Tag ‘Em and Bag ‘Em

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. The tags contain electronically stored information that can be used to identify the object. Passive tags, such as those normally associated with retail, collect energy from a nearby RFID reader's interrogating radio waves. At a cost of less than $.10 per tag, this technology has been around for years.

What is truly remarkable is how few retailers actually use RFID to help streamline their operations. Part of the reason is in finding a practical use for the technology. Originally marketed in specialty retail as a means to perform inventory counts virtually instantaneously, practical limitations of the RFID reader technologies have made these benefits difficult to realize in the store environment. Read More...