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…
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…
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…
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…
Testing and Validation: How to Prove Your RFID System Works
You have installed your RFID system, tagged your assets, and connected your software. But how do you actually know it works? Without a structured testing and validation process, you are…
PulpaTronics co-founder Chloe So wins Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award
Chloe So, co-founder and chief executive of PulpaTronics, has been named a winner in Innovate UK’s 2026 Women in Innovation Awards, handing one of the UK’s more interesting sustainable RFID…
RFID in Retail Inventory Management: The Accuracy Revolution
For decades, retailers have lived with a dirty secret: their inventory records are wrong. Traditional barcode-based systems typically deliver inventory accuracy of just 65-75%, meaning that for every ten items…
Chainway MC80 an Android 16 handheld with processor-integrated UHF RFID
Chainway has announced the MC80, a 5G enterprise handheld that the company bills as one of the first Android 16 terminals to run on Qualcomm’s Dragonwing Q-6690 processor. The Shenzhen…
Zebra Technologies Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results
Zebra Technologies, one of the world’s leading RFID hardware manufacturers and enterprise technology providers, has posted record financial results for the second quarter of 2026, signaling strong and sustained demand…
RFID’s Recovery Quarter: What the Q2 2026 Earnings Reveal About an Industry Finding Its Feet
For the better part of eighteen months, the RFID industry has been nursing a hangover. After 2024 delivered a record 52.8 billion RAIN UHF tag chips shipped globally, 2025 landed…
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