An inventory management system and method which wirelessly interrogate product
labels to determine inventory. The system includes an electronic price label system
including electronic displays which display price information and interrogators
which wirelessly obtain identification information from product labels, and a computer
which receives first identification information from first product labels affixed
to first instances of a product adjacent one of the electronic displays and one
of the interrogators, determines a first amount of the product from the first identification
information, receives second identification information from second product labels
affixed to second instances of the product which have been sold, determines a second
amount of the product from the second identification information, receives third
identification information from third product labels affixed to third instances
of the product adjacent the electronic price label, and determines a third amount
of the product from the third identification information representing a current
inventory amount.