Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Source Tagging and EAS Tag Recirculation™ are playing a large role in the evolution of retail logistics and loss prevention. Retailers realize that in-store tagging is very expensive, time consuming, and highly inefficient, and they are looking toward solutions that move EAS tagging to the most economical place in the logistics chain – out of the store, and back toward where the merchandise is manufactured.

Enterprising early adopters of EAS Tag Recirculation include three Gap Inc. brands (Gap and Old Navy), Kohl’s, Lululemon, Inditex (Zara brand worldwide), TESCO (UK), Guess? Europe, Walmart (Chile), and El Corte Inglés (Spain).

Over the past several years, these retailers have proven that EAS Tag Recirculation provides important benefits, including:

Financial

• Predictable cost of operating the tagging portion of an EAS program.
• Potential for productivity gain from redeploying store associate hours from tagging to selling.
• Better shrinkage results and more security than with other EAS tagging methods.
• No capital requirements for additional EAS tags, unless you so choose.
• Potential for cash rebates for the return of tags and pins.
• Incremental sales because merchandise is sold rather than stolen.

Operational

• Merchandise arrives at stores source tagged, secure and floor ready.
• Recirculation speeds up merchandise availability for sale while eliminating missed tagging.
• The flexibility to utilize the existing tag inventory within the process.
• More tagging consistency, less apparel damage.
• Maximum tagging protection during peak inventory periods.
• No customer issues with tag pollution, when un-deactivated EAS sewn-in labels set off alarms.

Sustainability and Safety

• Apparel hanger recirculation can be introduced in tandem with EAS Tag Recirculation

   for greater savings and contributions to sustainability efforts.

• Recirculation contributes to safety initiatives – including mandated policies reducing “touches”.
• No environmental issues caused by the non-degradable components of disposable labels

Supplies: Retailer contracts with All-Tag to supply tags, instructs apparel manufacturer to order from us and to affix tags during the manufacturing process.

Ships: Apparel manufacturer establishes a business relationship with us and orders the appropriate tags. Tags are affixed at source and shipped to stores “secure and floor ready.”

Removes & Boxes: Merchandise is sold at POS; tags/pins are removed and boxed at the store. Cartons are picked up directly from stores; back hauled to distribution centers or shipped to regional consolidation points for future pick-up.

Collects: We collect and ship tags/pins to one of the processing operations.

Pays: Retailer can receive a quarterly cash rebate based on tag/pin returns.

Sorts: Tags are sorted, inspected, prepared for recirculation, and stocked for subsequent orders from apparel manufacturers.

Re-Supplies: Process repeats.

Reports: Customized reports provide retailers with a complete accounting of the tag volume and location within the supply chain – including orders to apparel manufacturers.