October 16, 2007 Fujitsu has developed a new way to tag and track rentals and returns of uniforms using radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. Tagfront uses UHF-band washable, soft linen ...

Walmart (WMT) is now putting radio tags, or RFIDs, onto its jeans and other apparel to better keep track of them. However, unlike digital clothing or another opt-in technology, the "reverse FourSquare ...

As far as wireless technologies go, radio-frequency identification (RFID) is one of the oldest. Patented in 1983 by the late British inventor Charles Walton, RFID made it possible for new, ...

Retailers, including Dillard’s, JCPenney, Bloomingdale’s and American Apparel have publically talked about their RFID tagging efforts over the course of the last couple of years, with no particular ...

Louis Vuitton bags, Gucci shoes, Burberry coats—you name it, it's been the target of theft. Luxury houses are especially prone to having their items stolen and sold on the black market because luxury ...

This week, the Spanish clothing company Inditex announced its intention to tag every item of clothing sold in its Zara stores using an RFID technology (radio frequency identification). Designed to ...

RFID clothing is far from revolutionary, but American Apparel is about to get everyone's attention by placing tags on a smorgasbord of garments. The firm is setting out to implement RFID at the ...

Yes. A number of companies make RFID tags encased in protective plastic. These tags are designed for use in the laundry and uniform rental business. The tags used are typically 13.56 MHz tags, which ...

After testing the use of radio frequency identification to reduce the incidence of out-of-stocks at several of its stores, German clothing firm s.Oliver Bernd Freier is now pondering the project’s ...

In November, H&M launched a new retail format at its 7,000-square-foot space in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg. Some of the new tech features incorporated in the store’s design include smart mirrors, which ...