US retailer Wal-Mart has confirmed press reports that the company is to introduce electronic tags for individual garments in its stores.
The removable tags, which will be radio scanned by Wal-Mart staff, are designed to better monitor inventory of fashion goods in its stores. At present, many retailers are using RFID tags to track bulk amounts of clothing stock from a distance.
Garments will be the first Wal-Mart products to pilot the tags, which have the potential to revolutionise stock rooms but do raise privacy issues.
A spokesperson for the company declined to comment further, but confirmed previous reports that the new technology was destined for stores.
He also confirmed to just-style comments made to the Wall Street Journal by Raul Vazquez, the executive in charge of Wal-Mart stores in the western US.
He told the newspaper: “This ability to wave the wand and have a sense of all the products that are on the floor or in the back room in seconds is something that we feel can really transform our business.”
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