BF010
Retail anti theft devices- 4
Alpha Thunder Tag- 4
Prevent shoplifting- 4
TRUST CUSTOMERS WITHOUT TRUSTING THEIVES BY USING ALPHA THUNDER TAGS
One of the more increasingly popular ways to allow customers to expediently shop and checkout faster in retail is to allow the customer to get hands-on by using your mobile POS (Point Of Sale) solutions. Their shopping experience is streamlined by having them be in control of the scanning and payment of their selected items. It’s a welcome solution that puts the customer in control; however it poses a terrible threat to your bottom line at the same time. Many retailers have turned to Alpha High Theft Solutions brand Alpha Thunder Tag devices to balance this concept.
The Alpha Thunder Tag attaches to the flat surfaces of just about any item in your store to help stop shoplifting. Making them great retail anti theft devices in general. However in the case of mobile POS systems, they can attach just as easily to the backs of PDA’s (personal data assistant), tablets and larger smart phones. Whatever mobile POS devices you choose to protect, the Alpha Thunder Tag is a proven winner. When a thief attempts to walk out with your device, your existing EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) towers will alert you so that you can remedy the situation.
Brazen crooks that know that the EAS towers will alarm may try to detach the tag itself by popping it off of the device using a small screw driver or even their finger nail. In this case, the device is protected by a small plunger on the back of the tag that prevents removal of the tag itself. If the tag is removed from your tablet or other mobile POS device, a screeching loud (95dB) alarm will alert you to the tampering!
These wonderful tags are not only essential for mobile POS systems but also to prevent shoplifting. As I mentioned before, they can easily be attached to flat surfaces of many items by using the special adhesive that Alpha packages with them. They can be used on just about any items in your store that customers can reach. Item’s like display cameras, laptops, tablets and televisions to name a few. The principle is the same too; they try to leave the store with the items and the EAS towers will alert you to it. If they try to detach the tag from the item, they will get a 95dB dose of embarrassing alarm to deal with. The battle to prevent shoplifting in your store could weigh in your favor with these anti retail theft devices!
There are over $35 million worth of items stolen from stores by shoplifters every day. That’s over $13 billion dollars annually! The war against shoplifters, whether habitual or professionals must begin with the use of a plan and retail anti theft devices like the Alpha Thunder Tag. Without powerful tools like these, you are unlikely to make in impact in your effort to prevent shoplifting. Most thieves know that they have an extreme advantage when retailers don’t take steps to protect their assets. However, how much of an advantage is up to you as the retailer.
You have a clear choice. Do you protect all of your assets or can you afford to be selective about what you choose to protect? That choice is up to you but remember, whatever you decide to protect, shoplifters will take note of everything that it available to them. Keep in mind, that retail anti theft devices made by Alpha, can be ordered in larger quantities, often reflecting a discount. This means more coverage in your store and less product lost. It also keeps your customers hands on with your products without having to conceal them from reach! It’s trust without trusting. Truly!
For more information on how to prevent shoplifting, contact us at 1-770-426-0547.
One of the more increasingly popular ways to allow customers to expediently shop and checkout faster in retail is to allow the customer to get hands-on by using your mobile POS (Point Of Sale) solutions. Their shopping experience is streamlined by having them be in control of the scanning and payment of their selected items. It’s a welcome solution that puts the customer in control; however it poses a terrible threat to your bottom line at the same time. Many retailers have turned to Alpha High Theft Solutions brand Alpha Thunder Tag devices to balance this concept.
The Alpha Thunder Tag attaches to the flat surfaces of just about any item in your store to help stop shoplifting. Making them great retail anti theft devices in general. However in the case of mobile POS systems, they can attach just as easily to the backs of PDA’s (personal data assistant), tablets and larger smart phones. Whatever mobile POS devices you choose to protect, the Alpha Thunder Tag is a proven winner. When a thief attempts to walk out with your device, your existing EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) towers will alert you so that you can remedy the situation.
Brazen crooks that know that the EAS towers will alarm may try to detach the tag itself by popping it off of the device using a small screw driver or even their finger nail. In this case, the device is protected by a small plunger on the back of the tag that prevents removal of the tag itself. If the tag is removed from your tablet or other mobile POS device, a screeching loud (95dB) alarm will alert you to the tampering!
These wonderful tags are not only essential for mobile POS systems but also to prevent shoplifting. As I mentioned before, they can easily be attached to flat surfaces of many items by using the special adhesive that Alpha packages with them. They can be used on just about any items in your store that customers can reach. Item’s like display cameras, laptops, tablets and televisions to name a few. The principle is the same too; they try to leave the store with the items and the EAS towers will alert you to it. If they try to detach the tag from the item, they will get a 95dB dose of embarrassing alarm to deal with. The battle to prevent shoplifting in your store could weigh in your favor with these anti retail theft devices!
There are over $35 million worth of items stolen from stores by shoplifters every day. That’s over $13 billion dollars annually! The war against shoplifters, whether habitual or professionals must begin with the use of a plan and retail anti theft devices like the Alpha Thunder Tag. Without powerful tools like these, you are unlikely to make in impact in your effort to prevent shoplifting. Most thieves know that they have an extreme advantage when retailers don’t take steps to protect their assets. However, how much of an advantage is up to you as the retailer.
You have a clear choice. Do you protect all of your assets or can you afford to be selective about what you choose to protect? That choice is up to you but remember, whatever you decide to protect, shoplifters will take note of everything that it available to them. Keep in mind, that retail anti theft devices made by Alpha, can be ordered in larger quantities, often reflecting a discount. This means more coverage in your store and less product lost. It also keeps your customers hands on with your products without having to conceal them from reach! It’s trust without trusting. Truly!
For more information on how to prevent shoplifting, contact us at 1-770-426-0547.
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clothing security- 4
Checkpoint tags- 3
security tags on clothes- 3
BUMP UP YOUR CLOTHING SECURITY GAME BY BEING ALERT
One of the things you can do as a retail professional, to help ensure that your clothing security program is solid, is proactively become in tune with what your customers are doing. Being unobtrusively aware of what people are doing on your sales floor can save you time and money when it comes to incurring loss via shoplifting.
You can use these tips to help identify potential shoplifters in your store and prevent thieves from not only stealing your merchandise but also prevent them from damaging the security tags on clothes. A seasoned shoplifter knows that many retailers use some sort of security measures within their store to prevent loss. These thieves may or may not be seasoned enough to know how to quickly defeat your clothing security devices too. If they are newer to shoplifting, you may be able to spot them by observing these common behaviors outlined below.
Would be crooks who are unfamiliar with security devices like Checkpoint tags, will need two things in order to figure out how to defeat them. The tags work by triggering the EAS towers situated at the store exits, using RF (Radio Frequency) technology. Once active tags pass through the towers fields, the system will sound an alarm. With that said, the first thing you should look for is customers that select a single unit of tagged merchandise and proceed to take that item to a secluded area of your sales floor.
Thieves will scan their surroundings for blind spots, concealment aids (store fixtures etc…) in order to find the privacy they need. So look for someone that grabs an item that is tagged and heads for seclusion. Pay particular attention to people that select and remove tagged merchandise that have no regard to checking the items price as well. Remember, shoplifters don’t care about the cost of an item. They intend to steal it from you. Consider though, at this point a person may only be a potential thief. By that I mean that they may only be taking the opportunity to inspect the security tags on clothes. They may only be attempting to try and figure out how to remove them from your merchandise. They may not necessarily intend to steal the item just yet and may just be in your store for their own learning purposes. Nonetheless, catching onto these people early on can help prevent damage to the tags themselves.
Once a shoplifter gets their tagged item into a secluded area of the store, they will usually take their covertness a bit further. It’s common for a newbie shoplifter to examine Checkpoint tags and other clothing security devices by inserting the tagged item into crevices on shelves. You may observe a subject ‘insert’ products onto displays in between other larger concealing items and then witness ongoing hand movements. You may not be able to see exactly what they are doing but there is an excellent chance that if your tagged item has disappeared onto a shelf and the subject has their hands in that general area of the shelf, that they are either trying to defeat the Checkpoint tag. At the very least, they may be examining it.
Also, look for customers that walk up to a clothing rack and start fiddling with security tags on clothes. They may try too hard to look inconspicuous as well. Potential thieves may intentionally appear to be closely examining the price tags of a garment but in reality they are taking a closer look at the security tag affixed to the garment. Others may appear to look like that are just shopping but continually handle the tagging device by spinning it around or tugging on it. Others may just simply try to pull it off with force. Clothing security measures that include ‘exploding’ ink devices may prove to be toughest for newbie thieves. You may observe them spending more time examining these tags in seclusion.
Either way it goes, whether it is simple Checkpoint tags or more sophisticated means of securing product, lesser experienced thieves will need time to figure out how to circumvent your security measures. Paying attention to these behaviors could lend sufficient enough time for you to ‘service’ the customer in the middle of their examinations and cause them to get spooked!
Just having a good tagging program in place may buy you enough time to identify potential theft situations prior to occurring loss or damage. Anyone who fiddles with security tags on your garments or other items are well worth watching. Be proactive and use these clothing security tips to your advantage.
For more information about Checkpoint tags please contact us at 1-770-426-2476.
One of the things you can do as a retail professional, to help ensure that your clothing security program is solid, is proactively become in tune with what your customers are doing. Being unobtrusively aware of what people are doing on your sales floor can save you time and money when it comes to incurring loss via shoplifting.
You can use these tips to help identify potential shoplifters in your store and prevent thieves from not only stealing your merchandise but also prevent them from damaging the security tags on clothes. A seasoned shoplifter knows that many retailers use some sort of security measures within their store to prevent loss. These thieves may or may not be seasoned enough to know how to quickly defeat your clothing security devices too. If they are newer to shoplifting, you may be able to spot them by observing these common behaviors outlined below.
Would be crooks who are unfamiliar with security devices like Checkpoint tags, will need two things in order to figure out how to defeat them. The tags work by triggering the EAS towers situated at the store exits, using RF (Radio Frequency) technology. Once active tags pass through the towers fields, the system will sound an alarm. With that said, the first thing you should look for is customers that select a single unit of tagged merchandise and proceed to take that item to a secluded area of your sales floor.
Thieves will scan their surroundings for blind spots, concealment aids (store fixtures etc…) in order to find the privacy they need. So look for someone that grabs an item that is tagged and heads for seclusion. Pay particular attention to people that select and remove tagged merchandise that have no regard to checking the items price as well. Remember, shoplifters don’t care about the cost of an item. They intend to steal it from you. Consider though, at this point a person may only be a potential thief. By that I mean that they may only be taking the opportunity to inspect the security tags on clothes. They may only be attempting to try and figure out how to remove them from your merchandise. They may not necessarily intend to steal the item just yet and may just be in your store for their own learning purposes. Nonetheless, catching onto these people early on can help prevent damage to the tags themselves.
Once a shoplifter gets their tagged item into a secluded area of the store, they will usually take their covertness a bit further. It’s common for a newbie shoplifter to examine Checkpoint tags and other clothing security devices by inserting the tagged item into crevices on shelves. You may observe a subject ‘insert’ products onto displays in between other larger concealing items and then witness ongoing hand movements. You may not be able to see exactly what they are doing but there is an excellent chance that if your tagged item has disappeared onto a shelf and the subject has their hands in that general area of the shelf, that they are either trying to defeat the Checkpoint tag. At the very least, they may be examining it.
Also, look for customers that walk up to a clothing rack and start fiddling with security tags on clothes. They may try too hard to look inconspicuous as well. Potential thieves may intentionally appear to be closely examining the price tags of a garment but in reality they are taking a closer look at the security tag affixed to the garment. Others may appear to look like that are just shopping but continually handle the tagging device by spinning it around or tugging on it. Others may just simply try to pull it off with force. Clothing security measures that include ‘exploding’ ink devices may prove to be toughest for newbie thieves. You may observe them spending more time examining these tags in seclusion.
Either way it goes, whether it is simple Checkpoint tags or more sophisticated means of securing product, lesser experienced thieves will need time to figure out how to circumvent your security measures. Paying attention to these behaviors could lend sufficient enough time for you to ‘service’ the customer in the middle of their examinations and cause them to get spooked!
Just having a good tagging program in place may buy you enough time to identify potential theft situations prior to occurring loss or damage. Anyone who fiddles with security tags on your garments or other items are well worth watching. Be proactive and use these clothing security tips to your advantage.
For more information about Checkpoint tags contact us or call 1-770-426-2476.
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Bottle service -3
Bottle caps -3
Nightclub -3
Bottle services- 4
MAKE BOTTLE SERVICE A BETTER VALUE WHILE PROTECTING YOUR BOTTOM LINE
Whether you are launching a brand new nightclub or you’ve been a long time veteran of the business, one thing remains clear when it comes to attracting new clientele to book bottle service. Potential customers want to justify whether or not the higher price of the service would be a better value than just coming through the front door as a normal patron. Let’s examine the pros and cons of bottle service and let’s do it while keeping your bottom line in mind. It may all start with protecting your liquor supply with bottle caps! I’ll talk about that later though. Hang with me for a minute and read on.
Bottle service at its core is a pricey concept for the average club-goer. Often times a nightclub will mark up the price of a standard bottle of top shelf liquor by 1000% or more! On the west coast, particularly in the greater Hollywood area, a standard bottle of the World’s most popular vodka could be priced at $400 or more. The pricing is usually non-negotiable as well. This is a far cry from the same bottle that costs $25 on a store shelf. It’s also a huge difference in price when the same potential bottle service patron can get the same amount of liquor in your club, ala carte at the bar for much less. So what’s the benefit of the patron for booking the service? Let’s take a look.
A good bottle service offering will dish up benefits like; no cover charges for the booking group. Meaning anyone included in the group has their door entry fee waived. Groups ordering VIP service are often treated to the best views in the ‘house’ with exclusive lush seating areas. Also, the people in these VIP groupings are served up their favorite mixers by very accommodating VIP hostesses! The hostess will gladly pour and mix oodles of drinks for the bottle service patrons. As long as the bottles have liquor in them, the drinks will keep coming! Despite that, there are a few drawbacks of bottle services in your nightclub. Both in regard to yourself (the establishment owner) and the patrons.
First and almost exclusively, the drawback for potential purchasers of bottle services is most certainly the price. I’ve already covered that above but let me reiterate the point by saying that it’s really the only downside for patrons considering booking VIP bottle services. They have to decide whether it’s justifiable for their group. As for you the club owner (or manager), offering bottle services can lead to liquor loss (and profits) if you don’t have a VIP hostess actually mixing and pouring the drinks on behalf of the VIP patrons. How? Allowing the patrons to freely command the consumption of the bottle contents could lead to loss, abuse and legal troubles. This is why I strongly suggest utilizing a VIP hostess for in your nightclub if you offer this type of service. While I’m at it, you should further control the flow of product with the use of Alpha High Theft Solutions bottle caps! When used in conjunction with a VIP hostess, these awesome little bottle caps will ensure that no one else besides the hostess is pouring drinks in the VIP area. Alpha security S3 Bottle caps work by denying the benefit of consumption to anyone who doesn’t have a key to open them, period. They’d have to break the bottle to access the contents and no one wants a little glass mixed in with their rum!
Additionally, the caps can be used in conjunction with EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) systems. This means that patrons cannot leave the VIP area with the bottles and exit the establishment without triggering an alarm near the exits. It sounds more like a retail theft prevention tactic but believe me it works wonders in nightclubs as well. Some jurisdictions prohibit by law the removal of any alcohol from the serving establishment. You certainly don’t want that legal liability on your hands. You keep the alcohol at the table and you keep it responsibly flowing for the customer with this wonder device by Alpha.
When it comes down to it, the quality and ‘value’ of the bottle service you offer are also dependent on protecting your supply and legal wellbeing. By using products like bottle caps with your VIP services, you eliminate or reduce risk and loss. That means you can pass along your profitable savings (or financial buffer) along to your customers by offering more desirable services. With the use of a VIP hostess and bottle caps by Alpha, you can certainly justify the value to the customer!
For more information about maximizing value for your nightclub by using bottle caps, please call us at 1-770-426-0547.
Whether you are launching a brand new nightclub or you’ve been a long time veteran of the business, one thing remains clear when it comes to attracting new clientele to book bottle service. Potential customers want to justify whether or not the higher price of the service would be a better value than just coming through the front door as a normal patron. Let’s examine the pros and cons of bottle service and let’s do it while keeping your bottom line in mind. It may all start with protecting your liquor supply with bottle caps! I’ll talk about that later though. Hang with me for a minute and read on.
Bottle service at its core is a pricey concept for the average club-goer. Often times a nightclub will mark up the price of a standard bottle of top shelf liquor by 1000% or more! On the west coast, particularly in the greater Hollywood area, a standard bottle of the World’s most popular vodka could be priced at $400 or more. The pricing is usually non-negotiable as well. This is a far cry from the same bottle that costs $25 on a store shelf. It’s also a huge difference in price when the same potential bottle service patron can get the same amount of liquor in your club, ala carte at the bar for much less. So what’s the benefit of the patron for booking the service? Let’s take a look.
A good bottle service offering will dish up benefits like; no cover charges for the booking group. Meaning anyone included in the group has their door entry fee waived. Groups ordering VIP service are often treated to the best views in the ‘house’ with exclusive lush seating areas. Also, the people in these VIP groupings are served up their favorite mixers by very accommodating VIP hostesses! The hostess will gladly pour and mix oodles of drinks for the bottle service patrons. As long as the bottles have liquor in them, the drinks will keep coming! Despite that, there are a few drawbacks of bottle services in your nightclub. Both in regard to yourself (the establishment owner) and the patrons.
First and almost exclusively, the drawback for potential purchasers of bottle services is most certainly the price. I’ve already covered that above but let me reiterate the point by saying that it’s really the only downside for patrons considering booking VIP bottle services. They have to decide whether it’s justifiable for their group. As for you the club owner (or manager), offering bottle services can lead to liquor loss (and profits) if you don’t have a VIP hostess actually mixing and pouring the drinks on behalf of the VIP patrons. How? Allowing the patrons to freely command the consumption of the bottle contents could lead to loss, abuse and legal troubles. This is why I strongly suggest utilizing a VIP hostess for in your nightclub if you offer this type of service. While I’m at it, you should further control the flow of product with the use of Alpha High Theft Solutions bottle caps! When used in conjunction with a VIP hostess, these awesome little bottle caps will ensure that no one else besides the hostess is pouring drinks in the VIP area. Alpha security S3 Bottle caps work by denying the benefit of consumption to anyone who doesn’t have a key to open them, period. They’d have to break the bottle to access the contents and no one wants a little glass mixed in with their rum!
Additionally, the caps can be used in conjunction with EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) systems. This means that patrons cannot leave the VIP area with the bottles and exit the establishment without triggering an alarm near the exits. It sounds more like a retail theft prevention tactic but believe me it works wonders in nightclubs as well. Some jurisdictions prohibit by law the removal of any alcohol from the serving establishment. You certainly don’t want that legal liability on your hands. You keep the alcohol at the table and you keep it responsibly flowing for the customer with this wonder device by Alpha.
When it comes down to it, the quality and ‘value’ of the bottle service you offer are also dependent on protecting your supply and legal wellbeing. By using products like bottle caps with your VIP services, you eliminate or reduce risk and loss. That means you can pass along your profitable savings (or financial buffer) along to your customers by offering more desirable services. With the use of a VIP hostess and bottle caps by Alpha, you can certainly justify the value to the customer!
For more information about maximizing value for your nightclub by using bottle caps, contact us or call 1-770-426-0547.
