RFID for Retail: Know the Pros and Cons

RFID is among the hottest trends in the retail industry, assuming you have the right plan for implementation. "RFID can be most beneficial when it comes to enhanced inventory control and loss prevention, where RFID can help give you much greater visibility into and more granular control over your inventory," said Emily Mitchell, COO of password-cracking firm Sagitta HPC, which specializes in breaking authentication and encryption technologies. "Traditional barcodes can only identify products on a basic level, and all products of the same type have identical barcodes."