The reactive manual checks are becoming less popular and are being replaced by Smart Shelves: an RFID-based hardware and ...

NeWave Sensor Solutions, a five-year-old RFID firm based in Ohio, set out to tackle some of the limitations associated with item-level tagging for fast-moving consumer goods, such as razors, baby ...

Hospitals are using smart cabinets equipped with radio frequency identification technology to monitor medical supplies and pharmaceuticals, and factories and construction sites are setting up smart ...

The largest supermarket chain in Britain has ended a controversial field trial of a merchandise-tracking system that shoppers claimed violated their privacy. The Tesco chain stopped using a high-tech ...

A Wal-Mart representative this week told CNET News.com that the retail giant will not conduct a planned trial of a so-called smart-shelf system with partner Gillette that was scheduled to begin last ...

Radio-frequency ID has come a long way since the early 2000s. Now it’s helping IT leaders mine data in store environments and run forensic investigations on theft. There’s a dirty little secret in ...

It was a rough summer for radio frequency identification, the heir to the venerable bar code. In July, privacy advocates crowed when Wal-Mart and Gillette canceled a planned trial of “smart shelves,” ...

RHEINBERG, Germany -- Metro Group, Germany's largest retailer, last week opened a "Future Store" here where it is testing a range of retail technologies, including many based on radio frequency ...

Autumn is an associate editorial director and a contributor to BizTech Magazine. She covers trends and tech in retail, energy & utilities, financial services and nonprofit sectors. Smart shelves are ...

The advances in radio frequency identification -- or RFID -- technology have revolutionized the way many products are made and tagged -- even products as seemingly mundane as a product label. Through ...

A Wal-Mart representative this week told CNET News.com that the retail giant will not conduct a planned trial of a so-called smart-shelf system with partner Gillette that was scheduled to begin last ...