It wasn’t but two years ago that I decided that I was going to let my beard grow out. It wasn’t “No Shave November”, nor was I going through any Hipster phase. No, I simply no longer felt it was worth my time to deal with retailers and the ridiculous ways they were locking up razor blades. As a long time loss prevention professional, I completely understand that you have to prevent shoplifting if you want to stay in business. You also need to have the product accessible and inviting to your customers, or they will in fact, go somewhere else.
I’m not kidding about the beard, or the reason behind it. I go to the grocery store and I would have to go to customer service if I wanted razor blades. This meant I had to stand in another line, after I had already checked out (10 items or less…). If I went down to the world’s largest retailer, I was faced with even more challenges just to find a simple razor blade. First, if they were in stock, they were in some ridiculous, overbearing case. Again, once I stood in the only line open, of 385 possible registers, I had to again wait for a manager to unlock the little case. Seriously? Who has time for this? The same thing went for the corner drug store. They may be on the corner of Happy, but I sure wasn’t when I had to wait 20 minutes for a manager to come open the giant glass case. Has no one heard of Alpha Hang Tags?
I get it folks. These are super popular with the thieves and bands of organized criminal groups. They’re expensive, small and can be resold in minutes. Yes, as retailers we have to prevent shoplifting. We also have to actually sell the product as well. It may look great in that glass case where it’s sure as heck is not going to be stolen, but what’s that doing to your sales? You should probably look into Alpha Hang Tags.
Again, I can hear your grumblings from behind my keyboard. “Grab and run shoplifters don’t care about EAS devices!” You are correct. They are concerned about a quick resell. When they are reselling stolen goods, it can’t look like it was stolen, especially if they are trying to sell at a flea market, online or in another brick and mortar store location. The Alpha Hang Tag would have to be destroyed in order for it to come off the product. This would damage/blemish the case of razors, thus diminishing the chances of an easy resell. The tag alone is a great physical deterrent and will stop most organized criminals.
Take in mind that the Alpha Hang Tag isn’t used exclusively on razors. It can help you to prevent shoplifting on virtually all product that comes in a blister pack, or clamshell. That’s a lot of product protection. Its sleek design allows it to integrate almost seamlessly into the product packaging to a point where most customers aren’t aware that it’s an active EAS device. These really are a great solution to some of the highest theft items out there. I just wish more retailers thought about them… or the collective hours their customers wait for locked up merchandise.
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