It’s The Little Things- Retail Theft Prevention

Sometimes it is the little things in life that matter. Sometimes it is also the little things that add up to big things, like shoplifting. The average shoplifter usually takes about fifty to one hundred dollars worth of product per each shoplifting incident. That’s not much. In fact, because these are only averages, many retailers have stopped wasting their time apprehending shoplifting incidents under twenty-five dollars.

What they have found is that the time and money spent to apprehend and prosecute these low dollar cases does not outweigh the losses from the crime. So it makes sense financially to let those small-dollar shoplifting incidents go.

The flip side is that when you have too many small dollar incidents, you still add up with a cumulatively large financial loss. For the big box stores that are large enough and financially secure enough to absorb such losses, this is not a big deal. 

What about for the smaller retailer? How much can you effectively absorb before it is too big to handle?

You might want to focus on smaller dollar losses, so they do not become a bigger issue over time. It might make more sense to you to take care to these little things.

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