Research and Markets: On the Fast Track: The RFID-Market for Retail Trade in Europe 2004-2008

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2004--

The European RFID-Market had a turnover of nearly EUR 400 million in 2004 and is expected to increase to more than EUR 2.5 billion in 2008

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of On the fast track: The RFID-Market for Retail Trade in Europe 2004-2008 to their offering.

This report covers the retail and retail logistics sectors and includes all RFID-products and RFID-related services used in the supply chain or at the points of sale. The report forecasts the size of the European market for RFID and key growth drivers. The forecasts are based on European statistic sources, price- und market specifications from more than 30 interviewed RFID-vendors and more than 15 RFID-users.

Answers to Crucial Questions:

-How big is the European market for RFID, what is the expected market grow, which are key growth drivers.

-Which strategies vendors should choose, to profit most from existing and future market potentials?

-Which barriers can slow down the market development of RFID in Europe?

-Comprehensive Model Calculations

For this study, the following sub-markets have been analysed and quantified:

Transponder: Revenue figures with all transponders located on cases and pallets (Case-Level) as well as at the item level in the retail and retail logistics sector. We differentiate between UHF transponders and HF-transponders (ultra high frequency- and high frequency-transponders), both of which play a role in the retail sector.

Reading devices: This includes all revenues with all devices used for reading and writing the transponders and the controllers. The report distinguishes between mobile reading devices, fixed reading devices and logistic gates with RFID functionality.

Integration services and software: These are services for integrating the RFID-data with the existing IT-structure, such as materials management systems, ERP-systems or SCM-Systems. The software-market includes the revenues from Middleware-licenses.

Installation: Revenues from the physical installation of readers and controllers at the PoS and at the distribution centers.

Maintenance-Services: This is turnover from the maintenance of RFID-Equipment and support services for the specific RFID-software.

Independent results through comprehensive analyses

-Exclusive analyses based on data pertaining to German companies and from vendors for the European market.

-Detailed modelling of the European RFID-Market from 2004 - 2008.

-Strategic success factors and implementation recommendations for RFID vendors, logistic companies, system integrators und software vendors.

Report Contents:

1. Executive Summary

2. Basic principles and methods

3. RFID-market for retail trade and logistics

4. Differences between countries in the development of RFID

5. Risks for the development of the RFID-markets

6. Strategic recommendations for RFID-providers and system integrators

7. Appendix

List of illustrations and tables

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