Big Solutions Sometimes Come in Small Packages: Introducing the Classic N10 by Checkpoint

Extra! Extra! Read all about it and hopefully you might be reading it here first. If I sound excited, it is because I am! Checkpoint just released a new product that is worth raising your blood pressure over. One of the biggest complaints by retailers when it comes to retail anti-shoplifting strategies that utilize electronic article surveillance (EAS) has been the size of the antennae. The large antennae take up a large amount of floor space that is valuable in the retail store environment. Some retailers have buried the antennae so that the floor space is retained but this option isn’t available to convenience stores and small footprint retailers as it is expensive to bury the antennae and it is not practical to stick the antennae on the floor, cutting the floor space available for merchandise significantly. That is no longer the case.

 According to Uwe Sydon, Senior Vice President of Innovation, Checkpoint Systems, “We’ve researched and worked with convenience stores that have many of the same requirements for loss prevention solutions as larger outlets, but often have neither the floor space nor the budget for standard traditional floor mounted, free-standing EAS antennas. With the introduction of the N10 – featuring one of the smallest EAS antennas on the market — those limitations are gone.”

 Sydon further notes that the Classic N10 uses the latest in technology that includes anti-jamming capability which is becoming the method of operation for the organized retail criminal (ORC). It also has the latest noise filtering and reduction software to reduce false alarms and misses. The N10 also has a flashing LED that acts as a strong deterrent to the opportunistic shoplifter. One of the best features of the N10 is its flexibilty. This antenna is not stuck with a large floor mounted antennae that takes up floor space and makes customer ingress and egress difficult or cumbersome. The small footprint store and convenience stores require this flexibility to utilize electronic article surveillance (EAS). Many such retail stores have opted not to have the advantage of merchandise shelf availability and reduced shrink afforded by EAS due to these limitations. No more! The Classic N10 gives the small footprint store or convenience store the same capability as their big brothers without the reduced floorspace. The Class N10’s flexibility includes the ability to either wall or door-frame mount the single antenna or it can be sited on an optional free-standing floor mount. Regardless, when merchandise is being moved and there is a need to move the antenna, the retailer can swivel the antenna in any directions, as well as just spin it and tuck it out of the way.

 Wow! This solution has been needed for a long time. Convenience stores have been asking for a more flexible EAS system so they could realize the same benefits of EAS that other retailers enjoy and now they have it. The Classic N10 is one of the smallest antennae on the market but don’t let that small size fool you. It has the same capability as it larger brothers in the industry thus proving that sometimes big things do come in small packages.

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