Gieves & Hawkes Exploring RFID Route

The new Gieves & Hawkes store in The Mailbox, Birmingham is using RFID technology to help the retailer gain a clearer view of stock inventory and to aid the business’s loss prevention strategy. Further installations of the technology are being discussed with solutions provider Catalyst, but for now the menswear retailer is solely monitoring results…

Houston School District Implements RFID Card System

Houston’s Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District can now notify parents when their students arrive and depart on buses, as well as process school cafeteria lines more quickly and efficiently with the implementation of a new district-wide RFID card system. As reported by the Houston Chronicle, the district decided on the system after meetings with principals…

RFID DRIVES ONE HOUR DELIVERY AT AMERICAN APPAREL

The inventory accuracy provided by RFID technology is allowing American Apparel to deliver online orders to its customers within 60 minutes. The retailer is working with on-demand logistics provider Postmates to provide one-hour delivery from 79 of its stores nationwide spanning 31 metropolitan areas. Consumers will have the ability to order over 50 of American…

Contactless Smart Tickets Ensure Smooth Sailing for Venice Waterbuses (Vaporetti)

Public Transport Operator ACTV S.p.A. (Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano) improves passenger flow, promotes tourism in the historic city with RFID smart ticketing service. ACTV S.p.A. operates land- and water-based public transportation throughout the province of Venice, with the primary mode of transport being the waterbus, or vaporetto. To enable a faster, smoother flow of…