SML Group

BRANDING. TECHNOLOGY. SOLUTIONS.

SML is a global branding solutions provider and is the parent company of SML RFID. SML RFID serving an international clientele of top fashion brands and some of the world’s largest apparel retailers. We partner with the world’s most prominent brands and retailers, incorporating innovative technologies to help them work smarter and to reach higher quality, long-term solutions.

SML RFID provides a complete suite of high performance RFID tag options and the largest global network of RFID service bureaus in the world. We develop the market-leading RFID solutions, and these enable retailers to experience a new level of operational performance by using well-engineered RFID technology in their supply chain and in their stores.

Our Core Competencies

SML offers high-quality RFID inlays, tags and labels with UHF RFID inlays for item-level RFID in apparel inventory management, and our retail RFID system, the Clarity High-Definition Enterprise solution. Our RFID systems help retailers to reduce shrink, maximize supply chain efficiency, reduce overall costs, improve inventory tracking, implement omnichannel, and provide an enhanced customer experience.

We partner with some of the most innovative and powerful inlay producers in the world to bring our customers top of the line, cost-effective RFID inlays and combine innovative RFID technologies with decades of comprehensive expertise in tags and labels to provide best-in-class, tailored business solutions to our customers. SML Group’s robust offering of RFID tags and labels are trusted by the top fashion brands and many of the largest retailers in the world.

Product News

SML RFID Reveals GB5U8 Inlay

A Small, High Performing Inlay Developed For Both Inventory and Loss Prevention SML RFID, a global leader in delivering high-performance RFID solutions for the retail market, has announced the latest addition to its range of high-performance RFID inlays, the GB5U8. Measuring at just 42 x 24 mm, the GB5U8 is the smallest RFID inlay aimed at broad use in the retail market enabling state-of-the-art inventory management for omnichannel retailers. The tag is a foundational element in the pragmatic revolution of retailing and supports both item-level inventory management and loss prevention. Due to its size and performance, the tag is applicable to a number of retail market segments including; apparel, accessories, cosmetics, eyewear, homeware, sporting goods and more.

An impressive year for RFID has been witnessed across the globe

Supplier News

SML expands capacity to support growing global RFID market for Retail

An impressive year for RFID has been witnessed across the globe SML, the leading full-service Item-level RFID solution provider, has announced its impressive progress in the retail industry. In 2017, the company produced over 1.4 billion encoded RFID tags, allowing SML to deliver encoded RFID tags to over 95% of the retail RFID rollout projects around the world.

Solution News

SML Enables Mobile Phone Retailers to Reduce Shrink and Out-of-Stocks

The mobile phone industry has seen rapid growth within the last decade; driving competition amongst brands to release the latest handset and upgrades. The sector has become one of the fastest growing with 380 million units sold in 2017 alone. As the industry continues to see exponential growth, retailers within this space are experiencing a number of challenges around accurate inventory management. These challenges include the time it takes receiving out-of-stock products and adequate shrink management within their stores. As competition amongst these retailers intensifies, they are seeking new ways to enhance their inventory management and adapt to ever-changing customer needs by utilizing item-level RFID technology.

We are expecting 2018 to be the biggest year in terms of RFID rollouts.