Animation/simulation of automated shipboard distribution and storage for the US Navy.
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
Avery Dennison and Scanbuy, Inc. Introduce Mobile-Merchandising Solution a technology that uses 2D barcode technology to enable camera phones to function as in-store sales assistants.
The solution, which will be marketed by Avery Dennison through its worldwide network of service bureaus, ticketing centers and sales offices, connects the company’s line of retail labels with Scanbuy’s ScanLife(TM) Client application and ScanLife Code Management Platform to allow retailers to communicate with consumers while they shop.
“By combining technologies, Avery Dennison and Scanbuy will provide consumers with a completely interactive shopping experience that links millions of ticketed apparel items directly to mobile information,” says Johnathan Bulkeley, chief executive officer of Scanbuy. “This new solution will enable brand owners and retailers to stand apart in an increasingly competitive environment and more effectively cross-sell complimentary products and services.”
Source prnewswire.com
InSync Software,has announced it is licensing software from IBM. InSync will integrate the IBM software into its food safety and asset-management products. Under the licensing agreement, InSync Software will offer IBM’s InfoSphere Traceability Server software as part of its food safety solutions for customers worldwide. IBM’s software is compatible with EPCglobal’s Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) standard, and has passed the EPCglobal EPCIS Conformance Test.The software is designed to help companies share product data among partners in a supply chain, and includes enhanced reporting tools and alerting capabilities enabling companies to access and analyze data using browser-based reports. InSync Software’s products employ sensor technologies, including RFID, to locate and track assets and processes, report on an item’s location and its condition in real time, and automate time-consuming and error-prone manual processes. InSync indicates its agreement with IBM will enable it to offer its customers a standards-based food-traceability solution they can use with their trading partners.Source: rfidjournal.com
With advances in RFID and smart technologies, stores will become smart stores and customers will be smart shoppers. At the same time e-shopping will also make great strides and it begs the question as to whether one will ultimately prevail or will retail be a combination of the two?
One of the barriers for e-shopping today is the fact that most shop online using their computers which are physically tied to one or a few locations. The obvious solution to this is the smartphone which are advancing all the time and will mean one day that we can e-shop from anywhere, so long as we have a connection. For this to take place, phones in the future will need to be more like PCs, but without the bulk.
Watch the video below to see a new mobile technology from Japan that has the potential to replace the PC. The technology in this video could change our e-shopping and work habits because it packs the power of a PC into something you can carry around in your shirt pocket.
Nokia kicks off the 2009 Mobile World Congress in Bacelona with the announcement of the Ovi Store, an application store that blends media with social networking and location-based services, akin to Google’s Latitude application. Ovi already boasts partners such as Facebook, MySpace and game publisher Electronic Arts.
Nokia Executive Vice President Tero Ojanperä used a keynote address to do just that, with the announcement of Ovi, an application store that “learns” users’ preferences and uses location and social networking to personalize the experience. Nokia says Ovi will be accessible to about 50 million people immediately upon its launch in May.
Source: eweek.com