Category Archives: Thinking Forward
RFID: Setting Fashion on a “Fast Forward” Trajectory
Truecount CEO Zander Livingston, a panelist at MIT Enterprise Forum’s “RFID Gets Fashion Forward” event, gives his views on where RFID is now, and where it might be headed regarding applications, deployments and expanded tagging. Continue reading
Waiting to Deploy RFID? The Time is Now.
Lower tag prices and higher levels of tag performance are converging to make the ROI in RFID faster and easier to achieve than ever before. Now is the unprecedented “right time” for retailers of every size to deploy RFID pilots or expand RFID throughout their locations. Continue reading
NRF Show Retrospective: The Maturing of RFID for Retail
Interest in RFID at its highest point ever during 2013 NRF Big Show in NYC. Retailers now see clearly the business case for including RFID in their technology “tool kits” as a way to maximize efficiencies of existing technology systems, including POS, WMS and ERP. Continue reading
In Time for Holiday Fraud-busting: High-Powered, Circumvention Resistant RFID Tag
With the holiday shopping period a “make or break” time for retailers, accounting for up to 40 percent of yearly sales volume and 25 percent of annual retail profits and an acceleration in retail crime during this period, Truecount’s new CRRFID Tag provides retailers with a sophisticated, powerful tool for fighting theft and fraud. Continue reading
Will 2012 Be a Watershed Year for RFID in Retail?
As we enter 2012, the RFID industry has reached an excellent growth point. As evidenced by retailers like Wal-Mart, Macy’s, J.C. Penny’s and others, RFID is an important game-changer. Continue reading
'Tis the Season for Holiday Shop…….. Lifting
With retail theft at its highest point in five years, RFID is proving to be a powerful weapon for retailers battling this costly retail crime. Continue reading
12 Reasons To "Give Thanks" for RFID This Holiday Season
With the retail industry about to enter the busiest, and most defining sales months of the year, there are ample reasons to give thanks for RFID. Continue reading
The Next Big Transformation for the Global Supply Chain—RFID
Accelerated RFID retail deployments are pushing RFID tagging further up the supply chain, to the manufacturing source. Everyone in the supply chain can begin capturing as much ROI and as many advantages as possible from the start. As this happens, the power of RFID technology becomes too compelling for anyone in the supply chain to ignore. Continue reading
Macy’s Expanding RFID Tagging in a Really Big Way, But Item-Level RFID Isn’t Just for Macy’s and the “Big Chains” Anymore
Now is the time for small to mid-sized retailers to begin planning RFID pilots to stay competitive and to meet consumer demands. RFID isn’t just for the “big stores” anymore. Continue reading
Key Factors for a Successful Item-level RFID Pilot
To ensure your RFID pilot delivers on its promises, here are five factors that in our experience have proven to be essential for success.
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