Make Shoplifters Avoid Your Store with Checkpoint Security Tags

Until I started working in retail security for a large company, I have not fully appreciated the benefits of using Checkpoint security tags in stores. From that point on, I began to see how much difference it can make in a retail business where the possibility of losing some of your products to shoplifters is like a sword hanging over your head.

As I have mentioned, my knowledge of Checkpoint security tags until that point was basically limited to the idea that it stops shoplifters from leaving the store without paying for your products. They would trigger the alarm if someone steps through your doors, thereby informing the security personnel of the theft. However, one idea that has not come to me is that it does not only stop a thief from stealing your product, it prevents the shoplifter from even considering the crime in the first place.

How is one different from the other? If tags were just meant to stop the shoplifter from leaving the store without paying for the item, they will only prevent the thief who is attempting to steal.

For a device to be called anti-shoplifting means that the tags are there to prevent the idea from sprouting in the minds of shoplifters. If a shoplifter is to zone in on an item and sees that there is a tag on it, that person will see that item as a high-risk item to steal. Even before the theft begins to takes place, the shoplifter has already scanned and decided if an item is easy to steal or not. When they see that there is a tag on it, they will most likely decide to move on to other stores where they do not have security tags. This is better, unless you’re that competitor.

Alpha 2Alarm, Alpha 3Alarm, Alpha Fashion2, Alpha Jewel Lok, Alpha Nano Gate,  Alpha Shark Tag, Alpha Spider Wrap and other retail anti-theft devices from Alpha Security are available through the Loss Prevention Store. These devices can be used together with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to help protect your store from shoplifters.

You can contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 if you need more information on how to effectively use your Alpha Security device together with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to protect yourself from shoplifters.