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The Ups and Downs – Alpha Nano Gate

September 16, 2013 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Once upon a time I used only retail anti-theft devices like hard and soft tags in conjunction with my exit door towers to prevent shoplifting. For the most part, we saw very few attempts at theft because we were diligent in our tagging efforts. Things looked good for our store and our shrink results reinforced our dedication to retail anti-theft devices.

This was at a high-end retailer that I used to work for. The store had two levels with escalators going up and down in the center atrium. If anyone went up or down, we knew about it. There was no need to have anything like the Alpha Security Nano Gate at the escalators because of our great visibility.

What we could have used the Alpha Nano Gate for (if it had existed back then) was the elevator. The elevator was tucked away in a far corner right next to an exterior door. To this day, I don’t know how much merchandise we lost out that door because someone picked up something on the second floor, went down the elevator and then scooted right out the door. It was because we had no way of monitoring the elevator or that exit door.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store for Alpha 2Alarm, Alpha 3Alarm, Alpha Fashion2, Alpha Jewel Lok, Alpha Nano Gate, Alpha Shark Tag, Alpha Spider Wrap and other retail anti-theft devices from Alpha Security to use in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.

For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

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High Performance Vehicle – Prevent Shoplifting

September 9, 2013 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

What do cars and clothes have in common? Both have alarms on them that people have stopped paying attention to. Retail theft prevention needs to find a way to get past the false alarm and really start to prevent shoplifting.

Alpha Security systems are designed with a retail anti-theft device (like their Alpha 2 Alarm or the Alpha 3 Alarm) and some sort of transmission system like a pedestal or the Alpha Security Alpha Nano Gate.

These components come in a variety of applications and specializations. They also provide specific levels of protection.

For an item like a high theft, expensive handbag you might want an Alpha 3 Alarm. The alarm will activate not only if the tag is tampered with, but will also provide an audible directly from the tag if the handbag is removed from the store without being deactivated. It is handy if the bag is concealed as the method of theft.

If your retail anti-theft device needs are simple, use an Alpha 2 Alarm product. It will only activate if tampered with and the door alarms will sound if not deactivated. That is good for products where someone tries to take merchandise out of the box/packaging to steal it, like electronics or power tools.

For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

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A Little Something For You – Alpha 2 Alarm

September 2, 2013 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

When I picture EAS alarms, I have images of hard plastic tags with pins designed for clothing stores or stuck inside of DVDs. These tags set off the alarms at the doors at the big retail shops that need them to prevent shoplifting. What doesn’t come to mind is liquor stores using retail anti theft devices for security in their stores.

Obviously, the little plastic tags and pins are completely ineffective on a glass liquor or wine bottle. As a small business owner with limited resources, there is no room for error or for the margin loss incurred by the theft of even one bottle. It is shame that these hardworking shop owners were left with minimal protection.

Luckily, Alpha Security changed all of that. They created several retail anti theft devices specifically designed for liquor and wine bottles. Alpha Security created a line of bottle locks that range from small clear caps to steel bands all embedded with EAS tags. Some of them even boast the alarms (think Alpha 2 Alarm) hidden inside.

The Alpha 2 Alarm will sound at the exit doors, as well as sounding inside the store if the Alpha 2 alarm is tampered with.

For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547.

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The Strength of The Cable – Alpha 2 Alarm

August 29, 2013 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

One of the most impressive parts of the Alpha Security Alpha 2 Alarm retail anti- theft device is not the actual alarm or the technology that is carried inside of these little devices. What is really impressive is the security cable that wraps around the merchandise and connects the tag.

When you attach the Alpha 2 Alarm, you want to be sure that it is going to do everything it can. That is why when they made their Alpha 2 Alarm to prevent shoplifting, Alpha Security thought about every single component.

This security cable is specially designed to not be cut. There is an exterior coating that protects your merchandise from catches and snags. The interior is super strong while remaining thin and pliable. You could try everything from kitchen scissors to wire cutters and the cable will remain uncut and undamaged.

Try as they might, shoplifters will not stand a chance of defeating these tags by trying to cut the cables. As we all know, if you can’t get the retail anti-theft devices off of the merchandise without a hassle, a shoplifter will put the item down and walk away.

For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Foil Their Plans – Alpha 3 Alarm

August 16, 2013 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

If you look at modern day methods of shoplifting, you will find one in particular has been a little difficult to combat – foil lined bags or jackets. When retail anti-theft devices are concealed in the foil lining of those bags or jackets, it potentially will not register an alarm like it is supposed to. The thief can remove the tag at their leisure in their own private surroundings, once they have safely exited the store without detection.

Alpha Security, knowing that this has been an ongoing problem, has made a new line of retail anti-theft devices known as Alpha 3 Alarm.

They have preformed a series of tests where they envelope Alpha 3 Alarm products in a layer of foil. They measure the results and work up to four layers of foil.

What they found was the second layer that was added creates a small bubble that the Alpha 3 Alarm tag doesn’t register in. However, increasing the number of layers of foil does not increase that bubble.

Alpha 3 Alarm products secure the merchandise better to prevent shoplifting of those items, compared to other manufacturers retail anti-theft devices.

For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

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An Invaluable Resource – Alpha Spider Wraps

August 1, 2013 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

I have a friend who is a district loss prevention investigator for a national hardware chain. She has seen the rise and fall of many trends from both shoplifters and employee theft cases. She also has had the opportunity to see the impact the addition of Alpha Security Alpha Spider Wrap retail anti-theft devices has made over the years.

If it wasn’t for the Alpha Spider Wrap, the losses from high dollar power tools and other boxed items would be thousands of dollars more than what it is in these stores. The addition of retail anti-theft devices has helped to mitigate or prevent shoplifting in these high loss areas.

Power tools are a huge loss item because they have enormous resale value and opportunity. They are easily pawned, used or sold to another person on the streets or job sites. If they were not so easy to unload for profit, they would not be stolen so frequently.

My friend has said numerous times that the Alpha Spider Wrap has been an invaluable resource and an effective retail anti theft device.

For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Go With Plan B – Alpha 2 Alarm

July 29, 2013 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

We recently re-designed the tool area of our store. Because the new area is a closed off horseshoe shape, it was deemed a corral. The concept was to reduce our shrink in power tools. If the shoplifters only had one way in and one way out of the department, there would be a greater chance of them being detected. Unfortunately, this didn’t work as well as expected so we went to plan B – Alpha Security’s Alpha Spider Wrap.

With no one watching the area, it didn’t matter how few exits there were out of the department. What did work was the implementation of our Alpha Spider Wraps. Since they are attached to the outside of the boxes of our high theft power tools, there was now a means to permanently prevent shoplifting regardless of how many labor hours involved.

The best part about having the Alpha Security Alpha Spider Wrap in play is that they are equipped with an Alpha 2 Alarm.

Simply put, the Alpha 2 Alarm is an upgraded retail anti-theft device that sets off alarms at the doors if they are not properly deactivated. Additionally the Alpha 2 Alarm is a tamper evident alarm. If someone tries to remove or otherwise tamper with this retail anti-theft device, it will give an audible alarm to prevent shoplifting.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store for Alpha 2 Alarm, Alpha 3 Alarm, Alpha Fashion2, Alpha Jewel Lok, Alpha Nano Gate, Alpha Shark Tag, Alpha Spider Wrap and other retail anti-theft devices from Alpha Security to use in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.

For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Where You Going? – Alpha 3 Alarm

July 22, 2013 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Most of us are aware that equal parts effective customer service, and consistent use of retail anti theft devices are needed when trying to prevent shoplifting in your store. However, it is a matter of when each part is most effective and should be utilized.

Let me explain, at some point, your associates have to stop engaging a shoplifter and attend to other tasks. Even when you know that they will steal, at some point, you may have to back off.

I have spent countless hours watching shoplifters, so I know the time involved to prevent shoplifting. One time I spent half an hour “cleaning” the fitting room, because there was a girl inside, who was going to steal a shirt, and wasn’t going to do it while I was around. Eventually, I had to go attend to another managerial issue that could not wait. Sure enough, as soon as I left, the girl took the shirt.

This is a prime example where retail anti theft devices can pick up where customer service lets off.

Not only did I lose the shirt, but I also lost the thirty minutes of productivity (and a bit of my ego) in the process.

Had we used some of the Alpha Security Alpha 3 Alarms, we never would have been in that situation. The Alpha 3 Alarms act like a normal EAS tag that sounds at the doors. Additionally, Alpha Security made sure that the tags would alarm if they were tampered with by, say a shoplifter in a fitting room? They also create an audible on the tags so if the shoplifter just makes a break for it without removing the alarm, the audible will sound from the product as they continue to run from the store- so you and everyone else will know where they are.

For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547.

Best Wishes and Good Luck – Alpha Security

July 14, 2013 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

I read an article in a loss prevention trade magazine that was talking about one of the head honchos of the company Alpha Security is retiring. He was responsible for many of the new retail anti-theft devices that Alpha Security currently is using with enormous amounts of success.

This conveys that, as a company, Alpha Security values people and ideas, not just profits. It shows in their products. They are not designed to break the banks of small business owners. These retail anti-theft devices are designed to give small business owners a fighting shot at staying in business and not going down because they were the victims of shoplifters.

When so many companies are dead set on profits above all, it was heartwarming to see a story about more than just record setting profits. Seeing someone with such accolades being remembered for his personality and commitment to prevent shoplifting speaks volumes.

His peers all seemed to think he was a great guy, quiet and unassuming always looking for the next great innovation. He wanted to provide a valuable service to the industry. We should all wish him luck and best wishes in his retirement.

For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

The Next Big Thing – Alpha Security

July 8, 2013 by Staff Editor Leave a Comment

Most of the other companies only want to see what is currently out on the market. They feel that a tag is a tag is a tag. If it works, why try to fix it? Not so here. With Alpha Security, innovation speaks volumes. Why would you go for a one size fits all solution when your security problems range in size and severity?

Who is Alpha Security? I guess I should back up a bit. They are a highly reputable company that designs, sells retail anti-theft devices. Their whole mission is to prevent shoplifting in both big and small retail establishments by making solutions that work for their individual scenarios and concerns.

Alpha Security took the basic retail anti-theft device (or EAS tags) and improved on them by making them work for specific situations. There aren’t many companies out there that are interested in doing that. Most of the companies in the business to prevent shoplifting want you to use the tools that are currently in play. It saves them from having to spend money on research and development to come up with the next big thing.

For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547