Companies considering using hidden RFID chips in merchandise

These companies are attending a conference which will try to sell them on the idea. They have expressed interest in this technology. Beware.

• Academy Sports & Outdoors • Albertsons • The ALDO Group • Anheuser-Busch • Best Buy • Blockbuster • Blommer Chocolate • Brass Eagle • CDW Corp. • Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream • Electrolux • Energizer Battery • Fuji Photo Film USA • The Gap • General Mills • Gillette Company

• Hampton Products • Hasbro • Hershey Foods • Hewlett Packard (HP) • Hunter Fan • Hy-Vee, Inc. • Jockey International • Johnson & Johnson • Johnsonville Sausage • Kellogg Co. • Kimberly-Clark • Limited Brands • L'Oreal USA • Loblaws • Louisville Bedding • Lowe's Companies

• Luxottica Retail • Maidenform Worldwide • Mars • Marubeni America • Masterfoods USA • McIlhenny Co. • Meyer Corp. • Nestle USA • Newell Rubbermaid • OfficeMax • Pacific Cycle • Payless Shoe Source • Pharmavite • Procter & Gamble • S. C. Johnson • SAKS Inc.

• Sara Lee Foods • Schick • Scott Paper Limited • Sears • Sears Canada • Sherwin-Williams • Storekraft • Stride Rite Corp. • Tanimura & Antle • Target Corp. • The Valvoline Co. • Unilever • Wal-Mart • Walgreens • Wm Wrigley Jr Co • Wegmans