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Checkpoint Systems “For Dummies”

May 5, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

A Checkpoint security system is an excellent tool used by retailers around the world to help prevent shoplifting. It is a visual deterrent that causes most petty shoplifter to think twice about putting merchandise in their pocket. Also, Checkpoint systems alert employees if someone tries to leave the store with items that have not been purchased.

Checkpoint security systems create an RF (Radio Frequency) field around the antenna(s) that are located at exit points of a retail store. They also may be placed at any point a retailer decides they do not want merchandise that has not been purchased to go. The RF field works the same way as radio or cell phone towers. The closer you are to them the stronger the signal will be. This means that the closer the Checkpoint labels are to the antennas the better the pickup will be.

Checkpoint tags are tuned to a specific frequency that the Checkpoint security system is designed to recognize. This can be compared to a radio station’s number. When you turn the radio in to 97.5 F.M. you are telling your radio to receive the signal that is being transmitted by the radio tower that is broadcasting at 97.5 MHz. A Checkpoint security system does the same thing except it is at 8.2MHz.

This is where some retailer’s expectations become increasingly high. Although Checkpoint security systems do a fantastic job at detecting merchandise with Checkpoint labels, it is not 100 percent accurate by itself. Retailers cannot simply have someone install Checkpoint systems and expect the system to become their entire loss prevention department. This is true with any electronic article surveillance system.

To be continued…

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Helping to Stop Shoplifting with Checkpoint Systems

April 26, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

As a business owner you would like to display your products for all of your customers to browse, selecting the items that they wish to purchase. You’d like to have unlimited options to merchandise in order to maximize profits while providing sought after merchandise. This dream can be achieved with anti shoplifting devices such as Checkpoint security systems.

Checkpoint labels or Checkpoint tags can be affixed to your high end or high theft merchandise. An alarm then sounds if these items leave your business without being purchased. Shoplifters also notice Checkpoint security tags and may decide not to steal from you. So you really can display your merchandise in a manner in which your honest customers can shop, but your dishonest customers do not steal.

Retail theft prevention has to be considered in order to operate a profitable business. You cannot offer products free of charge to the general public, or you would quickly be out of business. Without anti shoplifting initiatives, that is essentially what you are doing if you do not recognize the need to stop shoplifting within your business. A Checkpoint security system can help out with that task.

No matter what the loss is that you are experiencing, Checkpoint security systems can help stop shoplifting within your business. With Checkpoint security tags, you will have better instock on your shelves because you are selling more merchandise and are having less stolen. Checkpoint tags visually deter a shoplifter also, making him or her reconsider stealing from your business. Having more merchandise purchased rather than stolen is definitely good for business, and Checkpoint systems can help you out with that.

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Investing in your Profits with Checkpoint Security Systems

April 24, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

A business owner wants to be able to provide merchandise at a reasonable price, without having to compensate excessively for loss due to shrink and theft. It’s a simply concept outwardly, but with many facets that have to be explored. Retail anti theft devices are an option that can be explored in order to help reduce these losses that all business owners experience to some extent.

Retail theft prevention options such as Checkpoint security systems are a proven way to help stop shoplifting within businesses. Checkpoint labels or Checkpoint tags attached to your high theft merchandise sound an alarm should they leave your business without being paid for. The visual deterrent alone is enough to convince shoplifters to rethink stealing from businesses with Checkpoint systems.

Shoplifters tend to scope out a business before they consider it a target. When they are deciding where and what to steal, they are looking at your retail theft prevention options. When they see that you have Checkpoint labels or Checkpoint security tags, they are wary about attempting to steal from you. Shoplifters do not want attention, and thrive on that lack of attention in order to steal. So by having anti shoplifting devices such as Checkpoint security systems, you are telling the shoplifters that you are willing to provide them plenty of attention in order to protect your merchandise.

It’s a fact that businesses suffer loss due to theft. Businesses can, however, take proactive measures to reduce this loss as much as possible. Anti shoplifting ideas such as Checkpoint security systems are an option, and for minimal investment maximum profit can be achieved. Checkpoint security tags deliver a great ROI to your bottom line not the shoplifters! That scenario is what business is all about.

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Anti shoplifting a top priority for many retailers

April 13, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Anti shoplifting efforts can sometimes go unnoticed by many managers in the retail world. It is just as important to protect your assets as it is to making the sale.

A small grocery store was having issues with inventory disappearing from their shelves. This store was a specialty market dealing with international foods. In this single store chain, they were having a very profitable year. In preparation for inventory, they noticed merchandise missing, processes and procedures they had establish were not being followed. Shoplifting was a big problem in their store too. Focusing their preliminary efforts on anti shoplifting, the store requested and implemented a loss prevention agent program. The agent’s responsibility was simple: Apprehend shoplifters and stop shoplifting. Over the course of the next month, the stores anti shoplifting results were proven. Shoplifter after shoplifter was apprehended, some of the customers this store thought were the best and most trusted, had for years been ripping them off.

Next, the store decided to go with a Checkpoint security system. After they personally reviewed the product, and after recommendations from a loss prevention consultant, the store felt a Checkpoint security system was a great choice for a continued anti shoplifting program. Once the Checkpoint security system was installed, the store noticed a dramatic decrease in instances of shoplifting. The loss prevention agent witnessed potential shoplifters deterred as a result of the checkpoint tags placed on high theft items. Checkpoint tags were an obvious and visible deterrent, and the store now had the proof.

As time went on, the store realized the importance of having an anti shoplifting program that included a Checkpoint security system and continued to drives sales with better results. Installing the checkpoint tags on merchandise was fast and easy, and helped maintain the sense of security and customer focus.

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What anti shoplifting efforts are effective?

April 9, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Anti shoplifting is the topic around many retail water coolers.

Honestly, one of the most impactful anti shoplifting devices anywhere is a savvy manager. Knowing what tools he has and needs and making a conscious effort to execute each appropriately can be the best for anti shoplifting.

Outside of the savvy manager, the next best tool for anti shoplifting is a Checkpoint Security system.

About 5 years ago, I walked a store that just had a Checkpoint Security System installed. Walking the various aisles, and inspecting the different merchandise, it was very apparent this store was using checkpoint labels and checkpoint tags. The Checkpoint Security System was up and running.
Weeks before, I had been in this store. Literally, it was being overrun with shoplifters. I walked in the front door, and was immediately confront by the manager on duty who told about a thief that just ran out of the back door with a bag of merchandise. Incredible? Indeed.

Too often I heard of this store getting ripped off by thieves because the store had no anti shoplifting program. The thieves knew this, and took advantage.

Almost immediately after installing the Checkpoint Security System and placing checkpoint labels and checkpoint tags on merchandise, shoplifting decreased. In some estimates, instances of shoplifting were reduced by as much as 70%. This was huge for this store.

A Checkpoint system can save you from a lot of headaches in your business. As a professional in the field of loss prevention and an advisor, I would recommend nothing less than solid store management that communicate company expectations, execute programs and ensure compliance. These managers would have the notion to ensure each of their stores was secured with a Checkpoint Security system.

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Checkpoint Security Systems save retailers bottom line

April 7, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Checkpoint Security Systems have been around for years. Their effectiveness has been proven time and time again. However, there are still businesses out there they are either not using a Checkpoint Security System or not using the Checkpoint Security System effectively.

It’s one thing to invest your money into a product that has little value or that is disposable but will give you quick profit if marketed, merchandise and positioned appropriately. It’s another thing to invest your money into a product and not use it. True with many retailers today, a product like Checkpoint Security systems not being used or used effectively.
Checkpoint Security Systems offer the merchant visible presence to deter the professional and amateur thieves.

A manager and I were monitoring the Checkpoint Security System from his office one day. We saw an unusual looking customer enter his store. This guy was talking on his cellphone, paying more attention to the employees than the merchandise. He walked down aisle after aisle. Making his way back, he stopped at the health and beauty section of the store. He picked up a box of aspirin, looked at it and put it back. He picked up another. We weren’t sure what he was doing. On his third inspection of the aspirin box, we noticed him trying to peel the checkpoint labels attached to the product. Checkpoint labels make a great visible deterrent. The customer moved to another aisle, hair care. He picked up a bottle of shampoo, another one with Checkpoint Labels. Obviously upset, the customer uses his cellphone. Whoever he is talking with, he was not happy.

After reviewing footage from other theft incidents at this store, it was determined the customer we observed had been suspected in merchandise theft previously. Now that this store had a Checkpoint Security System, this customer lost his livelihood.

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Increase profit and sales with Checkpoint systems

April 5, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

I helped investigate a case in which a group of individuals were targeting several different stores in the retail chain that I work for, stealing high dollar electronics. These individuals would distract employees near the front of the business and simply walk out of the store. In my own store, they walked out with ten electronics items over the course of two hours, making several trips in and out of the store. They were eventually caught in my store when retail anti theft devices alerted employees and the thieves were recognized from their previous thefts.

Many of the electronics items these individuals stole did not have anti shoplifting devices on them. They were not shipped with this protection by the manufacturer. However, if the merchandise had been protected by Checkpoint labels or Checkpoint tags, employees would have been alerted much sooner that these thefts were occurring. A loss similar to this in your business could be prevented by utilizing Checkpoint security systems.

Checkpoint tags and Checkpoint labels can be secured to virtually any type of merchandise that you choose. You know your merchandise and what is being stolen or unaccounted for due to shrink, so Checkpoint systems offer the freedom to choose what merchandise you wish or need to protect.

Businesses need to offer what the customer desires, and that is difficult to do if your shelves are often bare from stolen merchandise. Better instock is an additional benefit of anti shoplifting devices such as Checkpoint systems. Increased profit and increased sales can result also…there is nothing wrong with that!

Minimal investment, decreased loss, increased profit – these are all benefits of a reliable anti shoplifting approach such as Checkpoint security systems.

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Ease your mind with Checkpoint Systems

April 1, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Retail theft prevention is on the minds of all business owners, perhaps now more than ever. In an economy that has been challenging, to say the least, businesses may be seeing an increase in theft and loss due to shoplifting. There are ways that business owners or managers can stop shoplifting within their businesses, and reduce some of that loss that is being experienced.

Anti shoplifting concepts might seem overwhelming to a business owner who is just starting to look into retail theft prevention. However, retail anti theft devices can be an excellent deterrent to shoplifting for businesses that are experiencing out of control loss due to theft.

Checkpoint security systems, for example, are a proven leader in the anti shoplifting world. By having Checkpoint security tags on items that a business sells, merchandise can be protected from the variety of ways that customers choose to steal.

Checkpoint systems also alert employees when merchandise is being stolen by sounding an alarm when the tagged merchandise is leaving your business without being purchased. This concept in itself can deter shoplifting, in the fact that shoplifters do not want the attention that Checkpoint tags may offer.

In the battle against shoplifting, business owners teach employees to acknowledge all customers and take note of their actions. But there are more customers than there are employees, so this task can sometimes be challenging.

By employing Checkpoint security systems, you can offer additional protection of your merchandise for much less than adding an excessive amount of additional employees.

Checkpoint labels and checkpoint tags applied to your high theft merchandise do the job of many employees by helping protect what could be lost. Expect increased profits and reduced loss should you utilize anti shoplifting measures such as Checkpoint security systems.

Checkpoint systems in combination with checkpoint labels and checkpoint security tags IS your all seeing guard at the front door! So stop shoplifting TODAY!

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How Are You Attaching Your Checkpoint Tags?

March 29, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

How would you like to attach your Checkpoint tags? Pins, lanyards, ink or audible alarms? These are a few of the choices; let’s decide how many of these are right for you. Keep in mind that none of this will effect the detection of your Checkpoint systems.

Pins are the standard attachment devices used with Checkpoint tags. The tag is placed on one side and the pin is pushed through the item and into the tag. Once the pin is inside the tag it will not come loose without using a detacher. This is a very good way to keep checkpoint security tags on items to stop shoplifting. The downside with using pins is that you have to make a tiny puncture in the item that you are tagging. This is why lanyards are being used more and more everyday.

Lanyards allow for you to attach Checkpoint tags to merchandise without have to pierce the item. If you own a clothing store and you have a blouse with a very shear fabric, a lanyard works great. You would just wrap the lanyard around a loop or sleeve of the clothing and attach it to the tag. Lanyards are made out of hardened steel that makes it very difficult cut. You would need industrial wire cutters to have a chance at getting through the metal.

Do you need a more physical response to help stop shoplifting? Ink Checkpoint tags work great to stop shoplifting before it happens. The ink packet works as the pin attaching to a hard tag. If someone tries to remove the tag, the ink packet will break causing permanent ink to spill on him or her and the item. No one wants to steal ruined merchandise.

If you would like to draw more attention to a shoplifter than just Checkpoint systems alarming, I would recommend what is called a “Screamer” tag. It is the car alarm of the retail world. These checkpoint security tags have a very loud sounder attached to them. When a shoplifter tries to steal an item with one of these attached it not only sets off the Checkpoint systems but also goes into alarm itself. The sounder will alarm continuously until an authorized person disarms it.

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These are a few options that are available. For more information on how to stop shoplifting, Checkpoint systems, Checkpoint labels or checkpoint security tags contact us at Checkpoint systems or call 1.770.426.0547

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Labels, Labels, Labels Everywhere…Which Checkpoint Labels Should I Use?

March 27, 2011 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Need help deciding which Checkpoint Labels you should use to help retail theft prevention? Here are a few things to think about from a Checkpoint security system certified technician’s point of view. The first decision you will need to make is whether you need non-deactivating hard Checkpoint tags or deactivating Checkpoint labels.

Hard Checkpoint tags will be able to be detected better from a further distance than a Checkpoint labels. This does not mean that you have to have hard Checkpoint tags for your system to work properly. The system is designed and tuned to detect Checkpoint labels without a gap in the system. The benefits of using Checkpoint Tags are that they are a visual deterrent. When a customer picks up an article of clothing or a handbag and they see the tag they know that if they try to steal that item an alarm will sound. These tags are also more durable and reusable.

The downside of using Checkpoint tags is that they are easy to see. While it will help with retail theft prevention, it may also not be as aesthetically pleasing as some people would like. There are also some products that it is not logical or cost effective to use hard tags on.

The benefits of using Checkpoint labels are ease of use, cost effective and with a plethora of different shapes and sizes, are ideal for most applications. With the release of Checkpoint’s new EP (enhanced performance) label, you are able to receive the same detection capabilities that you would have gotten with a much larger tag in the past. Although the Checkpoint security system is the same, changes in the design of the label has improved the efficiency of the system. You can apply these sticker labels to almost anything that you want to keep from leaving the location without you knowing. Also, these tags will not have to be removed at the time of purchase. When the item is scanned at the point of sale the tag is automatically deactivated, causing a seamless transaction and not adding anytime to the routine of your cashier.

There are a few things to keep in mind when using Checkpoint labels. They are not as durable because they are in sticker form and are not in a hard case. The labels are also more prone to being tampered with. Also, for the label to be most effective it needs to be placed on a flat surface. If you place the sticker label on a significantly curved surface it can cause the tag to not be detected properly from the Checkpoint security system.

These are just a few retail theft prevention items to keep in mind when deciding what label or tag is right for you.

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