The controversial radio frequency identification (RFID) tags have attracted attention from privacy groups such as the Consumers Against Supermarket Invasion and Numbering (Caspian), who are worried firms will continue to track RFID products even...
Radio frequency identification (RFID) has generated interest among retailers and consumer goods companies as a method to track inventory more effectively. IBM expanded its presence in the market for radio frequency identification on Monday with...
The way it works is that RFID tags, which contain a special radio frequency-emitting microchip, are attached to each carton or box of goods. The company has added radio frequency identification technology, which combines silicon chips and radio...
He suggested that use of the technology, known as radio frequency identification (RFID), may need to be regulated at the federal level. For now, Wal-Mart, Procter & Gamble and other early adopters of the technology are using RFID to monitor...
Metro Group, the German retail chain pushing for adoption of radio frequency identification technology, has opened its RFID test centre. Last year, the retail firm announced an RFID mandate requiring its top 100 suppliers to begin attaching the...
Consumer privacy advocates have launched a worldwide plan to boycott Tesco stores due to concerns over the retailer's increasing use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Tesco is aiming to complete the first phase of its radio...