Macy's: Inventory will be 100% RFID-tagged by 2017

Full RFID-implementation has long been in the works for Macy's: the store began its post-pilot stage of implementation in 2012, tagging only the store's more replenished goods, or 30% of its inventory. Yet even in 2012 the technology was over a decade-old, so what took the retailer so long to fully expand the technology? One problem was a potentially over-hyped ROI at first, according to IT Jungle. A highly competitive market had priced the technology at $1 per tag in the early days, making full-scale implementation unfeasible for low-replenishment or low-sale goods.