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Volume 4 - Issue 27
7/27/2010
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Walmart to Put RFID Tags on Jeans and Underwear. The Right Idea, but is it the Right Place?
By Paula Rosenblum, Managing Partner
Last week, Walmart made big news by announcing it plans to roll-out item-level RFID on jeans and underwear with plans to expand the number of items tagged if it works out. Most retailers and their suppliers long ago recognized that item-level is where RFID will deliver the real bang for the buck. We’re not quite sure an ultra-large-box retailer like Walmart is the best use-case for item-level RFID, but we’re encouraged to see the mega-retailer get the ball rolling.
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The Theory of Business Put to the Test
By Brian Kilcourse, Managing Partner
At RSR, we rarely wander beyond the bounds of our specific charter, which is to analyze, understand, and communicate the challenges and opportunities that drive the retail ecosystem towards adoption and use of information technologies. That having been said, it’s hard not to be aware of the effect that this “Great Recession” has had on businesses and individuals alike – its plain to see in every shopping center in any of the major Western economies.
There’s been a lot of talk about... Read more
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Mobile Roundtable: 6 Retail CIOs and 5 Questions about M-Commerce - Part 2
By Nikki Baird, Managing Partner
This June, I participated in a round table on the topic of mobile. The discussion was bigger than one RPW, so I promised the rest later, and later is now. To recap, the round table consisted of six CIO's from a vast array of retail verticals, representing grocery, entertainment, luxury, and sporting goods represented. Our objective in the breakout session (At RIS News' Executive Summit) was to come up with and address some of the issues that mobile commerce faces currently. Questions 1 & 2 covered App vs. WAP and Where to Start with Mobile.
My table often had more questions than answers... Read more
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