Should retail stores also RFID-tag ‘cheap’ items?

Should retail stores also RFID-tag ‘cheap’ items?

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Article ID: iaor20141195
Volume: 233
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 281
End Page Number: 291
Publication Date: Feb 2014
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
Authors: , ,
Keywords: radio frequency identification (RFID)
Abstract:

Despite their implementations in a wide variety of applications, there are very few instances where every item sold at a retail store is RFID‐tagged. While the business case for expensive items to be RFID tagged may be somewhat clear, we claim that even ‘cheap’ items (i.e., those that cost less than an RFID tag) should be RFID tagged for retailers to benefit from efficiencies associated with item‐level visibility. We study the relative price premiums a retailer with RFID tagged items can command as well as the retailer’s profit to illustrate the significance of item‐level RFID‐tagging both cheap and expensive items at a retail store. Our results indicate that, under certain conditions, item‐level RFID tagging of items that cost less than an RFID tag has the potential to generate significant benefits to the retailer. The retailer is also better off tagging all items regardless of their relative price with respect to that of an RFID tag compared to the case where only the expensive item is RFID‐tagged.

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