In the world of retail theft prevention there are quite a few concepts that are treated as ‘common knowledge’ to those of us in the business. Concepts such as ‘a camera system is no good if nobody is using it’ or ‘what’s the point in have security tags if you don’t attach them to products’. In truth it should be common knowledge (or more accurately common sense) to anyone in the retail game but there are some concepts that may not be so plain to see.
A good example would be retail theft prevention using your store’s layout. Even if you have the top tier Checkpoint security system installed and enough Checkpoint security tags to tag one hundred percent of your store’s merchandise that means nothing to ‘grab and dash’ style shoplifters. They don’t care if the products are tagged six ways from Sunday. They don’t care if they set off every alarm on your Checkpoint security system. All they care about is grabbing the priciest products within twenty feet of your store entrance and getting out as fast as possible.
In truth there is only one real way to dissuade such a criminal, apart from hiring a door guard for every minute your store is open. What you can do is unsure that anything in your store of any significant value (which is, of course, based on your profit margin and discretion) is placed as far towards the rear of the store as possible. The more space between that product and your front door means the more time the shoplifter has to worry about being seen on camera, or by you which means an increased likelihood in them being identified.
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