Six years of RFID tags now carry C&A’s whole store format
C&A Brasil tagged its first store in June 2020 and reached 100 RFID stores by September 2021. The Energia format it began rolling out in 2025 puts self-checkout, in-store product…
How to Run a Successful RFID Proof of Value (Not Just a Proof of Concept)
Pilots that prove readers work but never quantify the labour saved are why so many RFID projects stall after the trial. A proof of value tests the technology inside a…
Interview: Aileen Ryan on the 2025 correction, grocery, and RAIN-enabled smartphones
RAIN chip shipments fell from 52.8 billion in 2024 to 42.7 billion in 2025. RAIN Alliance CEO Aileen Ryan calls it a blip against four years of roughly 50% growth,…
Islamic Civilization Center, Tashkent: 200,000-tag RFID library build with Bibliotheca and SmartLibrary
A library fit-out at the Islamic Civilization Center in Tashkent has put 200,000 RFID tags into one collection. Bibliotheca and its Central Asian partner SmartLibrary supplied self-service kiosks, security gates,…
Automation cuts stocktaking from 14 days to 30 minutes for Grupo Asia Shipping
A warehouse stocktake that once took up to 14 days at Grupo Asia Shipping in Brazil now finishes in about 30 minutes. Cargo checking has dropped from two hours to…
Suntory cuts spare parts stocktaking from 57 hours to 2 with SATO RFID
Tagging about 24,000 equipment spare parts with RFID took a stocktake at Suntory's Kita Alps natural water plant from 20 people and 57 hours to one person and two hours.…
Barcelona trials NFC wristbands and keyrings as discreet alarm triggers at La Mercè 2026
Barcelona is handing out 1,500 NFC wristbands and 1,500 NFC keyrings at La Mercè 2026, letting someone tap their own phone to raise a discreet alarm routed to a coordinator…
The NFC Forum shortlisted ten finalists for 2026 Innovation Awards
The NFC Forum's 2026 Innovation Awards shortlist has no payment or ticketing product on it. The ten finalists cover a battery-free industrial lockout device powered by the reader field, a…
Case Study: Cooperatie Hoogstraten – RFID Tracking Strawberries Field to Shelf
More than 1,000 growers and 45,000 tonnes of strawberries a year run through Cooperatie Hoogstraten, and every reusable crate now carries a RAIN RFID inlay. The Belgian cooperative can trace…
Roma Digital Revolution at the Olimpico as NFC Debuts for Stadium Access
AS Roma has put entry to the Stadio Olimpico on the phone, with NFC tickets in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet plus a rotating QR code in its Il Mio…
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