Because of the present business economy, the strategy of most retail storeowners and managers has been to cut costs in order to survive the downturn and position for a better climate.  Overall, the results have for the most part been successful so far although there has been a decrease in payroll resulting in fewer personnel to cover the sales floor and man the registers.  The decrease in man-hours available has a negative effect on the effort to prevent shoplifting – resulting in an increase in costs.

The costs increase is in cost of goods sold. Even if the price paid to the suppliers remains the same, the cost of goods sold increases because the owner has to replace the pilfered merchandise with new goods to have merchandise on hand to sell.

Many retailers look at the problem of shoplifting as a personal one, which it is.  The shoplifter is stealing merchandise that the retailer bought with money that he earned.  The alternatives that the retailer faces are increasing the prices charged to his customers or finding ways to control or stop shoplifting.  Neither of these alternatives is optimal.

Shoppers are driven by loyalty, but even more so by price.  A price increase to cover inventory loss is seen by customers only as a price increase, and in the current economic environment price is on consumers’ minds.  This is the less desirable alternative and doesn’t really address the core issue of shoplifting.

An effective way to prevent shoplifting is to make the act of shoplifting less likely to succeed and drive the shoplifter to an easier target.

No matter what the motivation of the shoplifter – wanting something for nothing, peer pressure, impulse, or thrill – a retail anti theft device such as a Checkpoint Security System will serve as a deterrent.  The presence of a Checkpoint System at the entrance of a store or boutique is enough to stop many shoplifters.  Why risk stealing from a protected store when there is an easier victim down the street?

The retailer or manager makes the decision which merchandise to protect based on theft history, price point, or any combination of factors, but can depend on the Checkpoint Security System to sound an alarm when protected merchandise leaves the premises without having been purchased.

There is virtually no type of merchandise that can’t be protected with one of the many Checkpoint tags or Checkpoint labels that are available.

A Checkpoint Security System will prevent shoplifting and control costs related to theft so that the cost of the system is quickly recovered and will continue to save the retailer money as well as reduce aggravation.

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One of the most difficult items to prevent shoplifting is the liquor bottle.  Bottle shops are typically laid out in a way that is difficult to observe all areas of the sales floor from any one vantage point.  The merchandise goes from fairly low price points to high (shoplifters like to upgrade), and is in bottles that are easily concealable.  There is usually a lot of product displayed, and the customers seem to want to hang around and compare types and brands.

The more exclusive brands, that is the most expensive liquors and wines, seem to be the more popular ones among certain customers.  There are brands that become popular even for just a while, but while they are hot, it seems like that’s what everybody is talking about and getting.

If a customer is going to shoplift a liter bottle of beverage, it is just as easy to get the more expensive one as it is a more common one.  And, if the shoplifter was going to get the more common (cheaper) one, he might buy it anyway.  It is hared to justify spending three or four times the amount just to get a particular brand. 

So the goal of the retailer is to adequately display the product so as not to lose sales because of customer inconvenience, and to prevent shoplifting of a highly desirable and expensive item.

One solution to this kind of a dilemma is the bottle lock that fits around the neck of the bottle and can only be removed with a proprietary tool.  The bottle lock prevents the top from being removed without damaging the bottle and rendering it useless, or even activating an alarm when it is removed from the premises.

Bottle locks provide a visual deterrent to shoplifters, deny the unauthorized use of the product, and allow merchandise to be attractively displayed.

Prevent shoplifting without limiting access to your product with bottle locks.

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Although the general public may not realize it, shoplifting continues to be a huge burden on the backs of retailers.  To prevent shoplifting, they must sometimes go to extreme lengths. 

To remain competitive, the retailer must control shoplifting to keep costs down and profitability up.  Excessive inventory loss will cause a retailer to either raise prices or cut costs elsewhere to sustain profitability.  Increasing prices is likely to drive the retailer’s customer to the competition.

To shoplifters, particularly juveniles, a retail store looks as if it has an unlimited supply of merchandise and surely the owner, whoever that is, will never miss it.  What he doesn’t think about is that the business owner has already bought that merchandise and will be paying for it whether it is sold to a customer or if it walks out the door as a loss.

This is what causes storeowners to spend money on anti shoplifting measures designed to protect the money that he has invested in the merchandise and from which he expects to make a profit.

The retailer will typically do what’s necessary to prevent shoplifting and protect his merchandise and his livelihood.

An investment with a quick return is optimal and is what is gained with the addition of a Checkpoint Security System.  The Checkpoint system will prevent tagged and labeled merchandise from leaving the store without being checked at the register by a cashier by sound an alarm as the merchandise passes the system. 

A Checkpoint Security System will help you keep your assets where they belong: in your store until they are sold and taken home by a legitimate customer.

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Every retail business owner has a plan to prevent shoplifting, because of the negative effect that it has on profitability.  Despite business owners’ efforts, retail businesses have actually close or relocated because of inventory loss cause by shoplifters.  Because of these reasons, and an attempt to maximize profitability, any investment that is intended to stop shoplifting is measured by the real return on that investment.

There is no insurance policy that I’m aware of that covers shoplifting losses.  Even if there were, the deductible and premium would make it uneconomical.

One of the problems that arise in the effort to prevent shoplifting is the process of identifying the shoplifter.  Shoplifters don’t wear a sign that identifies them as shoplifters, and they come in all shapes, ages, sexes, and sizes.  The fact is that no one can absolutely identify a shoplifter by the way they look or even by the way they act.   Even if they were identifiable by looks or demeanor, they still have to be caught in the act to be sure.  And personal attention from sales staff will certainly deter the shoplifter, but as a practical matter, sooner or later, every shoplifter will have and opportunity to steal.

The most efficient way to prevent shoplifting is to simply keep your merchandise from sneaking out the door in the first place.

This is exactly what EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) is designed to do.

A strategically located Checkpoint security system (Checkpoint Systems are a leader in EAS technology) can provide an invisible barrier to keep your merchandise from being “liberated” by a thief.  The business owner determines what merchandise should be protected and attaches Checkpoint tags or Checkpoint labels to the merchandise.

When the tag that is attached to the merchandise passes through the system at the door with out being removed or deactivated, an alarm sounds, alerting staff (and the shoplifter) that merchandise in need of attention is being removed from the floor.  Just the deterrent factor alone will soon pay for the system.

It’s not insurance, but Checkpoint Security Systems thousands of retailers millions of dollars of inventory loss every day.

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