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The largest study was by Beck and Palmer (2010) which used data from a multibillion dollar US clothing retailer to examine the effects of switching from hard tags to source-tagged soft tags.
For example, in one trial conspicuous bottle-top tagging of alcoholic drinks was found to make restocking more difficult than soft tags (Retailer C 2015).
In recent years several tag vendors have added symbols to soft tags in a bid to make them more conspicuous to potential offenders (Beck, personal communication).
However red A3Tags saw a 42% reduction in shrinkage and 18% increase in sales Retailer A (2015) Industry report UK (country-wide) Supermarket EAS soft tags vs hard cases CDs 20 stores 60 stores Shrinkage, sales rates 134% increase in shrinkage following installation of soft tags; 16.6% increase in sales of tagged items compared to control stores.
Moreover, studies such as that by Beck and Palmer (2010) speak more to the comparative effectiveness of different forms of EAS tag (hard tags vs. soft tags) than to the effectiveness of tagging per se.
Beck and Palmer (2010), for example, assessed changes in shrinkage rates following the switch from more visible hard tags to less visible soft tags; it was not a conventional tag versus no tag evaluation.
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As indicated in Table 1, this trial examined the impact of replacing secure casings for CDs with soft RF tags.
The 1980s saw the advent of smaller magnetic "soft" EAS tags which were disposable, attached with adhesive backs, and could be deactivated at point of sale.
Just about everyone -- especially anyone who owned a radio in the late 1970s and essentially the entire 1980s -- know those are hit songs by the iconic Australian soft rock tag team known as Air Supply.
Two trials conducted by major retailers, one of soft RF EAS tags on CDs and another of magnetic tags on wallets, measured the amount of time in seconds taken to apply and remove the tags (12 and 14 s, respectively; Retailer A 2015; Retailer D 2015).
For marking, both the conventional method of toe clipping and the implantation of the VIAlpha tags (Soft Visible Implant Alphanumeric tags) of Nortwest Marine Technology Inc. (Shaw Island WA, USA).
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