========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com RETAIL INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= December 23, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Best Buy Running out of time? Get to Best Buy. The perfect last minute gifts are right here. Just let the Best Buy Gift Finder do the work and the perfect gifts will magically appear. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162414-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Evan Schuman: The War Against Retail Return Abuses 1. News: Wal-Mart Gives Suppliers RFID Holiday Gift 2. News: RFID Struggles Mount as End of Year Approaches 3. News: EPCglobal Ratifies Next-Generation RFID Standard 4. News: IBM Unleashes New RFID Middleware 5. News: Google Nukes Santy Worm, But Threat Remains ========================================================= Evan Schuman ========================================================= The War Against Retail Return Abuses Using databases to prevent return abuses pits a U.S. Senator against a database vendor, with national retailers caught in the middle. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162417-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Retail Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: Wal-Mart Gives Suppliers RFID Holiday Gift The retailer eases its Jan. 1 compliance deadline for its RFID rollout, according to analysts. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162420-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: RFID Struggles Mount as End of Year Approaches With Wal-Mart's deadline, technology updates, accuracy problems, incompatibility issues, a new version and licensing fee debates, the imminent RFID road ahead looks treacherous. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162423-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: EPCglobal Ratifies Next-Generation RFID Standard Several months later than originally planned, EPCglobal ratified its Generation 2 RFID standard, a move that's expected to usher in a new wave of products for meeting RFID mandates in the second half of 2005. But although use of the standard itself is royalty-free, controversy is stirring over whether customers will need to pay royalties to Intermec Technologies for some products based on the specification. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162426-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: IBM Unleashes New RFID Middleware In the increasingly competitive RFID arena, IBM has released the first three products from its recently formed $250 million S&A (Sensor & Actuator) arm. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162429-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Google Nukes Santy Worm, But Threat Remains A decision by Google to block certain search queries has helped thwart the spread of the Santy worm, but the public release of the worm's source code could lead to new attacks, security experts have warned. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162432-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Job Search http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162435-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= The Channel Insider http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162438-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162441-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162444-0-0-0-1&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162447-0-0-0-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162450-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162453-0-0-0-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1460-19-91-6723-162456-0-0-0-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
