Abstract
“200 Million RFID tags will be used on apparel in 2009 rising to 833
Million in 2012”
Description
The new IDTechEx report "Apparel RFID 2009-2019" is unique in comprehensively
analysing the use of RFID in the apparel value chain from tagging cloth in
manufacture to retail fashion and rented apparel. 138 users and suppliers are
profiled. From Chile to Canada and Sweden to Taiwan, there is something to
learn from all of them, not just from the unusually broad approach in Germany,
Italy, China, Japan and the USA. This industry is on the move in a manner
unmatched almost anywhere else in the RFID market.
Hundreds of organisations are now using RFID on or in apparel including shoes
and uniforms, baby clothes and industrial laundry. That means anything from
tagging drag hangers, cases and pallets to the largest use, which is in or on
the item of clothing itself, whether by a stitched-in cloth tag or a paper
swing tag. The benefits are powerful and wide ranging from improving customer
service and efficiency - including reducing stockouts - to combating
counterfeiting, theft and misplacement and automating sorting processes and
stocktakes.
A large number of major brands are collaborating to make the process seamless,
not least from manufacture to sale in the store and even later use for
managing customer returns, incentives and other action beyond the checkout.
A full glossary of terminology is supplied and there is consideration of
standards and interested trade organisations, including EPCglobal. Uniquely in
this report you have the ten year forecasts, lessons of success and failure
and comprehensive profiles of leading players. There is a detailed explanation
of the market, the technology and the many paybacks as well as what comes next.
This report of over 250 pages goes into detail about the RFID projects
concerning apparel at 77 users of RFID in 16 countries. The report also
profiles a representative sample of 61 suppliers of RFID products and services
that already serve the apparel industry, from chip makers to system
integrators. Profusely illustrated and with over ten summary tables, the
report is both readable by newcomers and informative for experts. There are 80
illustrations. Its seven chapters all deal with the global situation because
approaches are very different across the world and there is considerable scope
for cross fertilisation of best practice. This helicopter view has never been
available before and IDTechEx is uniquely placed to provide such analysis
because its technical staff travel incessantly, assessing the situation.
Indeed, only IDTechEx has the world' s largest database of RFID projects - the
IDTechEx Knowledgebase of over 3800 projects in 110 countries, updated daily,
each having technical detail and descriptive text. IDTechEx has technically
savvy RFID experts in the USA, Europe, Japan, New Zealand and elsewhere. It
stages leading RFID conferences in Europe and the USA and attends appropriate
events every month somewhere in the world.
Only IDTechEx can understand and explain the past and present and see the
future from such a comprehensive basis and using such seasoned professionals.
Buy the report and you will even have limited access to them for no extra
charge to answer your extra questions.
Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1. Where in the value chain?
- 1.1.1. Manufacture
- 1.1.2. Transport
- 1.1.3. Retail
- 1.1.4. Laundries
- 1.2. Choice of specification and frequency
- 1.3. Choice of system and system integrator
- 1.4. Privacy issues
- 1.5. User size
- 1.5.1. Largest companies
- 1.5.2. Mid range companies
- 1.6. Suppliers vs retailers
- 1.7. RFID value chain and profit
2. PAYBACKS
- 2.1. General situation
- 2.2. Item level potential is far greater than for any other form of RFID
- 2.3. Checklist of types of payback
3. SUPPLIER AND RESEARCHER PROFILES
- 3.1. ABS Laundry Business Solutions Netherlands
- 3.2. Adhtech Sweden
- 3.3. Alien Technology USA
- 3.4. Avery Dennison/ Paxar USA
- 3.5. BT Auto-ID UK
- 3.6. CETEMMSA Spain
- 3.7. Checkpoint Systems USA
- 3.8. Chinese University of Hong Kong China
- 3.9. Danby Group USA
- 3.10. Datamars Switzerland
- 3.11. Ducker UK/ Kannegiesser Germany
- 3.12. DVT Denmark
- 3.13. Dynatrac Systems Canada
- 3.14. EM Microelectronics Switzerland
- 3.15. Erum I&C Co Korea
- 3.16. Franwell USA
- 3.17. Fujitsu Japan
- 3.18. Gartner Transportteknik Germany
- 3.19. GCS Consulting Germany
- 3.20. GlobeRanger USA
- 3.21. Impinj USA
- 3.22. Infosys USA
- 3.23. Intellident UK
- 3.24. Jensen Denmark
- 3.25. Lab ID Italy
- 3.26. Laudis Systems USA/ China
- 3.27. Laundry Computer Technics Netherlands
- 3.28. Leading Information Technology Institute (LITI) Japan
- 3.29. Manchester University UK
- 3.30. Metalprogetti Italy
- 3.31. Microsoft USA
- 3.32. Motorola USA
- 3.33. NBG-ID France
- 3.34. NTT Comware Japan
- 3.35. NXP Netherlands
- 3.36. Positek RFID USA/Australia/ Norway
- 3.37. Pretide Technology Taiwan
- 3.38. Reva Systems USA
- 3.39. RFiT Solutions Austria
- 3.40. Rosendahl Digital Networks Finland
- 3.41. Roxtron Limited China
- 3.42. Salpomec/ UPM Raflatac/ Tyco ADT Finland
- 3.43. Securitag Assembly Group Taiwan
- 3.44. Shanghai Huayuan Electronic China
- 3.45. Shanghai Zangtian Electronic China
- 3.46. Siemens Business Services Germany
- 3.47. Simet Italy
- 3.48. Sokymat Automotive Germany
- 3.49. Steiner System USA
- 3.50. Synometrix Integrated Technologies Taiwan
- 3.51. Tagsys USA/ France
- 3.52. Texas Instruments USA
- 3.53. Texi AS Norway
- 3.54. Toppan Printing Japan
- 3.55. University of Arkansas USA
- 3.56. University of Parma Italy
- 3.57. VRF Holdings USA
- 3.58. Vue Technology USA
- 3.59. Walls Industries USA
- 3.60. Wincor Nixdorf Germany
- 3.61. Wipro Infotech India
- 3.62. X-ident/ Schreiner Germany
- 3.63. Zetes Industries Belgium
4. CASE STUDIES
- 4.1. Adler USA
- 4.2. American Apparel USA
- 4.3. Aokang Group China
- 4.4. Aoyama Trading Japan
- 4.5. Armani Italy
- 4.6. Atelier Sab Japan
- 4.7. Bailian Group China
- 4.8. Benetton Italy
- 4.9. Boboli Spain
- 4.10. Bultel International Fashion Group Germany
- 4.11. C&A Germany
- 4.12. Canadian Linen and Uniform Service Canada
- 4.13. Cannes Hospital Laundry France
- 4.14. Charles Vogele Switzerland
- 4.15. DHL Fashion Belgium
- 4.16. Dillards USA
- 4.17. Dolce and Gabbana Italy
- 4.18. El Corte Ingles Spain
- 4.19. Falabella Chile
- 4.20. fashionGroup RFID Germany
- 4.21. Fenland Laundry UK
- 4.22. Figleaves UK
- 4.23. Flandre Japan
- 4.24. Frandol Japan
- 4.25. Fruit of the Loom USA
- 4.26. Galeries Lafayette/ Echangeur France
- 4.27. Gardeur Germany
- 4.28. Gerry Weber Germany
- 4.29. Goldwin Sportswear Italy
- 4.30. Griva Italy
- 4.31. Hankyu Japan
- 4.32. Hellmann Meyer and Meyer Germany
- 4.33. Hennes &Mauritz H&M Sweden
- 4.34. Hong Kong Knitwear China
- 4.35. Initial Hokatex Netherlands
- 4.36. Isetan Shinjuku Japan
- 4.37. Jacadi/ Veronique Delachaux France
- 4.38. J Crew USA
- 4.39. Jones Apparel Group USA
- 4.40. Karstadt Germany
- 4.41. Kaufhof/Metro Germany
- 4.42. Kids Headquarters USA
- 4.43. Lauren Scott USA
- 4.44. LC Waikiki Turkey
- 4.45. Le Coq Sportif France
- 4.46. Lemmi Fashion Germany
- 4.47. Levi Strauss Mexico/ USA
- 4.48. LSCA USA
- 4.49. LIPS Netherlands
- 4.50. Long Deed Taiwan
- 4.51. Marks and Spencer UK
- 4.52. Marui Japan
- 4.53. Max Mara Italy
- 4.54. Mikuni Japan
- 4.55. Mitsukoshi Japan
- 4.56. Mi Tu Hong Kong China
- 4.57. Moku Moku Japan
- 4.58. Mustang Germany
- 4.59. New Balance USA
- 4.60. NP Collection/ Naisten Pukutehdas Finland
- 4.61. Onward Kashiyama Japan
- 4.62. Otto Versand Germany
- 4.63. Pantaloon India
- 4.64. Prada USA
- 4.65. Reno Germany
- 4.66. Russell Activewear USA
- 4.67. St Olavs Hospital Norway
- 4.68. Sanyo Shokai Japan
- 4.69. SRI Surgical Express USA
- 4.70. Star City Casino Australia
- 4.71. Sumikin Bussan Japan
- 4.72. Sumitex International Japan
- 4.73. Sumitomo Bussan Japan
- 4.74. Sungod Enterprise Group China
- 4.75. Takashimaya Department Stores Japan
- 4.76. Target USA
- 4.77. The Gap USA
- 4.78. Throttleman Portugal
- 4.79. Tokyo Shirt Japan
- 4.80. Tomorrow' s Mother USA/Canada
- 4.81. Trussardi Italy
- 4.82. Ueyama Orinomo Japan
- 4.83. VF Corporation USA
- 4.84. Wal-Mart/ Sam' s Club USA
- 4.85. Wave n' Wash USA
5. THE INTERNET OF THINGS - EPCGLOBAL VS U-CODE
6. MARKET SIZE AND FORECASTS
APPENDIX 1: GLOSSARY
APPENDIX 2: IDTECHEX PUBLICATIONS AND CONSULTANCY
TABLES
- 1.1. The projected unequal share of gain and cost of item level tagging
between certain Western retailers and their suppliers
- 2.1. Counterfeiting statistics
- 2.2. Payback parameters for item level RFID identified in various
rollouts, trials and studies
- 2.3. Examples of global potential for numbers of item level tags and
benefits by sector
- 4.1. RFID and barcode comparison
- 4.2. Comparison of NFC enabled devices and contactless smart cards.
- 5.2. Auto-ID Center MIT numbering scheme
- 6.2. Global tag numbers, price and total value of RFID on retail apparel,
including shoes, compared to total retail/ consumer goods value 2009-2019
- 6.3. Global market for systems excluding tags for RFID on apparel and for
all RFID in retail and consumer goods 2009-2019 $ millions
- 6.4. Systems including tags for RFID on apparel 2009-2019
- 6.5. Laundry/ rented apparel RFID tag manufacturers worldwide
- 6.6. Laundry/ rented apparel RFID tags sold globally by number, unit value
and gross value 2009-2019
FIGURES
- 1.1. Typical tagged garments in an industrial laundry
- 1.2. Recent major advances in HF RFID
- 1.3. Marks & Spencer customer information on RFID
- 1.4. Two sides of a woven RFID tag by Code Solutions Co
- 1.5. RFID Value Chain
- 1.6. Dynamics of RFID value chain
- 1.7. Position of RFID suppliers to certain sectors, following the
methodology of Boston Consulting Group.
- 3.1. An RFID chip encapsulated into a bundle of fibres
- 3.2. Laundry equipment incorporating RFID from Metalprogetti
- 3.3. The Battista 2000 System
- 3.4. Sharon Chen, CEO of Pretide Technology
- 3.5. TAGSYS Announces Its White RFID ' Button' Tag for Personal Garments
- 3.6. VRF Holdings' "Dynamic Markdown" tags
- 4.1. An RFID terminal in an apparel store in Einsatz Germany
- 4.2. ASK summary of DHL Fashion trial
- 4.3. NBG tunnel interrogator at DHL Fashion
- 4.4. NBG roving aisle interrogator at DHL Fashion
- 4.5. Swimwear from Figleaves UK
- 4.6. Garment from Gardeur
- 4.7. RFID swing tags on Gerry Weber shirts
- 4.8. Printing and application of Etimark RFID labels using Zebra
Technologies printer encoders by logistics operator Meyer and Meyer for Gerry
Weber.
- 4.9. Management information flow before the RFID system was installed at
Goldwin Sportswear
- 4.10. Management information flow using the new RFID system installed at
Goldwin Sportswear
- 4.11. Apparel sales management pilot test
- 4.12. RFID tagged apparel on moving racks being monitored by an Omron HF
interrogator in Metro trials
- 4.13. Use of combined RFID/EAS anti-theft interrogators at Galeria Kaufhof.
- 4.14. Children' s fashion from Lemmi Fashion in Germany
- 4.15. A passive tag (left) and a VIP card developed by Pretide Technology
for Long Deed
- 4.16. Apparel tags from Marks & Spencer in the UK
- 4.17. Marks & Spencer RFID flow diagram for item level RFID
- 4.18. Marks & Spencer prototype mobile scanner
- 4.19. Fashion from Max Mara in Italy
- 4.20. Virtual try on simulator
- 4.21. RFID UHF tag on clothes
- 4.22. Smart fitting room with touch LCD screen and intercom - the
interactive display recommending accessories
- 4.23. Intercom and intelligent database at shop counter
- 4.24. The goal was to RFID tag each manufactured garment at the factory
- 4.25. Onward Winter Collection 2008
- 4.26. Prada used a new RFID system developed by KTP
- 4.27. Staff device and ubiquitous display
- 4.28. RFID in St Olavs Hospital
- 4.29. Sanyo Shokai fashion
- 4.30. Japanese textile maker Sumitex International
- 4.31. Examples of contactless transactional media
- 4.32. Japanese train traveller paying for transport by resting a DoCoMo
RFID enabled phone on a terminal and receiving a receipt
- 4.33. Fashion from Throttleman in Portugal
- 4.34. Trussardi fashion 2008
- 5.1. EPCglobal EPC compared with UIC U-code today
- 5.2. The MIT Object Naming Service (ONS) ' tells computer systems where to
locate information on the Internet about any object that carries an EPC
(Electronic Product Code).
- 5.3. Left: Professor Ken Sakamura who supports U-code; Right: Professor
Jun Murai who supports EPCglobal in Japan
- 6.1. Global RFID market 2009-2019 $ million.
- 6.2. RFID market by application 2009-2019 in number of tags million - for
passive tags only
- 6.3. Global market for RFID 2009 -2019 in $ million - for passive tags only
- 6.4. Global RFID tag numbers, price and total value of RFID on retail
apparel, including shoes, compared to total retail/ consumer goods tag value
2009-2019
- 6.5. Global market for systems excluding tags for RFID on retail apparel
and for all RFID in retail and consumer goods 2009-2019 $ million
- 6.6. Systems including tags for RFID on retail apparel 2009-2019 $ million
- 6.7. Evolution of item level RFID by tag price showing earliest date of
mass adoption of leading application in each price band
