RFID Brings Legislation in US, Protest in Europe
This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 1, 2004—Wal-Mart has pressed the RFID issue most in the United States, with requirements for suppliers to begin tracking inventory more effectively. Metro One has been among the leading retailers testing RFID...Target issues RFID mandate
This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 1, 2004—US retailer Target has confirmed that it will expect its top “supplier partners” to apply radio frequency identification tags to all pallets and cases they ship to unspecified...German chain kills RFID plan
This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 1, 2004—German retail giant Metro Group will stop putting “smart tag” chips inside customer loyalty cards, a practice that sparked protests by privacy advocates who say the cards could allow stores...Germans Protest Radio-ID Plans
This article was originally published by RFID Update.February 28, 2004—Activists in Germany on Saturday will protest the use of radio-frequency IDs and various plans by businesses to track consumers. Their efforts already forced one of the largest retailers in Europe...
House of Fraser Tags Its Garments
Supply chain manager Exel will run a yearlong trial that uses combined EAS/RFID tags to track Fraser’s womenswear from factory to point of sale.
Target issues RFID mandate
This article was originally published by RFID Update.February 27, 2004—The top suppliers of consumer goods may have to start opening their wallets a lot wider to accommodate the mandates retailers are asking them to meet with respect to RFID tags.Read the article at...RSA introduces RFID blocker technology
This article was originally published by RFID Update.February 27, 2004—RSA Security has demonstrated a prototype of the RSA Blocker Tag technology at its data security conference in San Francisco.Read the article at ComputerWeekly.com
RFID Speeds Up Bogotá
By placing Identec tags on 23,000 busses, the Colombian city removes a major cause of traffic jams.