Interview: Nanna Ingemann Dalsgaard on Digital Product Passports and the Data Behind Them
SML Group VP Nanna Ingemann Dalsgaard on what item-level RFID does and does not solve for DPP, where the margin actually sits, who owns the accuracy of a passport, and…
Interview: Lesley Suen on RFID at Scale and Identity at Source
SML connects more than 20 billion products for over 600 brands. Lesley Suen on what only breaks at that volume, embedding a tag that survives a garment, and whether a…
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…
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…
Avery Dennison and Scouting America put NFC inside 2026 Jamboree patches
Two tap-enabled patches appeared at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in July 2026: one drove a site-wide check-in game, the other opened a video keepsake. Avery Dennison supplied the tags. Here…
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…
Avery Dennison Posts Strong Q2 2026 as RFID Expansion Accelerates Across Retail and Grocery
Avery Dennison has reported a strong second quarter for 2026, posting adjusted earnings per share of $2.89, a 19% jump over the prior year, as the materials science and digital…
Case Study: Marks & Spencer – Navigating RFID’s Technical Challenges
When Marks & Spencer first began experimenting with RFID technology back in 2003, few could have predicted the journey that lay ahead. Nearly two decades of trial, error, and persistence…
SML RFID Launches GB25U8 Inlay, the First GS1 Spec H Inlay
SML has announced the launch of the GB25U8, a new UHF RFID inlay that it says is the industry’s first product certified to GS1 Tag Performance Specification H. The release…
SML’s InfuseRFID Wins 2026 SEAL Sustainable Product Award
SML Group’s InfuseRFID embedded RFID technology has been recognised with the 2026 SEAL Sustainable Product Award, a notable achievement that validates the growing role of embedded UHF RFID in sustainable…
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