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For Retail Professionals

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March 31, 2004

Retailers Need An RFID Code Of Conduct

How To Talk To Consumers About Using RFID In Your Stores

by Christine Spivey Overby

with Charles P. Wilson, Joshua Walker

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Executive Summary

RFID's impact on privacy remains an important topic with retailers, consumer privacy groups, and, most recently, state legislators in California and Utah. So what do consumers think about RFID's use in the store? Twenty-one percent of US consumers who are aware of RFID tags fear the prospect of companies tracking their purchases. But 81% of these consumers are accepting the idea of retailers disabling the tag once the item leaves the store. The bottom line: To win broader acceptance, retailers need to adopt an RFID code of conduct — and communicate it to consumers.

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RESEARCH CATEGORIES

Analyst

Christine Spivey Overby

Industry

Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail, RFID

Geography

Asia Pacific, Europe, North America