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Smartrac Proves That The "Internet of Your Things” is Just Two Steps Away

Amsterdam (The Netherlands), January 13, 2018 – Digitization, IoT and customer experience will be major buzzwords at this year’s NRF event. Christian Uhl, CEO of RFID and IoT pacesetter Smartrac, is keen to prove that brand owners and retailers only have to take two steps to be ready to transform their business and benefit from an “Internet of Your Things”.

Successfully transforming from a supplier of RFID technology into a global leader in solutions that enable businesses to digitize products, Smartrac is a true expert when it comes to digitization. “Digitizing your business is not a project, it’s a mindset”, says Smartrac’s CEO Christian Uhl. “Yet, some technological foundations have to be laid to make the most of the generic Internet of Things and turn it into a profitable ‘Internet of Your Things’. These foundations are less complex than you might think. Basically, it’s all about two clearly defined steps: Embedding intelligence into a product; and enabling it.”

At NRF Retail’s BIG Show and annual event in New York, January 14-16, 2018, Smartrac is showcasing what these two steps look like for brand owners and retailers:

Embed…In the embedding step, it is essential to choose the right RFID/NFC tags to digitally connect the products. Fortunately, Smartrac’s portfolio offers the appropriate tag solution for virtually any product. To complete the first step, what’s then needed is to embed the tags into the products in a repeatable, efficient way. Offering an efficient way suitable for mass production as well as for high-value individual manufacture has become an important field of activity for Smartrac.

…and enableIn the enabling step, the digital ID associated with the tag has to be securely married to the product data, so that the workflows needed to provide new consumer experiences can be delivered. During that step, Smartrac supports its partners and customers with both its know-how and its solutions enablement platform Smart Cosmos.

“Once the tags are embedded and tag data is safely married with product data, products come alive and can be turned into consumer experience platforms. Then, the ‘Internet of Your Things’ is ready to be fully utilized. At NRF 2018, Smartrac and its partners Blue Bite and Temera give innovative examples how to digitize and transform your business”, says Christian Uhl.

Meet Smartrac @ NRF Retail’s BIG Show 2018, booth #1675, January 14-16, 2018, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City, US.

About Smartrac:Smartrac is a leading vendor of RFID products and IoT solutions, providing both ready-made and customized offerings. We make products smart, and enable businesses to identify, authenticate, track and complement products and solutions. Our portfolio is used in a wide array of applications, such as animal identification, automation, automotive, brand experience, industry, library and media management, laundry, logistics, retail, supply chain management, and many more. Leveraging our global Research & Development Centers, production and sales network, and IoT-enablement platform Smart Cosmos, we embed intelligence into physical products, empowering the ecosystem of connected things. Smartrac has its registered headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For more information, please visit www.smartrac-group.com, www.smart-cosmos.com, follow Smartrac on Twitter, or sign up for a quarterly newsletter.

Media contact:Smartrac Technology GroupKarin FabriHead of Corporate Marketing & CommunicationsPhone: +31 203 050 150 Email: media.relations@smartrac-group.com