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Protecting your Bottled Spirits with Alpha Bottle Locks
Does your store sell alcohol such as Whiskey, Vodka, and Tequila? If you do then you know the challenge of carrying these items. Bottle items such as alcoholic beverages present a unique challenge when it comes to protecting them. Unlike your other items that are traditionally secured, bottled items require shelf space that needs to be presented to the customer in an organized fashion. Securing these items have been a challenge for retailers for many years. We finally have a solution with Alpha Bottle Locks.
Having worked in loss prevention and law enforcement most of my life, I naturally always look at stores security devices or lack thereof. I am a person that feels like the more I know the better I am in my own career. Many times I see a stores security lacking and this especially holds true while walking down the liquor isle. I’m always shocked that there is no security on these items. Yes, I’ve seen the corner mirror that the one or two store clerks can look at to see in the aisle. But at the same time I see the store clerks busy with customers and unable to stare up at the mirror. The lack of security on these expensive bottles just opens the door to theft. Shoplifting is a crime of opportunity and what better opportunity for a shoplifter than an unsecured bottle?
Alpha High Theft Solutions Bottle Locks are your answer to your bottle theft problems. You can now help stop shoplifting with these innovative devices. These locks have been made with customer input and have underwent many enhancements to produce the best in security. Alpha Bottle Locks are designed to go over the top of the bottle providing an instant deterrent while not interfering with your merchandising. These are designed with low head clearance so that you don’t have to go rearranging your shelves to fit. They are made very durable yet very tough to defeat. They come in both AM and RF technologies. Best of all, these locks go on easily and can be removed easily by your staff and can be reused over and over again.
What prevents a shoplifter from stealing an $80 dollar bottle of high end Vodka? We know that there are people that have addictions to alcohol and will do nearly anything to get their hands on it. But there are many others that are just shoplifters looking to take advantage of your unsecured bottles. We’ll protect $12 dollar CD’s or $20 dollar pants but not an $80 plus bottle of wine. How do we prevent and stop shoplifting of these items? I think the bigger problem is until now there has never really been a convenient way to protect bottled items. We know from experience that trying to lock it up reduces sales. The customers can’t access it and the employees are tasked with trying to open a case every time someone wants to get a bottle or even look at one. Bottles are unique as some are tall some are short and they all vary in size. Merchandising bottles is important to retailer. Presentation is the key to successful sales. Until now, trying to secure bottles while allowing for proper presentation was a chore in and of itself.
Technology is now on your side when it comes to protecting your expensive bottles. Don’t let another bottle walk out your door. You can now prevent and stop shoplifting of these expensive items. Protect your bottles today with Alpha Bottle Locks.
For more information on Alpha Bottle Locks contact us at 1-770-426-0547
Does your store sell alcohol such as Whiskey, Vodka, and Tequila? If you do then you know the challenge of carrying these items. Bottle items such as alcoholic beverages present a unique challenge when it comes to protecting them. Unlike your other items that are traditionally secured, bottled items require shelf space that needs to be presented to the customer in an organized fashion. Securing these items have been a challenge for retailers for many years. We finally have a solution with Alpha Bottle Locks.
Having worked in loss prevention and law enforcement most of my life, I naturally always look at stores security devices or lack thereof. I am a person that feels like the more I know the better I am in my own career. Many times I see a stores security lacking and this especially holds true while walking down the liquor isle. I’m always shocked that there is no security on these items. Yes, I’ve seen the corner mirror that the one or two store clerks can look at to see in the aisle. But at the same time I see the store clerks busy with customers and unable to stare up at the mirror. The lack of security on these expensive bottles just opens the door to theft. Shoplifting is a crime of opportunity and what better opportunity for a shoplifter than an unsecured bottle?
Alpha High Theft Solutions Bottle Locks are your answer to your bottle theft problems. You can now help stop shoplifting with these innovative devices. These locks have been made with customer input and have underwent many enhancements to produce the best in security. Alpha Bottle Locks are designed to go over the top of the bottle providing an instant deterrent while not interfering with your merchandising. These are designed with low head clearance so that you don’t have to go rearranging your shelves to fit. They are made very durable yet very tough to defeat. They come in both AM and RF technologies. Best of all, these locks go on easily and can be removed easily by your staff and can be reused over and over again.
What prevents a shoplifter from stealing an $80 dollar bottle of high end Vodka? We know that there are people that have addictions to alcohol and will do nearly anything to get their hands on it. But there are many others that are just shoplifters looking to take advantage of your unsecured bottles. We’ll protect $12 dollar CD’s or $20 dollar pants but not an $80 plus bottle of wine. How do we prevent and stop shoplifting of these items? I think the bigger problem is until now there has never really been a convenient way to protect bottled items. We know from experience that trying to lock it up reduces sales. The customers can’t access it and the employees are tasked with trying to open a case every time someone wants to get a bottle or even look at one. Bottles are unique as some are tall some are short and they all vary in size. Merchandising bottles is important to retailer. Presentation is the key to successful sales. Until now, trying to secure bottles while allowing for proper presentation was a chore in and of itself.
Technology is now on your side when it comes to protecting your expensive bottles. Don’t let another bottle walk out your door. You can now prevent and stop shoplifting of these expensive items. Protect your bottles today with Alpha Bottle Locks.
For more information on Alpha Bottle Locks contact us at 1-770-426-0547
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Employee Background Checks: The Answer When Implicit Trust Isn’t Present
“I trust this guy explicitly” (of course meaning “implicitly”). I have heard this so many times in my career. It was often when considering someone for employment and a flag came back on pre-employment screening. The district manager who said it knew this person so well that he knew better than the background check company who administered the background check. The discussion would then move to degrees of trust.
The district manager might say “I trust him with my life” and I would counter, “Let’s not go that far; how about, do you trust him with the keys to your car?” The discussion might continue as to whether or not he trusted him to babysit his daughter or to take care of his checkbook. Inevitably, the district manager would realize that his trust wasn’t that implicit and that possibly employee background checks were done for a reason. At least he wouldn’t bet his job and reputation on it.
As a retail manager or business owner we realize we cannot afford to take chance with our business. We really want to have confidence with that person who is the face of our company, dealing with our customers; or is the custodian of our company’s funds, sitting at the cash register. How can we get that confidence if we really don’t know the person we are hiring except what they are telling us? The answer is through pre-employment screening by a reputable background check company. Pre-employment screening is not a miracle answer. It is practical due diligence however. We have heard over and over and my experience supports that the best predictor of future success is past performance. Isn’t that why we have people submit resumes in the first place? Don’t we want to know how well they performed their jobs in the past and what those jobs were? The same is true for employee background checks. We want to know how ethical they were in the past. We they subject to criminal temptations? Did they already steal from one of their previous employers? How much confidence would you have then?
In these times, with the “ban the box” movement going on, an employer must be careful of using criminal history data, but that does not mean we should forego employee background checks. Pre-employment screening is still a viable tool but it is just more important we use a reputable background check company and comply with our state’s laws as to when and how we can introduce the pre-employment screening into the process. Your background check company can help you answer that question.
I often hear the argument, “everyone deserves a second chance.” I totally agree but that does not mean you have to give that second chance to them –leave that to your competitor. If your pre-employment screening comes back with a flag, such as the employee who worked for a company where I was employed, where the flag said he was convicted of embezzlement and the district manager thought he was such a nice guy he had to give him a second chance so worked it out with his federal parole officer without corporate knowledge. To almost no one’s surprise, I ended up interviewing him for forgery and embezzlement when he was writing forged checks to cover services and then bonusing off the increased services. He ended up serving more federal prison time. Predictable, wouldn’t you say?
That is the purpose of the pre-employment screening: to make known to you the predictable. It is your choice as to how much risk you want to take as to what to do with the information once you get it. Maybe you too will be like one of those district managers and say you trust him explicitly… er… I mean implicitly. In any case you have to have the information from employee background checks to make the decision but please remember flags have reasons unless you really can trust that employee to babysit your daughter and handle your personal checkbook.
For more information on employee background checks contact us: 1.770.426.0547 or www.backgroundcheckexperts.net.
I trust this guy explicitly” (of course meaning “implicitly”). I have heard this so many times in my career. It was often when considering someone for employment and a flag came back on pre-employment screening. The district manager who said it knew this person so well that he knew better than the background check company who administered the background check. The discussion would then move to degrees of trust.
The district manager might say “I trust him with my life” and I would counter, “Let’s not go that far; how about, do you trust him with the keys to your car?”. The discussion might continue as to whether or not he trusted him to babysit his daughter or to take care of his checkbook. Inevitably, the district manager would realize that his trust wasn’t that implicit and that possibly employee background checks were done for a reason. At least he wouldn’t bet his job and reputation on it.
As a retail manager or business owner we realize we cannot afford to take chance with our business. We really want to have confidence with that person who is the face of our company, dealing with our customers; or is the custodian of our company’s funds, sitting at the cash register. How can we get that confidence if we really don’t know the person we are hiring except what they are telling us? The answer is through pre-employment screening by a reputable background check company. Pre-employment screening is not a miracle answer. It is practical due diligence however. We have heard over and over and my experience supports that the best predictor of future success is past performance. Isn’t that why we have people submit resumes in the first place? Don’t we want to know how well they performed their jobs in the past and what those jobs were? The same is true for employee background checks. We want to know how ethical they were in the past. Were they subject to criminal temptations? Did they already steal from one of their previous employers? How much confidence would you have then?
In these times, with the “ban the box” movement going on, an employer must be careful of using criminal history data, but that does not mean we should forego employee background checks. Pre-employment screening is still a viable tool but it is just more important we use a reputable background check company and comply with our state’s laws as to when and how we can introduce the pre-employment screening into the process. Your background check company can help you answer that question.
I often hear the argument, “everyone deserves a second chance.” I totally agree but that does not mean you have to give that second chance to them –leave that to your competitor. If your pre-employment screening comes back with a flag, such as the employee who worked for a company where I was employed, where the flag said he was convicted of embezzlement and the district manager thought he was such a nice guy he had to give him a second chance so worked it out with his federal parole officer without corporate knowledge. To almost no one’s surprise, I ended up interviewing him for forgery and embezzlement when he was writing forged checks to cover services and then bonusing off the increased services. He ended up serving more federal prison time. Predictable, wouldn’t you say?
That is the purpose of the pre-employment screening: to make known to you the predictable. It is your choice as to how much risk you want to take as to what to do with the information once you get it. Maybe you too will be like one of those district managers and say you trust him explicitly… er… I mean implicitly. In any case you have to have the information from employee background checks to make the decision but please remember flags have reasons unless you really can trust that employee to babysit your daughter and handle your personal checkbook.
For more information on employee background checks contact us: 1.770.426.0547 or www.backgroundcheckexperts.net.
Over the years I have worked for different retailers, and I’ve learned that all companies have different views on loss prevention and how to handle shoplifting in their stores. Most stores will adapt to the activity they are experiencing at the time and adjust their retail theft prevention plan accordingly, but some just stick to the way they have always done things. In regard to shoplifters, the main question debated is which types of shoplifting cases should they focus on to have the most impact on the bottom line. Should loss prevention staff concentrate on quality of apprehensions, and only apprehend high dollar shoplifters, or should they focus on quantity and catch every shoplifter possible?
In my experience, the idea of quantity was the more popular in the past, but lately there has been more focus on the quality of the apprehension. With quantity, the idea is that the more shoplifters you catch, the less you will lose. With quality, the idea is that you should only be focused on shoplifter apprehensions that are of a higher dollar amount or will make the most impact on the bottom line. My personal opinion is that your focus should be a mixture of both. Of course you want stop shoplifting suspects that are walking out the door with $500 worth of merchandise in their cart, but if you think about it, these shoplifters probably didn’t start out taking that much merchandise all at once. They likely started off small and built up to that level of theft.
I have been in a situation in the past where my employer didn’t want us making shoplifter apprehensions on merchandise that was under a specified dollar amount. Their reason for this was mainly return on investment. For example, say the employee stopping the shoplifter made $10 an hour, they wouldn’t want them to stop shoplifting suspects for a $5 item because the amount of money the employee was making wouldn’t justify the time spent on the apprehension. Another thing is that while you are processing a low dollar shoplifting case, you could be missing out on another shoplifter in the store taking more at the same time.
I understand the point, but I have never totally agreed with this point of view. Yes, quality shoplifter apprehensions make the most sense immediately for that particular case, but I don’t believe that low dollar cases should be ignored. My reasoning for this is you don’t know the impact that stopping that $5 case could have made on the store in the long run. That shoplifter could come back next time with more confidence and take $100 worth of merchandise, or they may have already stolen from you store in the past many times without you knowing about it. They also may tell several friends that they got away with stealing at your store, and the word will spread, inviting many more shoplifters to your store.
The best course of action to take is to consider both sides of the argument. It’s always good to catch the shoplifters that are stealing large amounts of merchandise, but don’t let that focus turn into ignorance of lower dollar thefts that could be a real problem in the long run if they are not addressed. In addition, you will want to develop a comprehensive retail theft prevention strategy that incorporates methods for deterring theft by the use of anti-shoplifting devices to reduce the overall amount of shoplifting incidents and also increase customer service to anyone that is in your store.
For more information contact us: (retail theft prevention) or call 1.770.426.0547
Over the years I have worked for different retailers, and I’ve learned that all companies have different views on loss prevention and how to handle shoplifting in their stores. Most stores will adapt to the activity they are experiencing at the time and adjust their retail theft prevention plan accordingly, but some just stick to the way they have always done things. In regard to shoplifters, the main question debated is which types of shoplifting cases should they focus on to have the most impact on the bottom line. Should loss prevention staff concentrate on quality of apprehensions, and only apprehend high dollar shoplifters, or should they focus on quantity and catch every shoplifter possible?
In my experience, the idea of quantity was the more popular in the past, but lately there has been more focus on the quality of the apprehension. With quantity, the idea is that the more shoplifters you catch, the less you will lose. With quality, the idea is that you should only be focused on shoplifter apprehensions that are of a higher dollar amount or will make the most impact on the bottom line. My personal opinion is that your focus should be a mixture of both. Of course you want stop shoplifting suspects that are walking out the door with $500 worth of merchandise in their cart, but if you think about it, these shoplifters probably didn’t start out taking that much merchandise all at once. They likely started off small and built up to that level of theft.
I have been in a situation in the past where my employer didn’t want us making shoplifter apprehensions on merchandise that was under a specified dollar amount. Their reason for this was mainly return on investment. For example, say the employee stopping the shoplifter made $10 an hour, they wouldn’t want them to stop shoplifting suspects for a $5 item because the amount of money the employee was making wouldn’t justify the time spent on the apprehension. Another thing is that while you are processing a low dollar shoplifting case, you could be missing out on another shoplifter in the store taking more at the same time.
I understand the point, but I have never totally agreed with this point of view. Yes, quality shoplifter apprehensions make the most sense immediately for that particular case, but I don’t believe that low dollar cases should be ignored. My reasoning for this is you don’t know the impact that stopping that $5 case could have made on the store in the long run. That shoplifter could come back next time with more confidence and take $100 worth of merchandise, or they may have already stolen from you store in the past many times without you knowing about it. They also may tell several friends that they got away with stealing at your store, and the word will spread, inviting many more shoplifters to your store.
The best course of action to take is to consider both sides of the argument. It’s always good to catch the shoplifters that are stealing large amounts of merchandise, but don’t let that focus turn into ignorance of lower dollar thefts that could be a real problem in the long run if they are not addressed. In addition, you will want to develop a comprehensive retail theft prevention strategy that incorporates methods for deterring theft by the use of anti-shoplifting devices to reduce the overall amount of shoplifting incidents and also increase customer service to anyone that is in your store.
For more information contact us: retail theft prevention or call 1.770.426.0547
