CHECKPOINT SECURITY SYSTEM: A VISUAL AND ACTIVE DETERRENT TO SEND THIEVES RUNNING

December 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

 

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CHECKPOINT SECURITY SYSTEM: A VISUAL AND ACTIVE DETERRENT TO SEND THIEVES RUNNING
There aren’t too many variables when it comes to the overall goal of loss prevention professionals. It’s quite simple to stop loss and reduce shrink. The only way this can get done is with a sound loss prevention plan and one that includes the proper tools to achieve the goal. Retail theft prevention measures are most effective when used in conjunction with all available resources. One such resource is having a first line of defense with a Checkpoint security system.
I recall one time where I was working in a retail store where the management had a lax program in place. It was so bad that after we would apprehend them, thieves would actually make jokes about the measures that were in place. Telling us “Man this place is a joke”. Or, “I lift here more than the gym!” I’ve heard it all. What I also heard was that if management didn’t bother to install some sort of EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) system soon, that we would never stop shoplifting in that store. The lack of accountability at the door was one of the things that thieves counted on at the store. They knew that if they could conceal it, they could get it out the door.
See an important part of retail theft prevention is being able to thwart the loss that you don’t always see or even know about. There is no way to tell just how much product is leaving your store really but with the use of EAS measures like a Checkpoint security system, you’ll at the very least know about attempted occurrences. The five finger crooks that brazenly lift your store blind will no longer have a free ticket to just waltz right out the front door with your product. It’s this degree of accountability at the very least that makes all of the difference. See, by installing an EAS system in your store, you add an element of utter inconvenience and deterrence to your plan to stop shoplifting.
EAS systems work by using RF (Radio Frequency) technology within your store. Some systems also include the use of AM (Acoustic Magnetic) technology. The differences between the two technologies are in the way the system interacts with your products. In both cases, select items are tagged with small asset tags, labels or stickers that are unobtrusively placed somewhere on the products themselves. Once the tags come within a prescribed proximity of the EAS pedestals installed at the store exits, the system will alarm alerting store staff. 
This form of technology is widely available to you as a retailer and comes with various options and installation configurations. It is important to understand that the use of EAS systems can provide a much needed visual deterrent to ‘would-be’ shoplifters above and beyond totally embarrassing the ones that fail to estimate the full functionality of them. The casual shoplifter may not know how they work to their disadvantage however; they do know that they are there. You can hardly miss the pedestals at the front of the stores and almost all of us have witnessed them being triggered before whether accidentally or intently. Since most people recognize the EAS pedestals as an anti-shoplifting resource, when they see them in your store, they know you aren’t playing around. They know your serious and plan to stop shoplifting in your store.
The presence of the EAS pedestals alone may even be enough to make casual shoplifters think twice about stealing from your store actually. Hypothetically, even if the system was inactive (powered off) the simple visual presence of them alone would still have a strong visual impact on all that notices them. The bottom line though is that if you install these retail theft prevention items in your store, it is absolutely going to stop shoplifting in your store to some extent. In the long term, the system will more than pay for itself monetarily when you consider the shrink you are preventing. Thieves will be less cocky about how easy it is to steal from your store and casual shoplifters will be stopped in their tracks.
For more information about the Checkpoint security system please contact us at 1-770-426-0547.

There aren’t too many variables when it comes to the overall goal of loss prevention professionals. It’s quite simple to stop loss and reduce shrink. The only way this can get done is with a sound loss prevention plan and one that includes the proper tools to achieve the goal. Retail theft prevention measures are most effective when used in conjunction with all available resources. One such resource is having a first line of defense with a Checkpoint security system.

I recall one time where I was working in a retail store where the management had a lax program in place. It was so bad that after we would apprehend them, thieves would actually make jokes about the measures that were in place. Telling us “Man this place is a joke”. Or, “I lift here more than the gym!” I’ve heard it all. What I also heard was that if management didn’t bother to install some sort of EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) system soon, that we would never stop shoplifting in that store. The lack of accountability at the door was one of the things that thieves counted on at the store. They knew that if they could conceal it, they could get it out the door.

See an important part of retail theft prevention is being able to thwart the loss that you don’t always see or even know about. There is no way to tell just how much product is leaving your store really but with the use of EAS measures like a Checkpoint security system, you’ll at the very least know about attempted occurrences. The five finger crooks that brazenly lift your store blind will no longer have a free ticket to just waltz right out the front door with your product. It’s this degree of accountability at the very least that makes all of the difference. See, by installing an EAS system in your store, you add an element of utter inconvenience and deterrence to your plan to stop shoplifting.

EAS systems work by using RF (Radio Frequency) technology within your store. Some systems also include the use of AM (Acoustic Magnetic) technology. The differences between the two technologies are in the way the system interacts with your products. In both cases, select items are tagged with small asset tags, labels or stickers that are unobtrusively placed somewhere on the products themselves. Once the tags come within a prescribed proximity of the EAS pedestals installed at the store exits, the system will alarm alerting store staff. 

This form of technology is widely available to you as a retailer and comes with various options and installation configurations. It is important to understand that the use of EAS systems can provide a much needed visual deterrent to ‘would-be’ shoplifters above and beyond totally embarrassing the ones that fail to estimate the full functionality of them. The casual shoplifter may not know how they work to their disadvantage however; they do know that they are there. You can hardly miss the pedestals at the front of the stores and almost all of us have witnessed them being triggered before whether accidentally or intently. Since most people recognize the EAS pedestals as an anti-shoplifting resource, when they see them in your store, they know you aren’t playing around. They know your serious and plan to stop shoplifting in your store.

The presence of the EAS pedestals alone may even be enough to make casual shoplifters think twice about stealing from your store actually. Hypothetically, even if the system was inactive (powered off) the simple visual presence of them alone would still have a strong visual impact on all that notices them. The bottom line though is that if you install these retail theft prevention items in your store, it is absolutely going to stop shoplifting in your store to some extent. In the long term, the system will more than pay for itself monetarily when you consider the shrink you are preventing. Thieves will be less cocky about how easy it is to steal from your store and casual shoplifters will be stopped in their tracks.

For more information about the Checkpoint security system contact us or call 1-770-426-0547.

 

 

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Return Policies Are Key In Return Business

October 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
A study just published this past April showed that a super strict return policy where the staff said “no receipt-no refund”, actually resulted in lost revenue.  It was a significant loss of over 8%.  The stores that had a more relaxed policy kept their sales at pace and did not experience any rise in number of refunds processed.   The stores that stayed business as usual did not really have any changes in number of returns or sales levels.  This is eye opening for sure, since many small business owners and managers are under the assumption that if they do not accept returns their sales are sure to be above budget.  The problem is that people do lose receipts, and customer service is what brings back loyal shoppers.  Our store certainly cannot afford to lose 8% of our sales, so we utilize a simple solution to help deter shoplifter/returners, and that is Checkpoint Labels.
The big box store down the street from us has the reputation that they will accept just about any returned item, with or without a receipt, as long as it rings up in their system.  That has been a huge frustration for the rest of us in the surrounding area.  Our store has a pretty standard return policy.  If the customer has a receipt, then we take care of their returns with no questions asked.  If they do not have a receipt it can get a little tricky.  Those are done strictly at the manager’s discretion.   Checkpoint Labels have made a big dent in some of the attempts that we know are fraudulent.
We have the occasional knucklehead that tries to return high retail merchandise without proof of purchase.   Sometimes I think they work at competitors and are actually stealing these items from them, instead of us, since it’s mainly OTC items like high retail CoQ10 vitamins.  But I do not want to encourage them to continue, so we have had to get more creative in protecting some of these more targeted items.   We have adhered Checkpoint Labels to all of the strengths of this particular item, and without it still attached, we will deny any refunds for them.   They actually have our store location printed on them, so we are easily able to determine whether or not they did come from our store.  We also sell salon brand hair care items, and these are actually source tagged by the vendor.  It’s even better that our store location number is pre-printed on the label as well.  Without that still attached in legible, we have the ammunition we need to prove or disprove the person’s story of where they bought the item.  We never want to just say no across the board to all refunds and returns without receipts.  We also never want to use any bias or discrimination in our decisions.  We have Checkpoint Labels  and we have common sense.  No normal person purchases five packs of lithium camera batteries and then gets home to discover they were the wrong one!
For more information contact us 1.770.426.0547 or Antishoplifting.net

A study just published this past April showed that a super strict return policy where the staff said “no receipt-no refund”, actually resulted in lost revenue.  It was a significant loss of over 8%.  The stores that had a more relaxed policy kept their sales at pace and did not experience any rise in number of refunds processed. The stores that stayed business as usual did not really have any changes in number of returns or sales levels. This is eye opening for sure, since many small business owners and managers are under the assumption that if they do not accept returns their sales are sure to be above budget.  The problem is that people do lose receipts, and customer service is what brings back loyal shoppers.  Our store certainly cannot afford to lose 8% of our sales, so we utilize a simple solution to help deter shoplifter/returners, and that is Checkpoint Labels.

The big box store down the street from us has the reputation that they will accept just about any returned item, with or without a receipt, as long as it rings up in their system.  That has been a huge frustration for the rest of us in the surrounding area.  Our store has a pretty standard return policy.  If the customer has a receipt, then we take care of their returns with no questions asked.  If they do not have a receipt it can get a little tricky.  Those are done strictly at the manager’s discretion. Checkpoint Labels have made a big dent in some of the attempts that we know are fraudulent.

We have the occasional knucklehead that tries to return high retail merchandise without proof of purchase.   Sometimes I think they work at competitors and are actually stealing these items from them, instead of us, since it’s mainly OTC items like high retail CoQ10 vitamins.  But I do not want to encourage them to continue, so we have had to get more creative in protecting some of these more targeted items.   We have adhered Checkpoint Labels to all of the strengths of this particular item, and without it still attached, we will deny any refunds for them.   They actually have our store location printed on them, so we are easily able to determine whether or not they did come from our store.  We also sell salon brand hair care items, and these are actually source tagged by the vendor.  It’s even better that our store location number is pre-printed on the label as well.  Without that still attached and legible, we have the ammunition we need to prove or disprove the person’s story of where they bought the item.  We never want to just say no across the board to all refunds and returns without receipts.  We also never want to use any bias or discrimination in our decisions.  We have Checkpoint Labels  and we have common sense.  No normal person purchases five packs of lithium camera batteries and then gets home to discover they were the wrong one!

For more information contact us at Anti Shoplifting or call 1.770.426.0547 

 

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Using Anti-Shoplifting Devices On Laundry Detergent

September 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Laundry detergent. Pretty much every person in the country purchases this at least once per month. Think about all the times in the past that you personally have purchased a gallon of liquid detergent. 5 years ago, you more than likely had it on your list of things to buy, ran to the store, threw it in the basket and went about your trip without ever giving it a second thought. Now, walk into any mass retailer and I can almost guarantee that you will see some type of anti-shoplifting device attached to the bottle. Why?
Organized retail theft affect every retailer, big or small. These criminals target the small business just as much as they do the big box retailer. The only difference being the mass merchant can probably absorb more shrink than that family business around the corner. These thieves, who target stores with surgical precision do so for a living. From the time they wake up until the time they go to sleep, their entire day is spent organizing their route, planning their hits and stealing. Laundry detergent has emerged as a quick resell, thus making it a prime target for these organized groups. It can easily be resold on the street, at flea market and even in people’s homes. Large retailers have all begun utilizing anti-shoplifting devices to stem the losses, and as a small business owner who carries the same product, you should too. 
It wasn’t that long ago when I caught one of my first organized retail crime busts. I had been working an investigation at a store and had come upon a group of females who were eventually busted for stealing a large quantity of denim jeans. When the police arrived, they gained a warrant to search the vehicle, as it matched the description of a vehicle involved in a theft earlier in the day. When the search was executed, large quantities of soap, detergent, deodorant and other household items filled the truck from side to side and top to bottom. A subsequent police investigation led detectives to a home not too far away from my store. In their home, was a garage that was set up like a small retail store. It was literally a one stop shop for stolen goods. These ladies would steal product and resell from their home. It was the very definition of organized retail crime. They also took orders and would recruit others to boost for them. We learned that they were giving classes on how to defeat anti-shoplifting measures in the stores. One of the most commonly requested and sold items in their store was of course, laundry detergent. 
If your store sells laundry detergent, and it’s not protected by an anti-shoplifting solution, there are several things you can do to immediately start to reduce losses. There are several types of tags and labels out there that can be easily and affordably attached to your merchandise to stop a thief. My personal favorite is the iS Shackle Tag. These one piece hard tags can attach directly to the handle of the detergent and are pretty difficult to defeat, even if a shoplifter is using a tool. They provide a very clear deterrent to the theft to begin with, coupled with the low impact it creates on merchandising, gives you a great anti-shoplifting tool to combat theft. 
For more information, contact us: Anti-Shoplifting, or call 1.770.426.0547

Laundry detergent. Pretty much every person in the country purchases this at least once per month. Think about all the times in the past that you personally have purchased a gallon of liquid detergent. Five years ago, you more than likely had it on your list of things to buy, ran to the store, threw it in the basket and went about your trip without ever giving it a second thought. Now, walk into any mass retailer and I can almost guarantee that you will see some type of anti-shoplifting device attached to the bottle. Why?

 Organized retail theft effects every retailer, big or small. These criminals target the small business just as much as they do the big box retailer. The only difference being the mass merchant can probably absorb more shrink than that family business around the corner. These thieves, who target stores with surgical precision do so for a living. From the time they wake up until the time they go to sleep, their entire day is spent organizing their route, planning their hits and stealing. Laundry detergent has emerged as a quick resell, thus making it a prime target for these organized groups. It can easily be resold on the street, at the flea market and even in people’s homes. Large retailers have all begun utilizing anti-shoplifting devices to stem the losses, and as a small business owner who carries the same product, you should too. 

 It wasn’t that long ago when I caught one of my first organized retail crime busts. I had been working an investigation at a store and had come upon a group of females who were eventually busted for stealing a large quantity of denim jeans. When the police arrived, they gained a warrant to search the vehicle, as it matched the description of a vehicle involved in a theft earlier in the day. When the search was executed, large quantities of soap, detergent, deodorant and other household items filled the truck from side to side and top to bottom. A subsequent police investigation led detectives to a home not too far away from my store. In their home, was a garage that was set up like a small retail store. It was literally a one stop shop for stolen goods. These ladies would steal product and resell from their home. It was the very definition of organized retail crime. They also took orders and would recruit others to boost for them. We learned that they were giving classes on how to defeat anti-shoplifting measures in the stores. One of the most commonly requested and sold items in their store was of course, laundry detergent. 

 If your store sells laundry detergent, and it’s not protected by an anti-shoplifting solution, there are several things you can do to immediately start to reduce losses. There are several types of tags and labels out there that can be easily and affordably attached to your merchandise to stop a thief. My personal favorite is the iS Shackle Tag. These one piece hard tag can attach directly to the handle of the detergent and is pretty difficult to defeat, even if a shoplifter is using a tool. They provide a very clear deterrent to the theft to begin with, coupled with the low impact it creates on merchandising, gives you a great anti-shoplifting tool to combat theft. 

For more information, contact us: Anti-Shoplifting, or call 1.770.426.0547

 

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Five Strategies to Stop Shoplifting in Your Business

July 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment

You walk around the endcap and the “customer” standing in front of your DVD display stands up quickly.  “What was he doing?” you ask yourself.  It looked like he might be trying to put that movie down his pants.  You can’t be everywhere.  Just how are you supposed to stop shoplifting?  It is costing you a fortune by all accounts and retail theft prevention is becoming even more discussed as organized retail crime comes to the forefront with law enforcement and retailers.  Retail theft prevention is every retailer’s business and there are five anti-shoplifting strategies one can employ:  (1) awareness; (2) merchandising; (3) customer service excellence; (4) zero tolerance; and (5) technological countermeasures.

            Awareness is the least expensive solution that the retailer has available to them to stop shoplifting.  People …your staff … are the key to retail theft prevention.  Ensuring that your staff understand pricing, store policies and are trained in what to look for in potential shoplifting behavior as well as what to do and what NOT TO DO when they see a shoplifter is important in anti-shoplifting strategy.  It is important that staff be reminded they are not to be heroes and never are to risk their safety or the safety of your customers for your merchandise.

            Merchandising – everything in its place – is important as well in making it difficult for that shoplifter to make off with your merchandise.  Is your high dollar merchandise too close to the exits?  Are your small, easily concealable trinkets located away from main isles and stacked together on displays so a would-be shoplifter can grab a handful and conceal them?   Are your displays so high that your staff can not see over them or around them?  Are you exits so open without displays moving traffic away from the exits that a shoplifter or a group of shoplifter can push a shopping cart load of merchandise right out the door into a waiting van or car?  If you answered “yes” to any or all of these questions, you need to take a look at your merchandising plan and consider anti-shoplifting merchandising strategies.

            Customer service excellence pays you dividends in many ways other than ensuring you a happy returning customer.  It also plays a strong role in retail theft prevention.  No shoplifter likes to be noticed and when your staff is asking that shoplifter over and over, “Can I help you?” or “Let me show you our newest line of products that can save you money” they are making that potential shoplifter very nervous indeed – so nervous that he or she is likely to give up their mission and leave your store.  If your store has an excellence reputation for having staff on the floor and demonstrating excellent customer service, they undoubtedly have a strong reputation to the shoplifter of being the place to avoid.

            Zero tolerance is a key to that reputation.  Your store must have a reputation that if one shoplifts there and gets caught they are going to jail and be prosecuted.  This is a conscious policy decision that needs to be discussed with your management team and agreed up in order to ensure there is no deviation from this zero tolerance for shoplifting and you will stop shoplifting.  Shoplifters are like water:  they flow to the area of least resistance.

            Technological countermeasures is the fifth strategy and is the one that is likely to have you do some return-on-investment analysis.  It is often worth the investment, however, if one really wants to stop shoplifting in his or her store.  Checkpoint Systems, for example, has numerous solutions available at different price points to place labels on merchandise that can be detected by Checkpoint Systems’ devices located at your exits should a shoplifter try to leave with the merchandise without paying.  There are other vendors besides Checkpoint systems that provide such devices as well.  Closed-circuit television is often a strategy one thinks about as a potential strategy.  This much be clearly thought out, however, because if one should not monitor the systems live or have them monitored, they are only good at detecting who stole your merchandise and when.

               When multiple strategies are used together, including awareness, merchandising, excellent customer service, zero tolerance, and technological countermeasures; it is then when you have strong retail theft prevention in place that can actually stop shoplifting in your store.  You actually don’t have to worry about being everywhere at once to prevent that person from walking out of your store with the DVD.  Your strategies will do it for you!

For more information about shoplifting, contact us: 1.770.426.0547 or Antishoplifting.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This Is A Test- Checkpoint Systems

February 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
When is the last time you ran a test on your Checkpoint Systems alarm? If the answer is – never- then you might want to reconsider having a test done. At the very least, an alarm test should be conducted once every six months, or biannually.
While Checkpoint Systems alarms are very reliable, conducting a test ensures that all of the physical components are working properly. That means the motion sensors are alarming when they should and all of the door sensors register when they are opened.
The alarm test is actually pretty simple to conduct and should not take more than about twenty to thirty minutes, depending on the size of your store and the amount of access points to test.
Step one is to call the alarm monitoring company and tell them you are going to conduct a test of your Checkpoint Systems. They will place the system on test for you. This is extremely important to do first. If your system is not on test mode, the alarms that you trigger will notify the police. You may be charged a false alarm fee if the police have to respond.
Next walk through your store. Make sure you walk past all motion sensors and open all doors that have an alarm. When you are done, call the alarm company back to have your system taken off of test mode. You should have a detailed list of all points that triggered. Any point that did not alarm that should have needs to have maintenance done immediately.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.
For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547 

When is the last time you ran a test on your Checkpoint Systems alarm? If the answer is – never- then you might want to reconsider having a test done. At the very least, an alarm test should be conducted once every six months, or biannually.

While Checkpoint Systems alarms are very reliable, conducting a test ensures that all of the physical components are working properly. That means the motion sensors are alarming when they should and all of the door sensors register when they are opened.

The alarm test is actually pretty simple to conduct and should not take more than about twenty to thirty minutes, depending on the size of your store and the amount of access points to test.

Step one is to call the alarm monitoring company and tell them you are going to conduct a test of your Checkpoint Systems. They will place the system on test for you. This is extremely important to do first. If your system is not on test mode, the alarms that you trigger will notify the police. You may be charged a false alarm fee if the police have to respond.

Next walk through your store. Make sure you walk past all motion sensors and open all doors that have an alarm. When you are done, call the alarm company back to have your system taken off of test mode. You should have a detailed list of all points that triggered. Any point that did not alarm that should have needs to have maintenance done immediately.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547 

 

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Motive and Opportunity- Anti Shoplifting

January 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
When dealing with shoplifting crimes, you have to combat the two driving factors involved: motive and opportunity. In order to stop shoplifting you have to effectively reduce either one or both of these driving factors.
For a shoplifter to consider stealing, they need to have a motive for doing so. Specific motives can vary widely amongst shoplifters, but a safe generalization is that they are trying to get something for nothing. It can be motivated by greed- wanting more than what they can afford. It can be driven by necessity; they simply cannot afford to purchase something like food or diapers.
When this motivation to steal is coupled with the opportunity to commit the crime with a lowered risk of getting caught, you can be sure that they will make an attempt to steal.
You can’t control what motivates people. You can’t stop every customer coming into your store and giving them an evaluation to make sure they do not have any motivation to steal. What you can do is reduce the opportunities presented within your store to stop shoplifting. Maybe you remerchandise your high theft products. Perhaps you have a need for Checkpoint Systems as your primary form of anti shoplifting. What ever it takes, your best bet is to look at removing shoplifting opportunities.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.
For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547

When dealing with shoplifting crimes, you have to combat the two driving factors involved: motive and opportunity. In order to stop shoplifting you have to effectively reduce either one or both of these driving factors.

For a shoplifter to consider stealing, they need to have a motive for doing so. Specific motives can vary widely amongst shoplifters, but a safe generalization is that they are trying to get something for nothing. It can be motivated by greed- wanting more than what they can afford. It can be driven by necessity; they simply cannot afford to purchase something like food or diapers.

When this motivation to steal is coupled with the opportunity to commit the crime with a lowered risk of getting caught, you can be sure that they will make an attempt to steal.

You can’t control what motivates people. You can’t stop every customer coming into your store and giving them an evaluation to make sure they do not have any motivation to steal. What you can do is reduce the opportunities presented within your store to stop shoplifting. Maybe you remerchandise your high theft products. Perhaps you have a need for Checkpoint Systems as your primary form of anti shoplifting. What ever it takes, your best bet is to look at removing shoplifting opportunities.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547

 

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Knee Deep In It- Anti Shoplifting

December 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A shoplifter was in our store picking up a variety of electronic items like DVDs and flash drives. We didn’t really want to make an apprehension, we primarily wanted the shoplifter to drop the merchandise and leave the store. We had employees standing near the exit, and had them start talking about the anti shoplifting tools we use in the store.
We hoped that the shoplifter would be more hesitant to try and leave with the stolen merchandise. What I think we actually did was scare the shoplifter into confusion about what to do next. 
The shoplifter had already concealed the merchandise in his bag, and thought he was already in trouble. What he didn’t realize what that if he left the product in the store and exited without any further incident, he could have gone away without any further consequences.
Because so many shoplifters are not fully aware that if they discard the merchandise they are trying to steal, they can leave the store without being apprehended by store employees. They figure that they are already so far in trouble the best bet is to go ahead and risk leaving with the merchandise unpaid for.
This is a perfect example of why anti shoplifting methods need to deter the shoplifter before they start, instead of when they are knee deep in the situation. 
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.
For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547 

A shoplifter was in our store picking up a variety of electronic items like DVDs and flash drives. We didn’t really want to make an apprehension, we primarily wanted the shoplifter to drop the merchandise and leave the store. We had employees standing near the exit, and had them start talking about the anti shoplifting tools we use in the store.

We hoped that the shoplifter would be more hesitant to try and leave with the stolen merchandise. What I think we actually did was scare the shoplifter into confusion about what to do next.

The shoplifter had already concealed the merchandise in his bag, and thought he was already in trouble. What he didn’t realize what that if he left the product in the store and exited without any further incident, he could have gone away without any further consequences.

Because so many shoplifters are not fully aware that if they discard the merchandise they are trying to steal, they can leave the store without being apprehended by store employees. They figure that they are already so far in trouble the best bet is to go ahead and risk leaving with the merchandise unpaid for.

This is a perfect example of why anti shoplifting methods need to deter the shoplifter before they start, instead of when they are knee deep in the situation.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547 

 

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Don’t Brag About It- Retail Theft Prevention

December 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Customers want to have an innate sense of safety as they walk through your store. They should not be worried that their purse will be stolen if they walk away from a shopping cart for a minute, or that they might be assaulted in a parking lot after dark. To feel that safety, customers expect a certain level of retail theft prevention and security measures to be in place.
What a customer does not want to see is the glaringly obvious reality of your security features. If you have signs, and alarms and bars and gates and locked boxes everywhere, it could actually have the exact opposite effect. Your store can feel like it so locked down, that customers worry about what kind of problems, and criminals, are you trying to prevent? If you have that much security, do you have a frequent criminal problem going on in your store?
Retail theft prevention is a visual deterrent, but it should not overstep the boundaries of customer perception. Using EAS towers and tags to stop shoplifting is a common and expected retail tactic. Showing off your security to the point where it seems like you are bragging about it will do more than dissuade shoplifters to come into your store- it will also dissuade your paying customers.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.
For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547 

Customers want to have an innate sense of safety as they walk through your store. They should not be worried that their purse will be stolen if they walk away from a shopping cart for a minute, or that they might be assaulted in a parking lot after dark. To feel that safety, customers expect a certain level of retail theft prevention and security measures to be in place.

What a customer does not want to see is the glaringly obvious reality of your security features. If you have signs, and alarms and bars and gates and locked boxes everywhere, it could actually have the exact opposite effect. Your store can feel like it so locked down, that customers worry about what kind of problems, and criminals, are you trying to prevent? If you have that much security, do you have a frequent criminal problem going on in your store?

Retail theft prevention is a visual deterrent, but it should not overstep the boundaries of customer perception. Using EAS towers and tags to stop shoplifting is a common and expected retail tactic. Showing off your security to the point where it seems like you are bragging about it will do more than dissuade shoplifters to come into your store- it will also dissuade your paying customers.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547 

 

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Living In The Digital Age- Checkpoint Security System

December 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
When we are living full throttle in the digital age, there is no reason why our retail theft prevention needs to be left in the dark ages. When we look to data analysis and reportable metrics, the Checkpoint security system is the way to go. In order to better understand our EAS system, we need to look to the digital functionality that gives us the information we need, when we need it.
Retail theft prevention in the form of EAS tags, labels and tower systems are only as effective as the accuracy of how we use and employ those devices. We need to start by ensuring our tagging is 100% without fail. Then we can better analyze the reports that come from the digital alarm keypad, popular with the newer Checkpoint security system models.
Designed like the face of an ATM machine, employees can record what kind of alarm the EAS towers are recording. The options include false alarm, tag in area, recovery, test, etc. By training your employees to accurately record what caused the EAS alarm to register, you can develop an action plan to eliminate false alarms through better employee training, and stop shoplifting by making an actual incident more noticeable.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.
For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547 

When we are living full throttle in the digital age, there is no reason why our retail theft prevention needs to be left in the dark ages. When we look to data analysis and reportable metrics, the Checkpoint security system is the way to go. In order to better understand our EAS system, we need to look to the digital functionality that gives us the information we need, when we need it.

Retail theft prevention in the form of EAS tags, labels and tower systems are only as effective as the accuracy of how we use and employ those devices. We need to start by ensuring our tagging is 100% without fail. Then we can better analyze the reports that come from the digital alarm keypad, popular with the newer Checkpoint security system models.

Designed like the face of an ATM machine, employees can record what kind of alarm the EAS towers are recording. The options include false alarm, tag in area, recovery, test, etc. By training your employees to accurately record what caused the EAS alarm to register, you can develop an action plan to eliminate false alarms through better employee training, and stop shoplifting by making an actual incident more noticeable.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547 

 

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Self Auditing- Stop Shoplifting

December 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Performing a self-audit is a quick way to help stop shoplifting of your high theft merchandise. Using Checkpoint Tags for retail theft prevention is only a part of the equation for success. If those Checkpoint Tags are not consistently used on every article of merchandise, you create an opening for shoplifters to take advantage of your store.
This doesn’t mean that you need to have retail theft prevention like Checkpoint Tags on every single piece of inventory within your store. It means that whatever items you decide need tags are actually being tagged. If you have a specific style or brand of jeans, for example, which is high theft, then each of those pairs requires a tag. It does not mean every pair, of every style and brand of jeans need to be tagged.
A self-audit means taking either a sampling of those tagged items (for large quantities) or all of the items and checking for accuracy. If you conduct a sample of ten items and only five have tags, you are at 50% accuracy. 50% is not going to keep shoplifters at bay. Based on this audit you know where you need to focus your efforts to make sure you are at 100% accuracy.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.
For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547 

Performing a self-audit is a quick way to help stop shoplifting of your high theft merchandise. Using Checkpoint Tags for retail theft prevention is only a part of the equation for success. If those Checkpoint Tags are not consistently used on every article of merchandise, you create an opening for shoplifters to take advantage of your store.

This doesn’t mean that you need to have retail theft prevention like Checkpoint Tags on every single piece of inventory within your store. It means that whatever items you decide need tags are actually being tagged. If you have a specific style or brand of jeans, for example, which is high theft, then each of those pairs requires a tag. It does not mean every pair, of every style and brand of jeans need to be tagged.

A self-audit means taking either a sampling of those tagged items (for large quantities) or all of the items and checking for accuracy. If you conduct a sample of ten items and only five have tags, you are at 50% accuracy. 50% is not going to keep shoplifters at bay. Based on this audit you know where you need to focus your efforts to make sure you are at 100% accuracy.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Anti-Shoplifting devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop shoplifting in your store.

For more information on Anti-Shoplifting, Checkpoint Labels, a Checkpoint Security System, Checkpoint Security Tags, Checkpoint Systems, or Checkpoint Tags and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to Stop Shoplifting in your store or call 1.770.426.0547 

 

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