RFID Adoption Headwinds
Retailers that understand three basic issues can sail through their RFID pilots.
Do Tag Costs Matter?
RFID Journal’s Apparel Retail ROI Calculator can help companies discover how RFID can deliver huge benefits.
Will Sporting Goods Be Next?
This sector seems poised to be the next real industry to adopt RFID.
Tracking Slugs to Reduce Pesticide Use
The U.K.’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board is funding research into how best to control gastropod mollusks using passive low-frequency RFID tags.
Signs RFID Is Nearing a Tipping Point in Apparel Retail
A number of leading indicators suggest the sector is poised to adopt radio frequency technology en masse within the next few years.
Precisely Monitoring Livestock—and More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding research to track animals, but the work could have broader implications.
Solutions for Manufacturing and Utilities
Ubisense’s AngleID is a standalone solution that provides a cost-effective way for manufacturers to locate assets in factories and yards; STMicroelectronics’ NFC RFID tags enable manufacturers and utilities to easily communicate with electric, gas and water meters.
Health-Care Labs Get Healthier
Targeted solutions for monitoring specimens and tracking assets, and innovative research, promise to make RFID a standard tool in laboratories.
End Users Speak Out
What will it take to make RFID a mainstream technology? We asked the people who are using it—or are considering doing so—in their distribution centers, factories, stores, supply chains and other locations.
Qualcomm Buys NXP
The transaction, scheduled to close at the end of 2017, could make Qualcomm a leader in RFID chip sales for IoT, cellular, automotive, transportation, payments and other applications.