A High School Library is expected to operate with a certain set of standards. That typically means that there is a list of books that contain questionable material for the teenage crowd. As such, many books are banned within the school systems.
Even with the top layer of questionable content left out of the High School Library, doesn’t mean that the books that are left don’t dabble in some other taboo areas. As such, many students would rather steal a book with this content, than to take it up to a librarian and have their names documented as checking it out.
A recent report stated that in a high school library the top theft books are ones surrounding the occult, or many of the Beat writers (if the library even carries them). Because their peers, or their parents might view the reading material as questionable, these curious students are quick to shove a book in their bag and walk out the door.
When some kind of anti theft security system is in place, similar to ones used for bookstore security, the quantity of theft incidents is dramatically reduced. Students are then forced to take their chances with the bookstore security, check the book out, or read the material while in the library. Each of the three options reduces the losses for your high school library.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Bookstore Security and Library Theft Detection System devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop inventory losses.
For more information on Checkpoint Systems and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to stop inventory losses in your College Bookstores,
School Bookstores, School Libraries, High School Library, or
High School Bookstore call 1.770.426.0547
A High School Library is expected to operate with a certain set of standards. That typically means that there is a list of books that contain questionable material for the teenage crowd. As such, many books are banned within the school systems.
Even with the top layer of questionable content left out of the High School Library, doesn’t mean that the books that are left don’t dabble in some other taboo areas. As such, many students would rather steal a book with this content, than to take it up to a librarian and have their names documented as checking it out.
A recent report stated that in a high school library the top theft books are ones surrounding the occult, or many of the Beat writers (if the library even carries them). Because their peers, or their parents might view the reading material as questionable, these curious students are quick to shove a book in their bag and walk out the door.
When some kind of anti theft security system is in place, similar to ones used for bookstore security, the quantity of theft incidents is dramatically reduced. Students are then forced to take their chances with the bookstore security, check the book out, or read the material while in the library. Each of the three options reduces the losses for your high school library.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase Bookstore Security and Library Theft Detection System devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system from Checkpoint Systems to stop inventory losses.
For more information on Checkpoint Systems and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at Retail theft prevention to stop inventory losses in your College Bookstores,School Bookstores, School Libraries, High School Library, orHigh School Bookstore call 1.770.426.0547
When you are in the business to sell high- end liquor and wine bottles, you need more than just an everyday, run of the mill, anti theft device for your bottle security. You need something that functions as an anti theft device, and still maintains other traits important to high-end wine sales.
When we think of bottle security, we tend to lean more towards bottle locks. They have been proven as an effective anti shoplifting deterrent, are easy to use and to remove at the time of purchase. Many brands are slim in design to not reduce shelf quantities, thus working to maximize sales.
For many stores, using bottle locks also prevent sampling of the product. It wouldn’t be the first time someone came into a store and started to drink from the liquor and wine bottles in a store. It won’t be the last either, but the right lock will help to reduce those incidents.
Those locks, like the EASy Bottle, are a perfect fit for most liquor and wine stores. They are not, however, perfect for high- end wine sales. Those products require a completely different anti theft structure. Alpha Security, who makes the EASy Bottle, has a better lock to prevent theft of high- end wine bottles. They made the Steel Grip bottle lock.
While the Steel Grip sounds industrial and clunky, it is actually very simplistic and refined in its design. When you are looking for high-end solutions, you need not only effective security devices, but also aesthetically pleasing solutions. Anytime the aesthetics of a security device overshadows the product, customers are less likely to purchase. The luxury feel is diminished, along with the perceived value of the item in question. No one wants to spend high-dollar prices somewhere that they feel like they are walking through a dollar store.
The Steel Grip is not just a pleasant to the eye solution. The Steel Grip actually enhances the shopping experience. Many top dollar wines are expensive beyond just brand recognition. Specific vintages, varietals, and years create very unique and desirable wines. Customers are looking to these wines not simply for consumption, but also as investments and additions to their collections.
As such, the actual bottles need to be in tiptop condition. A break in the cork can allow air inside of a bottle, rendering the wine rancid and useless. A collector will want to inspect the cork to ensure the quality and condition before they make their purchase.
In some cases, the foil wraps must also be inspected. A customer might be looking for the same evidence of bottle integrity, or they might be looking to put the bottle on display. Having a noticeable tear or scrape in the foil reduces the perfection of such a collector’s item.
The Steel Grip is a minimal band that wraps around a wine or champagne bottle. There is no cap to block a customer from inspecting the cork. The inside of the band has padding on it, which will minimize the risk of tearing or catching on a foil cover. This maximizes the value a customer sees in the item, while reducing costs to the store when they have to replace a foil covering due to damages.
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 you are in the business to sell high- end liquor and wine bottles, you need more than just an everyday, run of the mill, anti theft device for your bottle security. You need something that functions as an anti theft device, and still maintains other traits important to high-end wine sales.
When we think of bottle security, we tend to lean more towards bottle locks. They have been proven as an effective anti shoplifting deterrent, are easy to use and to remove at the time of purchase. Many brands are slim in design to not reduce shelf quantities, thus working to maximize sales.
For many stores, using bottle locks also prevents sampling of the product. It wouldn’t be the first time someone came into a store and started to drink from the liquor and wine bottles in a store. It won’t be the last either, but the right lock will help to reduce those incidents.
Those locks, like the EASy Bottle, are a perfect fit for most liquor and wine stores. They are not, however, perfect for high- end wine sales. Those products require a completely different anti theft structure. Alpha Security, who makes the EASy Bottle, has a better lock to prevent theft of high- end wine bottles. They made the Steel Grip bottle lock.
While the Steel Grip sounds industrial and clunky, it is actually very simplistic and refined in its design. When you are looking for high-end solutions, you need not only effective security devices, but also aesthetically pleasing solutions. Anytime the aesthetics of a security device overshadows the product, customers are less likely to purchase. The luxury feel is diminished, along with the perceived value of the item in question. No one wants to spend high-dollar prices somewhere that they feel like they are walking through a dollar store.
The Steel Grip is not just a pleasant to the eye solution. The Steel Grip actually enhances the shopping experience. Many top dollar wines are expensive beyond just brand recognition. Specific vintages, varietals, and years create very unique and desirable wines. Customers are looking to these wines not simply for consumption, but also as investments and additions to their collections.
As such, the actual bottles need to be in tiptop condition. A break in the cork can allow air inside of a bottle, rendering the wine rancid and useless. A collector will want to inspect the cork to ensure the quality and condition before they make their purchase.
In some cases, the foil wraps must also be inspected. A customer might be looking for the same evidence of bottle integrity, or they might be looking to put the bottle on display. Having a noticeable tear or scrape in the foil reduces the perfection of such a collector’s item.
The Steel Grip is a minimal band that wraps around a wine or champagne bottle. There is no cap to block a customer from inspecting the cork. The inside of the band has padding on it, which will minimize the risk of tearing or catching on a foil cover. This maximizes the value a customer sees in the item, while reducing costs to the store when they have to replace a foil covering due to damages.
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
It is already that time of the year again: the air is cooling, the day is ending earlier, and the leaves are falling from the trees. It is a beautiful reminder of what is right around the corner—the holiday shopping season. Whether this excites you or terrifies you, it also means that there is going to be a large influx of shopping traffic. In order to meet the demands of the season’s shoppers, everyone is hiring seasonal employees to help them get through the holidays. To make sure you stay in the black, it is important to avoid hiring seasonal employees who are only there to commit internal theft, taking not only their paychecks, but a lot more than you bargained for.
Seasonal hiring decisions tend to be made in a rush. With all of the other preparations for the season, including increased levels of merchandise stock, preparation auditing, and other seasonal tasks, hiring the right seasonal employees tends to be an issue that is put on the back burner. In order to save time conducting employee theft investigations, it is wise to spend some extra time screening your seasonal employees, and ensuring they are a good match for the job.
I have been working in retail loss prevention for many years. Each year I witness the large influx of seasonal associates. There are sometimes so many that I don’t even get a chance to learn their names before they are gone. Not only do we see a very large increase in external theft and shoplifting during this season but each year, we see a great amount of employee theft—usually from seasonal employees. So what can these employees do to damage your business? After all, they are only hired for a few months; how much damage can they do?
The answer is: a lot. Last year, the business I work hired a new cash-handling associate on a seasonal basis. Within the span of one week, she was able to steal over three-thousand dollars from the registers before we caught on to her. Luckily, we were able to identify the employee theft and resolve the incident before she could quit, which she had planned to.
So what is the solution? Well, there is no foolproof answer; no matter what you do, there is always some risk involved in making hiring decisions. Nonetheless, there are a number of things you can do to minimize the risk you are taking when hiring! Taking time to hire quality seasonal associates is the first step. Once they are hired, making sure they are trained well, and will not cause losses by making costly mistakes is the second component. Lastly, to minimize the risk of internal theft, make sure associates don’t work shifts alone if that is an option. Also, utilize various checks and balances, including merchandise protection, to limit any one employee’s ability to commit employee theft without another employee’s knowledge. Compartmentalizing business tasks and rotating employees through those tasks not only trains the employees well, but prevents them from having too much unchecked power.
Large corporations can sometimes absorb some losses, especially if they are small, isolated incidents as is the previous example. However, if you hire only a couple of things, it is really easy for them to cut into your profit—not to mention that you are paying them to steal!
For more information contact us: Internal Theft or call 1.770.426.0547
It is already that time of the year again: the air is cooling, the day is ending earlier, and the leaves are falling from the trees. It is a beautiful reminder of what is right around the corner—the holiday shopping season. Whether this excites you or terrifies you, it also means that there is going to be a large influx of shopping traffic. In order to meet the demands of the season’s shoppers, everyone is hiring seasonal employees to help them get through the holidays. To make sure you stay in the black, it is important to avoid hiring seasonal employees who are only there to commit internal theft, taking not only their paychecks, but a lot more than you bargained for.
Seasonal hiring decisions tend to be made in a rush. With all of the other preparations for the season, including increased levels of merchandise stock, preparation auditing, and other seasonal tasks, hiring the right seasonal employees tends to be an issue that is put on the back burner. In order to save time conducting employee theft investigations, it is wise to spend some extra time screening your seasonal employees, and ensuring they are a good match for the job.
I have been working in retail loss prevention for many years. Each year I witness the large influx of seasonal associates. There are sometimes so many that I don’t even get a chance to learn their names before they are gone. Not only do we see a very large increase in external theft and shoplifting during this season but each year, we see a great amount of employee theft—usually from seasonal employees. So what can these employees do to damage your business? After all, they are only hired for a few months; how much damage can they do?
The answer is: a lot. Last year, the business I work for hired a new cash-handling associate on a seasonal basis. Within the span of one week, she was able to steal over three-thousand dollars from the registers before we caught on to her. Luckily, we were able to identify the employee theft and resolve the incident before she could quit, which she had planned to.
So what is the solution? Well, there is no foolproof answer; no matter what you do, there is always some risk involved in making hiring decisions. Nonetheless, there are a number of things you can do to minimize the risk you are taking when hiring! Taking time to hire quality seasonal associates is the first step. Once they are hired, making sure they are trained well, and will not cause losses by making costly mistakes is the second component. Lastly, to minimize the risk of internal theft, make sure associates don’t work shifts alone if that is an option. Also, utilize various checks and balances, including merchandise protection, to limit any one employee’s ability to commit employee theft without another employee’s knowledge. Compartmentalizing business tasks and rotating employees through those tasks not only trains the employees well, but prevents them from having too much unchecked power.
Large corporations can sometimes absorb some losses, especially if they are small, isolated incidents as is the previous example. However, if you hire only a couple of people, it is really easy for them to cut into your profit—not to mention that you are paying them to steal!
For more information contact us: Internal Theft or call 1.770.426.0547
