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Oneupweb releases an online trademark monitoring service

For retailers who are keeping a close eye on who`s using their brand, search engine marketing company Oneupweb has released a trademark infringement monitoring tool.

Posted 04/05/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Best Buy tells major suppliers to be up on RFID by January 2006

Best Buy launched an RFID strategy yesterday by announcing that it expects all of its major suppliers to begin shipping cases and pallets with RFID tags by January 2006.

Posted 09/01/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Albertsons gives top suppliers one year to start shipping with RFID tags

Adding to the movement toward RFID-driven supply chains, Albertsons has joined Wal-Mart Stores and Target in telling its top 100 suppliers they must ship cases and pallets with RFID tags early next year.

Posted 03/05/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Privacy concerns push efforts to regulate RFID

At a hearing conducted by the California State Senate, privacy advocates called for federal government regulation of RFID to prevent retailers and other users of the item-tracking technology to intrude on consumers’ personal behavior.

Posted 08/28/2003Kurt PetersPost a comment

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RFID primed for growth in the retail industry

With Wal-Mart and other large retailers such as Home Depot and Target signed up as members of an industry group committed to RFID`s development, the use of radio frequency identification systems is expected to mushroom.

Posted 03/10/2003Kurt PetersPost a comment

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BarPoint earns a patent for its comparison-shopping technology

BarPoint.com Inc. says the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office intends to award the company a patent for its shopping comparison technology.

Posted 05/31/2002Internet RetailerPost a comment

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The branded makers strike back

Many manufacturers have come to the conclusion that their fear of channel conflict can no longer restrain them from selling directly online

Posted 03/31/2010Jack LovePost a comment

RFID lands in the crosshairs of privacy groups

Groups concerned about threats to personal privacy are taking aim at RFID tags, claiming users could infringe on privacy by combining personal identification with product data and tracking products after they leave a store.

Posted 09/30/2003Internet RetailerPost a comment