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Vacuum lift company Al-Vac has released a new floor-mounted unit that can rotate through 360º and its lifting capacity is beyond the standard 25kg required to handle conventional sacks in the UK process industries.

Symbol Technologies and Zebra Technologies have been selected by Marks & Spencer as its mobility partners for mobile shelf edge labelling across 400 Marks & Spencer food outlets in the United Kingdom.

A four-month retail study has concluded that investment in RFID can bring significant and rapid payback to manufacturers and retailers.

One of the key considerations is whether to adopt a goods-to-man or man-to-goods strategy – the former involving automated equipment like carousels and mini-load systems,

The equipment required includes: BlackBerry Enterprise Server, BlackBerry handhelds, the Content Beamer for BlackBerry server based bluetooth print solution, and a bluetooth capable printer.

German retailer REWE has started an extensive pallet-level RFID pilot at its Norderstedt distribution centre in Germany.