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Lager 157 and ClarityRFID: a Nordic RFID pilot that delivered
ClarityRFIDSeptember 23, 20263 min read
A pilot across three Nordic stores turned inventory guesswork into item-level visibility, and into a case for going further.
The challenge
Lager 157 has grown fast on product, price, and word-of-mouth rather than traditional marketing. That kind of trust rests on the basics: the right size, color, and style being on the shelf when a customer reaches for it. Manual stock counts were not keeping up with the pace the business was setting.
The gap is familiar to anyone running a growing number of stores. Counts happen a few times a year, the number is already out of date by the time it is reconciled, and the decisions made in between are made on a figure nobody quite trusts.
The pilot gave us a completely different level of visibility into our stock, down to the individual item. That is exactly the insight we want as we plan our next stores.
Gunnar PalmHead of Controlling and Business Development, Lager 157
The pilot
Between August and October 2025, Lager 157 and ClarityRFID ran Clarity Store across three stores: Naestved in Denmark, Nacka in Sweden, and Raisio in Finland. Manual counts were replaced with real-time, item-level RFID visibility, and the stores kept trading normally throughout.
Three markets was deliberate. A single-store pilot proves the software works. Three stores in three countries proves it works against different stock profiles, different store teams, and different local processes, which is the question a rollout actually turns on.
The results
Counting moved from an event to a routine, and the accuracy figures moved with it.
98–99.8%
Stock accuracy reached across the participating stores
97%
SKU accuracy reached in participating stores
Those numbers matter less as a headline than as a floor. Once a store team can trust the count, replenishment stops being a judgment call, and the conversation moves from what is on the shelf to what should be.
Lager 157 has built a fast-growing business on getting the basics right for its customers. The pilot showed what item-level inventory visibility can do for a business like theirs.
Michael QuimbyGM, ClarityRFID
What is next
The pilot produced a measured baseline rather than a projection, which is the part that carries into a wider rollout. The pattern established across three markets becomes the template for the next set of stores instead of a one-off exercise that has to be re-argued each time.
—Keep reading
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Run the same pilot in your own stores.
Lager 157 started with three stores and one counting cycle. A free POC is the same shape: one or two of your stores, thirty days, your own stock counted against your own system. No hardware cost, no software cost, and the findings are yours either way.