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Demand Curve

December 10, 2012 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

In economics, there is a principle called the “demand curve”. It is a concept where the consumer’s willingness to pay for goods is directly related to the utility derived from consumption of the unit. Basically, the more someone wants something because of its value or use, the higher the price they are willing to pay for it.

Unfortunately, in the retail security world, the price someone is willing to pay for an item may not be just monetary. If an item is deemed valuable enough, or needed enough, some people will go to any lengths to obtain it.

That can include any number of ways to get it on sale, or at a discount from coupons. I have seen people damage items to get a reduction in price. I have also seen my share of fraud, and of course theft.

Shoplifters can be willing to pay the price of their own freedom to obtain an item they desperately want or need. They are willing to throw away their reputation, careers, and, of course, run the risk of incarceration just to get those items.

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Not all Employee Theft is Merchandise

December 10, 2012 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

When it comes to internal theft there is nothing more irritating, more troublesome, than the theft of supplies. Many employees do it; some deliberately, some accidentally, but it is so commonplace it is almost universally accepted as a simple fact of life regardless of the business. The problem with it being so ‘accepted’ is that it is almost always disregarded and usually goes completely unpunished. It is that kind of mentality that forces companies to waste millions of dollars on the standard supplies they need to function every day.

Not only is there the waste factor, but there is the inherent frustration aspect of your business being short, or completely out of, a supply when it really needs it. I can recall numerous instances where pens, paper towels, cleaning supplies, and even toilet paper suddenly went missing only to be discovered later that an employee had pilfered an obscene amount for their personal use.

A recent incident involved our warehouse becoming short on the store supplies of paper towels and water jugs for the water coolers. At first it was just once in a while, but eventually entire stockpiles were going missing within days of shipments coming in. After a lengthy stake-out and an employee theft investigation we found that a ten-year veteran of the company had been moving large amounts of supplies to his vehicle over the course of his shifts at the beginning of each week and stockpiling them at his personal residence. When it was acknowledged as a case of internal theft and he was brought in for an interview he denied any wrongdoing even when confronted with hard video evidence. Eventually he admitted that he had been stealing supplies for years but claimed that he shouldn’t be punished since ‘everyone did it’.

Don’t allow your employees to think ANY kind of employee theft is okay. Send them a message that stealing is wrong even if everyone does it.

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Sometimes, you really do get what you pay for

December 10, 2012 by Staff Editor

When you hear somebody use the phrase “you only get what you pay for”, they are all too often talking about a poor quality item they paid for and are mostly regretting. You rarely hear someone say that they spent a ton of money and well, you get what you pay for, it was great!

Don’t let that dissuade you from buying cheap labels and cheap tags for your stores clothing security. In this case the cheap labels and cheap tags are still good quality items that are made by reliable hands here in the United States.

It is true that not all retail anti-theft devices are made equally. Some, often cheap foreign imports really are of a lower quality than what you think you are paying for. It’s easy to be fooled by the lure of a low dollar price tag.

When you are selling clothes that are worth the price a customer is paying for them, it only makes sense that you would find the right combination of price and quality in the tags and labels you put on them.

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Scarcity = Want

December 7, 2012 by Staff Editor

Scarcity is created when demand for a product exceeds the natural ability to create that item. When an item is scarce, it drives the price of that item up. It is the driving principal of supply and demand. In the case of wines and hard liquor, many of these items are scarce by definition as they may take several years, or decades, to create.

The more scarce or valuable these items are, the more desirable they become. Pure want is a harsh feeling to overcome. Often shoplifters or employees steal because of that pure want of something they deem valuable, or scarce.

Liquor bottle security can play a dual role in this. Liquor bottle locks, as a prominent form of bottle security, show a would-be thief that you are protecting your valuables from theft.

Having any sort of bottle security will also reiterate that the items guarded are desirable and or valuable. Liquor bottle security can create that intense want. What draws your eye in a store, some trinket thrown about on a display shelf, or the one that is closely guarded with obvious security measures surrounding it?

Of course you look at the items under lock and key. They now have a heightened perceived value compared to bottles that are not locked. You can reduce your shrink and drive your sales with liquor bottle locks. By understanding the outlying principals, you can make scarcity work for you.

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When times get tough…

December 7, 2012 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Life is too short to be over worked, underpaid and stressed out. As a small business owner, you are putting everything on the line to create a successful business to support you and your family. When times are hard enough with decreased sales and decreased customer counts, the last thing you want is to face the stress of inventory loss from theft.

Retail security is creating a plausible action plan to reduce those losses and keep your profits where they need to be. Retail Anti-shoplifting resources can be as easy to implement as using cheap labels and cheap tags to protect your product.

Simply adding these retail anti- theft devices will reduce your risk of exposure to theft. Using cheap and yet reliable products ensures that you make the wise and financially prudent decision. There’s no reason to add more stress to your life by wondering how you will afford EAS solutions to an already strapped budget. It really is as simple as using the cheap labels and cheap tags to protect your well deserved investments.

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The Opportunistic Tourist

December 7, 2012 by Staff Editor

I do a fair amount of traveling in my free time. Whether I am in and out of airports, or travel stops on the highway, I see the same clothing security breakdowns time and time again.

Often these retailers are in an open area where there is a significant amount of foot traffic. The majority of this foot traffic is also transient in nature, as in all the shoppers are travelers from another city, or state, maybe even another country.

If the retailers have no anti-theft devices like cheap tags or cheap labels on their clothes, it is very easy for someone to slip into the store, take what they want and slip back into the passing crowds of people never to be seen again.

It is an opportunistic nightmare. Most of those shoplifters probably aren’t on their holiday with the intention of finding a place to steal. They saw an opportunity present itself and get the better of them. The key rational is that they will never be back, so no one will notice them.

Keep your eyes peeled for the traveler. They may be trying to take your merchandise on a vacation too.

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It’s not luck, it’s preparation.

December 5, 2012 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Have you ever heard the saying “No one is ever really lucky”? The idea is that it is only a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. It is a way to say that hard work, and perseverance really make the difference. No one gets lucky. No one wins without the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to make them winners.

Retail security is the same way. No one gets to be “lucky” and have low shrink numbers. Just like no one gets to have good sales because they are lucky. Sales come from proper merchandising, proper on hands, and a knowledgeable and friendly sales staff.

To have low shrink, you need to be diligent in providing customer service to anyone in your stores. It is also helpful to have the right tools and resources to do your job properly. That’s where retail security anti-theft devices come into play. They can help you be anti-shoplifting. Cheap labels and cheap tags provide the necessary protection up front to prevent shoplifting.

You would no longer need to feel that you were lucky someone didn’t steal from you. You can be confident that your preparation reduced your shink.

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Bolsters and Boosters…

December 5, 2012 by Staff Editor

One of the best known tricks of the trade is to use a bolster or booster bag to shoplift. Some states do have legislation making it a crime to be in possession of or to use a bolster or booster. That doesn’t mean it stops shoplifters from stealing though. Remember, shoplifting is also illegal, and they ignore that one too.

In the simplest terms, bolsters and booster bags may be anything from harnesses, to secret pockets sewn into clothes, to foil lined bags. Each one is designed to attempt to circumvent any retail anti-theft devices you may have in place.

A trained Loss Prevention professional will know how to spot those shoplifting tools, and make sure that the shoplifters are in fact apprehended and prosecuted. These tools can wind up being a thief’s downfall, as they further prove their intent to steal.

Keep your clothing security programs in place and even the most innovative shoplifter who thinks they have a fool proof tool will be thwarted in the end.

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Big stores need options

December 3, 2012 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

If you work Loss Prevention (or Operations Support as some are calling it now) in a large store you are more than well aware of how many thousands of different items your place of business can be filled with. With so many products or so many different types (clothing, electronics, furniture, tools, etc) you may feel overwhelmed by the needs to protect every single piece of inventory. But it is rare for even the most stringent loss prevention policy to dictate that even the two dollar items at the impulse rack need Checkpoint Tags affixed to them.

Most places have a guideline of price points for each category of inventory sold in the store. But not every piece of inventory can necessarily use the same anti-shoplifting equipment as its store-front neighbors. Your winter jackets can use Checkpoint tags, but have little use for Checkpoint labels. Likewise, those DVDs you sell can only ever make use of Checkpoint Labels as there is no way to attach anything else to them. That is why there are options in the world of retail theft prevention; it is a known fact that not every product is the same and therefore the measures used to protect them have to be different.

If you want to be sure your store is making the most of that Checkpoint Security System you have installed make sure that you have enough variety in your anti-shoplifting equipment suite to cover all the items you need to protect.

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Sometimes standard backgrounds just aren’t enough…

December 3, 2012 by Staff Editor

While performing backgrounds checks and pre-employment are essential to weeding out undesirables from the truly sought-after talent, it isn’t the most sure-fire method to spotting troublemakers before you hire them.

Sometimes, in spite of all your precautions and preparations someone comes along and fools your rigorous application process and gains access to your company’s assets. That is why on top of going through with the battery of pre-employment screenings and background checks you have to keep a closer eye on your team.

As an example, my store hired someone to fill a low-level supervisor position just before Thanksgiving. This girl had all the right references, a solid work history, and passed the company’s employee background check without a hitch. For quite some time she was the perfect example of a young, hard-working, punctual individual. She was well liked by the cashier staff and admired by her superiors. But there were signs that something was off about her two months ago.

It was common knowledge among the staff that she was the primary supporter of her family; her mother, her newborn siblings, and her grandmother. She never really complained about her lot but it was understandably a hard position to be put in for someone of such a young age. It didn’t raise suspicion about her, per say, but rather created more admiration and sympathy for her.

Then about two weeks ago she was caught buying dozens of items ranging from clothing to house wares that she had marked down to practically nothing using another associate’s login information. It was a terminable offense, and one that could have been spotted much earlier had we taken the time to dig deeper and find out her mother’s disability payments had been reduced causing a greater financial burden on her.

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