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[FYI] RFID Tags in Benetton's clothes



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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/03/11/financial1508EST0170.DTL

Clothes sold at Benetton stores will soon contain microchip transmitters that
allow the Italian retailer to track its garments from their point of
manufacture to the moment they're sold in any of its 5,000 shops.

Benetton's introduction of "smart tag" tracking technology will be the largest
example of a trend now emerging in the retail industry, according to Phillips
Semiconductors, a unit of the Dutch electronics giant that designed 15 million
tags being delivered to Benetton this year.

Benetton's Sisley line of clothing will contain a Philips Electronics radio
frequency ID tag that will replace ubiquitous bar codes, which have to be
manually scanned.

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