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Case Study: How Decathlon Tags 600 Million Products a Year with RFID

Case Study: How Decathlon Tags 600 Million Products a Year with RFID

When Decathlon first began experimenting with RFID back in 2008, the French sporting goods giant had a straightforward problem. Products were going missing, stocktakes were painfully slow, and customers were…

Texas Children’s Hospital pharmacy saves $14 million with RFID medication tracking

Texas Children’s Hospital pharmacy saves $14 million with RFID medication tracking

Texas Children’s Hospital, one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the world, has saved $14 million on clotting factor medications in a single year after deploying a comprehensive RFID-based medication…

BASF and Avery Dennison collaborate to launch BASF acrylates based on renewable electricity to be used in RFID inlay tags

BASF and Avery Dennison collaborate to launch BASF acrylates based on renewable electricity to be used in RFID inlay tags

BASF and Avery Dennison have announced a collaboration to bring renewable electricity-based acrylates to market, with significant implications for the RFID industry. The new products, Butyl acrylate RE and 2-Ethylhexyl…

Checkpoint Systems Announces ItemOptix 2.0 with Enhanced Retail Intelligence Capabilities

Checkpoint Systems Announces ItemOptix 2.0 with Enhanced Retail Intelligence Capabilities

Checkpoint Systems has launched Version 2.0 of ItemOptix, its RFID-powered retail intelligence platform, marking a significant step forward from basic inventory visibility toward actionable business insights across the entire retail…

Schreiner ProTech Presents Expanded NXP UCODE 9 RFID Labelling Portfolio at LogiMAT 2026

Schreiner ProTech Presents Expanded NXP UCODE 9 RFID Labelling Portfolio at LogiMAT 2026

Schreiner ProTech showcased its expanded portfolio of RFID labelling solutions built around the next-generation NXP UCODE 9 chip family at LogiMAT 2026, held March 24 to 26 in Stuttgart, Germany.…

CHEC Achieves Real-Time Stock Visibility With RFID, Returning 290+ Clinical Hours to Patient Care

CHEC Achieves Real-Time Stock Visibility With RFID, Returning 290+ Clinical Hours to Patient Care

CHEC, a leading NHS partner operating more than 35 hospitals across the UK, has transformed its inventory management with a comprehensive RFID deployment that has slashed monthly stock counting from…

RAIN Alliance Elects Five Industry Leaders to Board of Directors

RAIN Alliance Elects Five Industry Leaders to Board of Directors

The RAIN Alliance has announced the election of five new members to its Board of Directors, each bringing deep expertise from across the UHF RFID value chain. The newly elected…

What is RFID and How Does It Work? A Technical Deep Dive

What is RFID and How Does It Work? A Technical Deep Dive

Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is one of those technologies that most people interact with daily without giving it a second thought. Tapping a contactless bank card, scanning an access…

Party Fiesta Enters Retail 4.0 with Full RFID Ecosystem at Barcelona Flagship

Party Fiesta Enters Retail 4.0 with Full RFID Ecosystem at Barcelona Flagship

Party Fiesta, Europe’s largest party and fancy dress retail chain, has taken a major step into what the industry is calling Retail 4.0 by deploying a full RFID ecosystem at…

Amazons Enhanced RFID lanes deploy in hours at events

Amazons Enhanced RFID lanes deploy in hours at events

Amazon has unveiled its next-generation portable RFID checkout lanes, engineered to deploy in hours rather than weeks. The updated Just Walk Out technology targets pop-up shops, festivals, sporting venues and…

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