I was watching a suspected shoplifter over the weekend. She knew what to look for, as far as clothing security tags go. It told me that either she had done this before, or she had someone telling her how to decide which clothes to steal.

She was checking a selection of clothing for Checkpoint Tags. She would go through every pair of jeans, for example, and see if she could find a pair without a tag on them.

She would then remove the clothing item from its rack or table, proceed to a remote corner of the store, and shove it into her backpack. She would then scout out the area to see if anyone was visibly watching her. If no one else was in the area, she would go back to the clothing area and start looking through a new section of merchandise for security tags on clothes.

She repeated this process several times, until her backpack was almost bulging at the seam. When she could fit no more in, she would make her way to the exit. Since we were watching, we were able to make the apprehension. Unfortunately, after reviewing more video from the day, we realized that she had been in the store at least three other times. There’s no way to tell how much we lost in those stuffed bags of merchandise because our clothing security was not 100%.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Checkpoint Tags, a Clothing Alarm, Clothing Security or Clothing Security Tags to put Security Tags on Clothes and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547 

 

I was recently asked to do a consultation with one of the national clothing chain’s Organized Retail Theft Departments. They wanted a fresh set of eyes on how they could increase clothing security and decrease their inventory losses.

Since their inventory relied heavily on special buys doing daily counts on their clothing was impractical. They never received enough of a single item to be able to effectively track it though a single sku for accuracy. These were big purchases of designer clothing that were either a second run or otherwise greatly reduced item.

Once these items sold out, there was no rebuy of the merchandise. Inventory was taken once a year so it was potentially twelve months before a loss was identified. Needless to say tracking their losses was a difficult task.

I suggested that they start by drilling down the sales reports. It is there that they would be able to see what was there but also what was not. If they were not selling in a particular area they might be experiencing theft issues. If you don’t have the product to sell, your sales suffer.

Next is to evaluate the clothing security tags on those items and increase their usage accordingly. Since the company already utilizes Checkpoint tags for their clothing alarms, it is easy to increase security tags on clothes in a specific department that is down in sales. If the sales start to stabilize, the shrink problems should be going away leaving the merchandise to be sold instead of stolen.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Checkpoint Tags, a Clothing Alarm, Clothing Security or Clothing Security Tags to put Security Tags on Clothes and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547

Now the market has a new option for security tags on clothes like lingerie or other delicates – the Multi Tag by Alpha Security. These clothing security tags have a different design. Instead of using only one pin and a back, the Multi Tag uses a two-pin system. By eliminating the need to pierce the merchandise, you eliminate the risks of snagging or damaging these delicate fabrics.

There are two pins that stick out on either end of a flat bar. The bar is only about an inch wide, which makes it easy to use on small undergarments. These two pins stick into a plastic back that houses the clothing alarm components. When the two sides of the clothing security tags are clicked together, a small gap is created. It is in this gap that the merchandise is situated for proper usage of the tag. Don’t worry, the gap isn’t open in a way that a thief could pry to two pieces apart and defeat the tag.

The merchandise is run between the two pins and secured with the back. The pins can flank things like the thin straps commonly found on lingerie or swimsuits. These tags can even be used for accessories because the overall size of the tags is relatively small.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Checkpoint Tags, a Clothing Alarm, Clothing Security or Clothing Security Tags to put Security Tags on Clothes and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547

Moving Day can be a real pain; the packing, lifting, hauling, and then unpacking once one gets everything into the new place.

Oftentimes, I have a difficult time figuring out where to put everything in the new place. There was a rhyme and reason at the old place. Storage and organizers were tailored to work with that space’s particular nooks, crannies, and idiosyncrasies. Most of it will never fit in the same way at the new location.

You wouldn’t expect all your things to fit perfectly within a new space or situation, so why expect your clothing security tags to be a universal fit?

You must implement your Checkpoint tags to work effectively for security tags on clothes just as you must take the time to choose the best storage pieces so that your new space will be clean, organized, and efficient.

Security tags on clothes work only if they can be attached correctly and in a useful manner. You are missing a huge opportunity if you are trying to make only one or two types of Checkpoint tags apply in every situation.

Checkpoint tags are more than just a hard tag and a soft label. Checkpoint has spent countless hours perfecting their products so that they cover the spectrum of challenges that clothing security presents in an ever-changing environment.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase clothing alarm, clothing security tags, as well as Electronic Article Surveillance or (EAS) system.

For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags and how they will work with Electronic Article Surveillance (or EAS) system contact us via security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547.

As a merchandising manager, I have spent countless hours trying to find the balance between my clothing security and my visual display and merchandising guidelines. To be used in conjunction with your Checkpoint tags, the Alpha Security Fashion2 is smaller and more visually appealing. These clothing security tags are customer friendly, fashion forward, and of course a huge deterrent for shoplifters.

Just because you are using clothing security tags for loss prevention does not mean that you can’t continue to make your product and your displays look their very best. The biggest difference these tags have is that they are much smaller. They are also available in black instead of just a standard white. This makes them less obvious visually in your presentations, but does not conceal them completely from the roving eye of a shoplifter.

Security tags on clothes should not be a distraction from marketing or sales promotions. By making these particular tags smaller, easier to color coordinate with darker fabrics, and be overall less obvious is a huge win. There is the same high quality and reliability as a clothing alarm that comes with Checkpoint tags

Your visual presentation will not be compromised in the same way it has been for years when you use big and bulky clothing security tags.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Checkpoint Tags, a Clothing Alarm, Clothing Security or Clothing Security Tags to put Security Tags on Clothes and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547

I am generally a very well organized person – definitely not a space cadet.  I have a place for everything and everything in its place. I have To Do lists, Task lists, calendars, organizers, email reminders, etc. If you can name it, I have probably tried it at some point in my quest for organization.

Retail is a particularly challenging environment in which to achieve and maintain organization.  In the course of going from my office (around three departments and up a flight of stairs to another group of offices), I can be stopped by three to thirty people, each one requiring something of me. If I don’t record this in my notebook, I will likely forget; and if I lose the notebook in which I wrote the list, well things can easily start to fall apart.

Needless to say, I like to stay organized for the sake of my own survival. That’s why I like things that are easy to use, especially when it comes to clothing security.

Clothing security tags usually have two separate parts to them. This makes them easy to use and even easier to lose one part of the tag. Half a tag will do nothing for your clothing security. The Alpha Fashion2 Accessory Tag is a great product that eliminates this problem.  It is a Checkpoint tag, lanyard and pin all in one – no parts to lose, quick, and easy to use.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase their clothing alarm, clothing security tags as well as the Electronic Article Surveillance (or EAS) system.

For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags and how they can work with Electronic Article Surveillance (or EAS) system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547

I frequently say to my toddler, “whenever you are ready”. It may seem sarcastic, but it helps me put things back into perspective by reminding me that when I am with her, I am on her time frame, not mine. It is one of the few times in life that I am challenged to slow down, not speed up.

“Whenever you are ready” is more likely to mean, “it should have been done 10 minutes ago” in my professional life. I put this same urgency into clothing security. It is a huge and potentially costly mistake to wait to attach clothing security tags such as Checkpoint tags until “someone” feels like doing it. A thief will likely show up and rob you blind while “someone” is waiting around to get the job done.

Shoplifters, especially professional ones, are looking for every opportunity to exploit these very situations. It only takes one unlocked door, one stack of jeans without clothing security tags, or one moment of inattentiveness to fuel a very costly situation.

Make sure that “whenever you are ready” means “do it right, and do it right now”.

Clothing security is about consistency and timeliness in execution. Having the finest clothing security such as Checkpoint tags does absolutely no good if they are left sitting in a basket somewhere, instead of where they belong – on your merchandise.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase a clothing alarm or clothing security tags and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system and to learn more about preventing shoplifting and employee theft.

For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or how clothing security tags can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance (or EAS system) contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547

I was watching a suspected shoplifter over the weekend. As far as clothing security goes, she knew what to look for. She was checking a selection of clothing for Clothing Security Tags. She would go through a table of shirts, for example, and see if she could find one without a tag on it.

If no one else was in the area, she would casually walk to a corner and stuff her bag with the un-sensor tagged merchandise. She would go back to the clothing area and start looking through a new section of merchandise for the checkpoint tags. Once she could fit no more in, she would make her way to the exit. Luckily for us, we were watching and were able to make the apprehension.

Unfortunately, after reviewing more video from the day, we realized that she had been in the store at least three other times. There’s no way to tell how much we lost in those stuffed bags of merchandise because the security tags on clothes were not 100% accurate.

We learned an important lesson about why we need to stay consistent with our clothing security tags. I have a story that can help remind my employees that even if they don’t have the time to properly tag, it doesn’t mean that a shoplifter doesn’t have time to look for our errors.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Checkpoint Tags, a Clothing Alarm, Clothing Security or Clothing Security Tags to put Security Tags on Clothes and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547

Many years ago, a famous actress was arrested stealing clothes from a high dollar retailer. When she was apprehended, there was a cut on her finger. While that little detail might not mean anything to the common observer, to anyone in clothing security, it means all the difference in the world.

There is a reason why retailers almost universally use Checkpoint tags as their preferred brand of clothing security tags; in a word – Quality. Just because you use security tags on clothes doesn’t mean the crooks will simply throw their hands up and walk away. The unskilled ones will, but there are those out there that will make attempts to defeat the Checkpoint tags.

That means your clothing security tags need to be beyond reproach. No one should be able to come in with a pocketknife or a pair of pliers and pries open the tags to defeat them and bypass the clothing alarm. Your tags should be seamless and fool proof.

That is what happened to the actress. She tried to pry apart the Checkpoint Tags. When they didn’t easily open, the knife slipped cutting herself. This action not only prevented the tag from being disabled, but it also gave the store further proof, in court, of her intent to commit the crime she had been accused of.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Checkpoint Tags, a Clothing Alarm, Clothing Security or Clothing Security Tags to put Security Tags on Clothes and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547

One of my first experiences with a shoplifter was a man who came into the department store where I worked. He started looking at hoodies, which was not anything suspicious. What I did find suspicious was when he started looking for the clothing security tags.

Not all of our hoodies had clothing security tags; so it didn’t take him long to find one without any clothing security. He took the jacket off the hanger and went into a fitting room. When he came back out mere seconds later, he was wearing the hoodie.  I first tried calling someone in the menswear department to get them to offer customer service, but it was too late. The man had already started to head toward the exit door.

Without a Checkpoint tag, I knew the clothing alarm would not go off and alert any cashiers or managers to this man’s actions. Because I was too far away, I couldn’t get across the store in time. The man had exited the store and sped off in a car waiting for him in the parking lot.

Security tags on clothes would have helped us prevent this theft. Without one, none of the employees could readily identify the hoodie as one of ours that had not been paid for.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Checkpoint Tags, a Clothing Alarm, Clothing Security or Clothing Security Tags to put Security Tags on Clothes and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547