For years, Alpha Security has found pride in developing and producing product specific retail anti theft devices. These devices were designed to make retailer’s jobs easier, while providing proven solutions to reduce inventory shrink through theft. While retailers ranging from specialty boutiques to big box have welcomed this business model with open arms, it is not for everyone.
For some small businesses there is only a minimal need to have diversified anti theft devices. It could be a matter of having a small range within their product assortments, so they do not need to have multiple styles and sizes of these anti shoplifting devices.
For other small businesses, there simply is not a budget that allows for maintaining a large stockpile of multiple devices. Having to spend the money to purchase enough quantities of each style is more than allowable. These retailers are faced with decisions on what they can effectively buy that will make for the biggest impact. They hope that they can either offset the rest of their shrink losses, or retrofit their existing stockpile of anti theft devices into working for other products.
To stay at the top of their game, Alpha Security came up with a new twist on their retail anti theft devices to prevent shoplifting at retailers who have a wider assortment of products, but do not have excess budgets to make multiple purchases. They created a one style fits all solution.
They modified their existing CableLok security device to now have an adjustable cable. The cable can be fitted to a wide variety of lengths, making it practical for multiple product uses within a retailer’s store. The cable can be cinched down to the size needed for the specific product you want to secure. Instead of having to make a longer or shorter cable work, one style can be made to fit many sizes.
Instead of needing several different devices for clothing, and sporting goods, for example, the new adjustable cable can be used in all of these applications.
Additional suggested product security uses include briefcases and handbags. For hard line stores, the same cable can be used on grills, lawn mowers and other outdoor power equipment, hand tools (electric and battery operated) clam shell packages of merchandise, display merchandise like a stroller or vacuum, and even laundry detergent bottles.
Many of these items have been historically problematic to secure, as other anti theft options are not conducive to the packaging. Laundry detergent, for example, cannot be pierced and secured with a stickpin based EAS tag. Soft labels are easily peeled off of the plastic exterior, and would not be useful inside the product as they could cause a customer service issue when the tags fall into a washer unexpectedly.
The adjustable CableLoks come in both Alpha 2 Alarm, Alpha 3 Alarm, AM and RF styles. This will help to provide a seamless and cost effective transition into your existing security system.
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
For years, Alpha Security has found pride in developing and producing product specific retail anti theft devices. These devices were designed to make retailer’s jobs easier, while providing proven solutions to reduce inventory shrink through theft. While retailers ranging from specialty boutiques to big box have welcomed this business model with open arms, it is not for everyone.
For some small businesses there is only a minimal need to have diversified anti theft devices. It could be a matter of having a small range within their product assortments, so they do not need to have multiple styles and sizes of these anti shoplifting devices.
For other small businesses, there simply is not a budget that allows for maintaining a large stockpile of multiple devices. Having to spend the money to purchase enough quantities of each style is more than allowable. These retailers are faced with decisions on what they can effectively buy that will make for the biggest impact. They hope that they can either offset the rest of their shrink losses, or retrofit their existing stockpile of anti theft devices into working for other products.
To stay at the top of their game, Alpha Security came up with a new twist on their retail anti theft devices to prevent shoplifting at retailers who have a wider assortment of products, but do not have excess budgets to make multiple purchases. They created a one style fits all solution.
They modified their existing CableLok security device to now have an adjustable cable. The cable can be fitted to a wide variety of lengths, making it practical for multiple product uses within a retailer’s store. The cable can be cinched down to the size needed for the specific product you want to secure. Instead of having to make a longer or shorter cable work, one style can be made to fit many sizes.
Instead of needing several different devices for clothing, and sporting goods, for example, the new adjustable cable can be used in all of these applications.
Additional suggested product security uses include briefcases and handbags. For hard line stores, the same cable can be used on grills, lawn mowers and other outdoor power equipment, hand tools (electric and battery operated) clam shell packages of merchandise, display merchandise like a stroller or vacuum, and even laundry detergent bottles.
Many of these items have been historically problematic to secure, as other anti theft options are not conducive to the packaging. Laundry detergent, for example, cannot be pierced and secured with a stickpin based EAS tag. Soft labels are easily peeled off of the plastic exterior, and would not be useful inside the product as they could cause a customer service issue when the tags fall into a washer unexpectedly.
The adjustable CableLoks come in both Alpha 2 Alarm, Alpha 3 Alarm, AM and RF styles. This will help to provide a seamless and cost effective transition into your existing security system.
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
Some people readily dismiss teenage shenanigans as simply youthful indiscretion. They feel like there is no real harm done, and that kids will be kids. In some situations, those dismissals are fine. In other situations, the consequences of those actions can be much more far reaching than a simple slap on the wrist can cure. A breach in liquor bottle security is one of those situations.
Without liquor bottle security, like using bottle locks, teenage miscreants can easily come into a liquor store, grab a bottle, and hide in a corner somewhere while they open the bottle and start drinking. In some cases, teens have brought a flask or other container in and filled it with the liquor from one of these bottles. Both methods serve the same purpose of obtaining alcohol for underage drinking.
While it might be easy for some to chalk underage drinking up to youthful indiscretion, there are some very serious consequences that can arise from these actions. If the teens drink and drive, or through another way hurt themselves or others, potentially life-threatening damages can happen. At that point, who is to blame? Will the teens be charged? Most likely they will, depending on the seriousness of the infraction, they might even be tried as an adult.
The next question inevitably will be as to where they obtained the liquor. Did someone give it to them? Did they get it themselves, and if so did they steal it, or did they purchase it? Either way, they may be able to track this liquor back to your store’s location. Even if the liquor was stolen, you might be on the hook for some of the liability.
Whether or not you are found guilty within this litigation may come down to your liquor bottle security policies and procedures. Just like bars and nightclubs have a civic and legal responsibility to prevent underage drinking, so do liquor stores. Some stores have been found guilty purely through the concept of gross negligence.
A store that does not use bottle locks to prevent unauthorized consumption is one thing. It’s another if this same store has inattentive employees, teens are allowed into the store unsupervised, and there is a history (known or not) of underage drinking from the store’s liquor inventory.
Sometimes owners are the last to know that there is a problem in one of their stores. If the employees do not self regulate their customers, a teenage drinking problem can quickly get out of hand. It may be that the situation is not reported until an unfortunate incident has occurred, bringing the full story to light.
Once a teen has been able to sneak liquor out or consume in store, the word can spread very quickly. Friends tell other friends and soon it becomes common knowledge that there is a lack of effective liquor bottle security to prevent underage drinking. A more and more teens try to get away with this unauthorized consumption; the risk of more serious side effects takes place.
A liquor store found guilty of allowing underage drinking will be faced with criminal and or civil litigation, fines, fees, and the potential to completely loose their liquor license.
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
Some people readily dismiss teenage shenanigans as simply youthful indiscretion. They feel like there is no real harm done, and that kids will be kids. In some situations, those dismissals are fine. In other situations, the consequences of those actions can be much more far reaching than a simple slap on the wrist can cure. A breach in liquor bottle security is one of those situations.
Without liquor bottle security, like using bottle locks, teenage miscreants can easily come into a liquor store, grab a bottle, and hide in a corner somewhere while they open the bottle and start drinking. In some cases, teens have brought a flask or other container in and filled it with the liquor from one of these bottles. Both methods serve the same purpose of obtaining alcohol for underage drinking.
While it might be easy for some to chalk underage drinking up to youthful indiscretion, there are some very serious consequences that can arise from these actions. If the teens drink and drive, or through another way hurt themselves or others, potentially life-threatening damages can happen. At that point, who is to blame? Will the teens be charged? Most likely they will, depending on the seriousness of the infraction, they might even be tried as an adult.
The next question inevitably will be as to where they obtained the liquor. Did someone give it to them? Did they get it themselves, and if so did they steal it, or did they purchase it? Either way, they may be able to track this liquor back to your store’s location. Even if the liquor was stolen, you might be on the hook for some of the liability.
Whether or not you are found guilty within this litigation may come down to your liquor bottle security policies and procedures. Just like bars and nightclubs have a civic and legal responsibility to prevent underage drinking, so do liquor stores. Some stores have been found guilty purely through the concept of gross negligence.
A store that does not use bottle locks to prevent unauthorized consumption is one thing. It’s another if this same store has inattentive employees, teens are allowed into the store unsupervised, and there is a history (known or not) of underage drinking from the store’s liquor inventory.
Sometimes owners are the last to know that there is a problem in one of their stores. If the employees do not self regulate their customers, a teenage drinking problem can quickly get out of hand. It may be that the situation is not reported until an unfortunate incident has occurred, bringing the full story to light.
Once a teen has been able to sneak liquor out or consume in store, the word can spread very quickly. Friends tell other friends and soon it becomes common knowledge that there is a lack of effective liquor bottle security to prevent underage drinking. As more and more teens try to get away with this unauthorized consumption; the risk of more serious side effects takes place.
A liquor store found guilty of allowing underage drinking will be faced with criminal and or civil litigation, fines, fees, and the potential to completely loose their liquor license.
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’s really not a secret that shoplifting costs your store thousands of dollars per year. Thieves think of our stores as soul-less entities that can absorb losses like a paper napkin. Even for giant corporations, that’s simply not true. Whether you manage 500 stores, or just 1, you can’t afford to let dishonest people to rob you blind! With technology advancing on a daily basis, you can bet that there is an anti-shoplifting tool out there that meets your needs, and most importantly, your budget.
I work in the investigations department of my company and I often think back to all of the shoplifters and dishonest employees I’ve dealt with. Some make me furious at the amount of money my stores lost, while some just make me laugh. My company is heavily invested in the firearm and accessory business. Obviously, we don’t keep firearms accessible, however the line of accessories such as scopes, mounts, range finders and binoculars are displayed in a way that allows the customer to interact with the product. We used several anti-shoplifting devices to keep the displays secured. Any given item had at least 3 layers of protection. You wouldn’t think someone would try to steal an item that was so secured. This job never really surprises me anymore.
A store called me one morning and stated that they did their morning display audit and noticed that 4 of their most expensive scopes were gone. They were not sold and they had to have gone missing within the last 24 hours. I immediately went to the camera system and started my investigation. Just as the manager said, the day before, I could clearly see the scopes on display. A few hours on the camera and I found my shoplifter. At first I saw him looking at all the anti-shoplifting devices securing the product, then he walked away for a while. When he came back, he seemed to be frustrated with the system of locks and alarms connecting the scopes to the display shelf. At this point, I was still very confused on how he was able to remove the merchandise, so I stared at my CCTV monitor like I was watching a blockbuster thriller! I watched as my suspect seemingly had a light bulb go off over his head. He bent down out of view and we he re-emerged, he simple cut the cables to the scopes and removed them from the store. What just happened?
The store was only a few minutes down the road, so I headed over to inspect. I went to the area where I saw him bend down and saw a surge protector, exposed. That power pack was the source of power for the entire security display. During some routine cleaning, an associate had moved it and it remained outside of the cage. My shoplifter simply turned off the power to the alarms. I was not a happy person. When I first talked to the manager, he was quick to blame the fixture as a waste of money that didn’t secure his merchandise. There’s a lesson in this case, and unfortunately for his manager, it was an expensive lesson. No matter what controls you have in place to prevent losses in your store, they are only as effective as those who implement the.
For more information, contact us: Anti-Shoplifting, or call 1.770.426.0547
It’s really not a secret that shoplifting costs your store thousands of dollars per year. Thieves think of our stores as soul-less entities that can absorb losses like a paper napkin. Even for giant corporations, that’s simply not true. Whether you manage 500 stores, or just 1, you can’t afford to let dishonest people to rob you blind! With technology advancing on a daily basis, you can bet that there is an anti-shoplifting tool out there that meets your needs, and most importantly, your budget.
I work in the investigations department of my company and I often think back to all of the shoplifters and dishonest employees I’ve dealt with. Some make me furious at the amount of money my stores lost, while some just make me laugh. My company is heavily invested in the firearm and accessory business. Obviously, we don’t keep firearms accessible, however the line of accessories such as scopes, mounts, range finders and binoculars are displayed in a way that allows the customer to interact with the product. We used several anti-shoplifting devices to keep the displays secured. Any given item had at least 3 layers of protection. You wouldn’t think someone would try to steal an item that was so secured. This job never really surprises me anymore.
A store called me one morning and stated that they did their morning display audit and noticed that 4 of their most expensive scopes were gone. They were not sold and they had to have gone missing within the last 24 hours. I immediately went to the camera system and started my investigation. Just as the manager said, the day before, I could clearly see the scopes on display. A few hours on the camera and I found my shoplifter. At first I saw him looking at all the anti-shoplifting devices securing the product, then he walked away for a while. When he came back, he seemed to be frustrated with the system of locks and alarms connecting the scopes to the display shelf. At this point, I was still very confused on how he was able to remove the merchandise, so I stared at my CCTV monitor like I was watching a blockbuster thriller! I watched as my suspect seemingly had a light bulb go off over his head. He bent down out of view and we he re-emerged, he simply cut the cables to the scopes and removed them from the store. What just happened?
The store was only a few minutes down the road, so I headed over to inspect. I went to the area where I saw him bend down and saw a surge protector, exposed. That power pack was the source of power for the entire security display. During some routine cleaning, an associate had moved it and it remained outside of the cage. My shoplifter simply turned off the power to the alarms. I was not a happy person. When I first talked to the manager, he was quick to blame the fixture as a waste of money that didn’t secure his merchandise. There’s a lesson in this case, and unfortunately for his manager, it was an expensive lesson. No matter what controls you have in place to prevent losses in your store, they are only as effective as those who implement them.
For more information, contact us at Anti-Shoplifting, or call 1.770.426.0547
