No RFID for Wal-Mart, for now

Wed, 09 Jul 2003 23:48:00 -0400
/technology

Wal-Mart cancel RFID trial. By dramatically reducing demand and thereby keeping per-unit cost high, this could significantly slow the adoption of RFID. No need to microwave your new clothes for a little while longer.

Wal-Mart Stores has unexpectedly canceled testing for an experimental wireless inventory control system, ending one of the first and most closely watched efforts to bring controversial radio frequency identification technology to store shelves in the United States.