Why Clothing Stores Still Rely on EAS Hard Tags

Clothing retail has always been a high-risk category for shoplifting. Soft fashion items are easy to conceal, which is why most apparel stores still rely on EAS hard tags—including mini square tags, pencil tags, ink tags and cable tags.

A hard tag combined with a matching AM or RF antenna creates a clear alarm when unpaid merchandise passes the exit. Compared with sticker labels alone, hard tags are harder to remove without a detacher and are reusable after checkout, which lowers long-term cost for multi-store chains.

Weldon manufactures a full range of clothing hard tags and security pins for both AM and RF frequencies. Our factory supports custom colors and packaging so tags match your visual merchandising standards while staying highly sensitive at the gate.