Why does a retail business owner make it a priority to develop an anti shoplifting attitude among his employees and how can he make it happen.
The unfortunate storeowner who experiences a financial shock when reading the results of his latest physical inventory and realizes that he has inexplicably lost 7 to 10% of his stock to theft, paperwork errors, or lack of control.
Shoplifting certainly contributes a large portion of all shortage, and is one of the most difficult to control. An all out anti shoplifting effort is needed to prevent shoplifting losses from eating up all the profits.
Management should talk up shoplifting prevention at every opportunity: Store rallies, departmental meetings, paycheck inserts, bulletin boards, training sessions, new hire orientations, time clock messages – anywhere that it’s appropriate to bring it up. Highlight anti shoplifting efforts of individual employees, whether she used excellent customer service to deter a potential shoplifter, or pointed out a known shoplifter to management, or simply had a great loss prevention idea by recognizing them and rewarding them if appropriate.
Devote an entire store meeting to an anti shoplifting theme pointing out the costs of shoplifting, how to handle a potential shoplifter situation, characteristics of shoplifters, and how shoplifting can affect them personally in the way of decreased salaries, benefits, and even job loss because of decreased profits attributed to shoplifters.
Provide the store and staff the equipment it needs to make a serious dent in the shoplifter traffic at your location. Convex mirrors, CCTV systems, and EAS by Checkpoint Security Systems are some of the ways to both prevent and detect shoplifting at your location.
But even with the most sophisticated electronic measures in place to prevent shoplifting, the most important asset to have is an alert, attentive, and engaged staff.
Call 1-770-426-0547 or click here if you are interested in increasing your business’ anti shoplifting awareness or for more information on Checkpoint Security Systems.
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