Tag: rfid

The front of the retail store is a critical hub in understanding shopper activity. Storefront visibility layers electronic product code (EPC as EAS) RFID technology onto existing EAS systems.

 CONTROLTEK, a leading provider of loss prevention and asset protection solutions, has recently launched its new RFID management software, CONTROLSPAN, for real-time item-level visibility and asset tracking of the retail store.  

Technology is not here to eliminate us; it’s here to make our jobs and lives easier. Retail will continue to evolve with technology. As retailers, our responsibility is to focus our efforts on improving the customer experience using the new tools at our disposal.

They don’t call it the Big Show for nothing. There were over 40,000 people in attendance from all over the world to talk retail, technology, strategy, and the future at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show hosted in New York City January 12–14. Here are four of the biggest trends that will impact retailers in 2020.

It’s safe to say that 2020 will be a pivotal year for the retail industry. As more consumers turn to e-commerce giants like Amazon for their shopping needs, many traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are feeling the pinch. Video surveillance is one tool that can help turn the tide.

LP Magazine's annual guide to products and services provided by the many solutions providers who support the industry is included in the November-December 2019 print edition. Download the guide here.

Nordic ID and CONTROLTEK have joined forces in North America. CONTROLTEK is the lead distributor of Nordic ID products in the US and Canadian...

“It’s quickly becoming the most precise tool in our arsenal to meet an individual consumer specific need at the exact right moment...I think this will help us create the capability to grow profitably across the breadth of the portfolio and ultimately, again it’s putting ourselves in position to serve consumers in a way that gets them the product that they need when they want it and where they want it.” - Mark Parker, Nike CEO

CONTROLTEK will showcase the latest of their EAS and RFID solutions at the 2019 NRF Protect conference next week in Anaheim, CA.

RFID technology allows companies to know where in their process any particular asset is, so they can monitor the speed of production, the time of delivery, or any other factor that will help them to see how long their processes actually take—and control assets by knowing where they are at any point in time.