Macy’s accelerates use of radio frequency identification technology

Business
Sept 28, 2011
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CINCINNATI — Macy’s Inc. said Wednesday its Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s stores are adopting RFID (radio frequency identification) technology on an accelerated timeline to more precisely manage item-level merchandise inventories.

By the third quarter of 2012, the company said it expects to begin using RFID in all stores nationwide to count “replenishment goods” - those items regularly stocked and automatically resupplied as they are sold to customers. This represents about 30 percent of the company’s sales.

Macy’s said it will be among the first retailers to implement RFID on a broad national scale. The company has been testing RFID technology for nearly two years in selected Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s stores and distribution centers.

Use of RFID to precisely track replenishment goods on-hand by size, color and style is expected to be completed by fall of 2013 in all stores, the company said.

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