Retail Security Tags 4/4/2009

The next generation intelligent tags are sweeping in to the marketplace. Retailers are finally getting the options they need to protect their merchandise while still offering it for sale in an appealing way. Technology has advanced slowly over the past decade in the EAS business compared to other industries. Hopefully this latest spurt of new and useful retail security products will usher in an era of advancement and development in all electronic article surveillance product categories. Smart deactivation is certainly an area that must be addressed. Security tags and pins are improving but we must not leave labels behind.