Your Own Personal Safe

Think about the types of security measures you take in your own home. Do you lock your doors and windows? How about an alarm system for your house? Do you take the time to back up your files, make copies of important documents and throw them all into a waterproof, fireproof safe? I’ll bet if you stopped to think about how many security measures you take in your daily life, you would be surprised.

When you take a look at your liquor store or restaurant, you probably go through many of the same steps. Liquor bottle security, or any bottle security for that matter, should be second nature to you. You wouldn’t think twice about locking up your shop at the end of the night, so why not protect your inventory the same as you protect your home?

When it comes to liquor bottle security, think of bottle locks like little personal safes. Sure you can still move them around when you need to, but you are really trying to protect the interior contents from loss or damage.

Bottle locks protect the bottles from being consumed inside the store, and create an alarm if they are being stolen. Bottle security is really no different or more complicated than your own security at home. All you need are the right tools to help you keep your inventory safe.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

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Don’t Feed The Strays

Growing up, I used to see stray animals around the house fairly frequently. My older brother would always try to stop me, as I would run into the house to try to find some food to feed them. At the time I thought he was being mean, nut I now understand why I shouldn’t feed the strays.

Shoplifters are like those stray animals. If they get what they are after the first time, they will come back over and over again until they are caught. Not only will they come back, but also each time they will be bolder and hungrier for more.

I like to think of bottle security like my older brother. It’s not there to make anyone feel bad, just there to offer a little extra protection. Bottle security like bottle locks make it easy to install and painless to use. No one has to go out of his or her way to kick a stray (or a shoplifter) to the curb. Bottle locks are just a silent signal that they need to move on down the road, because no one is getting anything for free here.

I don’t try to feed stray animals anymore. Because of the billions of hours I have spent catching shoplifters, I can attest that it really is better to send them packing before they even try to steal. Bottle security helps send them away.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

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Dealing In Scarcity

Scarcity is created when demand for a product exceeds the natural ability to create that item.  When an item is scarce, it drives the price of that item up. It is the driving principal of supply and demand. In the case of wines and hard liquor, many of these items are scarce by definition as they may take several years, or decades, to create.

The more scarce or valuable these items are, the more desirable they become. Pure want is a harsh feeling to overcome. Often shoplifters or employees steal because of that pure want of something they deem valuable, or scarce.

Bottle security can play a dual role in this. Bottle locks, as a prominent form of liquor bottle security, show a would be thief that you are protecting your valuables from theft.

Having any sort of liquor bottle security will also reiterate that the items guarded are desirable and or valuable. Bottle security can create that intense want. What draws your eye in a store, some trinket thrown about on a display shelf, or the one that is closely guarded with obvious security measures surrounding it?

Of course you look at the items under lock and key. They now have a heightened perceived value compared to bottles that are not locked. You can reduce your shrink and drive your sales with bottle locks. By understanding the outlying principals, you can make scarcity work for you.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

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Put Your Bottles On Guard

Shoplifters can incur shrink (or inventory losses) to your liquor and wine bottles in two general ways. The first way is to consume the alcohol right inside your store. The other is to physically remove the bottle from your establishment without paying –stealing it.

Liquor bottle security is more than just hiding your bottles away behind lock and key. Bottle security is about putting up your guard to theft in its various forms. Alpha Security makes a wide range of bottle lock solutions in their EASy Bottle line of products.

One such product is Alpha Security’s EASy Guarde Bottle Lock. This lock has the best of both worlds in it. As a cap placed over the mouth of the bottle, it provides security to the contents. No one can open the bottle to consume the alcohol in the store.

The EASy Guarde is embedded with an alarm if a shoplifter attempts to steal the bottle. This type of bottle security is a similar form of technology that most retailers use to protect their inventory from shoplifters.

The S3 Detacher is easy for any of your employees to use. It is also easy to maintain control of the keys if you want restricted access by members of your staff.

Put your bottles on guard with the EASy Guarde bottle locks. Your profits will thank you in the end.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

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Keep Your Available Inventory Crystal Clear

Most liquor and wine retailers work in small box locations. Even if you are a big box selling alcohol, you are probably still limited on the amount of available retail selling space you have. When every inch of space counts, the last thing you want is to take what should be a profit enhancing initiative like liquor bottle security and make it work against you.

When each and every shelf needs to be packed as tight as what it can, you need bottle locks that are not bulky or oversized. You need a lock that will allow the maximum amount of product to be stacked front to back as well as maximum representation of your product facings.

I haven’t forgotten that shelf height comes into play also. Your bottle locks need to be compact so you don’t loose your vertical height. Alpha Security took these considerations into affect when they created the Alpha Crystal Guarde Bottle Lock.

These caps are slim line design at its finest. Adding only a minimal amount of space, they don’t create a negative impact on shelf space allocation. The bottle lock is clear so you can still see the merchandise cap.

When paired with all of the great security features of the rest of the EASy Bottle line of products, it’s a crystal clear decision on which lock to choose.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

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Make the Similarities Work For Your Store

Liquor bottle security is no different than any other security measure most retailers have to put into place. Most retailers are now using some form of EAS system to protect their inventory from shrink losses. The statistical data to prove an EAS system’s effectiveness is staggering. Some retailers have seen up to a 75% decrease in shrink once a system has been put into place.

In my tenure in Loss Prevention I have worked a wide variety of merchandise. I am often asked how I can make the transition so simple. For me, it’s pretty easy. Most shrink occurs in the same forms regardless of being an expensive designer jacket, a power tool, or a bottle of wine.

Once you apply those same principals, liquor bottle security is pretty straightforward. First and foremost, you need a shrink reduction plan. Let the trials and errors of other retailers work for you. Invest in anti theft devices like Alpha Security’s EASy Bottle Bottle Locks.

It is statistically proven that having an EAS system in place reduces your risk of inventory losses. Shoplifters are aware of who has them and who doesn’t. It’s not complicated to guess at which store they will target. Don’t let your specialized inventory leave you wondering what to do. Follow the path of retail security and make their solutions work for you.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security , Bottle Lock , Bottle locks , Bottle Security , liquor bottle security or EASy Bottle and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Securing your profits with Alpha Security

Alpha security has been a leader in product security devices for many years. Only recently, was I able to use these devices to help a retailer protect their profits.

A growing chain of supermarkets was experiencing a high volume of loss in their liquor department. They looked at shipments from vendors and the receiving process to help understand where these losses were happening and how. Knowing loss prevention and the trends showing customer theft activity pertaining to liquor, I recommended Alpha Security products. More specifically, I asked them give EASy bottle locks a try. A former partner of mine works for a larger chain of drug stores and had great success with EASy bottle locks, in fact he recommends any retailer, large or small, selling liquor to use these EASy bottle locks if product security is a must.

Taking my recommendations, this chain ordered enough bottle locks to cover the entire liquor department in 10 stores. Almost overnight, stores noticed a dramatic difference in the liquor departments. No more big holes on the display shelves, no more opened containers and no more wondering. Bottle locks were working, and this was only the beginning. My team and I continued to monitor the liquor bottle security program in each of the stores. The biggest challenge we faced in each store, was not whether or not bottle locks from Alpha security worked, it was ensuring the store had enough product to fill the shelves. Funny how selling works, you actually must have product in the stores to make sales. And boy were sales made. Adding this liquor bottle security program, the company saw a 30% increase in comparative liquor sales and look forward to their future growth and the use of bottle locks.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy bottle locks by Alpha Security and Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

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New business owner learns the importance of Bottle locks

Bottle locks where an item that I hardly used in my career but knew from speaking and reading about anti devices that they work well and are crucial to having proper Bottle security. Which is how I address the issue when a friend of mine asks my opinion on Liquor bottle security due to the fact that he was buying a sports bar? According to him the previous owner stated that he lost a lot of merchandise during the off hours.

So I explained to him what a bottle lock can do to protect his stock as well as other merchandise from Alpha security such as Easy Bottle lock by using these bottle locks he can protect his merchandise during the off hours. He can place Easy bottle locks when the bar closes and it can prevent anyone from drinking from the stock.

Alpha security can provide all the needed Liquor bottle security that can help protect his profits. Any business whether it’s a bar, night club or even a parent that wants to protect their liquor from being used without permission a bottle lock is a solution to the problem.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security.

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The hard (liquor) sell

Over the course of my career I have had worked in several different states across the country. Each time I moved, I needed to reacquaint myself with the local and state laws regarding beer, wine and liquor sales.

Some states are dry on Sundays, and sales Saturday have a specific cut off point. Some allow liquor only to be sold in sate run stores and locations. In the state I currently live in, beer, wine and hard liquor can be sold by just about everyone in the retail community. You see it at the local supermarkets, convenience stores, drive thru, the big box retailers, and even the local dollar stores are in on a piece of the action.

With such a competitive market, each and every sale needs to count. Bottle security is extremely vital. Loss of product not only robs you of your inventory, but also the sales and the customer loyalty. I highly recommend using any of Alpha Security’s bottle locks to enhance the local store’s bottle security.

With so much on the line, I don’t see how it makes any sense to not use bottle locks or any sort of bottle security. All too often I see a lack of security on a store’s alcohol and I know they are dearly paying the price.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

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Don’t You Know?

It absolutely amazes me that more retailers are not actively concerned about their liquor bottle security. When I say, “actively concerned” I am really talking about a lack of any visible type of bottle security. It doesn’t just have to be hard liquor, but expensive wines as well.

I was out at my local liquor store this evening. As I walked up and down the aisles, I noticed that this particular retailer had shelves absolutely jam packed with bottles. They had such a variety, it was almost overwhelming. I think I saw wines from every corner of the world. Some places I didn’t even know they could make wines.

What I didn’t see were any bottle locks. Not a single bottle had a bottle lock for bottle security. I had to wonder to myself that maybe this retailer was over saturating their inventory with a huge variety of SKUs to attempt to make up for their shrink losses. It would make sense. That wouldn’t be the first time I have stumbled across a store trying desperately to out run their shrink.

I some times forget that not everyone knows how much difference a device like a bottle lock can make. Many retailers and small business owners don’t know that there are solutions for preventing inventory losses. It’s just a matter of looking in the right places.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security , Bottle Lock , Bottle locks , Bottle Security , liquor bottle security or EASy Bottle and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547