When you use people counting systems, I have no doubt that you are looking for analytics like traffic patterns, conversion rates, and general customer traffic to determine your busy times. You are probably finding out that there are multitudes of ways to take that data and increase not only your revenue, but also the overall success of your business.
Looking at the reports, you may have already found that you can readjust your employee schedules to have more coverage during your busy times- based off of a more accurate metric of customer count instead of straight sales. Even if you have a low conversion rate, increasing employees during your high customer traffic times can create an increase to your sales.
Did you know that you could take your EAS report and tie it into your people counting reports? The point being, you can actually pinpoint shoplifting and theft trends in your store. The best way to do this is to take the report of when your EAS system is registering alarms and compare it to the total customers, and also total sales during this same time frame.
If you start to track these numbers over a few weeks or even a month, you might see a pattern starting to develop. You might notice that you have more alarms during a certain day of the week, or a certain time frame. You might see a pattern of lower sales, but higher traffic- indicating the people entering your store are not buying, because they are shoplifting.
These are the times that you want to be more attentive to the people coming in. Increasing employees to keep an eye out for theft is also a great deterrent, since you already have an EAS system in place.
Many retailers don’t realize just how hard it is to prevent shoplifting once the shoplifter has started their process. If a shoplifter has come into the store and weighed the effectiveness of your security with their own level of confidence and decided they can get away with the theft, it is too late.
Once a shoplifter’s eye is on a prize, it can be extremely difficult to persuade them to not take the merchandise and go quietly out of the store.
Now that the shoplifter has a goal in mind, and a plan, they have already started to mentally tear down any measures you have in place to prevent shoplifting. The good news is that most stores who have minimal security can actually reduce the losses by shoplifters, if they start to add additional security features.
By beefing up retail anti theft devices in particular ones produced by Alpha Security, you start to weigh the scales back into your favor, persuading the shoplifter to steal somewhere less risky.
When a potential shoplifter enters a store and sees multiple ways to prevent shoplifting like caring and attentive employees and retail ant theft devices, suddenly the desire to steal is outweighed by the desire to not get caught.
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
Many retailers don’t realize just how hard it is to prevent shoplifting once the shoplifter has started their process. If a shoplifter has come into the store and weighed the effectiveness of your security with their own level of confidence and decided they can get away with the theft, it is too late.
Once a shoplifter’s eye is on a prize, it can be extremely difficult to persuade them to not take the merchandise and go quietly out of the store.
Now that the shoplifter has a goal in mind, and a plan, they have already started to mentally tear down any measures you have in place to prevent shoplifting. The good news is that most stores who have minimal security can actually reduce the losses by shoplifters, if they start to add additional security features.
By beefing up retail anti theft devices in particular ones produced by Alpha Security, you start to weigh the scales back into your favor, persuading the shoplifter to steal somewhere less risky.
When a potential shoplifter enters a store and sees multiple ways to prevent shoplifting like caring and attentive employees and retail anti theft devices, suddenly the desire to steal is outweighed by the desire to not get caught.
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
Many small business owners are stuck in a hiring loop. To save on payroll and training costs, many owners will wait until the last possible minute to start the hiring and recruiting process to fill open positions. Decisions on who to hire are made hastily, and often there is no time to conduct thorough employee background checks.
When you hire slowly, you also have an opportunity to collect more job applications, thus widening the hiring pool to include a better range of qualifications and abilities.
You are not limited to saying yes to only the first few applications that land on your desk. You now have the luxury of discretion to be able to say no to those applications, and wait for better applicants to apply.
Hiring quickly puts small business owners in a position of “hiring a warm body”. This is a phrase used at many retailers to describe an employee who has very little skill or productivity in the position they employ. It means the employee is there just to have someone employed. It does not mean that they are of any real use to the business, and are holding a spot until a better applicant comes by.
Because needing to have a position filled immediately does not pressure you, you can make sure that you are hiring a better caliber of applicant. This is reiterated by using pre employment screening and employee background checks to further show the quality of person you want to employ.
To purchase Pre-Employment Screening Services or for more information on background check experts, background checks, criminal background checks, employee background checks or pre employment screening contact us at the background check company or call 1.770.426.0547
Many small business owners are stuck in a hiring loop. To save on payroll and training costs, many owners will wait until the last possible minute to start the hiring and recruiting process to fill open positions. Decisions on who to hire are made hastily, and often there is no time to conduct thorough employee background checks.
When you hire slowly, you also have an opportunity to collect more job applications, thus widening the hiring pool to include a better range of qualifications and abilities.
You are not limited to saying yes to only the first few applications that land on your desk. You now have the luxury of discretion to be able to say no to those applications, and wait for better applicants to apply.
Hiring quickly puts small business owners in a position of “hiring a warm body”. This is a phrase used at many retailers to describe an employee who has very little skill or productivity in the position they employ. It means the employee is there just to have someone employed. It does not mean that they are of any real use to the business, and are holding a spot until a better applicant comes by.
Because needing to have a position filled immediately does not pressure you, you can make sure that you are hiring a better caliber of applicant. This is reiterated by using pre employment screening and employee background checks to further show the quality of person you want to employ.
To purchase Pre-Employment Screening Services or for more information on background check experts, background checks, criminal background checks, employee background checks or pre employment screening contact us at the background check company or call 1.770.426.0547
Bartenders and wait staff who have access to your liquor inventory are often tempted to commit employee theft. Some employees may not even realize that what they are doing is considered theft. There is the obvious stealing bottles, and probably giving out free drinks, but what about over pouring their shots of liquor? Do your employees know that an over pour is still considered theft?
One of the easiest ways to make sure your employees are all on the same page is to train them upfront as to what your policies and expectations are. This can be either an in house loss prevention training, or through off site loss prevention seminars. When your employees have a clear set of expectations, definitions and consequences, they are less likely to take the risk of stealing from you
During the loss prevention training, you and your employees will become more aware of different ways that employees have been caught stealing. Examples are used to show what has been tried (and failed) in the past, and also things that you look for as red flags. This is a prefect time to explain what the consequences will be for any employee caught reducing the company’s profits, assets or inventory- intentionally or otherwise.
Some offenses may only require additional training, while others will constitute termination of employment and prosecution. Using loss prevention seminars to help employees understand exactly where their boundaries are, they are significantly more likely to stay within those lines.
For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia
Visit the Loss Prevention Systems website for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.
Bartenders and wait staff who have access to your liquor inventory are often tempted to commit employee theft. Some employees may not even realize that what they are doing is considered theft. There is the obvious stealing bottles, and probably giving out free drinks, but what about over pouring their shots of liquor? Do your employees know that an over pour is still considered theft?
One of the easiest ways to make sure your employees are all on the same page is to train them upfront as to what your policies and expectations are. This can be either an in house loss prevention training, or through off site loss prevention seminars. When your employees have a clear set of expectations, definitions and consequences, they are less likely to take the risk of stealing from you.
During the loss prevention training, you and your employees will become more aware of different ways that employees have been caught stealing. Examples are used to show what has been tried (and failed) in the past, and also things that you look for as red flags. This is a prefect time to explain what the consequences will be for any employee caught reducing the company’s profits, assets or inventory- intentionally or otherwise.
Some offenses may only require additional training, while others will constitute termination of employment and prosecution. Using loss prevention seminars to help employees understand exactly where their boundaries are, they are significantly more likely to stay within those lines.
For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia
Visit the Loss Prevention Systems website for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.
When small business owners face massive losses of liquor at the hands of criminal theft rings, waiting for law enforcement to carry out and complete their investigation could potentially bankrupt the business. Even though gaining the partnership of local law enforcement will put a more permanent stop to the theft, bottle locks and liquor bottle security will help maintain the store’s profitability until the ring’s mastermind can be stopped.
Dissolving a crime ring is actually a fairly simple process. What hurts the small business is the amount of time it takes to come to fruition.
A task force sets up surveillance in a shop. They wait for the thieves to steal the liquor bottles, and then they are followed. The hope is that the shoplifters lead them directly to the buyers.
It will take several thefts and buys to establish a pattern. In the mean time, the business is out all of the liquor being stolen. In some cases, that liquor is held as evidence until the trial is completed. That could be several months, or even a few years before the business actually gets any of it’s product back.
By using bottle locks and liquor bottle security methods, you start to reduce the ease a shoplifter can get your merchandise out of the store. They will start to bypass your store as a target and go somewhere else that has lesser liquor bottle security.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.
For more information on Alpha Security, Bottle Lock, Bottle locks, Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547
When small business owners face massive losses of liquor at the hands of criminal theft rings, waiting for law enforcement to carry out and complete their investigation could potentially bankrupt the business. Even though gaining the partnership of local law enforcement will put a more permanent stop to the theft, bottle locks and liquor bottle security will help maintain the store’s profitability until the ring’s mastermind can be stopped.
Dissolving a crime ring is actually a fairly simple process. What hurts the small business is the amount of time it takes to come to fruition.
A task force sets up surveillance in a shop. They wait for the thieves to steal the liquor bottles, and then they are followed. The hope is that the shoplifters lead them directly to the buyers.
It will take several thefts and buys to establish a pattern. In the mean time, the business is out all of the liquor being stolen. In some cases, that liquor is held as evidence until the trial is completed. That could be several months, or even a few years before the business actually gets any of it’s product back.
By using bottle locks and liquor bottle security methods, you start to reduce the ease a shoplifter can get your merchandise out of the store. They will start to bypass your store as a target and go somewhere else that has lesser liquor bottle security.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.
For more information on Alpha Security, Bottle Lock, Bottle locks, Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547
