Anti-Shoplifting

Checkpoint Systems Tagging Compliance

March 1, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Consistency in tagging compliance is one of the most important factors in protecting your apparel and now Checkpoint Systems has made that easier. Gaps in your process can take place whenever the human element is involved. Maybe it’s Friday afternoon, the boss is gone and the associates in charge of tagging merchandise before it goes to the sales floor are in a rush to get out and start their weekend. Maybe you’ve got a new associate who doesn’t fully understand the tagging process. Whatever the reason the result is inconsistency in your tagged merchandise.

With Checkpoint Systems “@ Source” program you can eliminate this problem completely. Imagine a world where you don’t have to worry about associates doing a thorough job of ensuring the tagging compliance is met. Imagine how much money you can save on your bottom line because you don’t need to provide hours in your budget for this process at all. Imagine the peace of mind that comes with knowing, not just hoping, that all of your merchandise on the floor is properly protected.

When you use the @ Source Program your merchandise comes into the store already outfitted with hard tags and EAS tags on all of the appropriate merchandise. In other words you, the retailer, can simply take them out of the box and put them directly on your sales floor with no steps in between; no opportunity for screw ups and no extra payroll for associates needed to tag the merchandise. It’s a win-win situation for everyone, except of course the shoplifters. The @ Source program is just one of the reasons why Checkpoint Systems is a leader in the loss prevention industry.

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Checkpoint Systems New Checkpoint Academy

March 1, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Checkpoint Systems has done it again! They are on the leading edge with a new on-line training program for the Checkpoint Systems Retailer. Checkpoint Security Systems Academy is designed for any size retailer large or small. One employee or thousands.

Here is how it works: You purchase a license from us at Loss Prevention Systems. An employee then logs on to the Checkpoint Systems Academy web site and after filling out some basic information begins. There are six modules and they each take about 10 min. There is a short quiz at the end of each module. The last module is a test. Once the employee completes the test and passes they can print out a certificate that proves they took and passed.

I personally took the course and found it to be very interesting and a good learning experience. The Checkpoint Systems Academy does not just cover the use of Checkpoint Security Systems. The course also discusses how shoplifters operate and how to respond to a potential shoplifter. It does not cover state laws or the apprehension of a shoplifter but focuses on prevention and customer service.

The course is comprised of computer graphics and real video. It shows a typical store layout and discusses why the employee should be actively involved in the prevention of shoplifting. The course also discusses alarms and how to respond to them. Checkpoint Security Systems makes this simple and easy for the newest employee. They can take the course from any PC with a high-speed connection, home or work.

This helps make the job of getting a new employee up to speed on your operations quickly and consistently.

The quiz at the end of each module will show you the correct answer if the student misses it.

For more information about Checkpoint Security Systems Academy or anti shoplifting or retail anti theft devices or retail theft prevention contact us at stop shoplifting or call 1.770.426.0547

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Wake up and prevent the theft with Checkpoint systems

February 27, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

So what exactly are you doing to prevent shoplifting within your business? Do you have any anti shoplifting devices that you are using? You are a business out to make a profit, which means you had better be considering what you can do to decrease shrink in your store.

Checkpoint tags are a great option in which to invest. Checkpoint security systems offer solutions to help you protect your merchandise from the thieves that want to steal your profits. For minimal investment, you can reap huge rewards by preventing theft and loss due to shrink.

Checkpoint tags for apparel are a visual deterrent, which thieves can see when they are scouting out a business from which to steal. Shoplifters want to be able to steal from you and get away with it, quickly, without the hassle of Checkpoint security tags. You don’t want to give them what they want, which is your merchandise. Make their lives difficult with anti shoplifting concepts such as Checkpoint security systems.

Checkpoint tags and Checkpoint labels can be used on merchandise that is high theft in your store. Items considered high theft vary from store to store and city to city, so with Checkpoint systems it is your choice what you choose to protect. This allows you to create an anti shoplifting program that fits the needs of your business.

In order to make a profit you cannot just sit back and watch your merchandise walk out of your doors at the hands of shoplifters.

Fight back and use Checkpoint security systems as one of your weapons. Think of the checkpoint security tags and the checkpoint labels as your soldiers

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Retailers Focus is on Selling

February 26, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

While retailers focus on selling their merchandise, which they should, they absolutely cannot ignore retail theft prevention. Retail theft takes a huge bite out of profits, which negates an enormous amount of sales. So the retailer has to budget time and money away from what’s most productive – merchandising and selling – and devote it to protecting his merchandise and his business.

All retailers know the formula that $1.00 in stolen merchandise equals the profit from $20.00 in sales at a 5% margin. A shoplifter who gets away with a jacket valued at $100.00 means the retailer has to sell the equivalent 20 more jackets ($2000.00) just to break even. A lot of sales effort walks out the door with the stolen merchandise.

But suppose instead of letting the merchandise walk out the door there was an anti shoplifting device that would figuratively blow the whistle when a stolen item was leaving the store.

Checkpoint Security Systems makes exactly such a device. In fact, there are several models of Checkpoint systems that may be used in any retail setting. Checkpoint tags and Checkpoint labels are available for application on almost any type of merchandise. The relatively small amount of time and money invested to stop shoplifting as a source of inventory loss is well worth it.

Checkpoint Security Systems is a leader in the manufacture and development of retail theft prevention devices, giving retailers the peace of mind to apply themselves toward the focus of the business – selling.

Retailers can free up time and get a quick return on investment by using Checkpoint Security Systems to guard the door to control or stop shoplifting and grow sales and profits.

A retail theft prevention self-assessment will show the improvement in day-to-day operations of any store.

Call 770-426-0547 to speak with an expert in retail theft prevention or get more information here: Stop Shoplifting. Click here to visit our Online Retail Loss Prevention Store.

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Checkpoint security systems the key to anti shoplifting

February 25, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Checkpoint security systems are used by many retailers.

Let me restart this… Checkpoint security systems are purchased by many retailers, but lots are not using them to their fullest potential. Checkpoint security systems offer a tremendous benefit to ANY retailers looking to protect their merchandise and boost their profits.

Take for example a chain of drug stores I work for. This company has used Checkpoint security systems for many years. Even in the toughest inner-city stores, Checkpoint security systems provide the need support to maintain the day to day operations of the store.

What bigger anti shoplifting effort could a store provide than by installing a Checkpoint security system. Managers and loss prevention professionals alike are always looking for the next big anti shoplifting device or approach, yet the sometimes fail to use their existing equipment or tools appropriately. A Checkpoint security system can be an effective tool towards anti shoplifting, however, the program and store team must be in tune with the ultimate goals of boosting profits and protecting merchandise.

If you are unfamiliar with Checkpoint systems , imagine you as a manager standing at the front of the store. You see a shoplifter with merchandise in his backpack, in his pocket, or concealed in some other way. You immediately notify all other managers and associates by saying “HEY”. Essentially, that’s what Checkpoint Systems do, when used properly. Managers and associates attach checkpoint tags and checkpoint labels to merchandise. This creates an anti shoplifting environment almost immediately. Most thieves want to get in and out of a store without being noticed. Once they see these checkpoint tags and checkpoint labels on the merchandise, they are deterred. For the shoplifters that just don’t care or don’t see the tag, well, they get a wakeup call once they reach the front of the store. A Checkpoint security system is a great anti shoplifting tool.

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Anti Shoplifting Measures – Atlanta Georgia

February 24, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

The most satisfying part of any anti shoplifting program is the actual apprehension and prosecution of a shoplifter. Although watching a shoplifter taken away in a police car with his hands shackled behind his back gives some of us a personal sense of accomplishment, in some ways it indicates a failure in our effort to stop shoplifting.

For every shoplifter who is caught, how many get away with stolen merchandise? I know that plenty do, because only the worst or most unfortunate shoplifters are generally caught. The others, the good ones, do all they can to reduce the chances of taking the sad ride down to the police station. They look carefully for CCTV cameras, covert lookouts, sales personnel, store loss prevention and any other hindrances to their endeavors that may be obvious.

Any and all these things designed for retail theft prevention may cause a shoplifter to rethink his intention, or move to a different location in the store, or find another store altogether. This is the purpose of retail loss prevention, to convince the shoplifter that he would be better served to go to an easier target to resupply his empty shopping bags or abandon the idea altogether.

One of the most efficient ways to get your anti shoplifting message across to the potential shoplifter is with the addition of a Checkpoint Security System. The antennas, though they are unassuming, stand at the entryway as a warning that the retailer at this location cares enough about his business to actively keep shoplifters out. Shoplifters tend to go to locations where they don’t have to work quite so hard to steal merchandise. Whenever merchandise with Checkpoint security tags attached passes the antennas, an alarm is sounded, an event the shoplifter had rather avoid.

Get out of the shoplifter business by taking a look at your anti shoplifting program.

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Checkpoint security systems help stop boosters

February 23, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Checkpoint security systems have been integral part of a stores loss prevention program for many years. The benefits of such as system can be measured daily by simply tracking the activations of the antennae and recording shoplift apprehensions.

Checkpoint security systems have helped my company tremendously. In a heavy customer traffic location, several of my stores deter customer theft daily by simply having a checkpoint security system in place. I hear managers in praise of these Checkpoint security systems and learn their stories of the attempted shoplifter deterred by the mere sight of the checkpoint security system.

Adding Checkpoint systems to your store(s) is a relatively inexpensive way to protect your merchandise. In my opinion, in the long the run, the investment into checkpoint systems pays for itself. I can’t tell you the number of times I have heard or seen the checkpoint systems activate, a former shoplifter dropping the merchandise and fleeing from the store. It happens. Daily.

Properly executing a Checkpoint security system involves the process of attaching Checkpoint labels and Checkpoint tags. Checkpoint labels and Checkpoint tags are tough devices that cannot easily be defeated by the would-be thief. It is well know that shoplifters thrive off of environments where they are not acknowledged. They wanna walk into a store, select the merchandise of choice and walk out of the store virtually unidentifiable. Checkpoint labels and Checkpoint tags take away that privacy and take the shoplifter from covert to overt. In the retail world, it makes no sense to me to see retailers without this form of protection. In a way, I say, good. The shoplifters coming into my store(s) and seeing the protection will deter them and send them over to the unprotected stores.

My advice to anyone without a Checkpoint Security system, INVEST, TODAY!

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Checkpoint & A Trained Staff Part 2

February 22, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Another way to keep false alarms from occurring is to test both the system and the deactivation on regularly. If your deactivation is not working then the system is going to alarm when a purchased item is presented into the RF field created by your Checkpoint security system . Maintaining the equipment is paramount to the success of the system.

This is why it is important to have a preventative maintenance plan. A lot of the issues that arise over time with deactivation are due to the wear and tear of everyday use. I’m sure if you look under one of your cash registers you will find folders and cleaning supplies and books and whatever the cashier thought was imperative for their survival for the day. When these items are pulled out and thrown back in on a daily basis, it takes its toll on the deactivation unit. Wires can come loose, the unit could get turned off, and the tuning adjustments could begin to deviate as well as a whole host of other issues. All these issues are addressed each time a preventative maintenance is performed.

It is also good to know the deactivation range and location. If the cashiers are unaware of the deactivation then they could very easily bypass it without even knowing. A live tag that should have been deactivated setting off a Checkpoint security system is just as bad as a live tag on an item that is being stolen not alarming the system. Either way it causes frustration and makes people start to ignore the system altogether.

Always remember that the Checkpoint security system can only be as good as the staff that is using it. Your security system is an important tool in the fight to stop loss but if not used properly and maintained regularly can become just that thing you tape signs to. A knowledgeable staff saves you and your company a lot of problems, headaches and money.

For more information about Checkpoint security system , retail anti theft devices , anti shoplifting or retail theft prevention contact us at checkpoint systems or call 1.770.426.0547 in Atlanta Georgia.

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Checkpoint & A Trained Staff

February 21, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Although it has become a cliché, knowledge really is power. Having a knowledgeable staff will significantly reduce your losses with the help of a Checkpoint security system . One of the main reasons for false alarms is that a cashier does not deactivate the checkpoint labels or forgets to remove the checkpoint security tags from the item being purchased.

I am sure that it has happened to you a time or two. You are purchasing something from your local hardware store or some one-stop-shop and after the purchase is complete you try to walk out the door. What happens? You alarm the system that is designed to stop shoplifters. But you are not a shoplifter. Now you have to wait for someone to check the items that you legitimately purchased or even worse a cashier that didn’t even scan the items tells you to go ahead and leave.

When this occurs it makes both the customer and employee lose faith in the system and its ability to stop shoplifting . All that is needed to prevent this from occurring in your store is a knowledgeable staff. If the employees understand how the Checkpoint security system works, then they will be more inclined to use it properly because no one wants to make a customer feel like a thief when they have done nothing wrong.

One of the main ways too keep this from occurring is consistency. Set a standard for where and how Checkpoint security tags should be placed. This will help cashiers know where to look to remove hard tags and ensure that soft tags are deactivated upon purchase. Also, it will improve the speed in which employees are able to tag merchandise because it will become repetition and not something new or different every time they are tasked with this job. (To be continued…)

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Checkpoint Systems Label and Tag Placement

February 18, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Just as it is important to have Checkpoint labels for your store, it is equally important to know where to place your Checkpoint labels on the merchandise. If you are using soft Checkpoint tags to help control loss then here are a few things you will need to know.

First, the Checkpoint tags are tuned to alarm your Checkpoint security system using radio frequency. This means that when you place a Checkpoint labels on merchandise, you will want to avoid metal surfaces. Metal will hinder the effectiveness of your label, if the two are placed directly against each other.

Second, your Checkpoint tags should be placed on a flat surface. When locating a security tag on an item of merchandise, you should look for a place that is flat. The more the label bends or curves the less strength it will have when it passes through the detection field.

Third, keep in mind that you are going to be deactivating your Checkpoint labels when your merchandise is purchased. The easiest way to ensure that the label will be deactivated is to place the label near the barcode. The reason this is a good location is because the barcode will pass across the scanner and within the range of the deactivation field. It also requires no extra movements or time from your cashier’s routine, which will keep production at the high standard you have already set. This will also prevent a work interruption because of a false alarm that could have been prevented by the proper placement of your security tag.

Having the knowledge of where to place your security labels will help to ensure that your Checkpoint security system is an effective tool in preventing loss.

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