TI is ahead of the curve with Gen 2 adoption, and we commend them on being the first to begin Gen 2 tagging of cases and pallets in support of Wal-Mart's RFID expansion plans in 2006.

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We're in the planning stages with the United Kingdom and Canada.

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If the displays don't make it onto the floor in time, Wal-Mart has not maximized sales and is carrying too much stock at the end of the promotion.

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In 2002, we were involved in the early implementation of RFID readers as part of the Auto-ID Center field trial. Those early readers took hours to install and minutes to destroy. But we learned a lot, and we have been applying that knowledge.

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We did discover some materials, and they've been sent away for analysis. We're not prepared to speculate on what was contained in the vials.

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I think a lot of the [tag] studies that have been done prior [to the introduction of near-field tags] are invalid, and they need to be done again. The whole [playing] field has been changed now.

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The system could be reading tags in the background and giving the associates information on what they need to do. We need systems to help people move product to the shelf. It's the last 50 yards [where products are brought to the store shelves] that's the hardest.

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There's nothing out there that's exactly right for us to pilot. We would like to test something this year.

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