JD Sports finishes Phase One RFID as McGrath sets sights on agentic commerce
Germany went live in September 2026, taking JD Sports to 1,000 stores directly launched on RFID in fourteen months. The harder number sits behind it: source tagging by brand partners…
RAIN In Action Madrid 2026 Starts
RAIN in Action 2026 opened in Madrid this morning, just as RAIN tag chip shipments fell to 42.7 billion in 2025 from a record 52.8 billion in 2024. RAIN Alliance…
Zebra adds Impinj Gen2X across its RFID range as six makers put RAIN into mobiles
Impinj and Zebra Technologies are announcing today that Zebra is adding Gen2X support across its entire RFID range: the MC33 family, TC22R, TC501 and TC701 handhelds, the RFD40 and RFD90…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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