When a business looks at ways on how to prevent shoplifting they have to look at every aspect of their business.  They have to look at what areas of the store are more vulnerable than others. They use Retail anti theft devices to protect their merchandise in the store. But to prevent shoplifting it takes every employee to become part of the preventive measures.

      Business owners must show their staff how to use the Retail anti theft devices properly. When they educate their staff they are helping their business lower their losses. The staff is the first line of defense in the battle that all retailers must endure to prevent shoplifting, internal theft and paper work error.  

      Retail anti theft devices come in all different shapes and types to be used in protecting various items from clothing items to electronics items. But along with the use of these devices to prevent shoplifting employers must show employees method of being proactive to prevent theft. Employees need to understand that doing things such as greeting customers that enter a department and reporting suspicious situation to management or security.

      Employees must understand that they are all an important part to securing the assets of the store along with the Loss prevention staff. So for any business to have a successful program to prevent shoplifting the entire staff needs to be involved. Depending on the use of Retail anti theft devices alone will not make for a successful security program. The only way for a business to succeed in protecting their asset is if all employees work together as a team.

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For those with retail anti theft devices by Alpha Security you have probably noticed a reduction in theft.  Alpha’s EAS tags are a great product to prevent shoplifting.  But are you getting the full use out of your Alpha 3 alarm technology?

 The Nano Gate is a product that is commonly left out when purchasing the Alpha system, but is an important component.  The Nano Gate can be placed in strategic sections of your business to help you get the most of your 3 alarm technology.  When items with the 3 alarm tags pass by the Nano Gate it activates the alarm on the sensor tag.  This brings unwanted attention to the customer, employee or vendor trying to steal and gives you reasonable cause to do a package inspection.  (It’s hard to say the alarm going off in your pocket or bag isn’t a tag). 

 The Nano Gate is a great solution as it has plug and play installation so it can be put anywhere.  You can install it at your entrance and exits.  It can be installed by restrooms to keep thieves from stealing product in there.  I can be installed at your back receiving doors to keep vendors and employees from walking product out of the back.  Wherever you want to install the Nano Gate you can.  It is a great solution to bolster your current anti-theft program and will help reduce theft from all parties.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store for retail anti theft devices that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.

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Whether you are a seasoned LP Professional or new using retail anti theft devices I have a new solution I want to discuss.  It is called Spider Wrap and is made by Alpha Security.  I have been thoroughly impressed with the line of products by Alpha as they aim to provide solutions to a myriad of products.

 I have often found items that were hard to protect with standards EAS tags.  For years it seems there have only been two EAS solutions: hard tags and soft tags.  While these are great, there are some products that just need something else.  The product may be in an odd shaped package.  I may not come in a package, but just be wrapped in plastic (which does not give you anywhere to apply a tag).  Whatever the complication, the Spider Wrap is a great solution.

 The Spider Wrap is a set of wires that wrap around odly shaped product and come together at a sensor tag.  It can house items in clam shells, small boxes and other odd shaped packages. It does not take up any real space so you can still stock a serviceable amount of product on the peg or shelf.  Another great positive is that the deactivator is the same S3 key that is used on the rest of your Alpha products.  (I can’t tell you how convenient I have found just having one deactivating device for all of my products.)  All-in-all this just one more in a great line of retail anti theft devices that you can use in your attempt to prevent shoplifting.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store for retail anti theft devices that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.

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Stop right there.  Minds out of the gutters.  You can certainly use retail anti theft devices such as EAS tags to prevent shoplifting of the under garments you may sell.  What I am talking about are your other accessories.  Items such as: sunglasses, belts, shoes, handbags, small packaged items, etc.  They say “big things come in small packages” for a reason.  That reason is that many small accessories are quite expensive.

 For many years EAS tags came in two types.  The first is hard tags that are generally large and require a pin and label to attach the tag to the item.  Can’t really use that on sunglasses.  The other option was to use soft tags, but those are a little easier to remove than hard tags.  Well now there are hard tags from Alpha Security designed to fit these smaller and unique items.  Alpha’s “Mag Accessory Tags” and “Eyewear Tags” can be used on your existing AM and RF EAS systems. 

 The Eyewear tags are made specifically for putting on glasses.  These can go on sunglasses or even prescription glasses that you may sell.  They are durable and hard for shoplifters to remove.  Since they will trigger your EAS alarm they will go a long way toward reducing theft.

 The Mag Accessory Tag is the other great option for small items.  They are less bulky than traditional hard tags and have a small corded loop that is used to attach to the product versus a pin that goes through the product.  These can be applied to most anything but boxes and will prevent shoplifting much better than traditional soft tags. 

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store for retail anti theft devices that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.

 For more information on how you can use retail anti theft devices to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Shrink is a very important part of business.  It has just as much affect on the bottom line as does sales.  A major source of shrink in many retail stores is shoplifting.  So how can one prevent shoplifting?  The answer in part is to use retail anti theft devices. The other part is good customer service and increase sales.

 Let me explain.  Retail anti theft devices, such as sensor tags and keeper cases, work to deter shoplifters from taking products.  Sensor tags set off alarms and bring unwanted attention to shoplifters.  To this end many shoplifters will refrain from taking your product and go somewhere else.  Keeper cases and spider wraps from Alpha Security do much the same thing.  They secure your product and make it hard to steal.  This again will cause many shoplifters to leave your product on the shelves, which is where you want it.

 This serves two important functions.  One, it keeps you from assuming losses due to theft.  This will make you more profitable at the end of the day as you now have less shrink eating away from your bottom line.  Secondly, it will increase sales and reduce shrink.  Sales are increased by the availability of the product for your customer.  Customers can’t buy product if shoplifters wipe out the shelves before they get the chance.  So now we have sales on the rise.  This in and of itself reduces shrink. 

 All good LP professionals understand the concept of “out selling” your shrink.  Since shrink is derived from dividing you losses into your sales, the larger your sales are the lower your shrink percent.  Losses are always going to be part of your business so focus on sales and use retail anti theft devices to counter this evil.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store for retail anti theft devices that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.

 For more information on how you can use retail anti theft devices to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

Have you ever noticed how many retail anti theft devices work against standard logic to driving sales?  I have to admit that on many occasions I shudder when I hear our promotions department talk about a new sales strategy because it usually is counterintuitive to standard loss prevention programs.  One of the new developers of retail anti theft devices is really bridging the gap with their ground breaking technology.  Alpha security has put a lot of focus in the design of its products to finally bring sales and shoplifting prevention together.

 One great product for stores that sell electronic devices is the Media Display
Stand.  These stands do two things.  One, they provide power to your electronic display units so customers can test the products to find the one they like.  Two, they have a security alarm that allows you to be alerted if a thief tries to cut the cable and steal the unit.

 I think we can all agree that you will sell many more electronic devices when a customer can test the unit.  You can look at a phone or camera, but it is not until you can try it out that you are really able to appreciate all that the product has to offer.  With this said the first component of the Media Display Stand (the power function) will really help you drive sales by ensuring that customers will always be able to try out charged units.  Secondly, there is no value that can be assessed to the ability to prevent shoplifting.  There is not a lot of margin built into electronics.  For this reason shoplifting is very impactful.  Being able to be alerted to potential theft is critical to any business that sells electronics.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store for retail anti theft devices that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.

 For more information on how you can use retail anti theft devices to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

 

Many business owners know how impactful merchandise presentation can be for sales.  Did you also know it has a huge impact on your ability to prevent shoplifting as well?  It does.  Shoplifters, especially professionals, aim to get in the store, steal your merchandise and exit as rapidly as possible.  To this end where and how you have your merchandise set up plays a large role in your susceptibility to being stolen from.

 For example, you don’t really want to put your most expensive merchandise right by the door.  The expensive merchandise is best suited closer to the register where associates can keep an eye on it.  Same rule of thumb goes for small and easy to conceal items.  You will want to put those near the register.  They make good impulse buys as the legit customer is going to the register anyway.  This also keeps the small stuff under the watchful eyes of the employees.

 Additionally, I recommend using retail anti theft devices to aid in your attempts to prevent shoplifting.  One great product that serves to aid in merchandise presentation and product security is the Keeper case from Alpha Security.  These cases can be used to hold that small product and keep it from being easily stolen.  Unlike a locking cabinet, the customer can still handle the merchandise themselves as it is openly displayed.  This is great for sales as customer like to be able to self service themselves up until checkout.  The cashier uses a key to remove the item from the Keeper and customer service is not impacted, but shoplifting opportunity is.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store for retail anti theft devices that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.

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Most business owners understand the importance of putting products in customer’s hands.  All sales are much like buying a new car.  If you look at the car on-line your interest might be piqued.  If you go to the lot and look at the car you start to “feel the itch”.  Once you take the car for that test drive you are sold.  The same thing goes for standard retail items as well.  The problem that we all face is theft.  You wouldn’t let someone test drive the car without a salesman with them.  To that end, I wonder how many car sales are lost because that customer looked, but did not drive.

 Again, we can apply the same logic to retail sales.  A customer may read about a new electronic gadget on-line.  They then may come to your store to look at it.  If they see it through a case and they can’t touch it, feel it, play with it and experience what that device has to offer then your chances of a sale are greatly reduced.  But just like that car, you can’t afford to let people have full access to high priced small electronics or they will be gone.  Enter Showsafe.  This is a retail anti theft device by Alpha security that allows you to display products for customers to be able to handle and test out while still helping you prevent shoplifting. 

 The showsafe system has cables that attach the handheld electronic devices to the system.  The customers can pick up and “test drive” the product, but the security cables prevent shoplifting from occurring.  If some wise guy tries to cut the cable, the system will alarm and give the employees time to react to the theft.  Showsafe is a win-win solution to aid in sales and prevent shoplifting.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store for retail anti theft devices that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.

 For more information on how you can use retail anti theft devices to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

Wouldn’t it be great if merchandise could help raise an alert when someone was attempting to steal it?  Now it can.  Alpha Security provides several retail anti theft devices that alert you to theft in several ways.

 The first way is with the AM or RF (whichever you choose) alarm system that you use.  The Alpha spider wraps and S3 alarm tags will work with your existing EAS system to sound the door alarms when someone tries to leave with tagged merchandise.  Additionally, both devices have built in alarms that will activate if the product is taken too far from the store.  Imagine someone trying to load up a bag full of product and then walk through the mall with all of these alarms going off in their bag.  Call me crazy, but I imagine that will bring them quite a lot of unwanted attention.

 Finally, the spider wraps will alarm if they are tampered with.  The spider wraps have a wire that is used to wrap around the product and attach the device to the product.  If someone tries to cut the wire to remove the spider wrap then the alarm sounds and employees can respond immediately to the situation.

 Retail anti theft devices are never going to stop all of the theft, but you will be amazed at how much you can prevent shoplifting with tags that “speak for themselves”.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store for retail anti theft devices that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.

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We use the word “culture” a lot in business.  As we have all gotten a little smarter we have realized that all initiatives, in order to be successful, have to have the buy in of the associates at large. To prevent shoplifting there is no exception.

 There are many tools to help prevent shoplifting.  Retail anti theft devices such as EAS tags, Keepers, CCTV, etc. are all useful tools to aid in your shoplifting problem.  In truth though, it takes much more than these.  It takes a culture of awareness and commitment to protect the merchandise.

 For example, I have several stores where the managers don’t really believe in the value of our retail anti theft devices.  In turn, the associates are not diligent in ensuring the tags are on the products and the systems work properly.  Additionally, they do not pay any attention when the EAS alarm goes off.  It is no coincidence that these stores are my high shrink and high theft stores.

 On the other hand I have several stores where this is a focus.  The whole associate base (down to the baggers) knows what to look for in a shoplifter and they know the right kind of “customer service” to give suspicious characters.  They test their Checkpoint EAS systems daily to ensure functionality.  They also ensure that all items on the tagging list are protected.  To no surprise, they do a fantastic job in protecting the product.  When they do get thieves, they are typically not professionals and they “spook” a lot of potential thieves away by being alert.

 In order to really get at the root of shoplifting you have to create a culture of awareness and understanding.  Then you will really see the value of your retail anti theft devices in action.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store for retail anti theft devices that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.

 For more information on how you can use retail anti theft devices to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia