APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING PRODUCT LABEL REMOVAL USING RFID TAG DEVICES

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided using RFID devices to assist in detecting retail product label removal. For example, a system includes a product identifier including a base substrate, a first RFID tag device, a second RFID tag device, a metallic substrate, a first attachment mechanism, and a second attachment mechanism. By one approach, the first attachment mechanism is configured to fail with an application of a lower separation force than the second attachment mechanism, such that upon an action causing a separation force to separate the base substrate from a first retail product will cause the first attachment mechanism to fail such that the base substrate will be removed from the metallic substrate and the first retail product. In some embodiments, upon this separation and removal, the second RFID tag device will then be readable by the RFID tag reader.