Some areas are seeing a resurgence of booster bags being used by shoplifters as a way to defeat Checkpoint systems. These are primarily foil-lined bags that can interfere with the transmission signal sent by checkpoint security tags to the other components of the checkpoint systems. If the signal is weakened or eliminated, the alarms will not sound, making for a clean get away by the shoplifter.
In order to prevent or stop shoplifting using boosters, you need to be extra diligent. Because it is harder to spot the merchandise leaving, you have more limited warning flags to look for.
It comes back down to recognizing the nervous behaviors most shoplifters have. Because they are more confident that they won’t be caught, the signs are subtler, but they are still there.
Watch for customers who are picking up multiples of an item. If it is clothing, are they picking up several of the same item in the same size? Shoplifters who are using boosters are looking for a bigger haul. The disregard to normal quantities a shopper would buy is one of the signs of a shoplifter.
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
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