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IMPINJ IN THE NEWS (2011)

Impinj Continues Attack on RFID Market

SCAN: The Data Capture Report interviews Larry Arnstein, Impinj's Vice President of Business Development. They discuss the increased adoption of RFID, especially in the retail apparel sector due to the VICS/GS1 item-level RFID initiative.

December 16, 2011

Avery Dennison Introduces Ultra-small RFID Inlay for Challenging Item-level Applications

Avery Dennison RFID introduces the AD-110m5, a new, ultra-small inlay featuring the Impinj® Monza® 5 tag chip. The AD-110m5’s small size, along with its insensitivity to liquids, plastics and other RF-unfriendly materials, helps meet the exacting demands of many item-level tracking applications.

December 14, 2011

Burger King rolls out RFID-enabled soda machines to 850 units

Burger King annouced they are installing Coca-Cola's Freestyle drink machines in all 850 locations across the US. Coke Freestyle machines utilize Impinj Indy reader chips and Monza tag chips.

December 11, 2011

New Chicago-area Casino Chips Its Uniforms

Rivers Casino is using Invotech System's GIMS laundry management solution to track the use and laundry service of the casino's custom uniforms. Altogether, the company's 1,120 employees wear 20,000 apparel items, with a cumulative value of $453,000. The GIMS system uses Impinj Speedway Revolution readers.

December 8, 2011

RFID Greet Partygoers by Name

Apollo Agency uses RFID system from Academia RFID to welcome party guests and greet them by name. The solution utlizes Impinj Speedway Revolution readers.

December 8, 2011

Grupo Éxito Launches Major Electronics Tagging Pilot

Grupo Éxito, one of the largest retail chains in Colombia, tries to reduce shrinkage by item-level RFID tagging over 45,000 electronics items. The system uses Impinj Speedway Revolution readers, Brickyard Antennas, and Indy-based handheld readers.

December 7, 2011

Canadian Investment Group RFID-Enables Shareholder Elections

Montreal investment organization Fonds de solidarité FTQ is employing an RFID system from Academia RFID to reduce the amount of time and labor that its employees spend counting ballots at its annual shareholders general-assembly meeting and elections. The system uses Impinj Speedway Revolution readers.

December 6, 2011

Driving range scores a hole in one with RFID

TopGolf used RFID to craft their unique, interactive experience that incorporates concepts from golf, darts, and bowling. RFID technology measures the distance of shots and automatically keeps score. Impinj products used include Speedway Revolution readers and Monza tag chips.

December 2, 2011

Brouha Uses RFID to Measure Loyalty

NYC's Brouha used Impinj's Monza RFID tag chips and Speedway Revolution RFID readers to create a loyalty program that provides discounts to consumers at neighborhood stores and restaurants.

November 7, 2011

New Brazilian Fashion Chain Launches with RFID

Valdac Global Brands maximizes efficiency with RFID in new Memove store. The technology will help the chain streamline operations, reduce employee and process costs, track and monitor inventory, and provide insight into sales trends. The solution uses Impinj readers, antennas and tag chips.

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Ambitious European Project Traces Food from Farm to Fork

Over a dozen European colleges and companies join together for Farm to Fork (F2F), an RFID pilot monitoring fish, wine, pork and cheese through production and on to retailers. The project utlizes Impinj technology.

October 28, 2011

Brazilian Manufacturer Boosts Productivity

When Technicolor Brazil Media and Entertainment, a manufacturer of electronic products, deployed a powered by Impinj RFID system to track semiconductors at their facilities, they improved inventory management and increased efficiencies.

October 24, 2011

New Horizons for RFID

For the past decade, the business world has anxiously awaited the day when radio frequency identification (RFID) would step up to the throne and replace the venerable barcode on billions of everyday products. While the world has been waiting, however, RFID has taken a detour. Today, RFID tags are popping up in places where no one ever dreamed of using barcodes.

October 11, 2011

Zi Yue Technology, Ltd. to Market a New Generation of Readers

Zi Yue Technology, Ltd. in response to market demand, has developed a new generation of UHF readers, based on the Impinj Indy R500 reader chip. [Article in Chinese, 中文 ]

September 21, 2011

USNC Honors Recipients of IEC 1906 Award

Fifteen members of the United States National Committee (USNC) to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) were honored with the prestigious IEC 1906 Award in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the IEC and the electrotechnical industry. Impinj co-founder and CTO, Chris Diorio, was among those honored.

September 21, 2011

Shenzhen International Exhibition of Networking Technology and Applications Concludes Successfuly

Review of the 2011 Shenzhen International Exhibition of Networking and Technology Fair. [Impinj participated in this event. Article in Chinese, 中文]

September 20, 2011

International Fair of Networking Technology and Applications Held in Shenzhen

The 2011 China International Technology and Application of Things Fair was held on September 15-17 at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Centre. [Article in Chinese, 中文 ]

September 19, 2011

A dozen local techies under 40 and what they've accomplished

The Puget Sound Business Journal’s annual profiles of its “40 Under 40” honorees -- people under 40 years old who have accomplished remarkable things -- again include a healthy number of impressive people from the region’s technology community [including Impinj's CFO, Evan Fein].

September 9, 2011

Love's Tries RFID for Automating Fuel Payments

The company is testing a passive UHF solution from QuikQ [using Impinj technology] that enables truck drivers to fuel up more efficiently, while also ensuring against fuel fraud.

September 9, 2011

Agricultural Bank of China tracks money bags with RFD

The Agricultural Bank of China is using an RFID-based bank asset monitoring system to track the movement and amounts of money circulating through their facilities. With headquarters in Beijing, the Agricultural Bank has branches throughout Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

September 7, 2011

Two Tech Companies Collaborate on New Auction Inventory Tracking Platform

Two technology companies are aiming to harness the capability of radio frequency identification tags to help auctions track vehicles more efficiently in large areas. The solution uses Impinj Monza 4 tag chips.

September 1, 2011

Fallsview Casino Resort Uses RFID to Track Uniforms

Fallsview Casino Resort will track up to 40,000 garments as they are assigned to staff members, laundered and then returned, using InvoTech's UHF RFID and conveyor solution. The GIMS solution includes Impinj Speedway Revolution readers, AN720 and AN480 antennas from Motorola Solutions and passive EPC Gen 2 RFID tags provided by Fujitsu Frontech North America.

August 29, 2011

Metalcraft delivering upgraded RFID Windshield Tag with KSW inlays

Metalcraft announced availability of their RFID Windshield Tag delivering extended read range, memory and privacy for vehicle applications. The upgraded performance comes from a new KSW Microtec WindSpeed RFID inlay featuring the Impinj Monza 4 RFID tag chip family.

August 26, 2011

RFID Brings Intelligence to Billabong Store in Brazil

The store is applying EPC Gen 2 tags to its merchandise, and piloting applications that allow customers to make clothing selections in changing rooms, and provide inventory, point of sale and security data to the staff

August 22, 2011

Wall of Beer Lets Patrons Draw Their Drinks

An RFID-enabled system [using Impin technology] allows the Cheeky restaurant to provide a pour-your-own-beer service, while monitoring and controlling the amount that customers consume.

July 28, 2011

Macy's extends RFID to six DCs for tagging furniture and bedding supplies

Macy's has deployed tagging at six distribution centers that handle furniture and bedding goods for the purpose of improving cycle counts and maintaining physical inventory accuracy.

July 25, 2011

New York City Marathon Offers Enhanced RFID-enable Apps

Spectators and runners will be able to view participants' precise locations at all times, thanks to applications that combine data from RFID readers deployed along the racecourse with information from the GPS functionality of the runners' smartphones.

July 25, 2011

NSF sponsors $18.5 million effort to create mind-machine interface

The National Science Foundation today announced an $18.5 million grant to establish an Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering based at the University of Washington. The four new engineering research centers announced this month by the NSF have an increased focus on industry participation. This center's 23 industry partners include Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp.; smaller companies and startups such as Impinj Inc., NeuroSky Inc. and NeuroVista Corp.; as well as industry organizations and venture capitalists that will help turn ideas into products and companies.

July 14, 2011

A New Generation of RFID Tags for Russian Business

Trace Tech ID Solutions has created a new generation of RFID tags for the Russian market. These tags are based on Impinj Monza® 4 tag chip technology. [Article in Russian, русский]

July 7, 2011

Addressing a Need

Reacting to the operational efficiencies made possible by RFID-tagging individual items, retailers are now considering faster ways to write sourcing data on RFID tag chips. The task of writing that data and attaching the RFID tag to a SKU, case or pallet has typically been handled by manufacturers using small-scale printer-encoders or service bureaus like Avery Dennison. But now a technology has come to market that is designed to make the writing of data — and the reading of RFID tags — faster and more economical, precise and versatile. Seattle, Wash.-based Impinj has launched Monza 5, a lower-cost high-speed chip, as well as an STP source tagging platform that can encode more than 1,000 RFID labels a minute. Impinj’s chips and readers are to RFID tags and readers what Intel’s chips are to computers — a “powering” technology.

July 1, 2011

STL Technologies is Impinj's Criminal Justice Partner

STL Technologies, the criminal justice software specialist, has signed a partnership deal with RFID expert Impinj Inc. the world's leading innovator in RFID solutions. STL Technologies is the only Impinj partner dedicated to the criminal justice sector and the company's third approved partner in the UK.

June 8, 2011

Impinj EMEA Partner Summit Brings Together RFID Industry Leaders in Frankfurt, Germany

Impinj, Inc., a leading provider of UHF RFID solutions for identifying, locating and authenticating items, is hosting a two-day event to provide partners and resellers the opportunity to learn firsthand about latest advancements in Impinj's award-winning UHF RFID products and technology.

June 1, 2011

European RFID Specialist Meshed Systems to Represent Impinj

Meshed Systems, a leading European RFID distributor based in Munich, Germany, and Impinj Inc., the leading provider of UHF RFID solutions for identifying, locating and authenticating items, today announced that Meshed Systems has assumed distribution of Impinj RFID readers and antennas in the German-speaking regions of Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).

June 1, 2011

Sycuan Casino Upgrades Garment Inventory Tracking System to InvoTech GIMS UHF-RFID

InvoTech Systems, Inc. announced the Sycuan Casino will upgrade to InvoTech’s GIMS™ Ultra-High Frequency RFID Uniform System to realize greater control over tribal assets. Timed to the Casino’s renovation, with 1600 team members in 8 departments changing uniforms, the GIMS™ UHF Radio Frequency ID Uniform System will automate tracking of Sycuan Casino’s 20,000 apparel items via bulk electronic scanning without hand counting. [This solution uses Impinj Speedway readers.]

June 1, 2011

The Clothing Manufacturer, Katherine Ross, Begins Use of RFID

Katherine Ross, a clothing manufacturer, has begun to use item-level EPC Gen2 UHF labels on the packaging for men's socks, not only to meet the needs of retailers, but also to aid in product inspection. These labels use Impinj Monza tag chips. [Article in Chinese, 中文]

May 21, 2011

Coca Cola goes Freestyle

There’s a sleek new beverage dispenser system being piloted by The Coca-Cola Co. which it codeveloped with the designers of Ferrari, BMW and the iPod [and which uses Impinj RFID technology].

May 14, 2011

Kayser-Roth Takes First Steps Toward RFID Usage

The hosiery company is applying EPC tags [with Impinj Monza tag chips inside] to socks sent to one specific retailer and has added tag-testing to its product-quality auditing processes, with has plans to use RFID in other ways.

May 13, 2011

Interoperability is Possible

The GS1 US RFID Apparel Demo [in which Impinj participated], staged at RFID Journal LIVE! 2011, showed that it is relatively easy to share data with supply chain partners.

May 10, 2011

MSR-FSR installs InvoTech's GMIS system for cleanroom garments

InvoTech Systems Inc, provider of the GIMS Laundry System, announced installation of its GIMS system with ultra-high frequency radio frequency identification (UHF-RFID) technology at two MSR-FSR facilities that process a total of 112,000 pounds per month of Class 10 cleanroom garments for high-tech industry clients. The system uses Impinj RFID readers.

May 10, 2011

RFID 24-7 Q&A: Impinj Founder Chris Diorio Talks About the Future of RFID Technology

Chris Diorio, Impinj’s chairman and CTO, recently won the RFID Special Achievement award at the RFID Journal show in Orlando. Dr. Diorio was recognized for his work in the development of the UHF EPC Gen 2 RFID standard, and took some time this week to discuss the award with RFID 24-7, as well as what the future holds for RFID technology.

May 4, 2011

Observations from RFID Journal Live! 2011

Sue Hutchinson, director of portfolio strategy at the GS1 US standards organization, muses about the differences between this year's RFID Journal Live! show and previous years, comparing the early years, where Chris Diorio used a demonstration to prove the RFID really does work, to the present, where the question is now "How do I make RFID work in my business?

May 2, 2011

Kazakhstani Government Adopts RFID for Conferences

The government of Kazakhstan has enlisted radio frequency identification to help secure access at the various international conferences that it hosts at government facilities. This solution uses Impinj Speedway Revolution readers.

April 28, 2011

Intermec introduces new durable RFID tags to track returnable containers and assets

Intermec RFID offers three new low profile durable tags for industrial applications: the IT36, IT75 and IT76. These tags are based on Impinj Monza 4QT tag chips. [Article in Spanish, Espanol]

April 26, 2011

TAGSYS announces reusable luggage bag tag

TAGSYS recently announced a reusable luggage bag tag, based on Impinj Monza 4 tag chips, to be used by Australia's major airlines. [Article in Chinese, 中文]

April 25, 2011

RFID Retail Initiatives are Flourishing

My 7th annual visit to RFID Journal Live! (April 12-14th, 2011) was jam packed with engaging conversations with optimistic and energized retailers, suppliers, academics and technology vendors. Interestingly, it seemed to me that there were fewer vendors and more endusers than last year. Most importantly, the endusers that attended were already working on projects or feverishly trying to figure out how to leverage RFID in their businesses. In a breakout on Thursday, Larry Arnstein, Senior Director Business Development, Impinj, gave a really good presentation on how to formulate a scalable RFID source tagging strategy, accounting for the many source tagging scenarios employed today.

April 25, 2011

UPM RFID launches new UPM Belt RFID inlay design with Impinj Monza 5 IC

UPM RFID is introducing a new UPM Belt inlay based on the latest high-performance Monza 5 UHF RFID chip from Impinj. The UPM Belt product primarily targets item-level, logistics and supply chain applications.

April 18, 2011

RFID Journal Announces Winners of Its Fifth Annual Awards

Chris Diorio, Impinj's chairman and CTO, won the RFID Special Achievement award from RFID Journal at this year's show in Orlando. RFID Journal recognized Dr. Diorio for his work in the development of the UHF EPC Gen 2 RFID standard.

April 18, 2011

Zebra unveils Gen 2 RFID card sporting Impinj's Monza 4 chip

Zebra Technologies, a recognized provider in bar code, kiosk, card and RFID printers as well as real-time location solutions, recently introduced its new ultra-high frequency Gen 2 RFID card with Impinj Monza 4 silicon.

April 14, 2011

RFID tag chip for low cost item-level tagging

UHF radio frequency identification technology provider Impinj launched two critical components for implementing item-level RFID across retail markets and supply chains, the Monza 5 tag chip and the STP source tagging platform, enabling widespread scaling of RFID retail inventory management solutions.

April 8, 2011

Impinj发布Monza(R)5标签芯片和STP(TM)源标签平台

UHF无线射频识别(RFID)技术的领先供应商Impinj公司今天宣布推出2款用于为零售市场和供应链部署单品级RFID的重要组件。受去年11月由领先的零售商、供应商和行业组织提出的单品级RFID倡议推动，Impinj公司的Monza(R)5标签芯片和STP(TM)源标签平台将支持RFID零售库存管理解决方案的普及 [Impinj announces launch of Monza® 5 tag chips and STP™ Source Tagging Platform. Article in Chinese, 中文 ]

April 7, 2011

New chip and tagging platform expected to further accelerate item level tagging

RFID solutions provider Impinj has launched two components for implementing item-level RFID across retail markets and supply chains. Impinj's Monza 5 tag chip and STP source tagging platform are expected to enable widespread scaling of RFID retail inventory management solutions.

April 4, 2011

International Forum about UHF RFID Tag Technology Held in Shenzhen, China

On March 23, the Shenzhen Pavilion Hotel was host to an international forum about UHF RFID tag technology. Impinj's Tracy Hillstrom presented information about Monza 4 tag chips. [Article in Chinese, 中文 ]

March 25, 2011

RFID Journal Live! 2011 To Feature Live, End-To-End Apparel Supply Chain Demo

RFID Journal announced today that RFID Journal LIVE! 2011 will feature a live demonstration of apparel items being source-tagged and tracked from the point of manufacture through a distribution center (DC) and to the back of a store, and then onto the sales floor and at the point of sale. Impinj is one of the sponsors of the demonstration.

March 25, 2011

Norsk Lastbaerer Pool pilots RFID pallet tracking in Norway's food industry

Norsk Lastbærer AS Pool (NLP), a Norwegian organization managing nationwide pallet leasing for retailers and manufacturers, is piloting RFID tags for tracking plastic pallets and totes. The pilot covers two food factories, Maaraud and Finsbråten, and two distribution centres for the Coop retail chain.

March 25, 2011

Gador to Track Drugs in Argentina

The pharmaceutical company will employ an EPC Gen 2 RFID system to reduce the risk of counterfeiting, by applying a tag to each high-value product it ships.

March 24, 2011

Se revela la Identidad de los Finalistas de los V Premios Anuales del RFID Journal

El RFID Journal ha anunciado la identidad de los finalistas de los Premios del RFID Journal para 2011. [RFID Journal has announced the finalists for the 2011 RFID Journal Awards. Impinj's CTO, Chris Diorio, is a finalist for "Special Achievement" (in the RFID Field), and a product Impinj will announce at the show is a finalist for the "Best in Show" category. In Spanish, Espanol]

March 15, 2011

Research and Markets: Global Retail RFID Market 2010-2014

TechNavio's Global Retail RFID Market 2010-2014 report has been prepared based on an in-depth study of the market along with inputs from various experts. The report contains market and vendor landscape supported by drivers, restraints and trends.

March 8, 2011

Crazy High-tech Coke Machines Come to Seattle

Two years after Coca-Cola's high tech drink dispenser, the "Freestyle," debuted, it's arriving in the Northwest at Taco Time restaurants. [The Freestyle was developed using Impinj RFID technology, including Indy reader chips and Monza tag chips.]

March 3, 2011

RFID World China Announces the 2010 China RFID Industry Awards

RFID World China announced the 2010 China RFID Industry Annual Awards. Impinj, the world's leading provider of UHF RFID solutions, earned a place in the "Top Most Influential International RFID Companies of the Year." [As China has historically been primarily an HF market, this award speaks volumes about Impinj's innovative and high-quality UHF RFID products. Article in Chinese, 中文 ]

March 3, 2011

Finalists Unveiled for the Fifth Annual RFID Journal Awards

RFID Journal has announced the finalists for the 2011 RFID Journal Awards. Impinj's CTO, Chris Diorio, is a finalist for "Special Achievement" (in the RFID Field), and a product Impinj will announce at the show is a finalist for the "Best in Show" category.

March 3, 2011

Startups woo computer science students with paid internships

Redfin, Cheezburger Network, Extrahop, Zillow, Lockerz, Apptio, WildTangent, Impinj, and Swype -- along with Seattle venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group -- have launched a new effort called the Cascade Innovation Fellowship. The idea is that these companies can bring some of the top young technical minds to Seattle for paid summer internships.

February 24, 2011

RFID Makes a Slight Comback: Implications for Life Sciences Supply Chain

A recent resurgence of RFID, most notably led by a ramp up in production and sales of RFID tags by Seattle-based Impinj, has led some to believe that the promise of the technology may have reached a tipping point.

February 17, 2011

French Jewelry Store Cleor Implements RFID System

The French jewelry chain store, Cleor, has implemented an RFID system to more efficiently track its inventory, increasing sales in the process. [In Chinese, 中文]

February 12, 2011

Argentine pharmaceutical company tracks products in RFID pilot

Pharmaceutical company Laboratorios Gador in Argentina recently completed a pilot RFID system to assess the item-level tracking and tracing technology for their pharmaceutical products. [In Chinese, 中文]

February 11, 2011

ABI Research: RFID UHF growth in demand mainly from item-level tagging

According to an ABI Research report, RFID item-level tagging in the apparel and footware markets has seen rapid deployment. [In Chinese, 中文]

February 11, 2011

RFID Journal Announces Live RFID-Enabled Supply Chain Demonstrations

Top technology companies [including Impinj] will provide real-world supply chain demonstrations on the exhibit floor at the ninth annual RFID Journal LIVE! conference and exhibition.

February 9, 2011

Argentinean pharmaceutical leader Laboratorios Gador tests RFID's ability to optimize the traceability and security of its products

Laboratorios Gador has completed an RFID system pilot, evaluating this supply chain technology's ability to track and trace pharmaceutical drugs at the item, pack and pallet level. The company, one of Argentina's largest pharmaceutical suppliers, supplies medications to nearly 2.5 million patients each month through its distribution network.

February 9, 2011

L.L. Bean Tries to Hike Sales with RFID

The apparel and outdoor gear retailer is testing an RFID system [using Impinj products] that can track when a shopper handles a hiking boot on display, thereby triggering a video screen to play informational media, while also measuring shopper interest.

February 7, 2010

Inventory Visibility: Focusing on What Counts

Today, it’s a fact of life that retail operational inventory data diverge from reality due to a variety of factors, among them noncompliance with replenishment duties, theft and other forms of loss, POS inaccuracies, and mis-shipments. The alternative to living with these limitations is to count more often. Fortunately, radio-frequency identification (RFID) offers an alternative approach that promises high accuracy and significant efficiency gains, which collectively result in a better customer experience.

February 1, 2011

Robots and RFID Help KH Lloreda Distribute Its Products

The Spanish company has launched an automated system for loading and shipping its cleaning products that tracks where the cartons are being moved, and also captures any errors. The system uses Impinj tag chips and readers.

January 31, 2011

Impinj Tops Passive UHF RFID Transponder IC ABI Research Vendor Matrix Ranking

Impinj has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research.

January 26, 2011

Expanding Retail Apps for RFID

A discussion of how far retail applications for RFID have come since the technology came on the scene in the early 2000s.

January 25, 2011

NLP in Norway Introduces RFID Technology into the Consumer Goods Supply Chain

Norsk Lastbærer Pool (NLP)—an organization established by Norwegian consumer goods manufacturers and retailers to manage a nationwide pool of pallets—is transitioning Norway's consumer goods sector to RFID-tagged plastic pallets and totes, leased by NLP, each with EPC Gen 2 ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tags. [In Chinese, 中文]

January 21, 2011

Impinj Tops ABI Research's 2010 UHF RFID Tag Chip Vendor Ranking

Impinj, Inc. achieved top ranking in ABI Research’s 2010 UHF RFID transponder IC vendor report. [In Chinese, 中文]

January 21, 2010

The Second Coming for RFID in Retail: Leading Brands Involved in In-Store RFID Initiatives

Retailers, once driven toward RFID by supply chain partners and other corporate mandates, found those to be unprofitable approaches. Since then, retailers have discovered that RFID implementation yields better results when motivated by in-store operational improvements.

January 21, 2011

Norsk Lastbaerer Pool Inserts RFID Into the Norwegian Food Chain

January 19, 2011

Impinj grabs top spot in ABI Research's 2010 UHF RFID Tag Chip Vendor Ranking

Last year at this time, Impinj was preparing for its most dynamic product launch ever, its innovative Monza 4 product line. Less than a year later, the launch played major role in Impinj achieving the top ranking in ABI Research’s 2010 UHF RFID transponder IC vendor report.

January 19, 2011

RFID to track product manufacturing and manage inventory

Italian granite, marble and other stone products manufacturer and wholesaler, Antolini Luigi & Co. SpA, is using RFID technology (powered by Impinj Monza 3 tag chips) to track sales and inventory. [In Chinese, 中文]

January 14, 2011

Retailers: Item level RFID could be ubiquitous by the end of 2012

Item level RFID technology is well on the road to mass adoption by apparel retailers and could become ubiquitous by the end of next year. That was the message coming out of Tuesday morning's meeting of the Item Level RFID Initiative held during NRF in New York City.

January 11, 2011

Invengo Releases RFID 70*19mm Inlay and Paper Label for Retail Applications

Invengo Technology Corp. today announced the launch of a new 70*19mm ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID inlay that incorporates Impinj Monza® 4 chip technology. Designed so that it may be used as a stick on label, or encapsulated inside an apparel hang tag, the inlay can be used to track item level retail goods.

January 10, 2011

2011 Store-Level RFID Benchmark Report: Operational Intelligence and Inventory Visibility

RFID in stores is making deeper in-roads and in 2011 will be driving greater impact on the business. According to our data, 40% of 125 survey respondents denote that a pilot store is part of their RFID roll-out strategy, and another 10% indicate multi-store deployments. Read more in this Impinj-sponsored report.

January 7, 2011

RFID News Roundup for January 6, 2011

Trimble has announced the availability of its ThingMagic Mercury6e UHF RFID embedded reader module. Made with Impinj's Indy R2000 chip, the reader module is aimed at original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), value-added resellers (VARs) and solution providers that want to add RFID to existing product lines, or to design and build new solutions from the ground up.

January 6, 2011

50 Store Jewelry Retailer in France uses RFID to Manage Inventory

Cleor, a French jewelry chain, has implemented an RFID system to manage inventory, improving accuracy, lowering costs, and increasing sales in the process. [In Chinese, 中文]

January 6, 2011

Cleor Strikes Gold with RFID Solution

French jewelry retailer Cleor reports that since an RFID system went live nearly a year ago at 10 of its 50 stores, an inventory check conducted at each site takes only several hours to accomplish, instead of the several days it had taken prior to the technology's adoption. The solution was installed over the course of eight months at Cleor's Paris-area distribution center, as well as at 10 stores, and is now being installed at the company's remaining 40 retail locations.

January 3, 2011

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