Retail RFID: NRF Senior Vice President Mallory Duncan to Speak at FTC RFID ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... is being issued by the National Retail Federation: WHAT: A presentation unveiling consumers' attitudes toward Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) with a ...

RFID is an important technology that is rapidly developing into a critical resource. Companies globally are adopting RFID in a wide range of applications, including inventory tracking, supply chain management, and wireless payment. WalMart is meeting today in Bentonville with suppliers subject to its January 2005 RFID tagging mandate. On Wednesday, WalMart is meeting with the next tier of 200 suppliers expected to tag with RFID by January 2006. While WalMart Stores insists its focus for radio frequency identification technology remains squarely on pallet- and case-level tagging, that doesn't mean it's not dabbling in item-level testing.