There are so many different ways for thieves to commit theft within the four walls of any business that it can make your head spin. Everyday companies like checkpoint develop EAS checkpoint systems and everyday there are thieves plotting new strategies to steal. One of the ways that drove our loss prevention team nuts was using the fitting rooms or bathrooms to put on stolen clothing underneath the clothing they were wearing. Businesses that did not utilize any retail theft prevention such as the checkpoint system were left wide open to this type of thievery. The checkpoint system is an electronic article system that utilizes “hard” checkpoint security tags as well as “soft” checkpoint security labels.

Thieves case out different businesses anti shoplifting strategies to pinpoint the easiest targets. In speaking with suspects in post theft interviews it was a unanimous point made that those businesses that employed no retail theft prevention were the first targets on their list to perpetrate theft. The thieves would enter the store search for a checkpoint security system at the front, and then wander through the store to look for checkpoint security tags. Once they have determined the store has limited or no retail theft prevention they start selecting product they will be stealing. That is when they either conceal the product in large bags, on their person or attempt to get into a bathroom or fitting room to conceal under their clothes. Obviously sales personnel or loss prevention team members would attempt to employ anti shoplifting floor techniques but they fall short when there are several thieves at work in the store at the same time.

The Checkpoint security system is a great tool that is always vigilant regardless of how many thieves could be at work. The key is to ensure the checkpoint security system is set up correctly, all pertinent items are fixed with checkpoint security tags and the store staff is trained to audit, deactivate and react to the checkpoint alarm. Deterring theft via anti shoplifting devices such as cameras, checkpoint systems or extra lp team members should be the strategy for every business to maintain their bottom line. Thieves are constantly casing out store locations and honing new and improved theft techniques. What are you doing to ensure your anti shoplifting strategy is refined and at its best?

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For many retailers, the Cruise season is here! It’s that wonderful point in the dead of winter where we see the influx of swimsuits hitting the shelves. As we take a look at retail theft prevention, the change in merchandise brings a change in our anti shoplifting tactics.

Swimsuits are hard to control. Small and easy to conceal, they can often be a high dollar item just begging to be taken. They are often stolen in a fitting room, or even just concealed in a purse or pocket on the sales floor. So what’s a progressive retailer to do? Well, look no further than Checkpoint Security systems.

Chances are you already have a Checkpoint Security System in place that uses the basic soft labels or hard tags. These don’t really work for swimsuits. The slick stretchy material renders a sticky soft tag useless. The pins from hard tags run the risk of snagging the suits material. How can you possibly sell damaged merchandise at full margin?

Well, Checkpoint Systems has the anti shoplifting solution! They have created a Checkpoint security tag called the Golf Ball/ Clam Shell hard tag specifically with swimsuits in mind. The front and back of the clam shell are the same size minimizing the risk of damage to the suit. These Checkpoint security tags would also work well on other Lycra based items like work out attire!

Retail theft prevention couldn’t be easier. The simple application of these anti shoplifting devices are sure to make the right splash in your swimwear sales this year!

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I recently worked a case where a group of thieves were hitting several stores in the area. We were using typical retail theft prevention tactics in our stores, which included great customer service and Checkpoint security system with their Checkpoint security tags. The thieves had their own method to counteract the anti shoplifting measures we had in place.

They would rent a U-Haul or similar vehicle and drive it up to an emergency exit. Half of their group would go into the store, while the other half sat waiting. The half inside the store would take the four-way of high- ticket items (think leather, coats, athletics) and push it to the emergency exit. There they opened the door and pushed the entire fixture onto the waiting truck and drove off!

Our doors were not alarmed with audibles, so it was an easy shot straight out the door before anyone was the wiser.

We had lost thousands of dollars as a district, and we were stumped as to what sort of retail theft prevention we could use, preferably one that would tie into our existing Checkpoint system.

As luck would have it, one of our stores was being remodeled and the new emergency exits had a warning sign stating that an alarm would go off. Sure enough, our thieves tried to hit that store. Taken aback by the new doors, their hesitation on what to do gave us enough time to contact the authorities and the entire group was apprehended.

In a follow up to the case, it turns out that there is a Checkpoint security system called the Exit Stopper by STI. It is both an audible alarm for your doors and a stop sign warning to go on the door. Had these been in place, we would have saved thousands of dollars in losses because this group would have gone somewhere else. There is always an anti shoplifting solution if you just look in the right places.

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Checkpoint Security Systems is an industry leader in retail theft prevention.  This company is often looked toward for the leading technology in retail theft prevention.  Checkpoint security systems can provide any business with an appropriate retail theft prevention program.

Checkpoint Security Systems provides the retailer with both high technology integrated checkpoint systems, or basic proven systems for the budget minded business.  Checkpoint Security System distributes many different Checkpoint security tags to full-scale Checkpoint security systems.  Currently, Checkpoint Security Systems is offering anti shoplifting solutions for many facets of the retail industry.   For the retailer that has a high level of customer service or a particular visual store model, Checkpoint security systems offers the checkpoint security tag.  The checkpoint security tag allows a retailer to protect their merchandise without requiring the use of a larger plastic tag.  This retail theft prevention solution is perfect for the retailer that is trying to control loss and not have a visible distraction on their merchandise.  The Checkpoint security tags also allow the retailer to control the issue of return fraud.  The checkpoint security tag can also verify if, when and how the merchandise was purchased.

For the retailer that is looking for the impact of a soft tag, but the visual a stronger visual deterrent, the hard checkpoint security tag is for you.  These tags provide the retailer an enhanced anti shoplifting deterrent, as the plastic pin and lock device is visible to the shoplifter.  The hard checkpoint security tags can be interfaced with a checkpoint system’s security tower.   This system is often used in specialty and discount retailers that experience higher annual losses.

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Whether you work in soft lines or hard lines, chances are some of your merchandise comes in a box. It could be a decorative accessory for the home, perhaps a bottle of cologne, or maybe a watch. Whatever the contents are, retailers know that boxes of any kind make typical anti shoplifting methods hard to use.

The point of retail theft prevention is to take these challenges and make great solutions. That is one of the reasons why I like the Checkpoint security system. They seem to have a solution for every challenge.

One of their lines of Checkpoint security tags is a soft tag. It’s a mainstay in retail theft prevention. Easy to apply just about everywhere, they are about as thick as a piece of paper, so very discreet. They have two major advantages over other tags.

The first is that they work with every Checkpoint security system. They do not need to be held in contact with a deactivator to be disabled. That means they can be hidden inside a variety of packaging. They can also be hidden outside of the boxes too. How?

Reason number two. These Checkpoint security tags can be printed to be disguised as just about anything you can think of. A bar code, a price label, you name it! They even have standard messages to choose from if you don’t feel your anti shoplifting creativity flowing.

Thinking outside the box has never been easier!

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There are many anti shoplifting solutions available in the marketplace today.  One such solution is the Checkpoint security system.  There are many components to a Checkpoint security system that can be used in your fight for retail theft prevention.

On aspect of Checkpoint systems are sensor tags.  Checkpoint security tags are a leading retail anti shoplifting solution.  Checkpoint security tags come in a variety of shapes, sizes and applications so they will fit on whatever product you are trying to protect.  Checkpoint systems are reliable and stand the test of time.  The last thing you want to do is invest in retail theft prevention equipment only to have to constantly have it repaired and replaced.  Checkpoint makes a quality product that is well known amount Loss Prevention Professionals as well as shoplifters (which is perhaps the most important).

Another component of a Checkpoint security system is CCTV.  Cameras are a great anti shoplifting solution.  Shoplifters don’t want to go to jail.  If a would-be thief sees that he/she is being taped on video then they are much more likely to try to steal elsewhere as video evidence is hard to dispute in court.  To this end Public View Monitors are great retail theft prevention solutions.  I use them in my stores where we have our high value / high theft items.  It just gives the shoplifters that extra sign that they are being watched and recorded and I have seen a drastic decline in theft of those items in my stores overall.

There is no single solution to shoplifting.  That is why leaders like Checkpoint systems develop multiple solutions in an effort to make an overall impact in retail theft prevention.

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When I first started working Loss Prevention at a major hardware retail chain I did not expect the theft to be as rampant as it was.  I always assumed that most issues at a hardware store would be related to paperwork errors and safety claims.  I soon realized that thieves hit hardware stores in a big way.  Not only do hardware stores suffer from opportunistic thieves, but they are being targeted by Organized Retail Crime (ORC) rings and employee theft as well.  One of the biggest wins that we had in the fight against theft was utilizing anti shoplifting devices.

The major anti shoplifting device we introduced was Checkpoint security tags, which are produced by Checkpoint Systems.  Checkpoint security tags can be placed on a large variety of items.  Since most items in a hardware store are in boxes and packages the sticky Checkpoint security tags were the primary tags we used.  Checkpoint systems offers a variety of sticky tags.  The one I like the best is where you can have your logo put on the tag.  This serves two purposes.  The first is that with the Checkpoint security tags applied the door alarm would sound when someone tried to walk out without paying for product.  The second benefit is the store identifier is a great retail theft prevention mechanism for ORC.  In many jurisdictions the police can question and seize product from flea markets and small stores if the stolen property can be tracked back to the original owner and the store can prove the items are being sold below retail.

Retail theft prevention is not easy.  Since different shoplifters have different agendas and different experience it is hard to find a “one size fits all” system to prevent theft.  Checkpoint systems offer many different solutions to help customize the right solution for each business.

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Over the years of working in both large and small retailers it was always interesting to me to break down the actual shrink losses past just the dollars and overall percentages. Frequently retailers spend so much time attending to internal theft that they forget that retail theft prevention should be applied to all forms of loss. Smaller business locations seem to be the victims of this tendency.

External theft, shoplifting, can be perpetrated a variety of different ways. Regardless of the shoplifting method a business with a Checkpoint security system always has a deterrence effect upon potential shoplifters. From various post theft interviews I have conducted over the years with shoplifters I have learned that the vast majority of thieves look for the easiest target. They avoid stores with Checkpoint systems. When the potential thief sees the pedestals at the front of the store and the checkpoint security tags attached securely to product they avoid the location like a car thief avoids a car with an alarm and or the “club”. As one suspect stated “Why waste the time when I can go down the street and steal the same product from a company without any means of retail theft prevention?”.

I have to admit in all of the companies that I worked for who properly utilized the Checkpoint systems; their shrink percentage breakdown of product categories that were tagged consistently and properly with Checkpoint security tags were always lower than other companies who sold the same product and did not use any anti shoplifting tools.  Small businesses tend to believe that they either can’t afford the Checkpoint security system or that the Checkpoint system will not be cost effective. Many believe that they can handle retail theft prevention “in house” stating that their business is just to small to be on the radar of thieves. This tends to be a costly mistake. Once an inventory count has been conducted; a business owner is left with shrink loss that is compounded by the loss of the sale of the stolen product.

By no means is any anti shoplifting tool guaranteed to eliminate external theft. When you buy and employ a Checkpoint system it is important that everyone on the sales team from part timers to management are trained to properly use the checkpoint security tags on specified product, audit all product categories that have been tagged, report and investigate any defeated tags and react correctly when the Checkpoint system alarm has been activated.  Physical security using an anti shoplifting tool such as the Checkpoint security system is a must if a business is to prevent external losses via shoplifting.

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Great customer service drives retail businesses. Without great service, customers won’t want to come back and continuing buying your merchandise. But how can you deliver great service if all of your focus is on shoplifters and potential thieves? Allow Checkpoint security tags to deter the shoplifters and free you up to deliver the service that will drive customers to come back time and time again.

A few days ago at a store neighboring my work, a shoplifter ran out with several pairs of jeans that had no Checkpoint security tags. The associates and managers were in a panic outside of the store calling the police and attempting to describe what the thief looked like as he ran down the street with their clothes. I couldn’t help but wonder how many potential customers could have received great customer service in the time the associates were busy with the thief. They could have sold hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise if only they had retail theft prevention.

Occurrences such as the one above could have easily been prevented had that store installed a Checkpoint security system. Installing Checkpoint security tags and other anti shoplifting devices by Checkpoint systems throughout your store can free up your associates to fully focus on the customer. Not only can taking anti shoplifting measures such as those described above deter shoplifters, they have minimal interference to the customer who can simply take them to the register to have the Checkpoint security tags removed at the time of purchase.

Don’t be the store that is not protected. Install anti shoplifting devices by Checkpoint systems on your merchandise and allow your associates to focus on the customer.

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As we are coming out of 2011 we look forward to 2012 and all it has to offer.  For those of us in retail we are hopeful of increased sales and better profits.  One thing we need to also look at is retail theft prevention.  Many businesses are struggling in the current economy as sales are down and shoplifting is on the rise. The companies who survive tough economic times are those who are able to balance making money and not losing money.  We all are good at making money.  That’s how we got promoted to the jobs we have.  The hard part is keeping those hard earned dollars on the bottom line so we can show a profit at the end of the year.

A major solution to retail loss is the utilization of anti shoplifting devices.  A great anti shoplifting device is the Checkpoint Security System.  Checkpoint systems are economical and they can be custom fitted to your specific business.  Checkpoint security tags are well known to shoplifters.  There are many different types of thieves, but the two concerning categories are opportunist and Organized Retail Crime.  The opportunist category of shoplifter is concerning because anyone can fall into this category.  In fact, the majority of offenders are opportunist.  They are regular customers that on an impulse make the decision to steal.  Checkpoint systems can help deter these persons.  Since they steal when they think they can get away with it, knowing that items are protected with Checkpoint security tags will often deter their crimes.  Organized Retail Crime rings also know about the Checkpoint Security Systems.  They too want to steal and be undetected so utilizing this type of anti shoplifting device will also help gain retail theft prevention from these very dangerous groups as well.

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