Checkpoint Expands its Apparel Labeling Solutions Capabilities
October 13 2009 - 8:43AM
Business Wire
Checkpoint Systems, a global leader in shrink management,
merchandise visibility and apparel labeling solutions, today
commented on the expansion of its Apparel Labeling Solutions
business through its previously announced acquisition of Brilliant
Label Manufacturing Ltd. This expansion adds to initiatives already
underway to strengthen the business unit’s breadth of offerings and
meet the growing demand for its labeling solutions.
In August, Checkpoint acquired Brilliant Label Manufacturing
Ltd., a China-based manufacturer of paper, fabric and woven tags
and labels. Brilliant Label, through its facilities in Hong Kong
and China, adds significant capacity to Checkpoint’s world-class
apparel labeling business. It enables Checkpoint to meet greater
demand for fabric and woven tags and labels and expands the
Company’s global manufacturing footprint. Additionally,
Checkpoint’s labeling business extends the use of paper, fabric and
woven labels beyond branding, variable data and garment care
information by enabling discreet integration of RF-EAS and RFID
tags. These capabilities enable apparel retailers and vendors to
brand, track and secure their products at the point of manufacture
using a single solution.
Brilliant Label broadens Checkpoint’s manufacturing footprint
through strategic locations in Shanghai and Southern China.
“Brilliant Label enables Checkpoint’s Apparel Labeling Solutions
business to supply its customers with a source-to-store solution,
through which all their apparel labeling needs can be met by
Checkpoint as a single supplier,” said Steven Davidson, President
of Checkpoint’s Apparel Labeling Solutions business. “Brilliant’s
capabilities strengthen and expand Checkpoint’s apparel labeling
business, and enable us to provide retailers and vendors with a
world-class service offering of complete visibility, cost
efficiencies, just-in-time delivery, enhanced quality and increased
speed to shelf.”
Expanded capabilities through Checkpoint’s
Check-Net® service
Checkpoint’s Check-Net service, the company’s 24/7 global ticket
ordering, logistics and data management platform, has long been
recognized by retailers and vendors as an innovative and unique
solution to meet the industry’s global labeling requirements.
This sophisticated Web-based system allows retailers and vendors
to order various tags and labels for individual product lines,
fulfilling all their labeling needs accurately, quickly and easily.
Using Check-Net to manage the process ensures data integrity and
delivers precise visibility throughout. The system automatically
allocates orders to one of more than 30 strategically located print
shops around the world, where they are processed. Apparel vendors
can then apply tags and labels at source, during the garment
manufacturing process. The location of Checkpoint print shops plays
a significant role in helping to minimize and control the overall
labeling expenditure for any retailer or vendor.
This platform facilitates the delivery of various solutions to
factories around the world, in a just-in-time fashion. It enables
vendors and their trading partners to deliver merchandise to stores
branded to specifications, packaged and ready to be put on the
shelves for sale. RF-EAS can also be integrated into these tags and
labels at source to protect products against theft.
Powered by Check-Net, Checkpoint’s Apparel Labeling Solutions
allow retailers to increase the speed of the ‘order-to-cash’ cycle,
which reduces the turn-around time between retailers placing an
order for merchandise with the vendor to the time it reaches the
point of sale.
“In addition to having a global footprint with locations in
strategic apparel manufacturing centers, Checkpoint’s Apparel
Labeling Solutions make it easier for apparel vendors to fulfill
their customers’ requirements,” added Davidson. “They can use
Check-Net’s online service to create and release orders instantly,
giving them more flexibility to accommodate tight deadlines.”
Increased Merchandise Visibility
The acquisition of Brilliant Label also complements Checkpoint’s
merchandise visibility solution, which provides all the elements
needed to deploy a comprehensive RFID offering including services,
software, RFID labels and hardware. The solution employs RFID
labels to track merchandise from source to store, giving retailers
unprecedented visibility into their supply chains and store
operations, thereby increasing sales and shelf availability through
reduced out-of-stock situations. Previously, for apparel labeling
solutions, most RFID applications depended on integrating the RFID
label into a paper hang tag. The Brilliant Label acquisition
delivers the ability to embed RFID tags directly into other garment
trim items such as fabric and woven brand labels and a host of
other carriers making RFID source labeling more flexible than ever
before.
“The acquisition of Brilliant Label and updated capabilities has
significantly strengthened Checkpoint’s already world-class apparel
labeling offering. We will continue to innovate and look for ways
to improve our products and services, to build upon our leadership
in providing labeling solutions to the apparel industry,” concluded
Davidson.
About Checkpoint Systems,
Inc.
Checkpoint Systems is a global leader in shrink management,
merchandise visibility and apparel labeling solutions. Checkpoint
enables retailers and their suppliers to reduce shrink, improve
shelf availability and leverage real-time data to achieve
operational excellence. Checkpoint solutions are built upon 40
years of RF technology expertise, diverse shrink management
offerings, a broad portfolio of apparel labeling solutions,
market-leading RFID applications, innovative high-theft solutions
and its Web-based Check-Net data management platform. As a result,
Checkpoint customers enjoy increased sales and profits by improving
supply-chain efficiencies, by facilitating on-demand label printing
and by providing a secure open-merchandising environment enhancing
the consumer’s shopping experience. Listed on the NYSE (NYSE:CKP),
Checkpoint operates in every major geographic market and employs
3,900 people worldwide. For more information, visit
www.checkpointsystems.com
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