Jeanswear producer Levi Strauss, which raised prices earlier this year to cover higher cotton costs, said earlier this week it ended up slashing prices at retail this fall in order to move merchandise as families bought fewer pairs of back-to-school jeans rather than spend more.
Bling Nation is looking to change that with its service, which pairs RFID-enabled stickers with a back-end system that charges purchases to credit cards (via PayPal) and sends text-message receipts to cellphones.
Drivers are on the road between four days and three weeks at a time--alone and in pairs--and Schneider must get them backto their homes by a certain date.