Chase Offers Contactless Cards in a Blink
The global financial services firm will issue MasterCard and Visa credit cards embedded with RFID tags to enable a contactless payment service called blink.
Report: Smart Cards Lead RFID Tag Consumption
New conclusions from research firm IDTechEx suggest that the market for RFID may currently be very different than what is assumed by many in the industry: tagging of cases and pallets for supply chain visibility remains a surprisingly small contributor to the overall consumption of RFID tags.
The Importance of Industry Parallels
Leverage insights and innovation from other industries to shape your strategy.
The Price of EPC Gen 2
The protocol has great features, but will it delay widespread adoption of RFID?
Lab Test Exposes EPC Tag Performance
A new report by the RFID Alliance Lab shows that there are significant differences in how tags of the same make and model perform.
Pacific Cycle Integrates RFID Data
The nation’s largest bicycle manufacturer is moving its RFID deployment from the slap-and-ship stage to one that links RFID with its enterprise applications.
Ballantine Produce Co. Deploys RFID
To gain a competitive advantage, one of the largest U.S. fruit suppliers has begun tagging nectarines it ships to Wal-Mart.
Shopping Cart Tracking Study Highlights RFID Potential
New research from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania uses data collected from a grocery store where shopping carts were equipped with RFID tags and tracked throughout the store’s aisles. Called “An Exploratory Look at Supermarket Shopping Paths,” the paper offers enlightening conclusions about shopping patterns, some of which fly in the face of conventional wisdom.
RFID News Roundup
A.T. Kearney studies drivers for smart container adoption; Swiss tag manufacturer cutting jobs, closing plants; Kennedy Group introduces 10 RFID starter kits; Catalyst International partners with ConnecTerra; Frost & Sullivan notes RFID opportunities for Europe’s mobile carriers; Alien certifies Weber to convert smart labels.
California RFID Bill Wins Another Victory
Yesterday marked an important victory for “SB 862,” the California state bill that would render illegal the embedding of RFID tags in state-issued identification documents like driver’s licenses and state employee cards. The California State Senate approved SB 862 in a decisive, bipartisan 29-7 vote.