NEW
YORK - Jan. 18, 2016 -
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CKP), a leading global supplier of
merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, today announced here
at NRF's Annual Convention & EXPO its
Micro RFID label for health/beauty/cosmetics categories such as hair care,
over-the-counter medication and mid-size cosmetics.
Because of small sizes, SKU complexity and densely packed merchandising
displays, these categories have specific inventory management challenges. The
Micro and its previously released companion labels - the Whisper and Slim -
cover the full gamut of products that fall within this merchandise category,
allowing retailers to tag more merchandise than ever before to maximize their
inventory visibility.
The Micro features a tiny inlay size of 25mm x 10mm and is integrated with the
Impinj® Monza® RAIN RFID R6 chip for optimal performance with Checkpoint's RAIN RFID solutions and other Merchandise Visibility solutions. Micro tags can be
applied over the packaging of numerous health/beauty/cosmetics products or
directly on the products themselves.
The Micro is ISO18000-6C compliant and can be encoded and printed to carry EPC
data in several formats, with a 2D printed bar code and human readable text.
"Our ongoing partnership is exciting as Checkpoint continues to launch new
solutions, including the Micro," said Craig Cotton, VP of Marketing and Product
Management at Impinj. "The Monza R6 Chip includes Integra technology that
enables RAIN RFID labels to deliver higher reliability and accuracy, which is
crucial for labels like the Micro in resolving challenging retail deployments."
According to Uwe Sydon, Senior Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer,
Checkpoint Systems, "We have been working with major health and beauty retailers
to provide expanded coverage for their health/beauty/cosmetics categories. These
new RAIN RFID tags accomplish that and will help them better achieve their goals
of auto replenishment and inventory management."
Micro RFID labels are available immediately.
Read more here.
