Checkpoint security tags

How Are You Attaching Your Checkpoint Tags?

March 29, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

How would you like to attach your Checkpoint tags? Pins, lanyards, ink or audible alarms? These are a few of the choices; let’s decide how many of these are right for you. Keep in mind that none of this will effect the detection of your Checkpoint systems.

Pins are the standard attachment devices used with Checkpoint tags. The tag is placed on one side and the pin is pushed through the item and into the tag. Once the pin is inside the tag it will not come loose without using a detacher. This is a very good way to keep checkpoint security tags on items to stop shoplifting. The downside with using pins is that you have to make a tiny puncture in the item that you are tagging. This is why lanyards are being used more and more everyday.

Lanyards allow for you to attach Checkpoint tags to merchandise without have to pierce the item. If you own a clothing store and you have a blouse with a very shear fabric, a lanyard works great. You would just wrap the lanyard around a loop or sleeve of the clothing and attach it to the tag. Lanyards are made out of hardened steel that makes it very difficult cut. You would need industrial wire cutters to have a chance at getting through the metal.

Do you need a more physical response to help stop shoplifting? Ink Checkpoint tags work great to stop shoplifting before it happens. The ink packet works as the pin attaching to a hard tag. If someone tries to remove the tag, the ink packet will break causing permanent ink to spill on him or her and the item. No one wants to steal ruined merchandise.

If you would like to draw more attention to a shoplifter than just Checkpoint systems alarming, I would recommend what is called a “Screamer” tag. It is the car alarm of the retail world. These checkpoint security tags have a very loud sounder attached to them. When a shoplifter tries to steal an item with one of these attached it not only sets off the Checkpoint systems but also goes into alarm itself. The sounder will alarm continuously until an authorized person disarms it.

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These are a few options that are available. For more information on how to stop shoplifting, Checkpoint systems, Checkpoint labels or checkpoint security tags contact us at Checkpoint systems or call 1.770.426.0547

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Labels, Labels, Labels Everywhere…Which Checkpoint Labels Should I Use?

March 27, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Need help deciding which Checkpoint Labels you should use to help retail theft prevention? Here are a few things to think about from a Checkpoint security system certified technician’s point of view. The first decision you will need to make is whether you need non-deactivating hard Checkpoint tags or deactivating Checkpoint labels.

Hard Checkpoint tags will be able to be detected better from a further distance than a Checkpoint labels. This does not mean that you have to have hard Checkpoint tags for your system to work properly. The system is designed and tuned to detect Checkpoint labels without a gap in the system. The benefits of using Checkpoint Tags are that they are a visual deterrent. When a customer picks up an article of clothing or a handbag and they see the tag they know that if they try to steal that item an alarm will sound. These tags are also more durable and reusable.

The downside of using Checkpoint tags is that they are easy to see. While it will help with retail theft prevention, it may also not be as aesthetically pleasing as some people would like. There are also some products that it is not logical or cost effective to use hard tags on.

The benefits of using Checkpoint labels are ease of use, cost effective and with a plethora of different shapes and sizes, are ideal for most applications. With the release of Checkpoint’s new EP (enhanced performance) label, you are able to receive the same detection capabilities that you would have gotten with a much larger tag in the past. Although the Checkpoint security system is the same, changes in the design of the label has improved the efficiency of the system. You can apply these sticker labels to almost anything that you want to keep from leaving the location without you knowing. Also, these tags will not have to be removed at the time of purchase. When the item is scanned at the point of sale the tag is automatically deactivated, causing a seamless transaction and not adding anytime to the routine of your cashier.

There are a few things to keep in mind when using Checkpoint labels. They are not as durable because they are in sticker form and are not in a hard case. The labels are also more prone to being tampered with. Also, for the label to be most effective it needs to be placed on a flat surface. If you place the sticker label on a significantly curved surface it can cause the tag to not be detected properly from the Checkpoint security system.

These are just a few retail theft prevention items to keep in mind when deciding what label or tag is right for you.

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Checkpoint Systems Needed at the Jail

March 10, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

At least Checkpoint Systems might have helped recover the stolen merchandise while it was still usable.

According to the City Pages of the Minneapolis/St. Paul News [link here], a 270 pound female shoplifter was observed squatting on the floor of a fur retailer in Bloomington, and stuffing a fur coat valued at $6500 up her dress, while an accomplice attempted to distract the salespeople. An alert employee asked the shoplifter what the heck she thought she was doing, whereupon the shoplifter pulled up her dress to show the employee a bare behind.

While the employees tried to recover from the sight, the shoplifter and the lookout drove away with a third person.

Later in the day, the shoplifter was arrested when she was in a car that was pulled over by the police. She was brought in for questioning, and while she admitted stealing the jacket, she denied having it with her.

The shoplifter was booked into the jail, searched by a pat down and a metal detector and placed in a holding cell. (This is where the Checkpoint Systems antenna and Checkpoint security tags may have come in handy).

The 46 year old spent the entire New Years’ three day weekend in the jail with the merchandise still in her underwear, doing whatever people do when they’re in jail for three days. I’m guessing a shower wasn’t on the agenda.

She denied having the fur until she was told she was being transported to the county lockup, when she pulled out the coat and handed it over.

The article didn’t say if the boutique got their coat back, or even if they wanted it back.

If the shop had been using an anti shoplifting device such as a Checkpoint Security System, the shoplifter most probably would have picked on a different store, as the system detects checkpoint tags no matter where they are concealed, evening the underwear.

The jail might consider a Checkpoint System to be sure no stolen merchandise is kept in the jail for the weekend.

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Dream of profit, not loss, with Checkpoint systems

March 9, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Wouldn’t we all like to stop shoplifting in our businesses? Could you imagine the profit to be made if there was no such thing as shrink? But unfortunately, such a thought is a dream. But there are anti shoplifting measures you can take to maximize your profits by significantly reducing your loss from theft. The next best thing to no shrink is reduced shrink by using retail anti theft devices.

Checkpoint security systems are an option you can use to reduce loss due to theft in your business. By having Checkpoint security tags on clothing, for example, you can send a clear message to potential thieves that may come into your business. That message is that you are serious about retail theft prevention, so you protect your merchandise from people just like them.

Checkpoint labels and Checkpoint tags can be placed on your merchandise so that if it leaves your business without being paid for, employees are alerted. These types of anti shoplifting devices are like having an employee guarding every item you sell, preventing shoplifters from taking the merchandise without paying for it. It’s a minimal investment that is well worth the expense in order to protect the merchandise you wish to sell.

The ability to stop shoplifting does not have to be a dream. You can make your anti shoplifting ideas a reality by investing in merchandise protection. Checkpoint systems can help you in this endeavor by being a deterrent to the would-be shoplifter, as well as an alert when theft does occur in your business.

Live the dream with a profitable business, not one that has to succumb to the loss caused by out of control shoplifting activity. Checkpoint security systems and retail anti theft devices will make that dream come true!

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Anti Shoplifting – Is Your Return Policy Too Liberal?

March 8, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

In spite of anti shoplifting efforts, according to a recent survey merchandise returns amount to over $219 billion a year. Nearly $12 billion of this is fraudulent. This category of retail loss is significant.

Why has this category of retail loss kept increasing?

From the thief’s standpoint, obtaining full value of the goods is preferable to fencing the merchandise for cents on the dollar, or attempting to sell it on the brown market for less than the full retail price. There are so many ways to return stolen merchandise to the store: using duplicate or counterfeit receipts; legitimate receipts accompanying stolen merchandise; and buying merchandise from a discounter and returning to a full service retailer, are only some of them.

The source of the stolen merchandise brought back for return may be a result of internal theft, sweethearting, or more likely shoplifters.

It is doubly painful for the retailer to pay retail for his own merchandise that he usually buys wholesale from a vendor.

To become a harder target in this area of retail loss while maintaining great customer relations is a balancing act faced by retailers every day.

Shutting of the supply through anti shoplifting efforts is one way to tip the scales in the retailer’s favor.

Checkpoint Systems’ line of retail theft prevention products allows full access to the customer to inspect the merchandise, but prevents it from being stolen by detecting Checkpoint security tags attached to the merchandise as the shoplifter attempts to exit the store. This not only announces that merchandise is being taken, but serves as a deterrent to potential shoplifters who know why the Checkpoint security tags are attached.

For assistance with your anti shoplifting strategy, call the experts at Loss Prevention Systems, Inc. at 1-770-426-0547 or click here to contact us. Please visit our Online Retail Loss Prevention Store for the latest in Loss Prevention products.

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Stop profit loss from shoplifting with Checkpoint Systems

March 3, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

You as a business owner need to figure out a way to reduce your losses and control shrink in your store. Simple enough, you would think. But shoplifters, employee theft and vendor fraud make the task more difficult than it needs to be. When a business is considering anti shoplifting measures, Checkpoint security systems is an option to consider.

Part of a good anti shoplifting plan is making sure that inventory is accurately tracked and accounted for. Then, when inventory is displayed for customers to purchase, retail anti theft devices such as Checkpoint security systems can be used. Checkpoint labels can be placed on high theft merchandise so that employees are alerted when merchandise is leaving without going through the registers. Checkpoint security tags function in the same manner. Often, simply the sight of anti shoplifting devices such as Checkpoint tags can be enough to deter the shoplifter and encourage them to move on to the next unprotected business.

When you recognize that some of the merchandise you sell is sought after by shoplifters, Checkpoint security systems can help protect it. You want to be able to still have your high theft merchandise available to honest customers, and Checkpoint systems allows you to still do this but have the merchandise protection to make a profit. There is no profit to be made when your merchandise is walking out at the hands of shoplifters.

While locked cases can help deter theft, it is probably not practical to lock up every item that you sell. Checkpoint security systems, including Checkpoint labels and Checkpoint tags, can be used to display the merchandise that you have to offer without worrying about the profits you may lose if the merchandise is stolen.

For more information about anti shoplifting or Checkpoint security systems or retail anti theft devices or checkpoint systems or Checkpoint labels or Checkpoint security tags or Checkpoint tags contact us at checkpoint systems or call 1.770.426.0547.

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Anti Shoplifting Attitude for Employees

March 3, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Take all the anti shoplifting steps that you can in your store, and you have not optimized them until you have all employees involved.

The way to include all employees in the effort is through education, education, and education. At every storewide and departmental meeting, the subject of shoplifting should be covered, or at least mentioned.

Reminders such as anti shoplifting posters should be posted in employee break areas, by the time clock, in storage rooms, and even the employee’s bathroom.

Remind all employees to take different routes when they are walking from place to place in the store and not always walk the same way. When empty packages and hangers are removed from the sales floor, their presence should be reported to management so that a known theft does not become an unexplained inventory loss.

If retail anti theft devices such as EAS by Checkpoint Security Systems are in use, be sure every employee knows its operation, and the action to take if the system is tripped by active Checkpoint security tags or Checkpoint labels.

Train all employees on the correct steps to take if they suspect a shoplifter is in the store. Have a policy in place and be sure all employees sign off that they understand it before they go to work in the store, and review it at least annually.

Recognize employees who make an extra effort to prevent shoplifting through their ideas or actions.

Repetition and consistency in training and awareness will emphasize and enhance any retailer’s anti shoplifting strategy.

Contact LPSI at 770-426-0547 to help develop your anti shoplifting attitude or click here for more information about Checkpoint Security Systems technology. Visit our Online Retail Loss Prevention Store here.

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Checkpoint Systems Tagging Compliance

March 1, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Consistency in tagging compliance is one of the most important factors in protecting your apparel and now Checkpoint Systems has made that easier. Gaps in your process can take place whenever the human element is involved. Maybe it’s Friday afternoon, the boss is gone and the associates in charge of tagging merchandise before it goes to the sales floor are in a rush to get out and start their weekend. Maybe you’ve got a new associate who doesn’t fully understand the tagging process. Whatever the reason the result is inconsistency in your tagged merchandise.

With Checkpoint Systems “@ Source” program you can eliminate this problem completely. Imagine a world where you don’t have to worry about associates doing a thorough job of ensuring the tagging compliance is met. Imagine how much money you can save on your bottom line because you don’t need to provide hours in your budget for this process at all. Imagine the peace of mind that comes with knowing, not just hoping, that all of your merchandise on the floor is properly protected.

When you use the @ Source Program your merchandise comes into the store already outfitted with hard tags and EAS tags on all of the appropriate merchandise. In other words you, the retailer, can simply take them out of the box and put them directly on your sales floor with no steps in between; no opportunity for screw ups and no extra payroll for associates needed to tag the merchandise. It’s a win-win situation for everyone, except of course the shoplifters. The @ Source program is just one of the reasons why Checkpoint Systems is a leader in the loss prevention industry.

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Wake up and prevent the theft with Checkpoint systems

February 27, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

So what exactly are you doing to prevent shoplifting within your business? Do you have any anti shoplifting devices that you are using? You are a business out to make a profit, which means you had better be considering what you can do to decrease shrink in your store.

Checkpoint tags are a great option in which to invest. Checkpoint security systems offer solutions to help you protect your merchandise from the thieves that want to steal your profits. For minimal investment, you can reap huge rewards by preventing theft and loss due to shrink.

Checkpoint tags for apparel are a visual deterrent, which thieves can see when they are scouting out a business from which to steal. Shoplifters want to be able to steal from you and get away with it, quickly, without the hassle of Checkpoint security tags. You don’t want to give them what they want, which is your merchandise. Make their lives difficult with anti shoplifting concepts such as Checkpoint security systems.

Checkpoint tags and Checkpoint labels can be used on merchandise that is high theft in your store. Items considered high theft vary from store to store and city to city, so with Checkpoint systems it is your choice what you choose to protect. This allows you to create an anti shoplifting program that fits the needs of your business.

In order to make a profit you cannot just sit back and watch your merchandise walk out of your doors at the hands of shoplifters.

Fight back and use Checkpoint security systems as one of your weapons. Think of the checkpoint security tags and the checkpoint labels as your soldiers

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Anti Shoplifting Measures – Atlanta Georgia

February 24, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

The most satisfying part of any anti shoplifting program is the actual apprehension and prosecution of a shoplifter. Although watching a shoplifter taken away in a police car with his hands shackled behind his back gives some of us a personal sense of accomplishment, in some ways it indicates a failure in our effort to stop shoplifting.

For every shoplifter who is caught, how many get away with stolen merchandise? I know that plenty do, because only the worst or most unfortunate shoplifters are generally caught. The others, the good ones, do all they can to reduce the chances of taking the sad ride down to the police station. They look carefully for CCTV cameras, covert lookouts, sales personnel, store loss prevention and any other hindrances to their endeavors that may be obvious.

Any and all these things designed for retail theft prevention may cause a shoplifter to rethink his intention, or move to a different location in the store, or find another store altogether. This is the purpose of retail loss prevention, to convince the shoplifter that he would be better served to go to an easier target to resupply his empty shopping bags or abandon the idea altogether.

One of the most efficient ways to get your anti shoplifting message across to the potential shoplifter is with the addition of a Checkpoint Security System. The antennas, though they are unassuming, stand at the entryway as a warning that the retailer at this location cares enough about his business to actively keep shoplifters out. Shoplifters tend to go to locations where they don’t have to work quite so hard to steal merchandise. Whenever merchandise with Checkpoint security tags attached passes the antennas, an alarm is sounded, an event the shoplifter had rather avoid.

Get out of the shoplifter business by taking a look at your anti shoplifting program.

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