Sixty percent reported participating in such projects with one or two retailers. Among retailers that have implemented radio frequency identification, 77 percent reported plans to scale their item-level RFID program to include additional categories or products than what was already being tagged and tracked.About 40 percent of suppliers reported the same goal.he survey, conducted by Accenture on behalf of the VICS Item Level RFID Initiative, finds that if tag prices continue to drop and adoption momentum remains steady, most retailers will be using RFID technology within five years. By Claire Swedberg.