Business and IT executives from Wal-Mart, Target Stores, HP, and Kimberly Clark are set to discuss the issues surrounding RFID with their suppliers during one of the three opening sessions at the ‘Retail Systems 2004/VICS Collaborative Commerce’ conference in a panel entitled ‘EPC Here and Now: A Fireside Chat about RFID’ on Tuesday May 18th, […]

UPM Rafsec will supply RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) label transponders to the South Korean pharmaceutical company, Unimed Pharm Co., Ltd, for the tagging of individual packages of over-the-counter drugs. The agreement consists of the delivery of 100,000 RFID labels during 2004. Unimed Pharm will use the RFID labels in an effort to identify original drugs […]

Reader Infrastructure Investments Today Not Obsolete with Future Standards DALLAS, TX (April 21, 2004) – With the development of radio frequency identification (RFID) 13.56 MHz standards, end users for smart label, payment, transit, access control, logical access and other proximity communication applications expect that their RFID infrastructure be fully interoperable, allowing them to use tags […]

RFID: Radio Frequency Blog “Conceptually, empowering consumers with their own handheld readers counterbalance some privacy concerns related to RFID. Presumably consumers could use the reader to detect tags present and act accordingly. Practically, the Nokia handset technology and NFC don’t really factor into this equation. NFC uses VHF RFID operating at 13.56 mHz based on […]

Consumer product manufacturers (CPG) and retailers that want to navigate the expected four-year transition period as the industry adopts RFID tags should focus on key areas including data synchronisation, and finding uses that deliver meaningful benefits to consumers, according to a new report from management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. A.T. Kearney’s report aims to help […]

MORGAN HILL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 15, 2004–Alien Technology Corporation, a leading provider of reliable, high-volume Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products, announced today it has entered into an agreement with EPC Solutions International Inc. to provide EPC Class 1 RFID products and training to the Chinese market. “The demand for RFID solutions is becoming critical for Chinese […]

DALLAS, March 8 /PRNewswire/ – In its recently launched RFID Future Lab, Wincor Nixdorf is demonstrating how radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can improve the management of goods within the retail supply chain, while also improving customer service by personalizing the shopping experience and streamlining the payment process. Working with Texas Instruments RFid Systems, a […]

The German retailer, Metro Group, has abandoned the RFID tags in its Future Store’s loyalty cards, following consumer concerns over personal privacy issues. The company has now issued a ‘position statement’ explaining that RFID will continue as planned, with the exception of its now bar-coded loyalty card. According to media reports, Metro is the latest […]

Retail and consumer products companies must continue to drive implementation of RFID data standards, item registry, and data synchronisation if they are to take advantage of collaborative technologies such as EPC, according to an action plan commissioned by a collaboration of RFID industry players. The action plan, entitled ‘Connect the Dots: Harnessing Collaborative Technologies to […]

RFID leader supporting development of EPC UHF Gen2 standard DALLAS, TX (February 24, 2004) – Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification (TI-RFid™) Systems, a worldwide leader of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, today announced it is has joined the Hardware Action Group (HAG) of EPCglobal, Inc., the technical action group responsible for developing RFID technology standards. […]