As AI reshapes how Retail and Consumer Goods businesses compete, Robots & Pencils plants its flag in the vertical and brings in a 30-year industry veteran to lead the charge.

CLEVELAND, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Robots & Pencils, an applied AI engineering partner known for high-velocity delivery and measurable business outcomes, today announced the appointment of Saul Delage as SVP, Client Partner, Retail and Consumer Goods (RCG). Based in Chicago, he brings 30 years of experience building executive partnerships and driving growth across some of the most recognized names in digital transformation. Delage joins a proven leadership team at Robots & Pencils with extensive experience delivering for more than 100 of the world’s most recognized consumer brands, including dozens of Fortune 500 companies.

The appointment is a deliberate move. Robots & Pencils is investing with intention in Retail and Consumer Goods, including CPG, eCommerce, Restaurants & Everyday Essentials, and Retail, an industry under mounting pressure to move from AI experimentation into generative and agentic AI that performs in production and delivers measurable business outcomes. Delage will lead client relationships across the vertical, helping enterprise leaders get more from their AI investments and more from their investments in AWS, while strengthening the company’s presence in key markets and building closer, more embedded partnerships with clients.

The Right Leader for the Moment

“Saul is the kind of leader clients trust before the contract is signed and can’t imagine working without after,” said Len Pagon, CEO of Robots & Pencils. “He has worked alongside some of our team before. He knows how we operate, and he knows this vertical inside out. Retail and Consumer Goods is a large growing industry vertical for us, and we went out and got the right leader.”

A Career Built on Trust and Delivery

Delage arrives with a career forged across Cognizant, Isobar, Havas, Razorfish, and Fry, where he built high-performing growth teams, secured long-term relationships with Fortune 500 companies, and earned a reputation as one of the most technically fluent executives in the industry, equally effective in the boardroom and in the details of delivery.

His hire reflects the company tenet that winning in Retail and Consumer Goods requires leadership with deep business experience, the technical fluency to speak the language of AI, and the delivery discipline to back it up.

“Retail and Consumer Goods businesses have made significant investments in AI, and too many have little to show for it in production,” said Delage. “Robots & Pencils builds enterprise AI systems — generative, agentic, and production-ready — that move fast and tie directly to revenue and customer experience. That is exactly what this industry needs right now, and Robots & Pencils is built to deliver it.”

Built on AWS. Driven by Outcomes.

Robots & Pencils is unabashedly aligned with AWS and is building its Retail and Consumer Goods vertical around that conviction. The goal is helping enterprise leaders drive measurable business outcomes on AWS, from first deployment to full-scale production. For AWS co-sell teams and enterprise leaders who need a partner that moves fast and delivers, that commitment is the differentiator.

Retail and Consumer Goods businesses ready to move from AI experimentation to AI execution can learn more at robotsandpencils.com or connect with Saul Delage directly to explore what’s possible.

About Robots & Pencils

Robots & Pencils is an Applied AI Engineering Partner that builds AI systems designed for enterprise velocity and measurable business impact. An AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner and AWS Pattern Partner, with delivery centers in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, the company combines world-class UX with elite engineering talent for rapid, enterprise-grade delivery. Founded in 2009, Robots & Pencils has earned the trust of leaders in Consumer Products and Retail, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Manufacturing industries, gaining a reputation as a high-velocity alternative to traditional global systems integrators. Visit robotsandpencils.com and follow the company on LinkedIn.

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Market Research & Consulting, Global RFID Tags Market: Sector by Type (Active, Passive and Semi-passive), Sector by Functionality (Transponder, Reader and Middleware), by Application | Regions| Trends Forecast to 2032, Some of the drivers of the market growth include demand for real-time tracking, helping in automating inventory and improving workflows with IoT integration.

WILMINGTON, Del., April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The comprehensive report “RFID Tags Market by Type, Frequency, Application: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2023–2032,” from Allied Market Research has been published. As per the report, the global RFID tags market was valued at $5.9 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach $15.0 billion by 2032, expanding a CAGR of 9.9% during the forecast period. One of the foremost reasons driving this lucrative surge in the market is a rise in usage of RFID technology across retail, healthcare, logistics, and manufacturing sectors.

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The RFID tags market is booming, driven by increasing dependence on real-time information-based asset tracking, along with automated inventory management and supply chain visibility solutions. Allied Market Research: (REPORT CODE: A09889) said the market size was 5.9 billion dollars in 2022, and estimated to reach 15.0 billion dollars by 2032, growing at a compound annual growth rate of (CAGR) of 9.9% from 2023 –2032. Furthermore, the continued decrease in RFID system unit cost–driven by high-volume labeling with sub-$0.04low-band UHF inlays – is creating an increased accessibility of RFID tags for SMBs (small and mid-sized businesses) to explore new methods of deployment from these emerging markets.

The major growth drivers for this market include the increase in penetration of IoT, advancement of RTLS, and various government mandates regarding electronic product serialization in pharmaceuticals as well as food safety. This is fueling the convergence of 5G infrastructure and RFID technologies for ultra-fast data capture, edge computing capabilities thus augmenting the RFID tags market size among data-dense domains.

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Key Market Insights

Key Takeaways from the RFID tags Market Report by Allied Market Research:

Passive RFID tags is predicted to have the largest segment by type, accounting for revenue of $3,790.37 million in 2022. The segment is anticipated to reach $8,076.95 million by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 7.98%, due to low cost, no maintenance design, and adaptability for varied industrial applications.The RFID tags market by frequency was dominated by the UHF segment; it generated revenue of $2,544.92 million in 2022. The UHF RFID tag is predicted to reach $ 6,661.75 million by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 10.24%, due to the demands for inventory management, pharmaceutical serialization, and logisticsThe sub-segment of security and access control application accounted for the highest share of revenue in 2022, contributing $1,341.57 million to the overall market, and is expected to reach $2,511.92 million by 2032 at a CAGR of 6.56% during the forecast period• The home use end-user segment contributed the largest revenue share attributed to its rapid deployment ability across various technologies including smart buildings, mobile platforms that utilize IoT devices.The introduction of IoT, cloud platforms, and AI-based analytics with RFID technology is transforming operational workflows — enabling enterprises to leverage predictive maintenance capability, automated compliance reporting as well as end-to-end supply chain transparency.RFID tags are being increasingly deployed for item-level (unit) serialization of drugs due to the drivers such as U.S. Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) and EU pharmaceutical traceability regulatory mandates.

Market Segmentation

The global RFID tags market is classified into type, frequency, and application segments with each offering a unique growth path and competitive dynamics.Market Share By Type: Passive tags dominate, due to cost effectiveness and scalability. Active RFID tags, powered on-board, are gaining solid ground for particular applications in high-value asset monitoring, cold chain logistics and military products. By type, the active tags segment is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 12.77% as enterprises keep investing in real-time location services (RTLS) and environmental monitoring segments [Harris3].Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) tags accounted for 58.1% of the revenue share in 2023, as they are widely used by end-users due to long read range and wide read fields. HF (High Frequency) and NFC tags continue to play a significant role in contactless payment, access control and car keys; healthcare identification is one of the biggest driving markets. Low Frequency (LF) tags are for niche applications including livestock tracking and vehicle immobilization.The largest application share is within retail and supply chain management where item-level tagging enables inventory accuracy, theft prevention, and omnichannel fulfillment. Ethics-in-healthcare applications are on the rise in large part from a increased initiatives related to patient safety, proper pharmaceutical tracking and other new ethical standards being established for healthcare organizations. Other high-growth verticals include transportation & logistics, manufacturing, and aerospace & defense, while contactless payments is the fastest-growing application with an 11.8% CAGR.

Regional Insights

The RFID tags Market analysis by geography presents different growth rates since it can be seen that the established markets perform steadily whilst developing nations quickly extend.

North America: The largest share in the RFID tags market was held by North America with revenue worth $2,090.57 million due to early adoption of advance tracking technologies and favourable regulatory frameworks as well as a high concentration of prominent RFID solution providers in this region. Pharmaceutical serialization mandates in addition to the retail item-tagging initiatives being adopted across the U.S. market underpin the region’s leading position among other based on data released prior to October 2023.

Asia-Pacific: Asia-Pacific is the region identified for its rapidly growing RFID tags market and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.07%, driven by fast industrialization, digitization of large-scale manufacturing, and expansion of smart infrastructure programs supported by government investment in China, India, Japan and South Korea. Based on national logistics modernization programs and growth in the e-commerce sector, China alone is projected to become a multi-billion-dollar RFID market.

Europe: Strong RFID adoption in the automotive manufacturing sector, healthcare, and luxury goods authentication EU regulatory requirements such as pharmaceutical traceability and food safety mandates is driving enterprises to deploy RFID tags at a scale. Regional deployment is led by Germany, the UK and France.

After the subsector, growth in RFID tags market is expected to be driven by Latin America & Middle

East/Africa: Both regions are emerging markets for RFID tags with growing investments in smart retail, transportation infrastructure and government ID systems. Brazil, UAE and South Africa are important-growth zone in each region.

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Major Players in the RFID Tags Market

The global RFID tags market is a highly consolidated and competitive market where the major players design new product launches, mergers & acquisitions, strategic partnerships with other companies, R&D investments. The Allied Market Research report profiles key players in the global 5G testing equipment market, including:

Impinj, Inc.: A leader in UHF RFID solutions offering complete platforms for inventory tracking and IoT connectivity

NXP Semiconductors N.V. – World leader in RFID and NFC chip technology provides secure identification and contactless payments.Zebra Technologies Corp. – Supporting RFID solutions across various retail, healthcare and manufacturing verticals.Honeywell International Inc – Integrated RFID systems for industrial automation and supply chain operations.Identiv, Inc. – Technologies for secure RFID and NFC credentials used for physical and digital access controlInvengo Information Technology Co. Ltd. – A pioneer in UHF RFID inlays and tags for retail and logisticsAvery Dennison Corporation – A global leader in RFID labels, which cater to retail and consumer goods brands around the world.HID Global – Offer high-performance passive RFID tag solutions for physical access management and Identity applications.Checkpoint Systems, Inc. – Prospective provider of RFID-based loss prevention and inventory accuracy solutions for retailers worldwide.GAO RFID Inc. – Offers a wide array of RFID tags and readers for various industrial and commercial applications.

The growing competition among market players is resulting in heavy investments towards differentiation of offerings and identification of emerging application opportunities around chipless RFID, printable electronics, and cloud connected tag platforms.

Key Recent Industry Developments

Over the years RFID tags market has gone through a number of landmark innovations and strategic developments redefining competitive dynamics that will have an impact on its future as well as the performance of players involved -We_94D7C2E8-CDEB-4494-B0A9-F1A169BF463D.October 2024 – Announcement of Chipless RFID Hyperimaging Technology from Vubiq Networks which increased data tag bit density significantly with a significant decrease in cost to manufacture, this is expected to disrupt conventional RFID supply chain.September 2024 – Kontakt io announces Ultra-Thin BLE Tag for Asset Tracking Applications io today announced the launch of an UltraThin Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Tag that offers very low power, RFID-class performance and easy integration via standard BLE into hospital and enterprise environments.September 2024 – Avery Dennison announced the AD Minidose U9XM UHF RFID Tags, designed to enable level identification of pharmaceutical and healthcare items with high memory capacity for data storage as well as patient safety compliance.Sep 2024 – Abbott Label has announced its new RFID converting facility in Nashville, TN, USA is now fully operational indicating growing production capability of next-generation RFID label solutions.April 2024 – STMicroelectronics announced an NFC tag chip that leverages elliptic curve cryptography (blockchain-compatible), adding another layer of product authentication and anti-counterfeiting protection for the brand.In July 2024, ID Tech Solutions launched the IDT-87 UHF RFID Reader in India for outdoor use cases with a focus on industrial applications such as factory automation and logistics gateways, illustrating growing penetration of RFID in developing Asian markets.

Key Benefits for Stakeholders

To provide an accurate view of future investment pockets, this study provides analytical estimates for RFID tags market size along with current trends and estimations.In order to be able to achieve a more prominent position, the overall RFID tags market analysis is based on an understanding of prevailing profitability trends.The report presents information related to key drivers, restraints, and RFID tags market opportunity with a detailed impact analysis.In order to measure financial competence, RFID tags market forecasts shall be quantitatively analyzed from 2022 until 2032.The Porter Five Force analysis shows that buyers and suppliers are more powerful in the RFID market.Key vendor shares and RFID tags market trends are included in the report.

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Annual Initiative Recognizes Educators Across the U.S. Through Employee Stories and Surprise Recognitions $10,000 Awarded to Select Educators Through Heartfelt Employee-Nominated Video Submissions Hundreds of Additional Teachers Supported Nationwide through Gifts, Supplies, and Classroom Resources

FISHERS, Ind., April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — For educators who pour their time, energy, and often their own resources into shaping young lives, appreciation doesn’t always come often. Through its annual Teachers Rock initiative, Round Room, LLC, one of the nation’s largest Verizon Authorized Retailers, is working to change that by surprising teachers across the country with moments of heartfelt recognition, sparked by the very people whose lives they helped. Throughout the initiative, employees shared personal stories of gratitude, resulting in $10,000 awarded to select educators and meaningful classroom support reaching hundreds more nationwide.  

Built by the employees of Round Room and each of its entities, including TCC and Wireless Zone, the Teachers Rock initiative gives staff an opportunity to show appreciation for educators. This year, Round Room invited employees to recognize a teacher who made an impact on their life. Educators nationwide received thoughtful gifts including cozy blankets and essential supplies such as pens, paper and Kleenex, designed to support their needs both inside and outside the classroom.

For one employee, Teacher Rock was an opportunity to honor her high school guidance counselor whose influence extended far beyond the classroom.

“Mrs. Connie White was more than a guidance counselor, she was someone who gave extra time, care and encouragement not only to me, but to so many of my peers,” said Hannah Schutte, Round Room Gives Program Director, who surprised her former guidance counselor during a classroom visit, “Programs like Teachers Rock are one of many reasons I love working at Round Room. Our employees are able to turn gratitude into action and recognize the people who helped shape who we are today.”

The heartfelt teacher surprises and employee stories are featured in a video that captures the emotion and gratitude behind each nomination. The nominations highlighted educators who guided students well beyond academics, shaping character, supporting emotional growth, and offering encouragement when it mattered most.

“What makes Teachers Rock so meaningful is that it’s driven entirely by our employees,” said Scott Moorehead, CEO of Round Room. “These recognitions come from genuine gratitude of teachers who went the extra mile and left a lasting impact. From surprise awards to classroom support across the country, this initiative reflects the heart of our culture and our belief in turning appreciation into action.”

Teachers Rock is a part of Round Room’s quarterly community giveback initiatives, which focus on addressing different needs throughout the year based on employee passions and local impact opportunities.

The Round Room Way: Community at the Core
Philanthropy is woven into the fabric of Round Room, driven by the passion and creativity of its employees and store owners. From local backpack giveaways enhanced with dunk tanks, obstacle courses, and partner giveaways, to national quarterly initiatives that support teachers, pet rescues and those affected by domestic violence, the company is committed to making a real impact. With over $10 million donated through its community grant program, benefiting more than 2,000 local nonprofits, Round Room continues to uplift communities through both grassroots efforts and large-scale giving.

To learn more about Round Room and their philanthropic commitments, visit roundroom.com/our-impact

About Round Room, LLC
Founded on a mission and deep commitment of giving back to employees, customers, and the communities it serves, Round Room is one of the largest Verizon-authorized retailers in the U.S. Its collective portfolio of brands includes TCC, Wireless Zone, and Culture of Good. With more than 1,300 TCC and Wireless Zone retail locations across 43 states, Round Room has donated more than $10M to various causes through ongoing giveback initiatives. The company’s efforts have also been recognized through the Top Workplaces USA 2025 award and Top Workplaces Culture Excellence award. To learn more about Round Room, visit www.RoundRoom.com.

About TCC
Founded in 1991, TCC is a Verizon wireless retailer that operates over 500 locations from coast to coast and employs upwards of 1,900 people. As a certified ‘Culture of Good’ company, TCC encourages employees to give back in every community it serves through its Community Grant program, volunteer opportunities, and local philanthropic events. TCC has been recognized with several notable awards including Inc. Magazine’s Best in Business, Top Workplaces USA, and Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work. To learn more about TCC or to find a location near you, visit www.TCCRocks.com. For more information about TCC’s parent company, Round Room, LLC, visit www.RoundRoom.com.

About Wireless Zone
Wireless Zone® is the nation’s largest wireless retail franchisor with 790 independently owned and operated Verizon wireless stores across the U.S. Founded in 1988, Wireless Zone has earned prestigious industry rankings on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 and Franchise Business Review’s Top Franchise in 2025. From franchisees to corporate employees, each team member plays a critical role in its giveback efforts through system-wide fundraising campaigns or nominating a local charity for a community grant. The system is franchised and operated by Wireless Zone, LLC. Visit www.WirelessZone.com for more information or www.RoundRoom.com to learn about its parent company, Round Room, LLC.

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