Lurking In The Shadows- Alpha Nano Gate

I think every retailer I have ever worked for has stumbled across a shoplifter lurking in a back corner. They sit and they wait for an opportunity to remove retail anti theft devices or conceal their shoplifting efforts.
We have all seen the signs of these shoplifting safe havens. When you look under shelves, or tables you can find a mass of torn of price tags, or sometimes locate hoards of merchandise that a shoplifter is ferreting away to steal later on when they think the coast is clear.
While the obvious solution is to open up these back corners and areas, it is not always practical (or physically possible) to try and remerchandise the entire store to eliminate them. 
Another solution is to use retail anti theft devices like the Alpha Security Alpha Nano Gate. This is a product that is designed to fit into small spaces, or back areas of a store that lend themselves to shoplifting.
The Alpha Nano Gate is a miniature EAS tower that attaches onto a wall or other stable spot. As a customer or shoplifter enters the area with tagged merchandise, an alarm will go off alerting staff to a potential theft issue in progress.
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 

I think every retailer I have ever worked for has stumbled across a shoplifter lurking in a back corner. They sit and they wait for an opportunity to remove retail anti theft devices or conceal their shoplifting efforts.

We have all seen the signs of these shoplifting safe havens. When you look under shelves, or tables you can find a mass of torn of price tags, or sometimes locate hoards of merchandise that a shoplifter is ferreting away to steal later on when they think the coast is clear.

While the obvious solution is to open up these back corners and areas, it is not always practical (or physically possible) to try and remerchandise the entire store to eliminate them.

Another solution is to use retail anti theft devices like the Alpha Security Alpha Nano Gate. This is a product that is designed to fit into small spaces, or back areas of a store that lend themselves to shoplifting.

 The Alpha Nano Gate is a miniature EAS tower that attaches onto a wall or other stable spot. As a customer or shoplifter enters the area with tagged merchandise, an alarm will go off alerting staff to a potential theft issue in progress.

 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 

 

Is Shoplifting More Prevalent During The Holiday Season?

theft (12)Do you know the shoplifting laws in your state? Shoplifting is a crime and many businesses Do prosecute the shoplifter regardless of the amount they stole. Retail businesses and communities across the United States are more vigilant during this time of year due to the number of shoppers and merchandise they have in their stores. If you think you can steal without any repercussion, think again. People that are prosecuted for shoplifting can be charged with misdemeanor theft, and face up to $1,500 fine and six months in jail, although if it is their first offense the fine is usually less. For more news about shoplifting follow the links below.


2 Charged with Shoplifting from Coon Rapids Kohl’s 

Two Anoka County residents are facing charges after allegedly shoplifting from a Coon Rapids Kohl’s and attempting to flee police.

Officers were called to the Kohl’s on the 12700 block of Riverdale Boulevard around 6 p.m. on Black Friday on a report a shoplifting in progress. A loss prevention employee said a woman seemed to be putting merchandise in her purse.

An officer arrived and found a black Ford Taurus driving slowly through the parking lot, which eventually stopped at the front of the store. The suspect woman was then seen leaving the store and getting into the Taurus, according to the criminal complaint.

The officer turned on his squad car’s emergency lights and started issuing commands to the people inside the vehicle, but the driver of the Taurus allegedly continued to try to get away, getting repeatedly blocked by the officer’s squad car before giving up.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as 42-year-old Randal Anthony Daher of Fridley, and the woman was identified as 34-year-old Jennifer Jane Stoffers of Blaine.

The officers said they saw the Kohl’s merchandise in plain sight in the vehicle, the value of which was $594.98.


Norwalk Woman Charged With Shoplifting From Whole Foods

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Police arrested a Norwalk woman on charges of shoplifting from Whole Foods in Fairfield, adding to a growing number of arrests at the grocery store.

Amanda Maxwell, 54, of Westport Avenue, was spotted shoplifting by Whole Foods’ Loss Prevention on closed-circuit television and was stopped in the parking lot of the store at Kings Crossing Shopping Center on Grasmere Avenue, police said.

According to Loss Prevention officials, Maxwell emptied a full cart of food items into reusable plastic bags while shopping near the fish market, police said. She then attempted to leave with $155.46 worth of groceries without paying, according to police.


Great Falls merchants go on guard against shoplifting

Downtown Great Falls’ Amazing Toys owner Dave Campbell said his staff noticed that a $350 Legos set was missing from its perch. They searched the store and found the valuable toy stashed near the front door where a thief planned to retrieve it later.

Dragonfly Dry Goods owner Alison Fried said her staff warmly greets customers, which most shoppers welcome. But some folks, possibly with bad intentions, turn around and walk out the door. She said she has a good camera system inside and outside the store that videotapes 24 hours a day. Fried lets other downtown merchants know who to look for if her store has been hit by a shoplifter.

“We use the team approach,” she said. “We’re a cooperative community downtown.”

“Shrink,” a business concept that includes shoplifting, employee or supplier fraud and administrative errors, cost the retail industry around $42 billion in sales in the United States last year, according to the latest Global Retail Theft Barometer. Worldwide, those factors cost businesses $128 billion.


Employee Theft This Holiday Season

theft (2)Billions of dollars are lost every year due to shoplifting every year in the United States. Many retails stores prosecute every incident and some others choose not to contact the police. According to research, 64% of small businesses that have experienced employee theft, only 16% have reported the incident to authorities. One of the main reasons not to prosecute the employee according to the research is because the expense of hiring attorneys outweighs the theft committed by the employee. You can read more news about shoplifting by following the links below.


Shoplifters pepper spray Walmart employee during attempted toy theft

SAND SPRINGS — Police are searching for two women who used pepper spray on a Walmart employee while attempting to steal toys from the store Monday morning.

The robbery attempt happened about 1:30 a.m. when two women tried to leave the store with several toys, Sand Springs Deputy Police Chief Mike Carter said.

One of the women used pepper spray on an employee who intervened before they fled the area in a black or navy blue Chrysler PT Cruiser, Carter said.

Detailed descriptions of the shoplifters were not provided.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the Sand Springs Police Department at 918-245-8777.


5 ways to avoid employee theft and fraud at Christmas

Christmas: a time when many businesses celebrate the harmony between carols and cash registers. But while Christmas may be a cash cow for some, the combination of temporary staff, increased business activity and financial pressure on staff can move your business from booming to busted.

Employee fraud and theft have fast become a major problem for small businesses in Australia. According to KPMG, workplace fraud more than trebled between 1997 and 2012, costing businesses millions of dollars.

While employee fraud and theft happen all year round, the hectic nature of Christmas produces the perfect environment for staff, both long-standing and new, to become opportunistic.

You see, opportunity is one of the key drivers of employee theft. In a recent global survey by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 85 per cent of respondents admitted that they would commit a fraud if the ‘right’ circumstances existed.


Employee Theft Is More Widespread Than You Think

Think of all the ways stores lose money.

Pricing Errors. Damaged Goods. But what about when employees steal merchandise? It’s actually a lot more common than you would think.

There’s a reason your average shopper doesn’t know about this problem.

“It’s kind of an embarrassing topic,” says Richard Hollinger. He’s a criminology professor at the University of Florida and he’s been studying why and how employees steal for more than 25 years.

It all started when he was 16. He was working at a small grocery store just south of Macon, Georgia.

“Some of the guys around me, they would graze or eat their way through the store. And I asked them: ‘Stealing food and eating it while you’re at work: isn’t that theft?’ And they go, ‘No, that’s part of your fringe benefits package.’”


One For Each- Retail Anti Theft Devices

Alpha Security Alpha Jewel Lok is actually comprised of three different locking mechanisms for earrings. They recognized that they could not just make one style of Alpha Jewel Lok that would sufficiently protect all three styles of earrings available on the market today.
The Alpha Jewel Lok retail anti theft devices are hard to defeat locks that secure earrings onto the jewelry cards, preventing a shoplifter from easily stealing the merchandise.
The three kinds of locks are for hoop earrings, stud earrings and French wire earrings. Each lock designed with the specific characteristics of each earring in mind.
The stud earring locks not only attach the earring to the jewelry card by securing the post on the back, but they also incorporate a “parking” area for the backs to be kept. As anyone who wears a stud earring knows, the back is just as essential as the actual earring is when you are wearing them.
The French wires attach onto the wire with a low profile design that cannot be seen from the front. This helps keep a better visual appearance for these often flashy or highly decorative earrings.
Hoop earrings also need their own locks to prevent shoplifting. Just like the other two styles, the hoop posts are secured to the card from the back providing a secure deterrent from shoplifters.
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.

Alpha Security Alpha Jewel Lok is actually comprised of three different locking mechanisms for earrings. They recognized that they could not just make one style of Alpha Jewel Lok that would sufficiently protect all three styles of earrings available on the market today.

The Alpha Jewel Lok retail anti theft devices are hard to defeat locks that secure earrings onto the jewelry cards, preventing a shoplifter from easily stealing the merchandise.

The three kinds of locks are for hoop earrings, stud earrings and French wire earrings. Each lock designed with the specific characteristics of each earring in mind.

The stud earring locks not only attach the earring to the jewelry card by securing the post on the back, but they also incorporate a “parking” area for the backs to be kept. As anyone who wears a stud earring knows, the back is just as essential as the actual earring is when you are wearing them.

The French wires attach onto the wire with a low profile design that cannot be seen from the front. This helps keep a better visual appearance for these often flashy or highly decorative earrings.

Hoop earrings also need their own locks to prevent shoplifting. Just like the other two styles, the hoop posts are secured to the card from the back providing a secure deterrent from shoplifters.

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

 

Shoplifting And The Law

law-3Shoplifting has become a “silent crime” people want to ignore, and regardless of the time of year or the amount stolen, shoplifting is a serious crime that many states are finding hard to ignore. States across the United States are changing the law to prosecute shoplifters, and the charges can run from an “infraction,” or a misdemeanor, to felony charges. Shoplifting is a serious crime that we all need to take seriously. Read more news about this by following the links below.


Sales lure shoppers — and shoplifters

As shoppers finalize plans for a big weekend of holiday gift buying, retailers and law enforcement officers are making preparations to ensure merchandise is paid for before it leaves stores.

“It’s the Super Bowl of our year,” said John Leatherman, loss prevention leader at Scheels in West Des Moines’ Jordan Creek Town Center. “We’ll have a lot of people in here, and that makes our job that much more difficult.”

Retailers throughout Iowa and the nation have hired additional off-duty law enforcement officers to help patrol stores and parking lots during the annual Black Friday shopping bonanza, which attracts crowds of shoppers and shoplifters annually. In addition, police and sheriff’s departments have either staffed more officers or rearranged patrol routes Thursday through Sunday to keep tabs on potential traffic tie-ups, shoplifters and vehicle break-ins.
Individual stores such as Scheels beef up staffing in their loss prevention departments.
“Just because it’s a big shopping day doesn’t mean we won’t have shoplifters,” said Leatherman, whose team watches shoppers on a bank of monitors that are fed from


Retailers, cops prepare for holiday ‘shoplifting season’

Once the Thanksgiving turkey is wrapped in cellophane and days of leftovers lie ahead, stores prepare to be inundated with shoppers, as the Christmas shopping season begins.

As the number of shoppers goes up during the holiday season, the number of shoplifting cases increases as well.

In response, store security personnel prepare to be extra vigilant and police officers are prepared for an increase in shoplifting related calls.

“There is just that many more shoppers in the store,” said Layton Police Lt. Travis Lyman.

People feel pressure that time of year, Lyman said, and their dollars are spread a little more.

Each year, retailers lose millions of dollars in theft.

Utah has been hit by organized retail theft rings, which move from state to state, but for the most part, theft during the holiday season is a matter of volume.


Ho Ho Hope Shoplifters Don’t Walk off with Your Merchandise?

shoplifting1Shoplifters love this time of year. There are more people in the stores to help conceal their nefarious activities. There is also great new merchandise and a wide selection, plenty of stock in depth helps them also. What can you do?

Many of you are our customers already and have Checkpoint Systems and also utilize Alpha High Theft Solutions’ products. Unlike your unprotected neighbors, you have a serious advantage to control the thieves. The advantage for you is that your neighbors’ unprotected store merchandise is like a magnet to the shoplifters. When presented with equal valued merchandise that is protected by Checkpoint and Alpha or not protected, the shoplifter will certainly go after the unprotected merchandise.

As a Loss Prevention Systems customer who has purchased your system through us, purchases labels or tags or have PM agreements, you are also eligible for ongoing LIVE training. Our “Shoplifting, because LOSS is a four letter word” training will prepare you and your staff to deal with the shoplifter. This training teaches you how to go on the offense with shoplifters while delighting your good customers.

Keep in mind that we suggest that you use this training for existing and new employees. Because it is live we make it interactive.  Therefore it is a great refresher or ideal for a new retail associate. We will conduct these sessions as reasonably often as you need them. Just call us to schedule.

If you are not a Loss Prevention Systems customer and are interested in this training, simply call us for pricing. We will be happy to assist you.

Shoplifting is simply a business problem that we help you deal with utilizing business proven, commercial grade solutions and techniques provided by professionals that know shoplifting. As the founder and CEO of Loss Prevention Systems, I have dealt with shoplifters all the way from apprehending them during my store detective days to the Board room. With a degree in Industrial Security and over 35 years of experience personally, we are there for our customers. LPSI’s commitment goes on long after the sale.
Our shoplifting training covers:
-The law in your state
-Who is the shoplifter?
-How to spot a shoplifter
-How to go on the offense with them while providing a great atmosphere for your good customers
-What to do and not to do, if you have to confront a shoplifter
-And much more.

It is not too late to get on the schedule. Call today!

Have a great and prosperous holiday selling season!


Tamper Free Living- Alpha 2 Alarm

The best feature of the Alpha Security Alpha 2 Alarm products is their anti tamper alarm system. Built into each of their Alpha 2 Alarm retail anti theft devices is an audible alarm that emits a loud siren when the device is tampered with.
When you prevent shoplifting, having retail anti theft devices that monitors your merchandise every step of the way is an important feature to have. It is one of those functions that when you start to use it, you realize what a difference it can make. You also start to realize what you have been missing out on by not having it.
Most common shoplifters will simply bypass stealing from a business that uses retail anti theft devices. However, there are more organized, career criminals that will make attempts at defeating these devices. When you use the Alpha 2 Alarm products, you reduce the likelihood of even a career criminal attempting to defeat the EAS tags. 
The ones who still make their attempts will discover that they set off the alarm in the store while tampering with the device. Not only will it potentially stop the theft in progress, but it will also help you identify potential thieves in your store as their anonymity has been blown, 
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 

The best feature of the Alpha Security Alpha 2 Alarm products is their anti tamper alarm system. Built into each of their Alpha 2 Alarm retail anti theft devices is an audible alarm that emits a loud siren when the device is tampered with.

When you prevent shoplifting, having retail anti theft devices that monitors your merchandise every step of the way is an important feature to have. It is one of those functions that when you start to use it, you realize what a difference it can make. You also start to realize what you have been missing out on by not having it.

Most common shoplifters will simply bypass stealing from a business that uses retail anti theft devices. However, there are more organized, career criminals that will make attempts at defeating these devices. When you use the Alpha 2 Alarm products, you reduce the likelihood of even a career criminal attempting to defeat the EAS tags.

The ones who still make their attempts will discover that they set off the alarm in the store while tampering with the device. Not only will it potentially stop the theft in progress, but it will also help you identify potential thieves in your store as their anonymity has been blown.

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 

 

Gambling and Embezzlement – It’s That Time of Year

theft (2)Anyone with a business knows the holidays bring a distinctive set of challenges. For many owners one of the biggest is the increased risk of loss and fraud through consumer theft. Other owners are relieved that they aren’t in those kinds of businesses and believe that they don’t need to “worry about all that stuff”. But, they forget about or ignore employee theft.

All businesses are subjected to the increased possibility of theft around this time of year. The holidays are exactly the time to monitor employees and financials for signs of embezzlement. There are a few reasons why incidents of embezzlement are more likely to start or increase now. One of them, that’s regularly overlooked, is gambling addiction.

The Marquet Report on Embezzlement is the culmination of a 5 year study which looked into employee misappropriation. It found that gambling addiction is one of the top 2 reasons people embezzle. Therefore, it’s important for an employer to be aware of this issue and to know what to look for, especially now.

For most people increased stress is a given in the months of November and December. Gambling addicts respond to stress by gambling more and when they gamble more they lose more. They then gamble more to try to cover their losses, get back to even, or hit the big score. This leads to more losing and the cycle continuing. Inevitably, they run out of money and accumulate debt they can’t repay.

Because of the season money irregularities can become more pronounced in their domestic situation, triggering more stress, lies and gambling. Gambling addicts will go to drastic measures to cover up their addiction. Now, feeling more pressure, they may embezzle for the first time or steal larger amounts.

But, this doesn’t happen in a vacuum, there’re always signs along the way that something is wrong. Some of the signs to look for include the following.

  • Giving flimsy excuses or lying about absences during the day. This can be more pronounced in areas where there’s a gambling venue.
  • Inappropriately defensive or dishonest when talking about spending habits or income.
  • Asking for advances on pay and/or frequently borrowing money from co-workers.
  • Excessively talking about and showing interest in gambling games, venues, beating the system, odds, etc.
  • Suspiciously guarded and controlling of the company’s financial records.
  • Taking financial work home, even though there’s time to do it during the business day.
  • Insisting on being in charge of bills, invoices, payments, receivables, dealing with vendors, etc.

Embezzlement can emotionally and financially devastate an organization. At best it‘s a violation of trust and at worst it can cause a business to go bankrupt. Nobody likes to think about or have trouble this time of the year, but a good manger doesn’t ignore problems no matter what the season.

Nicole Abbott – writer, educator and psycho-therapist


 

Shoplifting News

shoplifting5These are some of the articles and news concerning shoplifting around the country. As the busiest shopping season begins, retailer stores and their management are more vigilant about shoplifters and how to deter them from entering their store and walking away with merchandise. To read more about shoplifting, follow the links below.


Burglar Returns After Veterans Day Break-In of Paratrooper’s Home. This Time The Soldier Is Waiting.

After a man recently broke into his house on the night of Veterans Day, Andrew Myers, a paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne, decided he would not become a victim again.

Meyers posted his story, along with video, to LiveLeak:

“‘I installed motion sensors and door chimes immediately and sat on edge… it only took 2 days for him to return but this time after finding the bottom door locked, he just made his way around my house to attempt to gain entry upstairs (where my GF and dog are).

Once I told him he wasn’t coming in, and wasn’t leaving till he talked to the police he struggled to get away and tried a huge haymaker on the porch and ate an uppercut for his troubles.(off camera)

He was just about “out” on the porch but I realized I wanted anything that happened to be on camera so I drug him down the stairs. The rest can be seen on camera…’”

Meyers also set his clip to music and posted it to his YouTube account Sunday. Fox and Friends then showed the video this morning and it’s gone viral as a result.


Shoplifting costs nothing……or does it?

(NBC) – A new study finds shoplifting costs US consumers hundreds of dollars a year.

According to the business website Checkpoint, shoplifting, along with employee theft, costs US businesses $42 billion per year.

That turns out to an annual average of about $403 per US household.

The most frequently stolen items include clothing, mobile phone accessories, power tools, wine and make-up products.


Woman Leaves Baby Behind Fleeing From Shoplifting Accusation

A Lexington woman is behind bars after police say she left her nine-month-old child in the lobby of a Walmart after she was confronted about shoplifting.

The arrest citation says 30-year-old Samantha Lyons went to the Walmart in Hamburg on Tuesday afternoon with her nine-month-old and the child’s father, and that surveillance video caught her putting store items inside a bag.

The citation, which also refers to Lyons as Samantha Baker, says as she tried to leave, she was confronted by loss prevention and that is when Lyons, along with the child’s father, ran, leaving the baby behind.

It’s unclear what happened after she fled, but she was arrested back at the Walmart around three hours later.

Documents say Lyons admitted to stealing the items from Walmart.

Lyons is charged with theft by unlawlful taking and abandoning a minor. She is expected to be in court Wednesday.

Police have not released the father’s name. It’s not clear if he faces any charges.


Unlock The Code- Alpha Security

Alpha Security uses many different kinds of retail anti theft devices in their efforts to prevent shoplifting and reduce inventory shrink. While there are many retail anti theft devices, Alpha Security wanted retailers to be able to use a universal key to detach them. This would limit confusion at the point of sale and ensure speedy checkout, as cashiers would not have to flip between multiple keys to detach multiple styles of retail anti theft devices.
The problem comes from multiple retailers using the same kind of detacher key. Shoplifters are starting to steal the detacher keys and use them for their own theft purposes. We are even seeing employees accidentally lose their key and shoplifters finding them and using them.
Needless to say, it would be unbearably expensive for a small business to have to reinvest in an entirely new security system just because of one lost or stolen detacher key. Alpha Security, realizing that this was starting to arise as a major issue, immediately began to develop a new key: The S3verify Key and devices. 
Now, these keys and retail anti theft devices have a store specific code. Similar to a chip encoded car key, without the proper key, the locks will not open. A stolen key will erase itself preventing a shoplifter to use it.
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 

Alpha Security uses many different kinds of retail anti theft devices in their efforts to prevent shoplifting and reduce inventory shrink. While there are many retail anti theft devices, Alpha Security wanted retailers to be able to use a universal key to detach them. This would limit confusion at the point of sale and ensure speedy checkout, as cashiers would not have to flip between multiple keys to detach multiple styles of retail anti theft devices.

The problem comes from multiple retailers using the same kind of detacher key. Shoplifters are starting to steal the detacher keys and use them for their own theft purposes. We are even seeing employees accidentally lose their key and shoplifters finding them and using them.

Needless to say, it would be unbearably expensive for a small business to have to reinvest in an entirely new security system just because of one lost or stolen detacher key. Alpha Security, realizing that this was starting to arise as a major issue, immediately began to develop a new key: The S3verify Key and devices

Now, these keys and retail anti theft devices have a store specific code. Similar to a chip encoded car key, without the proper key, the locks will not open. A stolen key will erase itself preventing a shoplifter to use it.

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