What Does Walmart Track Via RFID?

Published: September 18, 2012

Please provide some examples of the types of products being monitored.

—Name withheld

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In July 2010, Walmart announced that it was re-launching its RFID efforts, and that it would focus on tracking individual items using complex stock-keeping units (SKUs). The first products that it said it would start with were men’s jeans and basics (see Wal-Mart Relaunches EPC RFID Effort, Starting With Men’s Jeans and Basics). Since then, I have heard that the retailer has expanded into other areas as well, including some automotive parts, but the company has made no official announcements about such an expansion.

—Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal