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Wednesday, February 18, 2004
House of Fraser to Attach RFID Tags to Clothes
Trevor Mendham (The Chestnut Tree Cafe)
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Logistics company Excel has announced an RFID trial with the UK retailer House of Fraser. RFID tags will be "attached directly to garments providing the scope to track shipment movements at item level".

No comment is made as to whether the tags will be disabled and/or removed at point of sale.

Press release available here.

Cross-posted from the shiny new RFID Scanner