ILRI Updates
Media and Analyst Contact:
Shannon Sullivan
E-mail: SSullivan@gs1us.org
Phone: (609) 620-4534, (732) 859-9463
Apr. 24, 2013
GS1 US Apparel, General Merchandise Initiative:
Item Level RFID Initiative Workgroup Meeting at GS1 Connect
Join GS1 US for the Item Level RFID Initiative Workgroup Meeting, co-located at GS1 Connect. Take advantage of the opportunity to work directly with your peers to address the adoption and use of GS1 standards in the apparel industry.
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Apr. 18, 2013
Two Supply Chain Veterans Join the GS1 US Industry-Engagement Team
Melanie Nuce and Michael Pheney will lead the Apparel & General Merchandise and Healthcare Industry Initiatives, respectively.
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Apr. 18, 2013
Nominations Open for the 2013 GS1 US Apparel & General Merchandise Awards
The awards, recognizing supply chain excellence, will be presented at the GS1 Connect 2013 conference.
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Mar. 18, 2013
Finalists Unveiled for Seventh Annual RFID Journal Awards
The winners for Best RFID Implementation, Most Innovative Use of RFID, Best Use of RFID to Enhance a Product or Service, Best in Show, Special Achievement and the RFID Green Award will be revealed at RFID Journal LIVE! 2013. Among this year's finalists is Joseph Andraski, VICS' former president and CEO.
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Mar. 1, 2013
Retailers: Item-Level RFID Is the Key to Omni-Channel Retailing
This guest blog post by Patrick Javick examines the increased focus that retailers are placing on RFID as they pursue omni-channel retailing strategies.
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Feb. 27, 2013
GS1 US Item Level RFID Initiative Newsletter: February 2013
View the latest updates from the Item Level RFID Initiative.
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Feb. 25, 2013
Industry Leaders See Item Level RFID as Key
to Successful Omnichannel Retailing
From the manufacturing facility to the sales floor, brands and retailers are using Electronic Product Code (EPC)-enabled, item-level RFID to develop more efficient business processes and deliver a better experience for the end customer. While inventory accuracy and cycle counts continue to be the biggest factors driving adoption, the impact of RFID on omnichannel retailing is beginning to take center stage.
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Feb. 19, 2013
GS1 US Continues the Work of VICS
The Item Level RFID Initiative takes steps to advance adoption by retailers and supply chain partners.
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Jan. 23, 2013
GS1 US Item Level RFID Initiative Newsletter: January 2013
View the latest updates from the Item Level RFID Initiative.
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Dec. 18, 2012
The GS1 US Apparel and General Merchandise Initiative
The integrated structure, created following the merger of GS1 US and VICS, is modeled after other initiatives within GS1 US' organization.
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Oct. 3, 2012
The RFID Industry Owes a Big Thanks to Joe Andraski
VICS' president and CEO is leaving the organization, but his leadership has helped to boost RFID's adoption among retailers. Read article.
Oct. 3, 2012
VICS Announces Departure of Joseph C. Andraski
The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association has announced that Joe Andraski, VICS' president and CEO, has left the organization to pursue other professional opportunities. Read press release.
Sept. 10, 2012
GS1 and VICS to Merge
The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association will become part of the bar-code and RFID standards body. Read article.
Sept. 10, 2012
GS1 US and Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association to Merge
The two supply chain standards organizations, which serve multiple industry sectors, have signed a memorandum of understanding to combine their operations. Read press release.
Aug. 8, 2012
Joe's Corner: Item-Level RFID Is the Future of Retailing
The technology supporting item-level tracking is sound and continuously improving. Read blog.
July 16, 2012
Joe's Corner: The Game Has Changed
Only agents of change will survive as the industry grows. Read blog.
July 9, 2012
Retail Is Making Item-Level RFID Real
VILRI's Joe Andraski and Ron Margulis discuss with Material Handling & Logistics magazine why item-level radio frequency identification is saving retailers the time, labor and mistakes associated with performing physical inventories, and how the technology can help to increase sales. Read article on page 29 of the publication.
June 18, 2012
Joe's Corner: EPC-enabled RFID Technology Works
The RFID World Asia 2012 conference showed the value of item-level radio frequency identification. Read blog.
June 12, 2012
HP, Kimberly-Clark, Lord & Taylor, Lowe's, Macy's, Ralph Lauren,
Robert Bosch Tool, Schneider National and Tyco Honored at 15th
VICS Achievement Awards
The winners were announced at the VICS/U Connect annual conference, held at the Aria Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, Best Buy’s John Thompson received the Roger Milliken Lifetime Achievement Award. Read press release.
May 18, 2012
VILRI Introduces New Blog: Joe's Corner
Joe Andraski is the president and CEO of the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions (VICS) Association. His blog, Joe's Corner, will discuss the various issues facing the retail apparel industry and how it can benefit from tagging at the item level. Read blog.
May 5, 2012
How Hudson's Bay Co. Boosts Sales and Lowers Costs With Item-level RFID
At the NRF Global Supply Chain Summit, Dan Smith, Hudson's Bay's CIO, will partner with Joe Andraski, president and CEO of VICS Association, to present how retailers are improving inventory accuracy and increasing sales by deploying item-level RFID. Learn more.
Apr. 13, 2012
VICS Unveils New RFID Guidelines for Retailers, Suppliers
Suppliers, retailers and solutions providers seeking help regarding efficient identification, serialization and placement of EPC-enabled RFID tags should benefit from new guidelines announced by VICS' Board of Directors. Read article.
Apr. 9, 2012
What’s Wrong With ROI?
Questions regarding a technology's return on investment are among the biggest challenges facing innovation and economic growth, according to two MIT professors and the CEO of the industry association leading the charge to bring RFID into retail. Read article.
Apr. 9, 2012
New RFID Guidelines Unveiled by VICS Board
Suppliers, retailers and solution providers seeking help on efficient identification, serialization and placement of Electronic Product Code (EPC)-enabled RFID tags should benefit from new guidelines announced by the board of the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association. Read article.
Apr. 5, 2012
New RFID Guidelines for Retailers and Suppliers Unveiled by VICS Board
The organization has released its roadmap for item-level RFID tag placement, tag performance and EPC-enabled tag serialization.
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Mar. 29, 2012
VICS Item Level RFID Initiative Leads Charge to Retailing’s Future
According to Joe Andraski, the case for action regarding item-level RFID has been made, and now it's about adoption and implementation.
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Feb. 31, 2012
The Voice of VICS: February 2012
The latest newsletter of the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association is now available online.
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Feb. 17, 2012
Clothing Retailers Hang Hopes on Item-Level RFID
In a recent RetailWire poll, one third of respondents said that 51 percent or more of all apparel merchants would be using item-level RFID in the next five years. Half said somewhere between 26 and 50 percent of clothing store operators would be doing the same. A survey conducted by Accenture for VILRI bears out the RetailWire findings.
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Feb. 3, 2012
Is the Tipping Point Really, Truly Here for Item-Level
RFID Tracking in Apparel Retail?
New research has found that for some processes, such as taking store inventory, RFID technology can now drive improvements on several orders of magnitude better than current standard methods.
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Jan. 27, 2012
Survey Shows Half of U.S. Retailers Have Already
Adopted Item-Level RFID
The survey, conducted by Accenture on behalf of the VICS Item Level RFID Initiative, finds that if tag prices continue to drop and adoption momentum remains steady, most retailers will be using RFID technology within five years.
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Jan. 25, 2012
Survey Reveals High Numbers of Retailers Using
RFID to Track Item Sales
According to a new study from the VICS Item Level RFID Initiative, 2012 is predicted to be a tipping-point year for RFID technology. The study, titled “RFID Nears a Tipping Point,” reveals that 80 percent of retailers surveyed are piloting RFID to track item sales within their stores.
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Jan. 25, 2012
RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 to Feature Two New
Item-Level Retail and Apparel Workshops
The tenth annual conference and exhibition will educate attendees on how to deploy RFID to track individual items within the retail and apparel industries. Additionally, visitors will receive an update regarding the VICS Item Level RFID Initiative (VILRI), which is helping to develop standard ways of deploying the technology, as well as best practices.
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Jan. 20, 2012
New White Paper From Accenture and VILRI
Accenture's Mike Gorshe, Mary Rollman and Russ Beverly, in cooperation with the VICS Item Level RFID Initiative, discuss why item-level radio frequency identification is setting many companies in the retail supply chain apart from their competition, in a new white paper titled "Item-Level RFID: A Competitive Differentiator." Chain-wide rollouts by a number of North America's largest clothing retailers, the authors indicate, are a clear sign that this technology will soon be broadly adopted by the industry. Download the white paper.
Jan. 16, 2012
Apparel Retailers Get RFID
RFID Journal's Mark Roberti discusses VILRI's recent meeting and dinner, which revealed that great progress is being made toward the technology's adoption in retail apparel. Read article.
Jan. 16, 2012
Early Adopters Seeing Biggest Gains From Item-Level RFID,
According to Survey From VICS Item Level RFID Initiative
2012 may be a watershed year for RFID technology in the retail sector, according to a new study from VILRI, a group of advocates for the use of EPC-enabled RFID in the retail supply chain. The study suggests that adoption is reaching a tipping point, with 80 percent of surveyed retailers having initiated pilots using RFID to track item sales within their stores. Read press release.
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