Innovative approaches to differentiation – how to use labelling for product identification, protection and brand recognition.

Cash spending consumers are ever demanding – they expect fast fashion at low prices. Consumers want more than just a product; they often want to buy into an aspiration, to belong to the brand elite and to be part of the media titled “super youth” crowd. All of these objectives for clothing to be sold in an increasingly diversified and competitive market place along with the need to produce garments at a low cost, in a fast supply chain and to be sold in store without delays can cause a migraine.

This dynamic and highly competitive environment means that creativity and innovation are essential to keeping ahead. Versatile products that have a number of functions and are available on a global basis can bring a lot of relief. Paxar keep all of these points in mind when continually improving the creativity, productivity and technical excellence of their variable data products and fashion trims. A variable data hang tag can be used as a brand promotional tool, add value to the product and also carry innovative anti-theft or anti-counterfeit technology – one product – multiple solutions. Equally a branded woven zip pull can add value to the garment and create differentiation through product decoration.

At Paxar product identification, protection and brand recognition is our passion. We work to technically enhance our products and to ensure that our worldwide service bureau network can provide complete labelling and trim solutions. Of course we do not forget the creativity – after all fashion is fashion. Paxar in house design teams keep abreast of fashion trends on a worldwide basis so that we can offer á la mode solutions. Our teams then work with our worldwide technical and production teams to make sure the products can be achieved at competitive prices, that they can offer a multitude of solutions and that they can be supplied around the world. The teams are dedicated to fashion, not only completing bi-annual collections, but also working in partnership with fashion brands to develop new labelling, packaging and trim themes to support their clothing and accessories collections. The partnership approach enables Paxar to work within labelling and packaging legislation to bring differentiation to the product and enhance the brand value.

Working to promote, label and package your brand is only part of our objective – the other part is to protect it. Our dedicated brand protection teams frequently work with our design teams to incorporate brand protection technology into other labelling and trim components, our aim always being to ensure that our products have multiple solutions. For example we have woven uniquely identifiable sequential numbers into woven brand labels and integrated RFID technology into variable data tags, thereby using basic core components to label, package and protect the brand with one solution.

These teams are just two of the specialist teams working at Paxar to ensure that we are developing innovative and multi faceted products and solutions to our retail, brand and manufacturing clients. If you are looking to find efficiencies in your supply chain to decorate and add value to your product and to make your brand stand out from the rest, contact Paxar and let us use our innovation, creativity and worldwide expertise to find a solution for you.

To view the Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 visit www.paxar-emea.com/collections, where you can view the label collections and learn more about Paxar’s global labelling capabilities.

Paxar is a global leader in providing innovative merchandising systems to retailers and apparel customers. Paxar's leadership in products and technology, global manufacturing operations, worldwide distribution network and brand recognition are enabling the Company to expand its competitive advantage and market share.