A common retail practice when selling just about anything is to mark down merchandise for a quicker sale. By marking down merchandise, it helps the retailer recoup at least minimal margin dollars on these items while clearing inventory for new products. The exception is for miss- mates caused by a lack of retail anti theft devices.
Earrings, and similar jewelry sold in pairs, are faced with a specific problem of being separated from its mate. It is actually pretty easy for an earring to get lost in a store setting. Customers can get pairs of earring tangled trying to take one off of a rounder or peg hook. They can take them off the jewelry cards and accidentally drop one. Sometimes someone who has an uneven number of piercing and doesn’t want to pay for a full set can steal them.
Regardless of how it happened, retailers are left with the same problem of what to do with the remaining earring. Since the half a set can’t be sold at full price, a markdown is generally taken. These marked down earrings are rarely successful in being sold. It is a last chance effort on recovering some money instead of taking it as a total loss.
The Alpha Security Alpha Jewel Lok is a locking mechanism that protects the merchandise, not the packaging. These locks affix to the posts of the earrings, preventing removal from the jewelry card. The Alpha Jewel Lok keeps the pairs together, preventing the need to prematurely mark down pairs of earrings.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store for 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 to use in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.
For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547
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