A point-of-purchase ("POP") display employing RFID (Radio Frequency
IDentification) technology for inventory control is provided. The POP is
preferably fabricated from paper, paperboard and/or corrugated paperboard
material, and incorporates one or more shelves and/or cover layers. An RF
antenna structure is applied to the surfaces of, or built into, the one
or more shelves and/or cover layers. Suitable RF transmitter/receiver
circuitry may also be built into the POP, or the POP may simply have
suitable connections built in, to permit such transceiver apparatus to be
plugged into the POP. The transceiver circuitry is connected in any
suitable manner to an inventory control computer, such as the retail
store's computer. Each article that is to be displayed in the POP is
provided with an RFID tag. Removal of an article from the POP, results in
a signal being transmitted to the inventory control computer,
corresponding to the removal of the article from the POP, and
corresponding adjustment of the inventory records in the inventory
control computer.