Retail EAS / RFID News And Information
FEATURED EAS/RFID CONTENT
-
The Roadmap To Source Tagging For Retailers
One of the keys to retailer profitability is availability. Put simply, if a product is not on-shelf in store, then it is a lost sales opportunity. Failure to deliver is likely to result in consumers either taking their business to another retail outlet, or more likely, ordering from a rival digital channel.
Innovative retailers are using RFID technology as a common fabric across many of its merchandise- centric applications to gain real-time insight into merchandise status and to take necessary steps to anticipate and reduce out-of-stocks. In this final series installment, we’ll take a look at how Checkpoint Systems has developed an innovative and efficient approach to this problem.
In Part 1 of this discussion on how retailers can reduce out-of-stocks and improve merchandise availability, we discussed the new market realities facing retailers, including tighter margins, shifting shopper behavior and the need for hyper-accurate inventory availability status. In this installment, we cover how innovative retailers are taking an integrated, intelligent and insightful approach to addressing issues related to inventory management and shrink management in a cohesive manner, often using RFID technology to achieve their most important goals.
Retailing has always been a tough business, marked by demanding consumers, tight profit margins and intense competition. Retailers – even the most successful ones – also have had to confront and overcome various operational challenges such as managing inventories, controlling shrink, representing their brands in an innovative and attractive manner and maximizing every square foot of selling space, while improving shoppers’ experience.
Imaginarium, a leading retailer of products and merchandise for early childhood education and children’s toys, likes to bill itself as having “the prettiest toy shops in the world.” But Imaginarium is savvy enough to recognize that aesthetically pleasing store environments do more than attract shoppers and their children: they also can attract potential thieves.
ARTICLES FROM INNOVATIVE RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES
-
Inside The Front-End Changes At Lowe’s
How the Fortune 500 retailer improved the customer experience with a 50% reduction in false EAS alarms, reducing shrink and mitigating associate risk along the way.
-
The Expanding Duty Of The RFID Tag4/22/2013
From the supply chain to the store floor and beyond, RFID tags continue to prove their multidisciplinary benefits.
-
American Apparel Deploys Smart Safes To Drive Down Theft4/22/2013
The specialty apparel retailer uses smart-safe technology to protect its assets and employees.
-
h.h. gregg Challenges The Loss Prevention Philosophy2/19/2013
LP sometimes has an adversarial relationship with store personnel. This electronics retailer has succeeded in creating a mutually beneficial partnership.
EAS/RFID PRODUCTS
-
Sensormatic® SensorID™ Compliance Lab ADT announces another critical element of the RFID solution. The Sensormatic SensorID Compliance Lab provides RFID compliance testing services for consumer goods manufacturers and retailers looking to meet the recently announced mass merchandiser RFID compliance requirements.
-
EVOLVE Electronic Article Surveillance Antennas Checkpoint introduced its EVOLVE platform specifically to help retailers and their suppliers reduce shrink, improve merchandise availability and leverage real-time data in ways never before possible.
-
SG10T General Duty Linear Imager Using barcodes and scanners to track inventory and assets has been proven to increase accuracy and efficiency for businesses. The Intermec SG10T handheld bar code reader gives businesses an easy, affordable, and reliable way to capture these benefits in their day-to-day operations.
-
Symbol DS9808 Hybrid Presentation Imager Achieve a new level of productivity and throughput at the checkout stand — with the DS9808. Designed to deliver a new level of versatility, functionality and performance, the DS9808 features a one-of-a-kind hybrid form factor that provides superior comfort and ease of use in both handheld and hands-free scanning modes.
-
SATO LP 100R Continuous Form Laser Printer
The SATO LP 100R is a high-performance laser imaging system offering superior print quality, high printing speeds, flexible paper handling, and ease of use. It is specifically designed to deliver excellent variable-data printing on custom tags, labels and forms.
EAS/RFID NEWS
-
Checkpoint Reveals 3rd National Source Tagging Symposium Findings From Retailers, CPG Manufacturers; Hosted By CVS Health6/14/2016
Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, recently announced findings from its third-annual National Source Tagging Symposium, which was hosted at CVS Health Headquarters in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
-
Avery Dennison Retail Branding And Information Solutions Enhances The Consumer Experience At NRF 20161/19/2016
Avery Dennison Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS) (NYSE: AVY), a global leader in apparel, footwear and RFID-enabled solutions, attended the 2016 National Retail Federation’s (NRF) 105th Annual Convention and EXPO yesterday at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Avery Dennison RBIS also showcased its latest products, services and RFID technologies at NRF’s EXPO hall. The demonstration featured the impact of RFID on inventory accuracy on the retail consumer experience, a sneak peek of its upcoming printer series, in addition to an interactive smart mirror demonstration, in collaboration with Oak Labs. Furthermore, Avery Dennison RBIS hosted a BIG !deas panel discussion on RFID technology and the impact on consumer experience, moderated by Fast Company and featuring industry experts from Rebecca Minkoff and adidas.
-
Checkpoint Systems Enhances Its Check-Net Print Shops; Can Now Print, Encode, Test One Million RFID Labels In 24 Hours10/16/2014
Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, recently announced that its Check-Net print shops have implemented significant new printing capabilities that allow them to quickly print, encode and test RFID labels for apparel retailers and manufacturers employing its source tagging capabilities.
-
Chico's Partners With Tyco Retail Solutions For RFID-Enabled Inventory Accuracy10/7/2014
Tyco Retail Solutions, a leading global provider of retail performance and security solutions, recently announced positive results from its RFID pilot with Chico’s.
-
Checkpoint Systems Implements RFID At Inditex Distribution Centers9/22/2014
Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has been selected by the Inditex Group to implement Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology into its distribution centers.
-
Tyco Retail Solutions Unveils TrueVUE 5.1 Software For RFID-Based Inventory Visibility8/21/2014
Tyco Retail Solutions, a leading global provider of retail performance and security solutions, recently announced the release of TrueVUE version 5.1, which further enhances its capabilities to accelerate large scale retail RFID deployments faster and more cost effectively across all stores chain-wide.