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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT)
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To: Paul V. who wrote (9348)4/5/2004 3:54:40 PM
From: Gottfried  Read Replies (2) of 25522
 
Paul, RFID article from IEEE Spectrum: Supermarket's Futuristic Outlet

Future Store may be the greatest thing to have happened on the River Rhein since Siegfried slew the dragon

Razor-thin margins in the fiercely competitive German food retail market have prompted Metro AG, one of Europe's largest retailers, to test new technologies that streamline the way shoppers pick and pay for items, and cajole them into buying more. Here, at Metro's Future Store in Rheinberg, a medium-sized city north of Düsseldorf, near the Dutch border, this reporter roamed the aisles on a typically crowded shopping day. He found the experience to be something special, as the marquee over the entrance suggested [see photo, "Read All About It!"]. [snip]
spectrum.ieee.org

PS: I not into any nano companies per se, just the big ones that may have an interest in it, like INTC.

Gottfried
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