It was inside the shoes

So, one day I was walking around the store with my Loss Prevention Regional manager. Every time we went near a door, the alarm would set off. After a few alarms, I started to notice that there weren’t’ always any customers around.

 I finally looked at my regional and told her that she needed to put back whatever it was that she was stealing because she was driving up my false door alarms for the day.

 She stopped for a minute and then realized it was her shoes.

 She had recently bought a new pair of shoes that had an anti theft device that was hidden inside the shoes from the manufacturer. It must have been a cheap tag because it kept reactivating itself.

 She had already tried to deactivate the tag on several prior occasions, but it kept coming back. We knew it was her shoes, because as soon as she put them on top of our deactivator pad, the false alarms quit going off.

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Three cops and one robber

Our latest apprehension involved a lady who came into our store with a huge purse on her shoulder. It looked almost like a bag you would take to the beach, but was rather empty looking. 

She went around the store collecting random clothes, a few shirts here, a pair of shorts there, and even a pair of socks.

 Sure enough, she took her haul and went to the back corner of the store and stooped down. Quick as a wink, she shoved all of the clothes into her purse and stood back up.

 The purse, now full of odd bulges, seemed to weigh her down as she headed towards the door. Since she left the anti theft devices on, she set the alarm off on her way out.

 When we went to apprehend her, she started swinging her big bag at us. A customer saw, and called 911 telling them about a fight in progress.

 Almost immediately, no less than three squad cars showed up in our parking lot, and quickly subdued our shoplifter. We got our product back, and she got a trip down to the station.

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Doing your part

Retail security goes beyond anti theft devices. It is about creating a comprehensive anti shoplifting strategy for your store. You have to know how to use the EAS tags and labels to your advantage. You also have to know what else to do to protect your inventory.

 Having the tools and resources available to do your job makes things a lot easier. Knowing how to use them to your advantage makes an even bigger impact.

 Do your employees know to look for and deactivate every tag on every item that they ring up? Is it more widespread practice that your employees try to guess and consequently pick and choose which items they attempt to deactivate?

 When EAS tags and labels are not properly deactivated, false alarms result. If your employees don’t take the time to remove the EAS devices, why do we think they would take to time to respond to an alarm?

 Shoplifters watch for unanswered alarms. That’s one of the reasons they target a store over another one. Setting the standard for 100% deactivation will further the overall effectiveness of your anti theft devices. 

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Losing Your Shirt: Not With RBC!!

Small specialty clothing stores have been the target of many things that are bad for business, the economy, slashed budgets, reduced payroll and opportunistic thieves. The owners of these businesses are frantic and are hanging by a thread attempting to keep their doors open. The inventory losses coming at the tail end of a year of dismal sales due to the slowing economy and reduced payroll was the last facet of the perfect storm. Thieves see the slowing economy as a huge opportunity to pillage businesses that during the good times have anti theft devices and plenty of payroll to ensure good floor coverage.

One particular clothing store that I helped was in dire straits. The owner was on the brink of closing her doors and could not understand why her clothes were walking out the door. A quick observation of her business showed that her lack of payroll and a non functioning checkpoint system were high on the list as to the causes of the shrink. The Checkpoint system was not broken, in fact once plugged in it worked just fine; however, when she opened her doors the system was already installed. This business owner did not know how to go about turning the system on and figured that she would never need it since she only had in her opinion a small business. The main problem was this business owner was not aware of the fact that an EAS system is one of the best clothing security tools in the industry. I explained that all of the clothes within her four walls could be tagged or labeled and if someone attempted to remove them from the store the EAS pedestals would sound the alarm. She understood the fact that when there is proper signage indicating there is a working EAS system even is payroll has been reduced there will still be a deterrence factor against shoplifting.

The selling point to the business owner was the fact that she could purchase inexpensive labels and tags from RBC Security Solutions to tag her products. She was also impressed with the fact that the tags and labels were manufactured here in the United States. As a small business owner she appreciates the fact that companies are able to develop and manufacture products here in the US thereby supporting local economies. Once her EAS system was activated, her employees trained on how to tag/label and respond to EAS alarms her weekly inventory category counts immediately improved, the hemorrhaging stopped. Another small business saved with the ingenuity of an American business improvising and manufacturing products that help keep businesses from failing due to high shrink.

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Buying Online

I do a lot of online shopping, more than what I realize sometimes. It is so much easier to find what I want at the price I am willing to pay. Not every brick and mortar store can carry the variety of products I need for my home and my business. My husband and I even ordered our wedding rings on line.

 One thing we realized in that process is there are still some things you don’t want to buy sight unseen. The diamond for my band was one of them. It was one thing to risk being potentially scammed out of a band, thousands of dollars on a diamond is completely different.

 This is why I like the ability to order a free sample of anti theft devices. I don’t want my retail security to be scammed. My inventory needs protection, and these are the anti shoplifting tools I want to use.

 When I look at the samples, I can gage first hand the quality of product that will be protecting the thousands of dollars worth of inventory for my store. I know I will be making the right choice and can buy on line without regret.

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On Your Special Day

September is a traditionally big month for weddings. Every bride wants to look and feel their absolute best on their special day. If you have been a part of a wedding in the last few years, or work in the wedding business, then you are well aware of how completely insane some brides can get.

 This insanity can often lead to completely wrong or out of character choices. That, coupled with the enormous cost of a wedding in its entirety can lead many brides (or grooms) to take matters into their own hands.

 Having the perfect clothes for the bride, bridesmaids, groom, etc, is only the start. There are jewelry and accessories to think about too.

 We have all seen the TV shows that watch brides tearing apart racks of dresses, and each other, to find the perfect outfit. It is no surprise that these same brides would resort to shoplifting to get the wedding item they are so desperately coveting.

 If you use your common sense and add anti theft devices to your inventory, you might just stay one-step ahead of the bride who has lost all of hers.

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Anti-theft devices and your store’s restrooms

Among the more perfidious methods of theft in retail environments, is a shoplifter taking their selected items into store restrooms.  Just as with fitting room theft there are very exacting requirements to adhere to before executing any shoplifting apprehension involving a restroom concealment and it creates a great deal of pressure and stress for us within the Loss Prevention community; so much so that nine times out of ten we tend to avoid going after such suspects as the risk of making a bad stop is too high. 

The way around this is to create a problem for the shoplifters before they even get to the ‘safe zone’ of the restrooms.  Since the vast majority of items taken into restrooms already have anti-theft devices in place it is simply a matter of establishing a compatible retail security gate just before the restroom entrance.  That way, should anyone try to get a tagged item into said restroom alarms would sound just as if they tried to exit the store with the same items. 

 Furthermore, in some jurisdictions the attempt to take unpaid product into a store restroom is akin to walking out the front doors with it and a stop can be made (with cause) when the alarm sounds.  Of course you need to verify with your state and company retail security policies but if you have the ability, use it.

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Best foot forward

When someone is trying to put their best foot forward, it really just means that they are trying to make a good impression and to do the right things for the circumstances they are in.

 When you work with clothes and shoes, putting your best foot forward can be literal. There are plenty of clothing retailers who are only putting out one shoe on display and keeping the rest in the back. From a clothing security standpoint, I like that idea.

 Shoe losses are not always about theft. Unlike clothes that are simply stolen, shoes losses can occur in several ways.

 Yes, someone can steal a pair of shoes. That’s why it is still a good idea to use anti theft devices.

 More common, though, are losses from miss-matched shoes. When customers are allowed to shop for their own pair of shoes, it is not uncommon for a customer to switch out one of the shoes for a different size. Now you are left with two different sized shoes in the same box.

 Having cashiers inspect each shoe at the point of purchase will help reduce these losses, if you must keep all of your boxes of shoes out for the customers.

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How to prepare for the unexpected

Retail security involves developing and executing plans to prepare for just about every conceivable situation to protect the safety of your employees, your customers and to secure the profitability of your store and its assets.

 On the very forefront of inventory protection are anti theft devices. They are retail security’s permanent eyes and ears.

  As a manager, I can’t stand guard over my high theft merchandise every single hour the store is open. I also can’t realistically expect to have the store employees standing in shifts over that same product.

 This is where anti theft devices are useful. Once the EAS devices are attached, they are permanent. I know that if I leave for the day, that hard tag I put on a pair of jeans will still be there when I get in the next morning.

 I know that if someone does try to steal an item, the EAS tag will set an audible alarm off notifying every one in the area to be on alert.

  In retail security you do your best to prevent the unexpected from happening. Anti theft devices help eliminate the unexpected in the way of a shoplifting loss.

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Stealing Hollywood Trends

Celebrities set the trends. If Nicki Minaj sings about her Michael Kors handbag and how “you” can’t afford one, her fans will be sporting the pricey bags soon after. At around $350 a pop, not everyone will be able to shell out the cash for one.

  Along with handbags, Michael Kors designs watches, clothes, wallets and fashion jewelry-all at high-end prices. Knowing what brands are hot in the media world can set you a step ahead of the game. Adding anti-theft devices and paying particularly close attention to the activity occurring on the sales floor near those sought after brands can help deter theft.

Another fad-brand in the celeb world is True Religion, a high-fashion jean brand that is commonly targeted for theft. Polo has also been made famous by celebrities and is highly desired. Most brands that the rich and famous boast about are unaffordable to the average consumer and therefor more likely to pose a problem of theft.

  Whether you run a big box store or a specialty boutique, it is integral to know your brands and add extra clothing security tags where needed.

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