Over the years, clothing security has proven much less of a challenge than what was previously thought. Clothing security sounds like a daunting, or even scary task. The name alone can invoke a sense of uneasiness, “Clothing Security”. What does that mean?

As I observed the salesfloor from the “catwalk” of one way mirrors at a national clothing store, clothing security was the last thing I was interested in. I wanted to catch shoplifters. In my young mind, I thought “Take what you think you’ll get away with, I’ll catch you.” A point I didn’t really understand until a couple of years later as I grew in loss prevention. Catching shoplifters is a big part of security, but it is impossible to catch every single dirtbag that steals from you.

Later, the realities of clothing security included attaching security tags on clothes. Security tags on clothes; significantly, helps deter the shoplifters I couldn’t catch. I’ve always thought of security tags on clothes as my loss prevention partner. Working clothing stores as a loss prevention agent, I found I could count on security tags on clothes to assist me in preventing theft and loss and watched the areas of merchandise I couldn’t.

A few years ago I read a book written from the shoplifter’s point of view. The writer gave detailed instructions on how to steal, what to do when confronted by security and what to avoid when shoplifting. The writer, an experienced thieve in my opinion, mentioned security tags on clothes and the hassle they provide if your intent as a shoplifter includes getting out of the store unnoticed. He goes on more specifically telling his followers to “case” stores with no clothing security tags. He actually tells these people to wander from store to store looking for clothing stores with no clothing security tags. Are there really stores out there without clothing security tags?

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I searched on the internet for “clothing security tags” and found a website in which shoplifters posted their tips for shoplifting clothing.  The amusing thing was that some of the posts lamented the fact that when there are security tags on clothes, it is much more difficult to shoplift.  Several also posted that they would not try to steal from businesses that had this type of clothing security.

Professionals can argue all day long about the benefits of clothing security tags, and how they will save you money by decreasing your losses due to clothing theft.  It was inspiring, however, to read that the shoplifters feel the same way.  That offers some credibility to your clothing security when shoplifters are openly posting that they are leery of the measures chosen to prevent clothing theft.

Security tags on clothes truly are a benefit to businesses.  They offer a physical deterrent by being visible to the potential shoplifter.  Clothing security tags also serve as a clothing alarm, alerting management that clothing is leaving your business without being purchased.  Clothing security tags can prevent the theft of clothing in your business and reduce the losses associated with this type of theft.  Just ask the shoplifters – some tend to agree.

We all want our businesses to generate a profit, which can be especially challenging in today’s market.  When searching for ways to prevent the theft of clothing, consider clothing security tags.   Even the shoplifters recognize that theft is much more difficult when there are security tags on clothes.

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I was recently involved in researching on video a customer that we believed was stealing clothing in order to return it for money.  She had multiple returns she had conducted without a receipt, going to several different stores and using more than one identification.  She was finally apprehended for shoplifting clothing, but not before returning some of what she had already stolen and receiving cash.

There are ways that thefts like this can be prevented.  Clothing security tags are a great deterrent to this type of stealing for profit scheme.  Clothing security not only provides a visual deterrent, but an audible one should the shoplifter attempt to leave your business without purchasing the items with a clothing alarm.

Security tags on clothes are well worth the investment, when you consider what a thief like the one mentioned above could cost a company.  If shoplifters are able to make such an easy profit stealing, there is nothing stopping them from stealing over and over again, until they are caught.  Most jobs don’t pay as well as what these shoplifters can make if they steal clothing for resale or return.

Do not allow yourself to be a victim.  Investing in security tags on clothes is a way to protect the merchandise that you would like to offer for sale to your honest customers.  No matter what the reason a shoplifter may have for why he or she would like to steal the clothing that you sell, it is much more difficult when there are clothing security tags.  We would all like to make a shoplifter’s life a little more difficult, wouldn’t we?

Remember the key to a clothing security program is a clothing alarm .

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Well in theory, Security tags on clothes will help you keep your customers coming back. It’s true. If you have the merchandise a customer wants, and it’s easily and readily available, they’ll be back over and over (as long as you maintain a pleasurable shopping environment).

Now security tags on clothes can be tricky, especially when you are a high end retailer not wanting to infringe on the appearance of the garment. Security tags on clothes provide the seller with a great deal of security and give the potential thief a negative impression of your business, and that’s a good thing. Looking around your store, what type of clothing security do you need? Are you experiencing any loss in a particular brand, type, style or color? Security tags on clothes will probably be the solution to most of your issues.

Working in sporting goods was always a positive experience for me. I liked the merchandise and typically can deal with the people that shop these types of stores. One store I worked at had a big problem with keeping its higher priced clothing items in the store. This highly desired sporting apparel posed a real problem. Clothing security tags were not being used as they should’ve been nor was the store putting on additional effort into the program.

The fix was simple. Increase the amount of security tags on clothes and spread the program out other merchandise that showed a losing trend.
In the retail world of today, business can be simple. Solutions to protect assets and boost profits are right in front of us and in most cases, are already being followed, maybe just not as effectively as they could be.

The bottom line to protect your bottom line, use clothing security tags to protect your merchandise.

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Working in the retail clothing industry, clothing security tags have helped deter several instances of customer and employee theft.

Clothing security tags have been around for some time. They have developed and have become more effective in recent years. Most major department stores selling clothing have security tags on clothes.  Yet, there are still some smaller stores that don’t have any sort of clothing security.

I was working with a loss prevention agent at a store stocked full of highly desired, high ticket clothing items. We had been experiencing large instances of customer grab and runs, and general customer theft.

Additionally, we believed this store to be a target of Organized Retail Crime because of its lack of security tags on clothes and other forms of clothing security.

After walking the store, we indentified the highest shrink items and most frequently stolen merchandise. Working with the store team, we were able to effectively roll out the clothing security program the way the company had expected it to be done. In doing so, we put security tags on clothes, which provided much of the items with better clothing security. These security tags on clothes are a visible deterrent to thieves and cause the professionals grief when trying to quickly get the merchandise out of the store unnoticed.

During our surveillance, we watched as a team of 3 entered the store and broke apart. The first suspect went to the high theft merchandise and immediately noticed the security tags on clothes. He pulls out his cellphone. As he holds it to his ear, we see suspect #2 pull his cellphone out of his pocket and put it to his ear. No doubt, the first suspect was calling #2 to tell him about the clothing security tags and all about the clothing security.

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My employees that apprehend shoplifters recently caught a lady that was stealing clothing.  They clued into her because she was just grabbing clothing off of racks, without taking the time to look at prices or sizes.  Most people take a little time to choose the clothing that they want to purchase, so her actions raised some red flags.

While being observed, she tore the tag off of a purse and placed clothing items inside of it.  She then walked out of the store.

This lady was caught, but what if the loss prevention agents had not noticed her?  $100 worth of clothing would have been lost.  That may not seem like a lot, but if you consider the number of customers coming in and out of our business…if they all were behaving as this customer we would be experiencing an incredible loss. Such scenarios are not uncommon at businesses that sell clothing.

Clothing security is something that all business owners or managers should consider.  Your employees, while trained to help customers and watch for shoplifters, will not be able to watch everyone in your business all at one time.  Clothing security tags will assist your employees at protecting the very merchandise that they are hoping to sell.

Security tags on clothes are the eyes that you wish you had all over your store.  A clothing alarm is the same as having an employee right there, watching the merchandise and safeguarding it from those who wish to steal.  Clothing security tags alert employees by announcing that a theft is occurring, and are also a deterrent by simply being present.  Just as your employees are when they are helping customers.

Hiring additional help by employing clothing security will produce a great return on your investment.  Clothing security tags do not need breaks, pay raises, or vacations – just clothing to protect.

Security tags on clothes that activate a clothing alarm will shut down your shoplifting problem!

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Clothing security has been the topic of discussion by many softline retailers over the past years. How can we better protect our merchandise, how can we better provide clothing security?

Over the years theft trends have increased, demanding more of a dedicated need for clothing security. Merchandising high theft clothing items without any form of clothing security is a dangerous move.

Several years ago, I was working a large department store as loss prevention manager. I had a staff of loss prevention agents that helped me provide security tags on clothes. Yet even with loss prevention agents working for me, we still had a leak of merchandise. We had to identify what was being lost and what we could better do to prevent future occurrences. Our solution… increase security tags on clothes. Until then, we had only been putting security tags on clothes that were over a certain dollar limit. This was a good practice but ineffective are truly controlling a larger portion of the stores losses. We identified which types and brands of merchandise were being mostly taken. We lowered the price point for the security tags on clothes and we followed up with the execution of the clothing security program.

As we monitored the results over the next few months, we could really see the impact clothing security tags had on preventing and deterring potential theft and loss. Not to mention, we were able to explain to the store manager the benefits of clothing security tags and how effective beneficial clothing security tags were to his store and the business. Although he knew of clothing security tags, he saw no benefit earlier with clothing security tags only on high ticket items. Now, with security tags on clothes, our jobs became much easier.

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Want to make a quick buck?  Some people do by stealing merchandise from businesses, then trying to return the merchandise for cash.  This can be deterred by requiring a receipt for refunds, but even then some thieves will just steal what they have on a receipt already, or even create a fake receipt.

It sometimes seems that the thieves are always one step ahead – but that does not have to be case.  If your business sells clothing, clothing security is something that you need to consider in order to help reduce your losses.  Clothing is simple to steal, and it is often targeted for those seeking to make a profit by committing return fraud.

By having security tags on clothes, you can reduce the appeal of your clothing to shoplifters without reducing its appeal to your honest and paying customers.

You will not find very many shoplifters that want to risk a clothing alarm going off in order to steal your merchandise.  Also, clothing security is a visual deterrent, which once seen scares some shoplifters enough to not even want to try to steal the clothing in your business.  That’s a good situation to create. You will also find that clothing security tags begin to raise your employees awareness to shoplifting.

Your paying customers will not mind clothing security tags.  Security tags on clothes do not take away from the visual appeal of your merchandise, and your customers can still handle the clothing and try it on as they would if it was unsecured.  What clothing security does allow for is peace of mind for you, the business owner.

Investing in clothing security will make your business one step ahead of the shoplifters, instead of the other way around. Another aspect about a clothing alarm is that it will contribute to your over all security projection to criminals in general. This will help deter other crime.

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