by Alorie Gilbert
<strong>Retailer 'single-handedly responsible for moving this industry along'</strong>
Wal-Mart Stores' top merchandise suppliers are lifting sales of radio frequency identification devices as they race to comply with a January deadline from the world's largest retailer.
Major consumer goods companies - including Gillette, Kraft Foods and Procter & Gamble - have collectively spent about $250m on RFID tags and related equipment this year, according to a new report from AMR Research. Those companies are among the nearly 140 Wal-Mart suppliers working toward fulfilling the retailer's RFID directive.
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