methods can be widely deployed.
Impact of RFID/EPC-based Information Visibility
Published November 2006
Infosys' Omer Farooque provides insight into the challenges and benefits an RFID implementation poses to retailers and CPG manufacturers.