An RFID-enabled retail carriage basket, which may be placed within a retail carriage or may be integrated into a retail carriage, such as a shopping cart. The RFID-enabled retail carriage basket may have a base with a near-field radio-frequency antenna, and sidewalls arranged around the perimeter of the base. RF-reflecting material may be attached to the lower part of the carriage basket, on the outside of the base and along the lowest parts of the sidewalls. RF-mitigating material may be attached to the remaining parts of the sidewalls. The RFID-enabled retail carriage basket may be connected to a host device, which may control scanning of the basket that may be performed by the antenna. If desired, the RFID-enabled retail carriage basket may be provided in the lower basket of a double-basket shopping cart and configured to scan both the upper and the lower basket with the antenna.