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Item-level tagging of Nokia mobile phones and accessories results in cost savings of 25% UPM Raflatac is supplying UHF EPC Gen2 tags to Future Communications Company (FCC) based in the State of Kuwait. FCC is the main distributor of Nokia phones and accessories in Kuwait and runs more than 30 retail stores. The company is [...]
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Are RFID tags leading to a surveillance culture?
Radio frequency identification chips are already widely used in supermarkets and shops for the purpose of stock control, but some people fear their use could be widened to monitor the habits and behaviour of ordinary citizens. At the moment, these tags, which are little bigger than a grain of sand, are embedded into pints of [...]
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Checkpoint Systems Supports METRO Group’s ”Tag It Easy!”
Checkpoint Systems, Inc, a global leader in shrink management, merchandise visibility, and apparel labeling solutions, today announced the expansion of METRO Group’s RFID “Tag It Easy!” program. This third phase of the program will involve more than 75 Chinese and Indian consumer goods suppliers, in addition to the 100 manufacturers already in the program from [...]
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Polaris Retail launches Smart Store for SMEs
Polaris Retail Infotech Ltd. (PRIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Polaris Software Lab Limited, has announced the launch of Smart Store, a retail software product for small retail businesses. Smart Store is the first packaged retail software for the small retail segment.Smart Store will help retailers to automate vendor, purchase and stock management functions, maintain [...]
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Murata’s ultra-thin RFID modules
Murata has increased the applicability of its tiny RFID modules by significantly reducing the thickness, making the Magicstrap range suitable for paper label inlays for mainstream retail applications. The Japanese group has managed to embed all the necessary RF circuitry, including antenna filters, matching circuitry and ESD protection within the LTCC substrate using its multi-layer [...]
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Shopping in 1999
Clip from the 1967 film 1999 A.D. in which we see the family of the future shopping, paying bills, and using electronic mail from home.
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Smart Handheld System for Independent Retailers
McLane, a leading supply chain services company, today announced early testing for a ‘smart handheld’ system tailored for use by independent grocery and convenience store retailers. This in-store ordering solution, called Smart Handheld for Independents (SHHi), gives small chains the same capabilities to manage their physical inventories and order placements that large chain operations have [...]
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Navy Smart Store animation
Animation/simulation of automated shipboard distribution and storage for the US Navy.
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Smart label company acquired
Nashua, whose Label Products Division is a leading converter and supplier of RFID smart labels, was acquired by Cenveo in a $44 million deal that was announced this morning. Cenveo is a $2 billion graphics communications company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Source: marketwire.com
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