New Tag Recirculation Program Launched by Prosegur and Pact Retail Accessories, Promising to Make EAS Programs More Efficient and Help Retailers Reach their ESG Goals

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (October 21, 2024) - Prosegur Security, a global leader in security technology, has formed a new partnership with Pact Retail Accessories, a global leader in sustainability solutions, to launch a new EAS tag recirculation program for U.S. retailers. The program aims to help retailers make their electronic article surveillance (EAS) program more efficient, protect more merchandise from shoplifting, reduce plastic waste, and help retailers achieve their ESG (Environmental, Social and corporate Governance) goals more easily.

"Our new EAS recirculation program will enable retailers to reuse their EAS tags more easily and efficiently by having them quickly move used tags from the point of sale at the retail store back to the point of manufacture overseas or distribution center in the U.S.," said Matt Sack, CEO of Prosegur's global retail business unit. "This next-level source tagging will enable retailers to extend the lifespan of their tags, maximizing their investment into EAS and reducing costs as well as reducing plastic waste."

Rather than having the retail associates sort, inspect and reapply tags to new merchandise in the store, the new program will allow store associates to simply place removed tags, pins and lanyards in a box without the need to sort them, and ship the box back to Prosegur and Pact's sorting facilities. The tags, pins and lanyards are sorted, inspected, cleaned, and repackaged, then shipped quickly to the manufacturer (or the retailer's distribution facility) anywhere in the world to be reapplied on new merchandise. When the new merchandise arrives at the retail location, the tags are already on and can be placed on the sales floor more quickly.

"The EAS tag recirculation program eliminates the need for store associates to sort and reapply tags, thus freeing up their time for more productive tasks like serving shoppers," said Nancy Justice, SVP, North America, Pact Retail Accessories. "The program also helps to extend the life of EAS tags, reducing the need to buy new tags. And, because new merchandise then arrives to stores already tagged at the source, this can ensure that all stores have properly protected merchandise, reducing the problems that can stem from non-compliance by individual stores with the LP rules and guidelines."

According to Sack and Justice, by extending the lifespan of an average EAS tag, Prosegur and Pact Retail Accessories will help retailers reduce the amount of plastics ending up in landfills. This also helps retailers achieve their ESG goals.

More information about this new program can be obtained at both Prosegur's & Pact Retail Accessories websites respectively.