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Wal*Mart continues push for RFID adoption

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the toiletry-tracking-tricks dept.

John3 writes "Wal*Mart is continuing to push for vendors to add RFID tags to cases of products for easier tracking through their warehouse distribution system. Most vendors have until 2006 to comply, but their top 100 suppliers must have the tags in place by 2005. Wal*Mart stopped their push for retail level tagging last summer, but by forcing tagging at the wholesale level the cost of the technology will drop as vendors comply with Wal*Mart's decree. How long before price is no longer a barrier to RFID item level tagging?"

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  1. Customers, not consumers UNITE! by Asprin · · Score: 0, Redundant


    How long before price is no longer a barrier to RFID item level tagging?

    How long until item-level tagging is a barrier to Asprin-level buying?

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  2. Eeeeeeevillllllllll by BitchAss · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Anyone here still shop at WalMart? Ever since I read this I've tried to be a little more conciencious about where I spend my money.

    WalMart is tagged pretty hard in the book and so are a lot of the major companies.

    Is anyone into anti-coporatism (other than M$?) here? I'd love to hear other things that you guys do about avoiding evil corporations.

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