Footwear and Fashion to Drive UHF Passive RFID Item-level Tagging Growth

摘要

RFID Item-level Tagging (ILT) is being deployed very rapidly in apparel and footwear markets. Item-level passive UHF tags now make up an increasing share of the total world market for RFID tags. ABI Research forecasts that more than three quarters of a billion RFID tags will be used in global apparel markets in 2011. Major retailers such as Macy s, JCPenney and Wal-Mart are leading the charge to make RFID systems commonplace in the retail environment. RFID systems allow apparel retailers to get a better handle on inventory, reducing costs and preventing out of stock situations that result in loss of sales. The growth in retail item-level tagging is huge, both in shipments and in total spending. The average growth rate is close to 60 per-