While some say the technology has fallen from grace, item level RFID is actually moving from pilots to deployments. Now, the Jones Group, Conair, Wal-Mart and more are working together to develop measurable value propositions and standards-based guidelines.
When news was released that Wal-Mart is RFID tagging garments, the media went nuts. Claims ran the gamut from consumer privacy concerns to surreptitious motives to RFID redo circa 2004. Here, IDC Retail Insights Research Director Leslie Hand debunks the rumors to provide a strong business case for RFID tagging in apparel.