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April 8, 1996
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NACDS stays course on source-tagging issues

Putting tiny sensors inside product packages reduces shrinkage, but the technology has encountered barriers`that the National Association of Chain Drug Stores is working to break down so its members can reap the benefits of socalled source-tagging.

The NACDS Loss Prevention Committee has moved on several fronts to iron out the kinks in source-tagging. There have been major discussions with other retail associations to develop a coalition to create more leverage with manufacturers and vendors of electronic article surveillance (EAS) source-tagging systems, said Bill Bender, NACDS EAS program director. There has also been communication with groups ...

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