RETAILERS HAIL BENEFITS OF NEW LABEL TECHNOLOGIES
February 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
MAJOR clothing retailers are benefiting in significant ways from the new data collection and management options offered by new technology in labels, especially regarding radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.
US department store giant Macy's Inc is one example of a retailer already largely implementing RFID: the company is currently in the process of equipping all its Macy's and Bloomingdale's locations with item-level tags on garments by the end of 2012, according to senior vice-president of logistics and operations, Bill Connell.
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