Field notes from inside real RFID deployments.
Practical analysis on RFID for resale and thrift retail — measurement, loss prevention, pricing, operations, and standards. Written by the team behind the only published Goodwill RFID case study.
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The State of RFID, September 2026: The Read Is Solved, the Rollout Is Not
September showed retail RFID succeeding or failing on the software layer, value-tier chains crossing the tag-cost line, and tagging moving upstream.
September 2026 Industry AnalysisThe State of RFID, August 2026: The Upstream Shift and the Counter That Won
August confirmed the RFID demand recovery. Competitors moved into source tagging. Libraries answered the tagging-economics question for resale operators.
August 2026 Industry AnalysisThe State of RFID, July 2026: The Mid-Market Window Is Open
RFID checkout cleared $1B in venture validation and 1,000-store rollouts in July. The tech is proven. The mid-tier and resale opportunity is now open.
July 2026 Industry AnalysisState of RFID — June 2026: Platform Consolidation and the Resale Opening
Enterprise retailers locked in RFID platforms in June 2026 — what mid-tier and resale operators need to know, and where the structural gap remains.
June 2026