Source Tagging
Protect your merchandise while saving money and labor
TAGGING
SOURCE
Protect your merchandise while saving money and labor
Source Tagging is the process of applying an Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) or Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) Label or Hard tag to a retail product’s packaging or the product itself at the point of manufacture or packaging.
Essentially, retail product vendors, consumer goods manufacturers, and product packaging companies are required to embed Acousto-Magnetic (AM), Radio-Frequency (RF) or RFID labels or hard tags into products or product packaging before the products are shipped to retailers. This allows retailers to eliminate the high cost and inefficiency associated with in-store tagging, and the process of moving the products out onto the sales floor is much quicker.
Whether a product must be tagged with an AM, RF or RFID Label or Hard Tag depends on what type of detection systems the retailer has installed in their stores. The adhesive labels are typically applied to hard goods, while the hard tags are used for apparel tagging.
Please refer to the White Paper on this page for more information regarding tagging apparel at the source with our Hard Tag recirculation services.
Not only is our Tag Recirculation service the most cost-effective, efficient, and secure way to tag apparel, it is also the only environmentally friendly method of apparel tagging.
ALL-Tag® is a global manufacturer and supplier of RF, AM and RFID labels and hard tags. Our distribution centers around the world ensure immediate deliveries to any retailer’s source tagging vendors. ALL-TAG has been helping retailers and their source tagging partners begin and sustain efficient tagging programs since the year 2000. Providing source tagging services and manufacturing products to be used for source tagging is our core business, specialty, and expertise.
YOUR MERCHANDISE
Join top retailers, consumer products manufacturers,
packaging companies, and value resellers around the
world that are utilizing the most efficient method for
merchandise security tagging…
There is currently a large number of retail companies around the world that source tag their merchandise. For example, Walmart, Kohl’s, Target, Dollar General, CVS, Walgreens, Family Dollar, Rite Aid, Aldi, Tesco, Carrefour, Urban Outfitters, Sainsbury, Barnes & Noble, Lid1, Dixons, Best Buy, Staples, Office Depot, JC Penney, Kroger, Banana Republic, Lululemon, El Corte Ingles, and Matalan all source tag some of their merchandise. At the bottom of this page, we have listed retailers according to the type of security label or security tag they use to source tag their hard goods or apparel. ALL-TAG is currently involved in source tagging with some of the retailers in this list, but not all of them. Please contact us for more information about retailers and their source tagging requirements.
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EAS Tag Recirculation™ White Paper
Apparel Source Tagging for Today’s Retailers
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.
Popular RF Labels
All-Tag 31×32 mm SuperLabels®
The All-Tag Labels are paper thin, self-adhesive tags used to protect any type of non-metallic, hard goods item such as film, video tapes, books, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical items, or security cases for CD or DVD protection.
All-Tag 23×44 mm Label
All-Tag 30 mm Round Label
• Company/Store Logos
• Store Numbers & Addresses
• Warning Messages & Symbols
MicroLabel – 26 x 29 mm
This small 1 x 1.14 inch (26×29 mm) 8.2 MHz Radio-Frequency Label is perfect for small packages, and packages with a lot of printed content.
Popular AM Labels
AM Security Labels
Roll Format
ALL-TAG’s Signatronic AM Label
Plain White
AM Label – Narrow
The World’s Smallest AM
24% smaller than Sensormatic® APX (DR) Labels, so retailers can now protect smaller merchandise they couldn’t tag before. Compatible with TYCO/Sensormatic and other Acousto-Magnetic (AM) 58 KHz EAS Systems and Deactivators.
Popular AM and RF Hard Tags
Sensormatic Visible Source Tag (VST-R)®
The Sensormatic Visible Source Tag or VST-R® tag was developed for Apparel Source Tagging, which means the tags are attached to apparel at the manufacturer source instead of in retail stores. After the tags are removed from the apparel at the point of sale, they are simply thrown away.
RF Source Tag
This RF Source Tag is an attractive, lightweight tag that is well suited for our hard tag recirculation® program for source-tagging apparel. It is very similar to the Checkpoint security tag that is used for apparel source tagging.
E-Tag™
The E-Tag™ is a high quality alternative to the Sensormatic® SuperTag versions I and II. The E-Tag is equipped with the same detection antenna found in authentic Sensormatic brand tags, making it compatible with all Sensormatic Ultra*Max® Systems and more difficult to shield with foil lined bags. The E-Tag is also compatible with all Sensormatic SuperTag Detachers.
EAS INK
Sensormatic Visible Source Tag (VST-R)®
This Ink Tag offers retailers an attractive and secure AM or RF hard tag/benefit denial ink tag combination. The tag is equipped with two ink vials, an AM or RF circuit, and a SuperLock Clutch. A clear plastic, dome shaped pin is used to connect the tag to retail merchandise.
As with all of our ink tags, a warning can be printed to inform potential shoplifters what will happen if the tag is removed by force. We can print custom warnings, as well as store logos for larger volume orders
Below is a list of the largest retailers that require their vendors to source tag with RFID Labels, RF Labels, AM Labels, Hard Tags, or Ink Tags.
RF Labels
- Kohl’s
- Target
- Dollar General
- CVS
- Walgreens
- Family Dollar
- Rite Aid
- Aldi
- Fred Meyer
- Tesco
- Carrefour
- Ulta
- Urban Outfitters
- TJ Maxx
- Metro
- Sainsbury
- H&M
- HEB
- Barnes & Noble
- Big Lots
- Lidl
- Dixons
- Sephora
- Tracfone
AM Labels
- Home Depot
- Lowe’s
- Best Buy
- Boots
- NEXT
- Staples
- Office Depot / OfficeMax
- WalMart
- ASDA
- JC Penney
- Kroger
- Chedraui
- Sephora
- Tracfone
- Nordstrom
Sensormatic VST‑R®
- Zara / Inditex
- Banana Republic
- Capri
- Piazza Italia
- Lululemon
- Guess Europe
- HEB
- Walmart Chile
RF Source-Tag
- Kohl’s
- Gap
- Old Navy
- El Corte Ingles
- Matalan
- Fred Meyer
RFID Labels
- Walmart
- Target
- TJ Maxx
- Academy Sports & Outdoors
- JC Wholesale Club
- Dick’s Sporting Goods
- Macy’s
- Kohl’s
- Kroger
- Lowe’s
- Nike
- Nordstrom
- PVH
- Tesco
Notes on Source Tagging products:
- RF (Radio Frequency) Labels are used to source tag merchandise in Kohl’s, Dollar General, Walgreens, Target, CVS, Family Dollar, Rite Aid, Aldi, Tesco, Fred Meyer, Carrefour, Ulta, TJ Maxx, Urban Outfitters, Metro, Sainsbury, H&M, HEB, Barnes & Noble, Big Lots, Lidl, Dixon’s, Sephora, Tracfone and many other retailers. ALL-Tag produces a wide variety of RF labels to protect any type of retail merchandise that must be source tagged.
- AM (Acousto Magnetic) Labels are used to source tag merchandise in Home Depot, Best Buy, Lowe’s, NEXT, Boots, Office Depot / OfficeMax, Staples, Walmart, ASDA, JC Penney, Chedraui, Kroger, TK Maxx, Sephora, Tracfone, Nordstrom and many other retailers. ALL-Tag supplies AM labels that are comparable in performance to the Sensormatic AM labels, and can be used to protect any type of any type of retail merchandise that must be source tagged.
- Sensormatic VST-R Tags are used to source tag merchandise in Zara (Inditex), Banana Republic, HEB, Walmart Chile, Guess Europe, Lululemon, Piazza Italia, Capri and many other retailers. ALL-Tag resells Sensormatic VST-R Tags, and supplies their own brand of comparable tags (E-Tags) that are used to protect any type of retail apparel that must be source tagged.
- RF Source Tags are used to source tag merchandise in Gap, Kohl’s Old Navy, El Corte Ingles, Matalan, Fred Meyers and many other retailers. ALL-Tag produces a wide variety of RF Source Tags to protect any type of apparel merchandise that must be source tagged.
- AM Ink Tags are used to source tag merchandise in JC Penney. ALL-Tag produces a wide variety of AM Ink Tags to protect any type of apparel merchandise that must be source tagged.,
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The Netherlands
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