Checkpoint Systems
{{Short description|American provider for loss prevention and merchandise visibility}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Checkpoint Systems
| logo = Checkpoint-Primary-Logo-Navy.png
| logo_size = 260px
| type = {{Unbulleted list| Public}}
| location_city = Thorofare, New Jersey
| location_country = U.S.
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| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Ben Lilienthal {{small|(President)}}
| industry = {{Unbulleted list| Retail | Shrink management | Apparel Labeling Solutions | RFID}}
| products =
| brands =
| num_employees = 5000+
| subsid = {{Unbulleted list| Alpha High Theft Solutions | Oat Systems}}
| homepage = {{URL|www.checkpointsystems.com}}
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Checkpoint Systems is an American company that specializes in loss prevention and merchandise visibility for retail companies. It makes products that allow retailers to check inventory, quicken the replenishment cycle, prevent out-of-stocks and reduce theft. Checkpoint offers Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) radio frequency solutions for retail, high-theft and loss-prevention solutions, RFID hardware, software, and labeling capabilities.
It is currently a division of CCL Industries, which acquired Checkpoint in 2016. {{cite web |date=May 13, 2016 |title=CCL Industries Completes Checkpoint Systems Acquisition |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/05/13/1179097/0/en/CCL-Industries-Completes-Checkpoint-Systems-Acquisition.html}}
Anti-theft protection, secure display, electronic article surveillance, loss prevention manufacturing company—offering premium Checkpoint label business solutions and the best-priced Sensormatic tags.{{cite news |title=Advanced Loss Prevention Solutions: Premium Checkpoint Labels & Sensormatic Tags |url=https://dragon-guard.com/}}
History
Checkpoint was started in the United States in 1969 as a subsidiary of Logistics Industries.{{Cite web |title=History of Checkpoint Systems, Inc. – FundingUniverse |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/checkpoint-systems-inc-history/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=www.fundinguniverse.com}}
= 1977–1998 =
On June 30, 1977, Checkpoint was spun off from its parent company and began trading on NASDAQ under the symbol CHECK.
Within the next twenty years, Checkpoint Systems implemented RF electronic article surveillance (EAS) across different stores and in October 1993, the company's common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CKP.
In the mid-1990s, after purchasing two European systems manufacturers, Checkpoint established direct access to the European market. Its security systems were marketed to retail customers, including drug store chains, hypermarkets, supermarkets, mass merchandisers, discount stores and electronics retailers, as well as libraries in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.checkpointsystems.com |title=Checkpoint Systems, Inc. |access-date=2010-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909021128/http://www.checkpointsystems.com/ |archive-date=2010-09-09 |url-status=live }}
=1999–2006=
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In 1999, Checkpoint Systems broadened its product offering with the purchase of METO,{{cite web |url=http://www.meto.com/Unternehmen.html?lang=en |title=METO - Our Company |access-date=2014-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120744/http://www.meto.com/Unternehmen.html?lang=en |archive-date=2014-08-26 |url-status=live }} a German provider of handheld labeling systems used by food and discount retailers to brand and price mark merchandise, as well as the Turn-O-Matic D 80 queue number system that "can be found in most supermarkets."{{Cite web |title=A&E Design |url=https://www.nationalmuseum.se/en/a-e-design |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=Nationalmuseum |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=17 dagar kvar |url=https://www.nationalmuseum.se/17-dagar-kvar |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=Nationalmuseum |language=sv}}{{Cite web |title=Hans Ehrich, Tom Ahlström, Checkpoint Systems Inc., D 80 Købillett dispenser |url=https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/collection/object/NMK.2007.0682 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=Nasjonalmuseet |language=en}} The newly acquired company doubled Checkpoint's revenues and helped to expand relationships with European retailers.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Two years later, Checkpoint bought A.W. Printing Inc., a U.S.-based printer of tickets, tags, and labels for apparel retailers and brand owners. This acquisition expanded the company's label printing operations and gave entrée to customers in the soft goods market segment.
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By the mid-2000s, Checkpoint had a source tagging program, facilitated by the company's service bureau business. Check-Net®, a web-based platform, started to provide apparel retailers and brand owners with a repository and logistics service to manage all their retail labeling needs.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
In 2006, Checkpoint further expanded its source tagging business with new print technology and production capabilities through the purchase of ADS Worldwide, a UK-based supplier of apparel labels, tags, and trim products.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
=Acquisitions (2007–present)=
Over the next five years, several acquisitions enabled Checkpoint to extend its offering of merchandise availability applications for retailers:
- In 2007, Alpha S3. A U.S.-based provider of security products for protecting high-theft merchandise; and SIDEP, a supplier of EAS systems operating in France and China.{{cite web |url=http://ir.checkpointsystems.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=93199&p=irol-newsArticle_print&ID=1071416&highlight= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140826003725/http://ir.checkpointsystems.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=93199&p=irol-newsArticle_print&ID=1071416&highlight= |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-08-26 |title=Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Announces Acquisition }}
- In 2008, Asialco Electronics Company. A China-based manufacturer of RF-EAS labels to meet growing demand in emerging Asian markets.{{cite web |url=http://ir.checkpointsystems.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=93199&p=irol-newsArticle_print&ID=1076054&highlight= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140826003707/http://ir.checkpointsystems.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=93199&p=irol-newsArticle_print&ID=1076054&highlight= |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-08-26 |title=Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Announces Acquisition of SIDEP and Shanghai Asialco Electronics }}
- Also in 2008, OATSystems. An RFID application software company, founded by Prasad Putta and Dr. Sanjay Sarma (who co-founded the MIT Auto-ID Lab),{{cite web |url=http://us.checkpointsystems.com/news-events/news-item/checkpoint-systems-names-prasad-putta-general-manager-oatsystems-rfid-software-division/ |title=Checkpoint Systems Names Prasad Putta General Manager of OATSystems, Its RFID Software Division |access-date=2016-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215204725/http://us.checkpointsystems.com/news-events/news-item/checkpoint-systems-names-prasad-putta-general-manager-oatsystems-rfid-software-division/ |archive-date=2016-02-15 |url-status=live }} enabled Checkpoint to provide tracking and inventory management solutions throughout the supply chain.{{cite web |url=http://www.checkpointsystems.com/en/About/press-releases/2008/Checkpoint-Systems-Inc-to-Acquire-OATSystems-Inc.aspx |title=Checkpoint Systems, Inc. to Acquire OATSystems, Inc. |access-date=2014-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819125756/http://www.checkpointsystems.com/en/About/press-releases/2008/Checkpoint-Systems-Inc-to-Acquire-OATSystems-Inc.aspx |archive-date=2014-08-19 |url-status=dead }}
- In 2009, Brilliant Label Manufacturing Ltd. A China-based manufacturer of apparel labels and tags added more labeling products for the global apparel industry.{{cite web |url=http://www.checkpointsystems.com/en/About/press-releases/2009/Checkpoint-Expands-its-Apparel-Labeling-Solutions-Capabilities.aspx |title=Checkpoint Expands its Apparel Labeling Solutions Capabilities |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816230750/http://checkpointsystems.com/en/About/press-releases/2009/Checkpoint-Expands-its-Apparel-Labeling-Solutions-Capabilities.aspx |archivedate=2014-08-16 }}
- In 2011, Shore to Shore. A global manufacturer of labels and tags for apparel and footwear expanded Checkpoint's production, capabilities, and global reach.{{cite web |url=http://www.checkpointsystems.com/en/About/press-releases/2011/Aquisition_Shore_to_Shore.aspx |title=Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Shore to Shore, Inc. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114156/http://www.checkpointsystems.com/en/About/press-releases/2011/Aquisition_Shore_to_Shore.aspx |archivedate=2014-08-26 }}
- In 2016, Checkpoint announces a collaboration with Microsoft Corp. to bring their RFID Merchandise Visibility solutions to the cloud, and utilize Microsoft analytical tools.{{cite web |url=http://us.checkpointsystems.com/news-events/news-item/checkpoint-systems-sense-respond-solution-provides-multi-channel-retailers-with-real-time-insights-predictive-analytics/ |title=Checkpoint Systems' Sense + Respond Solution Provides Multi-Channel Retailers with Real-Time Insights, Predictive Analytics |access-date=2016-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215220955/http://us.checkpointsystems.com/news-events/news-item/checkpoint-systems-sense-respond-solution-provides-multi-channel-retailers-with-real-time-insights-predictive-analytics/ |archive-date=2016-02-15 |url-status=live }}