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Checkpoint Systems Issues RFID Labels for Health, Beauty and Cosmetics

May 6, 2015

Checkpoint Systems Inc. has developed new Slim and Whisper radio frequency identification (RFID) labels for the health, beauty and cosmetics categories.

Janam Unveils Portable RFID Tag Reader for Rail

April 28, 2015

Janam Technologies LLC

Janam Technologies LLC, a seller of rugged mobile computers for scanning barcodes and communicating wirelessly, has launched its XM2-RFID for Rail device.

RFID Cap Tag Allows Better Inventory Tracking of Bottled Products

April 17, 2015

RFID Journal

Global branded packaging company r-pac International Corp. has commercially released an ultrahigh-frequency RFID cap tag for tracking inventory and authenticating bottled or foil-wrapped products. The tag was developed to take advantage of foil wrappers, as well as the fluid stored in a bottle, in order to extend the read range up to 15 feet or more. The product is said to be ideal for bottled spirits and wines.

Near Field Communication System Helps Luxury Sunglass Manufacturer with Returns Process

March 31, 2015

RFID Journal

Luxottica Group, a global luxury sunglass and eyeglass company, reports that it has improved quality, as well as the efficiency of its receiving, quality-inspection and subsequent re-stocking of returned products, by between 30 and 50 percent, by deploying a Near Field Communication RFID system. The solution employs an NFC dangle tag attached to each frame, and software that enables workers to view data about the item, and to update its status via NFC-enabled tablets.

RFID Makes Great Inroads Into Apparel, General Merchandise Verticals

March 24, 2015

GS1 US

The results of the 2014 GS1 US Standards Usage Survey show that apparel and general merchandise manufacturers and retailers are using item level electronic product code-enabled radio frequency identification to enhance inventory visibility and respond to consumer demands for omni-channel options.

Cosmetics Retailers Plans Beacon Rollout to Push Content to Consumers

March 20, 2015

RFID Journal

Cosmetics company Sephora is rolling out a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon solution to provide content related to a shopper's proximity when that customer uses Sephora's app on an Apple iPhone. The beacon system is slated to be rolled out to all of the company's stores following a pilot of the solution that began in the fall at two San Francisco-area sites. The retailer has not indicated the timeline for the installation rollout. The beacons and content-management software are being provided by Gimbal.

What's at Risk If My Business-critical Systems Are Compromised?

March 4, 2015

Manufacturing Technology

In 2014, organizations were caught off guard by the increase in advanced threats targeting vulnerabilities within business-critical applications running on SAP platforms. Everything from malware being loaded up on RFID devices and being inserted into the manufacturing process, to high-risk "denial of service" vulnerabilities are challenging organizations to re-think their current approach to protecting critical data.

German Clothing Retailer Uses RFID to Monitor Products Throughout Supply Chain

February 3, 2015

RFID Journal

German casual apparel company Marc O'Polo has adopted a radio frequency identification solution to track its products across the entire supply chain, from its distribution center to 86 of its stores throughout Europe. The company finished installing the system at all 87 sites by September 2014, and is now expanding the deployment to include the tagging of products by manufacturers, thereby enabling the retailer to track its merchandise from the point at which they are made.

New Performance Protocol Simplifies RFID Tag Buying and Selling

January 22, 2015

ChainLink Research

You'd be forgiven for missing the most important development in RFID, or for dozing off if you did spot it. But earlier this month, GS1 announced the Tagged Item Performance Protocol (TIPP), a new approach to testing tags that simplifies life for retailers, suppliers and tag vendors, and ensures that tags will really work in the field.

Could New Guidelines Lead to Greater Use of Tagged-item RFID Technology?

January 19, 2015

RFID Journal

Standards group GS1 US has released its Tagged-Item Performance Protocol (TIPP), a guideline that includes a scale for grading the performance of EPC ultrahigh-frequency RFID tags when used on specific products and in specific environments, as well standardizing the testing conducted to identify that grade.