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H&M Checkout Transformation with Chainway SR160 RFID Scanner

H&M Checkout Transformation with Chainway SR160 RFID Scanner

Chainway says H&M cut checkout time by up to 80 per cent by replacing two counter scanners with one SR160, a handheld that reads UHF RFID tags and printed barcodes…

Counterfeit Napoli shirts pass the same NFC authenticity check as the real ones

Counterfeit Napoli shirts pass the same NFC authenticity check as the real ones

Counterfeit SSC Napoli centenary shirts made in Hong Kong now clone the NFC chip in the Authentic patch and return the club's own congratulatory message. A working authentication chip adds…

Vietnam’s Bình Điền Gives Every Fertiliser Bag a Digital ID with RFID and QR Codes

Vietnam’s Bình Điền Gives Every Fertiliser Bag a Digital ID with RFID and QR Codes

Bình Điền Fertilizer JSC started trialling bag level RFID and QR code identification at its Long An plant in Vietnam on 17 September 2026, with full rollout due in early…

Faulty RFID tag batch stops Gran Canaria airport taxi scheme after 800 fittings

Faulty RFID tag batch stops Gran Canaria airport taxi scheme after 800 fittings

Around 800 of a planned 1,000 Gran Canaria taxis had already been fitted with RFID tags for airport access when the batch was found to be faulty on 14 September…

Kernel runs 30 Ukrainian grain elevators paperless with NFC cards and unmanned weighing

Kernel runs 30 Ukrainian grain elevators paperless with NFC cards and unmanned weighing

Kernel runs around 30 grain elevators in Ukraine holding 2.2 million tonnes, and says a lorry now passes through one of them without a single paper document. NFC cards carry…

SBI Traceability’s SHIMENAWA NFC Platform First Adopted for Art Value Transmission and Sharing

SBI Traceability’s SHIMENAWA NFC Platform First Adopted for Art Value Transmission and Sharing

A Ginza gallery gave every caption panel an NFC tag in September 2026, so visitors could tap for the painter's own account of each work. It is the first time…

RFID in Aviation: Why Every Airline is Tagging Bags and Parts

RFID in Aviation: Why Every Airline is Tagging Bags and Parts

Delta hit 99.9 per cent bag tracking accuracy after embedding RAIN RFID in its tags, and IATA now estimates 60 per cent of global baggage is tracked with the technology.…

How RFID Anti-Collision Works: Reading Hundreds of Tags at Once

How RFID Anti-Collision Works: Reading Hundreds of Tags at Once

Hundreds of tags all wake and respond at once when a reader energises its field, and every reply collides. Anti-collision protocols, from Slotted Aloha to EPC Gen2's adaptive Q-algorithm, are…

Can someone skim your card by standing next to you?

Can someone skim your card by standing next to you?

The crowded train fear, tested against physics and the UK fraud figures. Why near field signals collapse with distance, what a thief would actually get, why relay attacks work but…

lululemon’s Wuhan Logistics Centre Opens with Automation and End-to-End RFID for Footwear and Apparel Supply Chain

lululemon’s Wuhan Logistics Centre Opens with Automation and End-to-End RFID for Footwear and Apparel Supply Chain

lululemon opened its third Chinese distribution hub in Wuhan on 16 September 2026, built with SF Express. RFID tunnel readers capture every item at goods-in, so inbound needs no manual…