February 01, 2005
P&G, Gillette Merger to Challenge Wal-Mart's RFID Position
Proctor & Gamble's recent $57 billion purchase of Gillette has created what Warren Buffett calls "the greatest consumer products company in the world." Such a conglomerate could use RFID and other technologies to flatten competitors or change the way Wal-Mart thinks about forcing their suppliers into adopting RFID. According to ExtremeTech:
"With P&G, there's a much stronger voice on technology standards on the supplier side," says Forrester analyst Christine Spivey Overby. "I think all suppliers will benefit."
Meanwhile, Overby says both P&G and Gillette are considered leaders on RFID and global data synchronization, an effort to standardize product information such as weight, dimension and height.
Read more: Procter & Gamble, Gillette Merger Could Challenge Wal-Mart RFID Adoption
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