Wal-mart Wants To Get Into Your Pants

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is putting electronic identification tags on men's clothing like jeans starting Aug. 1 as the world's largest retailer tries to gain more control of its inventory. Wal-Mart - Retailing - Clothing - Business - Jeans

Senh: This is pretty scary, especially if they're hard to remove. I don't want to have to remove these tags from every piece of clothing I buy from them anyway. Plus, it's scary that they can track my whereabouts.

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