AT&T‘s recent rollout of its managed RFID services highlights industry’s growing focus on RFID and sensor-based networks (see AT&T Expands Its RFID, Sensor Service Offerings). RFID systems provide ...

What do you imagine when you think of the future of retail? Slick e-commerce websites, innovative in-store experiences, game-changing apps? In reality, the key to digital transformation may be ...

Every CEO wishes he or she had a crystal ball. Knowing the future would allow a company to prepare for it, rather than react belatedly to events and trends as they unfold. RFID Journal doesn’t have a ...

“RFID is not as far along as other technologies,” he says, “and these are the things that ultimately give corporations the opportunity to go in and fix problems.” In the industry magazine RFID Journal ...

Out-of-Stock products are the mute murderer of retailing in the hyper-competitive environment of the modern business. The reactive manual checks are becoming less popular and are being replaced by ...

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 ...

Walking past the stands at a tech conference, you will undoubtedly receive more than your fair share of freebies. Over time these handouts have become more and more high-tech. First, it was pens and ...

Some University of Washington students, faculty and staff are being tracked as they move about the computer-science building, with details of where they’ve been, and with whom, stored in a database.

Like many others, retail is currently in its most testing period, yet buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) is currently revolutionizing the modern-day retail experience. BOPIS is a hybrid shopping ...

Manila, Philippines — A person walks up to a kiosk in a retail store, stands in a designated space and a scanner “reads” all the items he has collected. He puts the items in a bag and leaves the store ...

With the advancement of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, it is important to consider the different applications and choose a solution that best fist your company’s needs. OpEd, ...