RAIN chip shipments fell from 52.8 billion in 2024 to 42.7 billion in 2025. RAIN Alliance CEO Aileen Ryan calls it a blip against four years of roughly 50% growth,…
A library fit-out at the Islamic Civilization Center in Tashkent has put 200,000 RFID tags into one collection. Bibliotheca and its Central Asian partner SmartLibrary supplied self-service kiosks, security gates,…
A warehouse stocktake that once took up to 14 days at Grupo Asia Shipping in Brazil now finishes in about 30 minutes. Cargo checking has dropped from two hours to…
Tagging about 24,000 equipment spare parts with RFID took a stocktake at Suntory's Kita Alps natural water plant from 20 people and 57 hours to one person and two hours.…
Barcelona is handing out 1,500 NFC wristbands and 1,500 NFC keyrings at La Mercè 2026, letting someone tap their own phone to raise a discreet alarm routed to a coordinator…
The NFC Forum's 2026 Innovation Awards shortlist has no payment or ticketing product on it. The ten finalists cover a battery-free industrial lockout device powered by the reader field, a…
More than 1,000 growers and 45,000 tonnes of strawberries a year run through Cooperatie Hoogstraten, and every reusable crate now carries a RAIN RFID inlay. The Belgian cooperative can trace…
AS Roma has put entry to the Stadio Olimpico on the phone, with NFC tickets in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet plus a rotating QR code in its Il Mio…
Brussels venue ING Arena has put an RFID tag in every reusable cup, linking it to the drinker's payment so the deposit refunds itself the moment the cup is handed…
Europe assumes it is behind Asia on RFID. Abby Wu of Xindeco IoT and the RAIN Alliance board says European retailers adopted it earlier, and what separates the two regions…