RFID Progress in Retail to Mid 2007

UHF Gen 2 tag suppliers, therefore, have found the RFID market disappointingly slow, with many looking into other applications such as asset tracking and other closed loop applications - still one of the biggest growth areas in RFID and usually profitable for suppliers. IDTechEx is beginning to see some market consolidation however, such as Motorola outsourcing tag production to Avery Dennison. Meanwhile IDTechEx find that RFID printer suppliers, systems integration companies and some software/application development companies are making some money in retail.