Do You Hear What I Hear? You Do If It’s The Noise Of An Alpha Cable Lock

Owning and operating a retail business is a big undertaking and takes a lot of sweat and toil to make it successful. Each time someone enters a store and shoplifts it eats into the profits of the store and ultimately hurts all employees. Finding the right retail anti-theft device to protect merchandise can be hard if you don’t know where to begin your search. You could purchase several attack dogs and let them loose in the store, but that might keep customers away. When I was a Loss Prevention Manager I once suggested armed guards in towers to my District Manager, however he nixed that idea pretty quickly. I proposed a moat surrounding the store filled with alligators but once again I was quickly turned down. And my suggestion to attach mouse traps on high value merchandise was frowned upon. One type of retail anti-theft device that does work to prevent shoplifting (and is less extreme) is the Alpha Cable Locks.

Alpha Cable Locks are just what the name implies, cables with a locking mechanism that has a built in alarm designed to activate an electronic article surveillance antenna. The cable can be placed on merchandise to allow customers to handle the item but in the event someone tries to walk out of the door with a protected item, several alarms are activated. The antenna sounds an audible alarm, lights built into the antenna light up and with a 3-alarm version cable lock, the tag has its own audible alarm that activates if the tag is removed from the store. The alarm in the tag also works as a tamper alarm should a thief attempt to cut the cable. 

You might be wondering how much noise one tag can emit if someone were to try to tamper with it or walk through an EAS antenna with it. Well let me provide you with some common items you are already familiar with. According to the website chchearing.org, the items listed make noise at the following levels:

• Vacuum Cleaner 60 – 85 decibels (dBA)

• Alarm clocks 65 – 80 dBA

• Garbage disposal 70 – 95 dBA

• Whistling Kettle – 80 dBA

• Power lawnmower 65 – 95 dBA

• Tractor 90 dBA• Electric Drill 95 dBA

• Heavy traffic,  Noisy restaurant 85 dBA

• Truck, Shouted conversation 90 dBA

• Blender 80 – 90 dBA

The 3-Alarm Alpha Cable Locks sound a 95 dBA screeching alarm signal when tampered with or when someone attempts to exit the building with merchandise still protected with a lock. I am certain that no one is interested in causing this kind of volume and attracting all the attention one of these alarms is capable of doing.

One other thing about cable Locks, these retail anti-theft devices don’t simply prevent shoplifting they also improve sales. Merchants frequently lock up merchandise considered high theft in order to prevent shoplifters from picking up items and walking out with them. Lock up display cases keep merchandise secure but require a sales person to unlock and show a piece and/or sell an item. One example of this can be seen in department stores with high priced purses. The expensive purses are displayed in show cases and require constant attention from a store associate. By using Alpha Cable Locks, purses can be openly displayed with the knowledge that the lock will activate an EAS antenna if carried an attempt is made to steal it. If someone attempts to cut the cable, the retail anti-theft device sounds its’ own alarm. More merchandise can be displayed with fewer employees required to monitor it and because it is accessible, more people will make purchases.

Use Alpha Cable Locks to improve sales, prevent shoplifting and drive down shortage and the only 95 decibel noise you will hear will be your shouts of joy as you see your profits rise!

Get more information on Alpha Cable Locks, contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 today.