M&S Unveils Trial Of Next-Gen Rfid Tags

Marks & Spencer is planning to trial a second generation of RFID tags at the beginning of 2011. The Group's new CE, Marc Bolland has signed off a move to the new version of the RFID tags, which have a smaller data chip than the first generation. M&S's general merchandise packaging team is leading the project. Trials of the new RFID tags are expected to kick off in the first quarter of 2011. M&S is among the largest users of RFID tags globally, using around 100m tags every year.