Walmart Ends Decade-Long NFC Resistance with Apple Pay and Google Pay Now Accepted
Walmart begins accepting Apple Pay, Google Pay and contactless cards at select US stores and Sam's Club locations on 24 August 2026, with every US store covered by year end…
Case Study: Southern Fried Cotton – 98% Reduction in Chargebacks with RFID
A two-second portal read at the packing station cut chargebacks by 98 per cent for Southern Fried Cotton, a small apparel brand with no dedicated IT department. Item-level EPC encoding…
RFID for Loss Prevention: Beyond the Traditional Security Tag
Traditional EAS tags either trigger an alarm or they do not, and generate no data either way. Serialised UHF RFID tracks every item from the back door to the exit,…
Avery Dennison ships the first UCODE X inlays – eight months from chip launch to a globally tuned inlay
Eight months after NXP launched UCODE X, Avery Dennison has shipped ARC certified inlays built on it. The AD Miniweb Global UCODE X packs a 42 by 16 mm antenna…
Keonn and Impinj Cut Store Inventory Times Sevenfold with Gen2X Overhead RFID
Keonn's upgraded AdvanTrack-600 overhead readers, built on Impinj's E710 chip with Gen2X, cut back-of-store inventory time from nearly an hour to under eight minutes in a 9,000-item store test. We…
RFID and Returns Management: Turning a Cost Centre Into Insight
A returned item can be back on a pick list within hours rather than sitting in a queue for days when fixed readers automate returns intake. Serialised UHF tags also…
Avery Dennison supply the NFC tag in Willem II’s 130th-anniversary jersey
Eredivisie side Willem II has put an NFC tag in every jersey for its 130th anniversary season, tapping fans straight into its new Tricolores+ platform. Avery Dennison supplied it, though…
Decathlon AND Primark confirmed as speakers at RAIN in Action Madrid conference
Decathlon and Primark will both go on record about their own RAIN RFID deployments at the RAIN in Action 2026 Retail Track in Madrid on 30 September. Tristan Finet and…
The Total Cost of NOT Implementing RFID
Barcode-only operations run at 65 to 75 per cent inventory accuracy, while RFID sites routinely sit above 95 per cent. That gap is stock you cannot sell, labour you keep…
Bluebird launches world’s first enterprise-grade RFID Enabled handheld computer with AMOLED display
Bluebird, the enterprise mobility business of TSC Auto ID, has launched the X40, a rugged RFID handheld computer that the company says is the first enterprise-grade device to ship with…
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