We had a shoplifter in our store over the weekend. We knew that he was up to something based on his actions. He had entered the store and then bee lined over to our denim wall. Instead of looking at the tags, or the waistbands of the jeans- presumably to find his size- he followed the leg of each pair of jeans down to the end. What he was checking for was electronic article surveillance tags (EAS) commonly called security tags.

The shoplifter was trying to find pairs of jeans that did not have these EAS tags on them. He wanted to be able to steal the jeans without being conspicuously identified by an alarm sounding as he exited the store. If he found a pair of jeans without the tags, he had a better chance of making a clean escape.

What the shoplifter did not realize was that his actions actually made him more obvious. He was not exhibiting behaviors that most paying shoppers do. Shoppers look for their size of jeans, which is found somewhere, near the waistband, not at the bottom of the leg. Even if a shopper picks out a few jeans with similar sizes to try on, they still are more focused on the sizing found near the waistband.

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Checkpoint Tags are hard plastic tags used in almost every major retailer as a way to stop shoplifting. The basic premise is simple. Apply the tags before the merchandise is displayed on the sales floor. At the point of sale, an employee removes the Checkpoint Tags with a Checkpoint Security System detacher. The tags are removed in two parts- the pin and the button. Each part is put into a bin to be recycled for use with the next shipment of merchandise.

Checkpoint Labels are also used to stop shoplifting, but in a different way. Where the tags are designed to be visible to shoppers and shoplifters, Checkpoint Labels are usually hidden form view. The labels are put in boxes, or inside of a pocket. Sometimes they are on the outside of a clamshell package. 

Checkpoint Labels are also deactivated at the point of sale, but they are not removed from the merchandise. The Checkpoint Security System deactivator pad deactivates the labels. As long as the label passes over the deactivator pad, the label will be deactivated.

Since the labels stay on the merchandise, they are not recycled onto new store merchandise like the tags are. New labels are put on those products, or the labels are reactivated if the merchandise is returned.

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A Checkpoint Security System is an absolute necessity in any retail environment for good reason. They are proven industry leaders, and have been for decades. It is so common to have a Checkpoint Security System in place that any retailer who doesn’t have one is an immediate target for shoplifting.

Checkpoint Systems stop shoplifting because they are not only a recognizable brand, but because they have built their reputation on reliability and effectiveness.

A Checkpoint system is pretty straightforward. You start with the installation of door towers at your exit points. These towers are what creates and audible alarm when Checkpoint tags pass through.

The Checkpoint tags are the second part of the anti shoplifting system. The Checkpoint tags are hard plastic tags that pin onto merchandise, primarily clothing or accessories. The addition of just these two Checkpoint Systems components have been proven to reduce shoplifting losses by as much as 85 percent.

Additionally there are other kinds of equipment to stop shoplifting that Checkpoint Security System can install and service. These fall into the category of camera systems. The camera system will have cameras as well as recording and playback devices. While these are secondary to the Checkpoint tags for effectiveness, a camera system can be used as a deterrent for employee theft and to promote safety within the stores.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

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If you have ever looked at Checkpoint tags or other tags designed for retail theft prevention, you might not realize just how sophisticated that piece of plastic actually is. Embedded within those molded shells is technology that is decades in the making. These tags are considered by some as a work in progress, as the EAS tags are constantly being improved upon.

The first step in making these anti shoplifting tags is to create the hard tag portion through an injection mold or is vacuum formed. The pin is generally made from nickel-plated steel.

The second step is to make the resonator. A resonator is a series of tiny metal loops or coils made out of appropriate magnetic metal (like copper) that will resonate in response to an interrogation signal (formed at the exit door towers of the Checkpoint Systems). This is the key to stop shoplifting. The resonator is what will trigger an alarm if a tag is left on, or label left activated.

Once the resonator is placed inside the Checkpoint tags (or similar) it is time for the locking mechanism to be added. This is the component that will hold the pin in place, preventing shoplifters to easily separate the two sides.

Now that the internal components are complete, the upper and lower sides of the plastic tag are heat fused or ultrasound sealed together completing the tag assembly.

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Source tagging is a retail theft prevention practice of embedding Checkpoint labels, or other brands of retail theft prevention, within an actual product. This takes place at the point of manufacturing.

Source tagging takes the smallest possible Checkpoint labels and hides them in seams of clothing, or within the soles of popular athletic shoes. By affixing the labels within the actual product during production, a retailer’s payroll spent attaching hard tags to clothing and other products is reduced. Conversely, the retailers are also saving payroll and customer check out times as there is no need to remove, sort and recycle these embedded labels.

The labels are deactivated using the same deactivator pad used for most Checkpoint systems. There are no additional supplies or accessories to invest in since the source tagged labels are Checkpoint systems compatible. The labels will deactivate the same way any other exterior labels do, even though they are buried inside of a garment or product.
Designed as a better way to stop shoplifting, source tagged merchandise makes a shoplifter hesitate, as they can’t find the labels to defeat them. Rather than risk being caught by an alarm at the exit doors, the majority of your common shoplifters will bypass stealing from retailers that are known to utilize buried source tags.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

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When you have product stolen out of your inventory, who pays? Obviously, you do. You pay for the initial product that is lost and you will pay again to replace that same product to have more available for your customers to purchase. If you are installing the Checkpoint labels yourself to stop shoplifting, you might be loosing out on more profits than what you realize.

When you have product stolen, your vendors do not care. They might be sympathetic to your plight, but they are not out anything financially. In fact, your vendors are actually profiting by your losses. When you have to purchase inventory items twice, the vendor gets paid twice. When you have one of those two products stolen, you only get paid once- so who comes out ahead?

This is where you need to leverage your vendors into source tagging your Checkpoint labels. They should be paying their employees to take the time and effort to do the tagging for you, and save you money. If these vendors are resistant, you need to start looking at other suppliers who will source tag for you. There is no reason that your vendors can’t enhance your Checkpoint systems. Chances are they are already doing it for other businesses.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

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When I worked security for a major home improvement retailer, we frequently had expensive saw blades stolen. These blades came with the absolute minimal plastic packaging possible. They were designed to merchandise the blades on a pegboard with the maximum shelf quantity. The only retail theft prevention came from a small EAS label that was easy to peel off the plastic packaging.

Our thieves knew that we had limited resources to stop shoplifting these saw blades. The end result was that we lost them both frequently and in large quantities. Shoplifters would clear an entire peg worth of blades in just one swift motion. That could be anywhere from a few hundred to a thousand dollar loss all at once.

It wasn’t until recently that there was a better anti shoplifting product that could help us with this particular problem. The Alpha Security Alpha Spider Web’s unique multi-strand steel cable mesh bag presents an excellent visual deterrent.  The Alpha Spider Web still allows for open merchandising while providing anti shoplifting. Spider Webs provide breakthrough security for even the most irregular-shaped packages.

Had we had access to the Alpha Spider Web anti shoplifting devices, we never would have lost the thousands of dollars annually to shoplifters stealing our saw blades.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

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Anti shoplifting tools, the form of EAS tags, labels and tower systems, are only as effective as the accuracy of how we use and employ those devices. We need to start by ensuring our tagging is 100% without fail. Then we can better analyze the reports that come from the digital alarm keypad. 

Designed like the face of an ATM machine, employees can record what kind of alarm the EAS towers are recording. This feature is found on the more current models of the Checkpoint systems EAS alarm tower systems. 

The options include false alarm, tag in area, recovery, test, etc. By training your employees to accurately record what caused the EAS alarm to register, you can develop an action plan to eliminate false alarms through better employee training.

With a digital report, you can break the alarm report down by the time of day the alarm activated. If you have a camera system, you can review who was going out the doors. You can also review the employee interaction at the point of the alarm, helping you assess what kind of training will best suit the situation.

Additionally, you can better stop shoplifting by making an actual incident more noticeable. Without extraneous EAS alarms clouding the accuracy of the Checkpoint systems, shoplifters start to stick out like a sore thumb.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547 

If Checkpoint Tags are not consistently used on every article of merchandise that is determined to need retail theft prevention, you create an opening for shoplifters to take advantage of your store. The best and easiest way to determine if you are executing your tagging standard to 100% is to perform a self- audit for compliance rate.

A self-audit means taking either a sampling of those tagged items (for large quantities) or all of the items (for small quantities) and checking for accuracy. 

If you conduct a sample of twenty items and only ten have tags, you are at 50% accuracy. 50% is not going to keep shoplifters at bay. Based on this audit you know where you need to focus your efforts to make sure you are at 100% accuracy.

Shoplifters are very mindful of any opportunity that is presented to them that makes it easier to steal. Even though you are using retail theft prevention as a way to stop shoplifting, you aren’t guaranteed that a shoplifter won’t every come into your store.

Anti shoplifting tools like Checkpoint Tags are a deterrent only when used properly. If a shoplifter is trying to steal a pair of jeans to resell later, they don’t care which jeans they get. They will dig through a stack of merchandise, if they see one pair without a Checkpoint Tag, that’s the pair they will try to steal from you.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547