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Throttleman Adopts Item-Level Tagging
The Portuguese fashion retailer has its manufacturer apply RFID tags to every item it sells, automating the shipment and receiving processes.
RFID Helps Cordes & Simon Document Shipments
The German logistics provider is using a system that integrates bar codes, video surveillance and RFID to track the locations and movements of packages within its warehouse.
RFID News Roundup
Confidex intros new RFID tags for automotive industry; Reva Systems announces upgrades; IPICO inks Chinese electronic toll contract; BJ’s, Barclays team up on RFID-enabled credit card; University of Maryland offers free RFID assessments.
METRO to Penalize RFID Non-compliance
Earlier this summer METRO Group announced that it will take its existing RFID pilot activity into full-scale deployment, and that it will expect 650 of its top suppliers to begin shipping RFID-tagged product by early next year. In contrast to other major deployments, METRO will impose a penalty on suppliers for each untagged pallet.
New Balance Stepping Up Its Use of RFID
With its first RFID deployment complete, the maker of athletic shoes and clothing is testing whether the technology can improve operations inside New Balance retail outlet stores.
Metal-Powder Factory Adopts IRID
To help it track production, a Swedish maker of metal powders switched from RFID to an infrared auto-ID system.
RFID at the Height of Fashion With Clothing, Shoe Companies
At the RFID Journal—AAFA Apparel & Footwear Summit, industry executives extolled RFID’s benefits across all segments of the sector.
New RFID Module Aimed at Growing OEM Opportunity
RFID reader module manufacturer SkyeTek announced new professional services to help OEMs design and integrate RFID readers into their products, and a new high-security 13.56 MHz reader module that can be optimized for product authentication, cashless payment or access control applications.
Dillard’s Gears Up for Item-Level Pilot
The retailer is working with a jeans manufacturer that will apply tags to individual garments and ship them to a store in Dallas.
Kids Clothes Firm Outgrows HF, Puts on Gen2 RFID
RFID infrastructure provider Reva Systems has announced that children’s fashion apparel manufacturer Lemmi Fashion of Germany is converting its existing intercontinental RFID deployment from high frequency (HF) to ultrahigh frequency (UHF) technology, and using Reva’s solution to unify and manage it.
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.