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Wal-Mart aims for RFID in every North American store

October 13th, 2007 | tracking, WALMART, consumer, retailer, Wal-Mart, industry, Track, Retail, Shopping, business, rfid


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Although Wal-Mart is traditionally viewed as a logistics leader and a pioneer in RFID adoption, only 975 of its stores currently utilize the technology. Frustrated by losing sales due to misplaced inventory, the firm is now dead set on rolling out RFID gear into every single North American store, and soon. When complete, over 4,000 locales will be fitted with the equipment, which could net Wally World over $287 million in extra sales by simply having the technology in place to quickly track down wares before a customer heads elsewhere. Of course, it seems but a matter of time before these tags actually make it beyond the crate and onto individual items / shelves, but hey, it’s not like you actually expected Wal-Mart to turn away Big Brother, right?
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