Invest in your profits by investing in clothing security!

June 12, 2011 by

Do you have a problem with shoplifting in your business? You need to invest in Clothing Security. Businesses that sell clothing are especially susceptible to shoplifting. Clothing is easy to steal, easy to conceal, and is needed by everyone. Clothing items can be stolen for personal use, for resale, or even to conduct return fraud. However a shoplifter may choose to steal from you, businesses need to have measures in place to reduce the loss from such actions.

Clothing security needs to be forefront on the minds of business owners. The use of security tags on clothes along with a clothing alarm is an excellent deterrent, used to stop shoplifters in their tracks. Clothing security tags can be a visual reminder to a potential shoplifter that the business they are in takes protection of the merchandise very seriously.

Shoplifters want simplicity and a quick getaway – with your merchandise. When a shoplifter is deciding whether or not to steal from your store, he or she wants to be able to grab and conceal the merchandise without anything standing in their way. Security tags on clothes should be invested in so there can be something very effective standing in their way.

Clothing security tags can be a great a visual deterrent, as well as an actual deterrent. The clothing alarm sound will notify everyone in the store when clothing is leaving your business illegally.

Invest in increased profits and reduced loss in your business. Use clothing security tags .

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Is lax management causing employee theft in Atlanta GA?

June 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Internal theft, also known as employee theft, causes close to 50% of retail business loss each year. In the thirty years of preforming employee theft investigations I am still shocked by what a poor job most businesses do in common sense loss prevention. A good example of one of the instances was an employee theft investigation that I did where $5000 in fraudulent business checks were cashed. It turned out that the back stock of checks were unsecure in a storeroom with office supplies. Janitor’s stole20 some checks from the middle of the stack waited a month and them began to cash them. Those checks should have been secured under lock and key with strict access.

Every day we drop our guard because it is more difficult to do it the right way. Doing it the right way will prevent employee theft. The key is “prevention”. Or we say, “oh I trust that person, they would never do that”. Those words get more and more businesses in trouble everyday. When a management person says that they are basically saying that they have no common business sense.

Another case involved employees that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in product from a distribution center they worked in. They were given keys to the facility that had millions of dollars of merchandise in it, with no alarm system. So coming back at night and loading up a truck was easy.

Internal theft or employee theft lurks around every corner. You have to be proactive to prevent it. Internal theft will not go away or stop on its own. In fact it will get worse. Get your policy manual off the shelf, dust it off, update it and make sure people understand that this is your “business bible”, live it and enforce it. That does not mean that it never changes, far from it. As your business changes your policy and procedures should change.

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Prevent shoplifting, recognize the risk!

June 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment

 

It can be extremely frustrating for a business owner to suffer a large loss due to shoplifting. Owners and managers sometimes do not know where to begin to fix this issue. In order to effectively prevent shoplifting, you must recognize the factors within the business that make it at a greater risk to shoplifting, and then take measures to correct these factors while still providing a pleasing shopping environment to the honest customer. Businesses do not want to cater to the shoplifter; just the paying shopper.

Businesses should consider keeping small expensive items or high theft items in locked cases or behind counters where employees control access to these items. Having a policy in place to where the customer has to pay for the item at the counter is a good idea as well. Theft can be greatly reduced by keeping these types of items secure until a customer is ready to purchase them.

Other constants in your store may help prevent shoplifting. Having employees located near restrooms and fitting rooms. Also teach employees to check the number of items going into fitting rooms, and verify that the same number is coming out. Additionally, fitting rooms should be locked when not in use, and unlocked only when a customer is ready to try something on. This simple policy can greatly help prevent shoplifting through the fitting rooms, because the potential shoplifter has to get the attention of an employee in order to go into the fitting room. Shoplifters do not like to draw attention to themselves.

Having security tags, two way mirrors, and CCTV are additional ways you can prevent shoplifting. Keep signs posted that CCTV security systems are in use. Also, have visible camera globes, especially in corners and other areas attractive to shoplifters. Utilizing a merchandise alarm with security tags is also a good theft prevention technique.

We may not be able to eliminate all shoplifting, but with a few of these suggestions we can go great lengths to prevent shoplifting within our businesses.

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Clothing security– A simple decision for your business

June 10, 2011 by

You are a business owner. You would like to make a profit – not have your profits walk out of your front doors at the hands of shoplifters. There are so many ways to decrease shrink and increase profits, it can be difficult to choose amongst all of the options.

If you business sells clothes, clothing security tags along with a clothing alarm are options to consider when researching loss prevention ideas for your company. Security tags on clothes are an excellent deterrent to the shoplifter that comes into your business looking for the easy steal.

Clothing is a very common item for shoplifters to target, because it is easy to conceal and bunch up. A large amount of clothing can fit into the average sized purse, under a jacket, in a pocket, or where ever else the creative shoplifter can think to conceal. When a shoplifter is deciding whether or not to steal from you, if you have clothing security tags they can definitely influence their decision. Shoplifters do not want to have to figure out a way to get rid of clothing security, this is especially true when they can target the business that does not use security tags on clothes.

The investment in clothing security will be minimal compared to the increase in profits that you can experience as a business owner. You can bring lower prices to your honest customers if you can reduce your losses due to shrink by investing in kinds of clothing security tags. When you do not have any type of clothing alarm utilized on the items you sell, you will experience increased loss, guaranteed. And to recoup that loss can be detrimental to your business and your loyal, paying customers.

It’s a simple concept. Reduce your loss and increase your profits through clothing security.

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Communication and Internal Theft

June 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Proper communication is key in preventing internal theft. Without it you open yourself and your company up to a great deal of potential loss. For several years I worked as a Corporate Fraud Investigator for a local supermarket chain. As great as that position was, when the time came I moved on and took another position at a completely different company. Apparently no one got the memo. The other day a few friends and I were on our way to a baseball game and stopped in to pick up a few tailgating supplies. One of the managers recognized me, shook my hand, asked how I had been and then promptly opened the door to the surveillance office for me using his key.

I understand that my previous position as Corporate Fraud Investigator afforded me some trust, but that manager missed all the employee theft red flags: He hadn’t seen me in a while. I was accompanied by people he had never seen before. I was dressed for a baseball game (completely unprofessional). I had to quickly explain the situation to the manager who was completely embarrassed.

The fact is: lesser men would have taken that opportunity to commit some kind of internal theft. After all, as a Corporate Fraud Investigator I would have known exactly how to get around any of the usual behaviors that might have given me away as a thief. Most employee theft happens as a result of perceived opportunity. Had I been a disgruntled ex employee I might have easily taken advantage of the situation. An individual may not have gotten to work intending to steal but because a door was left opened or unlocked, merchandise untagged, or any other safety measure not taken they will. This occasionally opens a Pandora’s Box where that individual begins to seek out similar situations throughout the company and before you know it you’re out of thousands of dollars all because the proper precautions and necessary communication wasn’t taken in order to prevent internal theft.

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Prevent Shoplifting – Nuisance or Necessity?

June 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment

There comes a time when every retailer asks how far he needs to go to prevent shoplifting.  The key here is to prevent theft before it escalates into a negative that adversely impacts the bottom line to the degree that it threatens the business.

 Retailing would be much simpler if there were no theft.  Operating costs would decrease, inventory would remain where it’s supposed to be, and net profit would rise.  There would be no reason to budget for shrink.

 As long as there are stores, there will be shoplifters, so retailers should and do plan ahead to prevent it.

 A fact about shoplifting at the store level is that if no action is taken to prevent it, it will only get worse.  It doesn’t matter what merchandise is for sale, from penny candy to diamond rings, if a shoplifter has access and opportunity, he will make the attempt to steal it.

 The degree of effort taken by the retailer to prevent shoplifting depends on many factors: location; merchandise; clientele.  A store in an urban area selling designer denim, frequented by teenage shoppers may need to plan differently than a rural farm supply store with a stable customer base.

 Every retailer should emphasize customer service and employee education to prevent shoplifting, but most retailers go beyond to include merchandise layout, CCTV, EAS, uniformed or plainclothes loss prevention staff.  All these methods need to be measured against return on investment.  How much shoplifting do I have, what items are being taken, and how much can I stop using one or a combination of methods designed to prevent shoplifting?

 Ultimately, that is a decision the retail business owner must make to be sure that his business doesn’t become a target of shoplifters because of inadequate prevention measures and doesn’t get the reputation of being known as an easy mark in the shoplifting community.

 Do what’s necessary to prevent shoplifting in your retail store.

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Clothing alarm – 3 Combat Evil Shoplifters with Good Clothing Security

June 8, 2011 by

Sometimes in a retail environment it can seem if your business is in a fight of good versus evil.  You, the business owner, are “good.”  You are trying to sell clothing to the consumer at competitive prices while still earning a profit so your business can survive.  The evil you experience is the loss of that profit due to shoplifting.  Such loss results in higher prices for those “good” customers that choose to pay.  Higher prices and lost profit are all affects of the “evil” that can be experienced in today’s retail environment.

There are weapons available for businesses to combat the evil that is shoplifting.  Clothing security, such as security tags on clothes, can stand up to the shoplifters and preserve those profits that you so desperately need.  Experiencing increased profits and reduced loss for minimal investment is what all “good” businesses want to achieve.

Security tags on clothes on your high theft clothing items.  These clothing security tags are reusable, and are removed once the clothing is purchased in your store.  They are a visual deterrent to the evil shoplifters that lurk amongst us, seeking to steal the very goods that you choose to offer to your paying customers.  Shoplifters want to be able to steal freely, not have to fight with clothing security tags in order to steal items.  Shoplifters also do not want to risk a clothing alarm sounding when they steal clothing.  They do not want to draw attention to themselves, thriving only on lack of attention to their evil pursuits.

Shielding your business from theft is great for business and great for profits.  Clothing security like a clothing alarm and clothing security tags can help you achieve success and win the classic good versus evil battle within your retail environment.

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What can I do to Prevent shoplifting in my store?

June 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment

There are many ways that you may be able to prevent shoplifting in your business. Ways that the average business owner may not think of, but that are important none-the-less. Loss prevention experts can analyze the aspects of your business and offer up important advice on how to reduce your losses from shoplifting.

 

For example, store design should be taken into consideration. Registers should be near the entrance and exits of the business. This can prevent walkout thefts and also make a shoplifter nervous that they have to walk past where there are employees. Another way you can prevent shoplifting through store design is to not have aisles that stand too tall or create blind spots. You do not want to provide shoplifters a place to hide and complete their crime. Have mirrors in place to eliminate any potential blind spots, and also have good lighting so there are no dark corners for shoplifters to lurk.

 

Do not place high theft, expensive merchandise near the entrances and exits. Some bold shoplifters will simply “grab and go” by taking the merchandise and quickly getting out of the store. You are able to prevent shoplifting this way by placing this type of merchandise further back within your store, near employee work areas.

 

Another way you may be able to prevent shoplifting within your business is by keeping a neat and organized store. If your employees know the merchandise and what is on the sales floor, they are more apt to notice when merchandise is missing. This is also a good prevention tactic for employee theft. Employees will be less likely to steal if they know that it will be quickly noticed. Having good inventory audit programs will also allow you to keep tabs on your merchandise and notice right away when something is missing.

 

In order to reduce your losses, you have to think like a shoplifter, and then react by creating an environment less desirable to most shoplifters. If you do these things you will be able to effectively prevent shoplifting in your business.

 

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My clothing security says “Don’t even think about it!”

June 5, 2011 by

I’ve decided I would like to start a life of crime. Why work and make an honest living when I can steal to get the items that I want? I think I will shoplift clothing so that I can return it for cash, or perhaps sell it in online auctions. Or, I could even run my own underground shop and sell it right out of my home. I want to be able to shoplift clothing easily, quickly, and without getting caught.

Unfortunately, the statements above are not uncommon. Shoplifting is more prevalent than the average person can imagine, especially when many people are facing tough economic times right now. When a shoplifter is scoping out a business to steal clothing from, they will notice whether clothing security is being used or not.

Many businesses do not have any security tags on clothes. They are making themselves an easy target for shoplifters. “Clothing up for grabs” might as well be posted on the store front – because not using clothing security tags advertises just as loudly to the potential shoplifter.

If your store uses clothing security tags and a clothing alarm, then you are also speaking to the shoplifters. You are saying, “I am going to do everything I can to prevent you from stealing from me.” The mere presence of hard plastic security tags on clothes tells them clothing security is a high priority to you and your business should not be targeted. Having clothing security says, “Don’t even try, shoplifter. Go somewhere else!.”

If I decide to pursue that life of crime, I think I will choose a different business to victimize. One not using clothing security and a clothing alarm.

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Corporate Fraud and trust relationships in Atlanta GA

June 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment

In my over 30 years of experience in corporate fraud investigation a sad but simple reality had come to my attention. Management uses the wrong kind of trust when dealing with employees, assets, cash and the rest. I have finished the employee theft investigation, the employee has confessed and we are filing criminal charges. At that point the manager or owner says something like “I trusted that person”.

They feel guilty, are angry and question their own skills. They often feel as if they should have seen the employee theft coming. It is not their skills that they should be questioning. In this world there are two kinds of trust: personal trust and business trust.

Personal trust is the kind you have with your best buddy. They are always there for you and you for them.

Business trust is defined in three words: Trust But Verify. That’s it! You do not have the luxury of doing anything else.

The most reasons that we end up doing a corporate fraud investigation is that management uses personal trust in a business environment. They simply don’t see their “friends” being involved in employee theft. This is business not personal and if your management style is to be “friends” with your employee then you should probably change careers. You are responsible for an incredible amount of assets and liability and if employee theft is occurring because you’re using the wrong kind of trust with your employees you are responsible. As a professional you realize that you must protect those assets to keep the company profitable, which insures that, your employees have a job.

To do this you must trust but verify. I am not advocating that you are always watching over people’s shoulders. In fact a healthy work environment gives employees the ability to grow and do things in their own style. So what do you do? Here is an example; you receive a shipment. The person who is responsible for checking it in is almost finished. Pull part of the paperwork and recheck 10% of it. When they say to you “I just did that” you reply, “ It looks like you did a great job too, it is accurate, thank you and good work”.

As a professional you cannot afford to use personal trust in a business environment unless a frequent employee theft investigation is your thing.

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