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The top suppliers of consumer goods may have to start opening their wallets a lot wider to accommodate the mandates retailers are asking them to meet with respect to RFID tags.
Minneapolis-based Target Corp. confirmed last week that it will expect its top "vendor partners" to apply radio frequency identification tags to all pallets and cases they ship to unspecified "select" regional distribution centers, beginning next spring. all vendors will be expected to comply by the spring of 2007, according to a company spokeswoman.
Industry analysts said they expect more retailers to issue RFID mandates in the coming months. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. started the trend last year, asking its top 100 suppliers to begin tagging pallets and cases by the start of 2005 so...