The Dummy Case- Stop Shoplifting

I had a store that was having an extremely hard time with one of their packaged products being stolen. For an attempt at anti shoplifting the store started to put out dummy cases in place of live product.

A dummy case is basically an empty package that sits on a selling shelf. Sometimes it acts as a display, sometimes the customer brings the empty box to the register- then they get the actual product at check out. Video rental stores notoriously did the latter.

In our situation, the dummy case was more for display and retail theft prevention. Since the actual product was kept separately, we didn’t need to worry about the case being taken. I guess we forgot to let the shoplifters know because the next day I saw an employee putting out a new empty case.

When I asked why, he told me that someone came and took the box. Holding back my laughter, I told the employee it was ok, because the thief had worked really hard to steal an empty case. Imagine their surprise when they got the case open and discovered there was nothing inside.

Retail theft prevention doesn’t have to be complicated; it just has to be smarter than your average criminal.

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