Is RFID “catching on” as quickly as expected? Not according to the newsmakers at eweek.

The media outlet’s latest news analysis concludes RFID is only slowly catching on despite small-scale successes.

The example: Alien Technology announced July 30 that one of its customers, textile producer Griva SpA, has realized a 30 percent return on investment of its implementation of Alien’s RFID tag and reader system—not in real dollars but rather in time management savings and increased traceability of fabric rolls.