Out-of-Stock products are the mute murderer of retailing in the hyper-competitive environment of the modern business. The reactive manual checks are becoming less popular and are being replaced by ...

NeWave Sensor Solutions, a five-year-old RFID firm based in Ohio, set out to tackle some of the limitations associated with item-level tagging for fast-moving consumer goods, such as razors, baby ...

Several automotive companies have already been using kanban solutions by which containers and returnable transport items (RTIs) are usually recorded manually. Kathrein Solutions has now launched what ...

The largest supermarket chain in Britain has ended a controversial field trial of a merchandise-tracking system that shoppers claimed violated their privacy. The Tesco chain stopped using a high-tech ...

It was a rough summer for radio frequency identification, the heir to the venerable bar code. In July, privacy advocates crowed when Wal-Mart and Gillette canceled a planned trial of “smart shelves,” ...

RHEINBERG, Germany -- Metro Group, Germany's largest retailer, last week opened a "Future Store" here where it is testing a range of retail technologies, including many based on radio frequency ...

Radio-frequency ID has come a long way since the early 2000s. Now it’s helping IT leaders mine data in store environments and run forensic investigations on theft. There’s a dirty little secret in ...

Autumn is an associate editorial director and a contributor to BizTech Magazine. She covers trends and tech in retail, energy & utilities, financial services and nonprofit sectors. Smart shelves are ...

A Wal-Mart representative this week told CNET News.com that the retail giant will not conduct a planned trial of a so-called smart-shelf system with partner Gillette that was scheduled to begin last ...