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NEW: RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL is more accessible and up-to-date than ever! / DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN / SHOPPING EXPERIENCE / OMNICHANNEL-SERVICES LUXURY GOODS RETAILER KESSARIS IMPLEMENTS AN RFID SOLUTION FOR INVENTORY AND LOCALIZATION OF UP TO 10,000 ITEMS IN ALL 8 STORES IN GREECE L uxury goods retailer Kessaris offers around 10,000 different jewelry and luxury items in each of its eight stores – with prices of 5,000 euros or more not being a rarity among them. The main objective for a technology- based optimization is the creation of an environment which inspires security, safety and control for the company, the staff and the clients. For Kessaris, the integration of a technological solution was indispensable in order to carry out regular inventories with the highest possible accuracy. The particular challenge here was that conventional tagging and article surveillance solutions were ruled out for aesthetic reasons, as they would have made the fitting more complicated. With a UHF RFID- based solution, Kessaris was able to achieve initial success in the area of watch identification. In the subsequent development steps, the luxury goods retailer is focusing on the areas of jewelry and decorative labeling. VASSILIS KESSARIS Managing Director and Co-Owner, Kessaris, in an interview with RFID & Wireless IoT Global. Kessaris Company Snapshot Kessaris was founded in 1965 by Costas Kessaris and is a company which sells luxury watches of the brands Rolex, Bvlgari, Panerai or IWC, among others, at eight locations in Greece. With its own design and workshop, the company produces individual pieces of jewelry and sells high-quality stationery, decorative items and gift articles. A L E X A N D E R YA S H I N R F I D P r o g r a m M a n a g e r , L P P , i n a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h R F I D & W i r e l e s s I o T G l o b a l . Vassilis Kessaris is managing director of the Greek jewelry chain Kessaris. After his studies in New Jersey, he returned to Greece and became co-owner of the jewelry chain in 1985, together with his father Costas Kessaris. extends RFID Rollout at Reserved – Rollout of RFID technology extended UHF RFID is the technology of choice for tagging luxury watches, high-quality stationery and decorative items – as soon as all challenges with regard to suitable smart labels have been solved to Mohito brand 62 RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL • 01 2020 62 RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL • 01 2020 01 2020 • RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL 63 Ausgabe 1 2020 • RFID IM BLICK 63 01 2020 • RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL 63 Alexander Yashin is an RFID program manager and has been jointly responsible for the RFID rollout in all Reserved stores since January 2018. Since the start of the pro- ject, he has been working on hardware and tag selection as well as technology integration in the distribution center. In the current rollout, Alexander Yashin is responsible for leading the program that includes several projects related to RFID. LPP Company Snapshot The clothing company LPP was founded in Poland in 1991. Today, the group includes five fashion brands: Reserved, Cropp, House, Mohito and Sinsay. In total, LPP sells around 210 million articles per year. With over 25,000 employees, a turnover of over 1.8 billion euros was achieved in 2018. The more than 90,000 square meter distribution center in Gdansk supplies over 1,700 stores of all five brands with 1.8 million articles daily. With approxi- mately 500 shops in Europe and the Middle East, Reserved is the flagship among the LPP brands. O ver 1,700 stores in Europe and the Middle East, five brands, around 210 million items sold per year – that's the fashion company LPP. Reserved is LPP's flagship brand with over 100 million items sold and almost 500 stores. A brand-wide RFID rollout is currently underway. RFID technology is already integrated in almost 300 of the approximate 500 Reserved stores worldwide. LPP relies on RFID hard tags for identification, which are applied to the garments in the approximately 500 supplier factories directly during production. Sales growth of three to five percent is realistically achievable in the stores that are already RFID-enabled. Cash desk times are reduced by an average of five seconds per transaction. Parallel to the completion of the rollout at Reserved, LPP is now initiating RFID integration in all stores of the Mohito brand. By 2021, 3,000 Levi's Stores Will be Equipped with UHF RFID – Today, 100% of US Stores are Already RFID-enabled More than 100 million tagged products are sold in almost 500 stores. Phase two starts now: Additional Soft Tag RFID label integration and rollout kick-off for the Mohito brand 26 RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL • 01 2020 01 2020 • RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL 27 STEFAN OTTE Stefan Otte, Vice President Global Real Estate & Partner Retail, Levis, in an interview with RFID & Wireless IoT Global. Stefan Otte first joined Levi Strauss & Co. in 1996 as a Senior Financial Analyst. In various positions within the company, he was responsible for the growth and optimization of over 1,800 franchise stores worldwide. His focus: expansion in retail and wholesale, strategy development, and financial planning. Levi‘s Company Snapshot CHARLOTTE DEN HEIJER Merchandise Planner & RFID Team Member, America Today, in an interview with RIFD & Wireless IoT Global RFID Rollout at 70 Stores in Just One Month! Levi Strauss invented the first work trousers for cowboys, prospectors and farmers in San Francisco in 1870. The age of the robust studded trousers made of denim fabric had begun. The practical and hard-wearing work trousers conquered the world. Today, the company has once again achieved a pioneering position. A staggering 50 million Levi's products are currently tagged with UHF RFID labels. This is far from the upper limit. Next success story: 50,000 stores and online shops in 110 countries sell RFID-tagged Levi's products. The entire process is based on source tagging. In 1853, Levi Strauss founded a trade for fabrics and haberdashery in San Francisco, which later became known as Levi Strauss & Co. Strauss recognized a need for robust work trousers. As a result, he and Jacob Davis, a tailor, created the first jeans. In 1873 they received a US patent for "waist overalls" with metal rivets at the stress points. The first product line in 1890 received the batch number "501". Today Levi's is one of the largest branded clothing companies in the world and is known worldwide for jeans fashion. Net sales in 2018: 5.6 billion dollars. Levi's employs 14,400 people worldwide. Levi's products are currently sold in over 50,000 retail locations in 110 countries and online. Charlotte den Heijer is the responsible merchandise planner and member of the RFID team at America Today. She started as a logistics coordinator and coordinated warehouse operations. She is now Merchandise Planner and is part of the project group that implemented RFID technology in all stores. America Today‘s Company Snapshot In 1989, three friends opened a fashion shop in Amsterdam's Sarphatistraat, offering fashion from American labels at the best possible price. The name of the company: 'America Today'. Over the years, the original concept has evolved. America Today still stands for fashion with an American flair, but the main focus today is on its own brand. Today, the company has stores in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxem- bourg and now also in Germany. Ausgabe 01 2020 • RFID IM BLICK 5 01 2020 • RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL 5 90 percent and increases inventory accuracy to almost 100 percent reduces inventory time by more than Cloud-based UHF RFID application 01 2020 • RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL 35 34 RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL • 01 2020 Tagged Over 50 Million Articles for the Global Fashion Rollout The purchasing behavior of customers today sets complex demands. Customers want the Store-in-a-Pocket. This means: more online services. The basis is an inventory accuracy of almost 100 percent. The way to achieve this is via an RFID solution. All items of the America-Today private label – which account for around 90 percent of all goods sold – are tagged with RFID labels during production. Weitere Informationen 42 RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL • 01 2020 01 2020 • RFID & WIRELESS IOT GLOBAL 43