Swift Tacks
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Swift tacks are the small plastic items used to attach hangtags and price tickets to garments and fashion accessories, applied with a tagging tool. The item is referenced several ways — Swift Tack, Swift Tacs, Swift Tags, tagging pins and Swiftach — and can be made of nylon or polypropylene as well as other materials, varying in length, material, color and tensile strength. Swiftach is a registered trademark of Avery Dennison, whose fastening system, invented in the 1960s, revolutionized the apparel and retail industries with a quick, safe and cost-effective method of attaching price and brand tags to garments.
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This item is some times referenced in
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the following spelling of this item: Swift Tack, Swift
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referencing on this page is that small plastic item that is
often used to attach tags to apparel...When hangtags and price tickets are attached to garments or fashion accessories, they are typically attached by swift tacks. The swift tacks are the small plastic items that are attached with a tagging tool. I am referencing them as being made of plastic, but technically, they can be made of Nylon or Polypropylene, and possibly other materials.
Swift tacks will vary in length, material, color, tensile strength. If you are planning to order them, make sure to check with the supplier to find out how many come in a clip. Also, if they are connected on non-connected. Be certain that you have the proper tagging tool. Different times of tagging pins will require different types of tagging tools.
The price tag or hangtag will generally be hanging from the garment via a swift tack, but it may also be applied directly to the garment as a sticker. On occasion, hangtags and price tickets may be hung from the garments by ribbon, string, or another decorative method. However, the majority of clothing have tags applied by the use of swift tacks.
Many manufacturers will customize swift tacks in various colors and sizes as per the buyers requirement. They often stock typical colors and sizes, but they may also produce custom product when needed.
If the price tickets or hangtags are swift tacked in the wrong place it will result in a charge back from the clothing retailer to the supplier.
The word Swiftach� is a registered trademark of Avery Dennison. Invented by Avery Dennison in the 1960s, the Avery Dennison� Swiftach� fastening system revolutionized the apparel and retail industries by producing a quick, safe and cost-effective method to attach price and brand tags to garments. Today, the Avery Dennison� Swiftach� brand fastener has ventured beyond tag attaching.
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If you are looking to purchase swift tacks, price tags, price tickets, hangtags, stickers, etc., you can check the clothing components manufacturer section. You can also check the trims & notions directory.
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Learn about tagging pins and swift tacks.
Swift tacks are attached with tagging tools.
A Small Component With a Compliance Role
Swift tacks sit in the trimming family — the joker tickets, price tags, price tickets and hang tags they fasten are the garment's commercial paperwork, carrying price, brand and care identity from factory to shop floor. The fastener itself is nearly invisible, which is precisely why its specification matters: length, tensile strength, color and clip format all have to match the tagging tool, the garment's fabric and the retailer's presentation rules. A tack too weak drops tags in transit; one placed wrongly pierces where it should not, and the chargeback rule turns that small error into an invoice.
The Avery Dennison Swiftach system is the reason the generic name exists at all: before a quick fastening system, attaching tags was slower hand work, and the 1960s system made tag attachment fast, safe and cheap enough to become the default across apparel and retail. Swiftach has since ventured beyond tag attaching into wider fastening uses, but on clothing its original job — one plastic pin, one tag, one garment — remains the standard the trimming terms are organized around.
Common Questions
How are swift tacks ordered and applied?
Check with the supplier for how many come in a clip and whether they are connected or non-connected, and be certain you have the proper tagging tool — different types of tagging pins require different types of tagging tools. Manufacturers customize swift tacks in various colors and sizes per buyer requirements, and stock typical colors and sizes.
What happens if tags are attached in the wrong place?
A chargeback. If price tickets or hangtags are swift tacked in the wrong place, the clothing retailer charges the cost back to the supplier — placement is a compliance detail, not a matter of taste.
Are swift tacks the only way to attach a hangtag?
No. A price tag or hangtag may be applied directly to the garment as a sticker, or hung from the garment by ribbon, string or another decorative method. The majority of clothing, however, has tags applied with swift tacks.