Shoplifting Sandwich- Retail Anti Theft Devices

Our latest shoplifter gave us, and our retail anti theft devices a run for our money.

This particular customer came into our store and used a wheelchair and our handheld shopping basket in his lap. He would go about his business and come to the register to pay for the items. No matter how diligent my cashiers were when they rang him up; the EAS alarm was set off when he left. We would recheck for retail anti theft devices, but could not find them. Not wanting to cause him any more inconvenience, we would let him go about his way. We knew the alarm was a way to prevent shoplifting, but we couldn’t see any indication of theft.

After about a month of this happening every time he came to shop, we started to get suspicious that something else was going on. We watched as he came in one day and realized that he had picked up two shopping baskets, not one.

At first we thought they had just stuck together, until we saw inside the baskets. As it turned out, he was hiding merchandise in one of the baskets, stacking the second one on top and adding more merchandise that he would pay for. When he left, he would leave with all of the extra merchandise sandwiched between our shopping baskets- unpaid for.

If it hadn’t been for the retail anti theft devices setting the alarms off, no telling how long it would have been before we caught on to his plan.

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