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If you cannot secure an RFID reader, you should not be putting it on a client’s network

If you cannot secure an RFID reader, you should not be putting it on a client’s network

The freezer attacks across Europe used basic failings in networked devices that contractors maintain remotely. Fixed RFID readers have the same profile, and integrators need to own that.

RFID News weekly digest, 29 October 2026

Thursday's email in full, now open to everyone: 14 stories, led by Interview: Gary Moskovciak on the RFID Business Case and the Limits of Cheaper Tags.

Six-store activewear brand Varley lifts inventory accuracy from under 70% to 99% with RFID

Six-store activewear brand Varley lifts inventory accuracy from under 70% to 99% with RFID

Varley tagged roughly 5,000 items in each of its six US and UK stores and took inventory accuracy from below 70% to more than 99%. The brand signed with Datascan…

Korean uniform maker Hyungji Elite signs with Beontag to RFID-tag 2027-season products

Korean uniform maker Hyungji Elite signs with Beontag to RFID-tag 2027-season products

Beontag will supply RFID tags for 4 million pieces of Hyungji Elite's 2027 season, the first hard number since the Korean uniform maker signed a memorandum of understanding in October…

JD Sports hits 98% shelf availability with Zebra RFID, but McGrath says it’s the last 2% that counts

JD Sports hits 98% shelf availability with Zebra RFID, but McGrath says it’s the last 2% that counts

Zebra has put its name, its hardware and a 98% figure on JD Sports' RFID rollout across 414 UK and Ireland stores, using entry-level TC2 handhelds with RFD40 UHF sleds.…

TSC brings Bluebird’s 199g X40 RFID handheld to market under its own name

TSC brings Bluebird’s 199g X40 RFID handheld to market under its own name

TSC Auto ID has put Bluebird's X40 UHF handheld into its own catalogue, three months after Bluebird launched it in August 2026. The 199 g device reads to 1.2 m…

Côte d’Ivoire picks French firm Vet’Tronic for RFID livestock tagging as pilot of 20,000 animals starts in December

Côte d’Ivoire picks French firm Vet’Tronic for RFID livestock tagging as pilot of 20,000 animals starts in December

Côte d’Ivoire starts tagging livestock in December 2026 under a 12-month pilot covering 20,000 electronic ear tags and 5,000 pet chips, paid for by French supplier Vet’Tronic out of its…

NZ wine bottler WineWorks uses Nedap long-range RFID to open gates for its electric tug trains

NZ wine bottler WineWorks uses Nedap long-range RFID to open gates for its electric tug trains

An expansion put a waterway between two buildings at WineWorks' Marlborough bottling plant. A conveyor proved too costly, so pallets travel by electric tug and trailer instead, with Nedap uPASS…

Zebra posts record $1.6bn quarter, but its RFID and automation segment grows slowest

Zebra posts record $1.6bn quarter, but its RFID and automation segment grows slowest

Net sales hit $1,614m in the quarter ended 3 October 2026, up 22.3% reported but 11.3% organic once Elo Touch and currency come out. The Asset Visibility & Automation segment,…

NXP Q3: industrial surges, mobile slips, and RFID stays hidden inside the numbers

NXP Q3: industrial surges, mobile slips, and RFID stays hidden inside the numbers

Revenue of $3.79bn for the quarter ended 27 September 2026, with Industrial and IoT up 39 per cent and Mobile down 4 per cent. Neither figure is an RFID number:…

How RFID tracked tool containers at France’s Fessenheim nuclear plant before its closure

How RFID tracked tool containers at France’s Fessenheim nuclear plant before its closure

Dozens of metal tool containers at France's Fessenheim nuclear station were tagged with Xerafy on-metal UHF tags and read with handhelds, running on Nexess NexCap software. The site projected a…