Over the past two years, the company I work for has been slowly increasing the headcount of our Loss Prevention Department. Our upper management finally understands that we can deploy all the latest anti-shoplifting devices money can buy, but it still won’t stop a shoplifter whose full time job is to steal from us. So, over the past two years or so, I had the privilege of assembling a team of young professionals to work in my higher shrinking stores to tackle the shoplifter problem (not literally though). While not every store environment can have a dedicated LP agent, the return on investment that I get from my team is huge. Last quarter, they recovered more dollars for the store than what I spent on their payroll.
Just recently, I found myself training one of our new hires. He came to us with a plethora of LP experience and was ready to hit the ground running. After a few days of covering policies, it was time to hit the floor and make a few apprehensions. One of the key notes in our training is what behaviors to look for in a potential shoplifter. Within no time, my rookie calls me and informs me that there is a suspect attempting to remove a checkpoint tag from a pair of brand name blue jeans. I knew what was about to happen, so I met up with my rookie and we continued observation. In no time, the suspect had defeated the hard tag. I figured concealment was next, but it didn’t happen.
We both watched as our suspect selected a very inexpensive pair of shorts. After a few minutes of tinkering with the tag, he switched the prices on the jeans for the much cheaper barcode from the shorts. Surprisingly, this wasn’t the first time I had seen this happen, but I always give credit to a shoplifter who puts some thought into their deceptive ways. With all the countless hundreds of retail theft prevention solutions out there, sometimes, a dedicated thief will still cause you loss. That’s why having an LP resource in the store is important in some instances.
Getting back to our suspect, who now has a $5.99 barcode on a $69 pair of jeans. He starts making his way to the registers where I was hoping… no expecting the well trained cashier to catch the discrepancy and stop the loss. She didn’t and he got a very good deal on denim. My agent attempts to detain the suspect, however he flees. We don’t chase, but we do relay his information to local police, who were able to catch up to him down the road. Not only did he run from us, he also thought it a good idea to run from the police. Long story short, he totaled his vehicle and hid in the woods for a few hours before being introduced to a Malinois named Trigger. Good dog.
For more information, contact us: Anti-Shoplifting, or call 1.770.426.0547
Over the past two years, the company I work for has been slowly increasing the headcount of our Loss Prevention Department. Our upper management finally understands that we can deploy all the latest anti-shoplifting devices money can buy, but it still won’t stop a shoplifter whose full time job is to steal from us. So, over the past two years or so, I had the privilege of assembling a team of young professionals to work in my higher shrinkage stores to tackle the shoplifter problem (not literally though). While not every store environment can have a dedicated LP agent, the return on investment that I get from my team is huge. Last quarter, they recovered more dollars for the store than what I spent on their payroll.
Just recently, I found myself training one of our new hires. He came to us with a plethora of LP experience and was ready to hit the ground running. After a few days of covering policies, it was time to hit the floor and make a few apprehensions. One of the key notes in our training is what behaviors to look for in a potential shoplifter. Within no time, my rookie calls me and informs me that there is a suspect attempting to remove a Checkpoint Tag from a pair of brand name blue jeans. I knew what was about to happen, so I met up with my rookie and we continued observation. In no time, the suspect had defeated the hard tag. I figured concealment was next, but it didn’t happen.
We both watched as our suspect selected a very inexpensive pair of shorts. After a few minutes of tinkering with the tag, he switched the prices on the jeans for the much cheaper barcode from the shorts. Surprisingly, this wasn’t the first time I had seen this happen, but I always give credit to a shoplifter who puts some thought into their deceptive ways. With all the countless hundreds of retail theft prevention solutions out there, sometimes, a dedicated thief will still cause you loss. That’s why having an LP resource in the store is important in some instances.
Getting back to our suspect, who now has a $5.99 barcode on a $69 pair of jeans. He starts making his way to the registers where I was hoping… no expecting the well trained cashier to catch the discrepancy and stop the loss. She didn’t and he got a very good deal on denim. My agent attempts to detain the suspect, however he flees. We don’t chase, but we do relay his information to local police, who were able to catch up to him down the road. Not only did he run from us, he also thought it a good idea to run from the police. Long story short, he totaled his vehicle and hid in the woods for a few hours before being introduced to a Malinois named Trigger. Good dog.
For more information, contact us: Anti-Shoplifting, or call 1.770.426.0547
I’d like to think most people wouldn’t want to purchase meat that was stolen from a grocery store, let alone meat that was smuggled out of the store down some guy’s pants as he got out of the store and then transported it to his buyer. The reality is that is how it sometimes happens. You can help stop this from happing in your store by using Checkpoint Labels. These labels are not your typical everyday anti-shoplifting devices, as they are specifically designed for use on meat and other grocery items, and are even microwave safe. You can also have messages such as handling or cooking instructions custom printed right on the label itself, so the space will be well used efficiently. Meat is an item that most people consume daily, so when hard times hit, this is one of the key items that tends to be stolen more often.
Some people then to look at grocery theft differently, because they feel that it’s a little different than someone stealing a power tool or pushing out a television, but it’s still a theft. Times are tough for consumers and retailers, so the more you do to stop shoplifting from occurring in your store, the more you will profit. Observing shoplifters take meat from the store in the past got me wondering, who is buying this stuff anyway? Who knows? Other than personal use, it could be that it is being sold to a small market or shop that repackages and labels the merchandise with their own brand, or maybe there is a market for back alley meat sales. I can picture it now, “hey you, you want to buy some meat?”…No thank you. I don’t know about you, but I would think twice about buying a pound of beef from a guy walking around with a camping cooler filled with different kinds of meats and seafood.
Believe it or not, I have actually been approached on more than one occasion by random people while I was pumping gas, asking me if I wanted to buy something. The first time I was approached, it was a guy that walked up to me and pulled a bunch of “gold” chains out of his pocket, and began informing me that it was my lucky day. He then continued to explain how much of a good deal it would be for me if I purchased them from him. Although this particular man was quite the salesperson, I decided not to make a purchase. He then scurried along to the next “lucky” person, which kind of hurt my feelings, because it turned out to be everyone’s lucky day, not just mine.
The second time, I was once again pumping gas, and here comes two upstanding young gentlemen trying to sell me a brand new home theater system that was still in the box. Though the thought of getting a $600 home theater system for $75 sounded nice, I once again declined the purchase, and the men got back into their rickety van and drove away. I don’t know why people always think I want to buy stolen items, maybe I just have that look? I may want to think about changing up my appearance. Regardless of who is buying the stolen meat from your store, placing Checkpoint Labels on the packages before they are put on the shelf is sure to help you stop shoplifting and reduce the amount of overall theft you experience.
For more information contact us: (Checkpoint Labels) or call 1.770.426.0547
I’d like to think most people wouldn’t want to purchase meat that was stolen from a grocery store, let alone meat that was smuggled out of the store down some guy’s pants as he got out of the store and then transported it to his buyer. The reality is that is how it sometimes happens. You can help stop this from happing in your store by using Checkpoint Labels. These labels are not your typical everyday anti-shoplifting devices, as they are specifically designed for use on meat and other grocery items, and are even microwave safe. You can also have messages such as handling or cooking instructions custom printed right on the label itself, so the space will be well used efficiently. Meat is an item that most people consume daily, so when hard times hit, this is one of the key items that tends to be stolen more often.
Some people then to look at grocery theft differently, because they feel that it’s a little different than someone stealing a power tool or pushing out a television, but it’s still a theft. Times are tough for consumers and retailers, so the more you do to stop shoplifting from occurring in your store, the more you will profit. Observing shoplifters take meat from the store in the past got me wondering, who is buying this stuff anyway? Who knows? Other than personal use, it could be that it is being sold to a small market or shop that repackages and labels the merchandise with their own brand, or maybe there is a market for back alley meat sales. I can picture it now, “hey you, you want to buy some meat?”…No thank you. I don’t know about you, but I would think twice about buying a pound of beef from a guy walking around with a camping cooler filled with different kinds of meats and seafood.
Believe it or not, I have actually been approached on more than one occasion by random people while I was pumping gas, asking me if I wanted to buy something. The first time I was approached, it was a guy that walked up to me and pulled a bunch of “gold” chains out of his pocket, and began informing me that it was my lucky day. He then continued to explain how much of a good deal it would be for me if I purchased them from him. Although this particular man was quite the salesperson, I decided not to make a purchase. He then scurried along to the next “lucky” person, which kind of hurt my feelings, because it turned out to be everyone’s lucky day, not just mine.
The second time, I was once again pumping gas, and here comes two upstanding young gentlemen trying to sell me a brand new home theater system that was still in the box. Though the thought of getting a $600 home theater system for $75 sounded nice, I once again declined the purchase, and the men got back into their rickety van and drove away. I don’t know why people always think I want to buy stolen items, maybe I just have that look? I may want to think about changing up my appearance. Regardless of who is buying the stolen meat from your store, placing Checkpoint Labels on the packages before they are put on the shelf is sure to help you stop shoplifting and reduce the amount of overall theft you experience.
For more information contact us: Checkpoint Labels or call 1.770.426.0547
When you are trying to prevent shoplifting, you will have many obstacles on the road to success. A good way to ensure your success is to do everything in your power toward preventing loss, like keeping your eyes open to indicators of theft and ways that you can reduce it. A couple of ways you can do this is by regularly walking areas of the sales floor and the stockroom to look for empty packages, and also revisiting your camera strategy if it doesn’t yield the results you need.
Shoplifting prevention can’t just stop at putting retail anti-theft devices on some of your merchandise. You also need to search for information that can help you determine the best course of action. Walking the sales floor and stockrooms in search of empty packages is a step in the right direction. You’ll want to do more than just walk around during your search. You need to be thorough and look behind other merchandise, under stockroom shelves, behind fixtures, and anywhere merchandise or packages could be hidden. When you find an empty package, don’t just throw it away. The package’s location and when you found it can help you figure out who took the product when you review video.
The same goes for the rest of your team, who should also be writing down their name, where they found the product, and what time. It could save you hours of reviewing video, instead of just blindly reviewing and hoping to find something. Once you review the video and see who took the product, you will be ready for them the next time they come into the store. You may even be lucky enough to have a serial number on the package, which can be useful for identification later if they pawn or sell the item. If you report an items stolen, police have the ability to look up pawn records and see who sold the item.
Another way you can use this information is to look at the camera and dome strategy in your store. You can plot where you find the empty packages on a map, and then see how the locations correspond with the cameras you already have in place. If you discover that there are a lot of empty packages found in one area or aisle, you can adjust cameras you already have or add more cameras to the areas that need more coverage. You may also find that you have several blind spots after assessing your camera strategy. You can also choose to add cameras that are visible, or cameras that are not so visible. What I mean is that you could decide to put a camera up in the ceiling in which the customers or employees can see, so it will also help deter the theft. The other option is to put up a covert camera, so you can determine who is leaving the empty packages without seeing a new camera in the area.
Any of these options will help you prevent shoplifting. If you absolutely can’t add more cameras, you could consider beefing up merchandise protection on the items that are being stolen, like maybe adding more retail anti-theft devices to a certain items to reduce theft.
For more information contact us: (prevent shoplifting) or call 1.770.426.0547
When you are trying to prevent shoplifting, you will have many obstacles on the road to success. A good way to ensure your success is to do everything in your power toward preventing loss, like keeping your eyes open to indicators of theft and ways that you can reduce it. A couple of ways you can do this is by regularly walking areas of the sales floor and the stockroom to look for empty packages, and also revisiting your camera strategy if it doesn’t yield the results you need.
Shoplifting prevention can’t just stop at putting retail anti-theft devices on some of your merchandise. You also need to search for information that can help you determine the best course of action. Walking the sales floor and stockrooms in search of empty packages is a step in the right direction. You’ll want to do more than just walk around during your search. You need to be thorough and look behind other merchandise, under stockroom shelves, behind fixtures, and anywhere merchandise or packages could be hidden. When you find an empty package, don’t just throw it away. The package’s location and when you found it can help you figure out who took the product when you review video.
The same goes for the rest of your team, who should also be writing down their name, where they found the product, and what time. It could save you hours of reviewing video, instead of just blindly reviewing and hoping to find something. Once you review the video and see who took the product, you will be ready for them the next time they come into the store. You may even be lucky enough to have a serial number on the package, which can be useful for identification later if they pawn or sell the item. If you report an items stolen, police have the ability to look up pawn records and see who sold the item.
Another way you can use this information is to look at the camera and dome strategy in your store. You can plot where you find the empty packages on a map, and then see how the locations correspond with the cameras you already have in place. If you discover that there are a lot of empty packages found in one area or aisle, you can adjust cameras you already have or add more cameras to the areas that need more coverage. You may also find that you have several blind spots after assessing your camera strategy. You can also choose to add cameras that are visible, or cameras that are not so visible. What I mean is that you could decide to put a camera up in the ceiling in which the customers or employees can see, so it will also help deter the theft. The other option is to put up a covert camera, so you can determine who is leaving the empty packages without seeing a new camera in the area.
Any of these options will help you prevent shoplifting. If you absolutely can’t add more cameras, you could consider beefing up merchandise protection on the items that are being stolen, like maybe adding more retail anti-theft devices to a certain items to reduce theft.
For more information contact us: Prevent Shoplifting or call 1.770.426.0547
What do you normally think when you hear about a pharmacy theft? If you are like me, you probably assume it was pain medications. In many cases that is absolutely right; they make up a large percentage of prescription theft cases. However, if you are taking a look at incorporating RX Caps into your business, you definitely want to open your eyes to the other possibilities and reasons drug theft could be occurring.
Self medication is one unfortunate reason internal theft happens in pharmacies. There are so many random maladies and afflictions that can affect your employees’ daily lives that pain relievers cannot be the sole focus category for adding protection. Factoring in full time and part time, insurance coverage, and even drug costs, employees can come up with many justifications for stealing drugs from the pharmacy they work in. By adding RX Caps to your inventory stock bottles on the shelves, you can deter these thefts from ever happening.
In many surveys, a large percentage of pharmacists and technicians have admitted to just taking a few pills here and there. You may have an employee with a chronic illness or just a one time annoying cold. They may not want to take time off of work, or they may not have any more days available. The easier thing to do in some of their minds may be to simply take a few pills out of the bottles from the pharmacy inventory. Or they may just skim a few out of a patient’s bottle, figuring they will not miss one or two. There are liquid pain relievers and strong cough medicines they could just take a drink or two directly from the bottle. From skin disorders to chronic pain, prescription medications can be expensive, or the employee may not take the time to go to their doctor to get one written in the first place. An employee that has their mind made up to commit drug theft will not stop until they are caught. There is also the possibility of an employee that is a caregiver for a family member. With all the new medications coming on the market for diseases such as Alzheimers, Parkinsons, and many cancers, the stress and costs of caring for a loved one can be that final push an otherwise honest employee needs to start stealing from the pharmacy.
RX Caps will stop them in their tracks before it ever happens, and they do not discriminate against any specific type of pills. From strong pain relievers to simple allergy medications, RX Caps will protect them all, and help you secure your valuable inventory.
They are attached to the lids of almost any size bottle, so it is locked shut until an authorized person opens it with the specific magnet key. The bottles will self alarm if a technician attempts to tamper with the RX Cap, and they will also sound an alarm if they are removed from a specific perimeter around the pharmacy. They are the necessary deterrence any drug dispensary needs to keep everyone working there walking the straight and narrow line of honesty.
For more information contact us Antishoplifting.net or call 1.770.426.0547
What do you normally think when you hear about a pharmacy theft? If you are like me, you probably assume it was pain medications. In many cases that is absolutely right; they make up a large percentage of prescription theft cases. However, if you are taking a look at incorporating RX Caps into your business, you definitely want to open your eyes to the other possibilities and reasons drug theft could be occurring.
Self medication is one unfortunate reason internal theft happens in pharmacies. There are so many random maladies and afflictions that can affect your employees’ daily lives that pain relievers cannot be the sole focus category for adding protection. Factoring in full time and part time, insurance coverage, and even drug costs, employees can come up with many justifications for stealing drugs from the pharmacy they work in. By adding RX Caps to your inventory stock bottles on the shelves, you can deter these thefts from ever happening.
In many surveys, a large percentage of pharmacists and technicians have admitted to just taking a few pills here and there. You may have an employee with a chronic illness or just a one time annoying cold. They may not want to take time off of work, or they may not have any more days available. The easier thing to do in some of their minds may be to simply take a few pills out of the bottles from the pharmacy inventory. Or they may just skim a few out of a patient’s bottle, figuring they will not miss one or two.
There are liquid pain relievers and strong cough medicines they could just take a drink or two directly from the bottle. From skin disorders to chronic pain, prescription medications can be expensive, or the employee may not take the time to go to their doctor to get one written in the first place. An employee that has their mind made up to commit drug theft will not stop until they are caught. There is also the possibility of an employee that is a caregiver for a family member. With all the new medications coming on the market for diseases such as Alzheimers, Parkinsons, and many cancers, the stress and costs of caring for a loved one can be that final push an otherwise honest employee needs to start stealing from the pharmacy.
RX Caps will stop them in their tracks before it ever happens, and they do not discriminate against any specific type of pills. From strong pain relievers to simple allergy medications, RX Caps will protect them all, and help you secure your valuable inventory.They are attached to the lids of almost any size bottle, so it is locked shut until an authorized person opens it with the specific magnet key. The bottles will self alarm if a technician attempts to tamper with the RX Cap, and they will also sound an alarm if they are removed from a specific perimeter around the pharmacy. They are the necessary deterrence any drug dispensary needs to keep everyone working there walking the straight and narrow line of honesty.
For more information contact us at Antishoplifting.net or call 1.770.426.0547
Selling clothing comes with several inherent risks like in-store damage, wardobing, return fraud, and shoplifting, just to name a few. You’re in the business of selling clothing because you enjoy pleasing the customers that come in to buy it, taking pride and showing off your merchandise. You certainly want to protect your clothing from these inherent risks, but it may be difficult to keep your merchandise and your pride from being stolen, stained, or swindled. It is important to protect clothing from theft, but it is also important to create the best customer experience possible for your customers. Here is a brief list of some Dos and Don’ts when it comes to clothing security.
Do secure your merchandise consistently. It may not be necessary to have clothing security tags on each and every single item. It is more cost-efficient and pleasing to the customer to only secure those items that are likely to be stolen. If you have noticed your stock levels decreasing on certain lines of clothing, this is a good indicator that it is a hot item for theft. Secondly, if you have been fortunate enough to avoid such theft, high sales volume of a particular line is also a good indicator for potentially high-theft items.
Do place your security tags on clothes in the same location for each style. This is an aspect of clothing security that is often overlooked. It is very easy for one employee to think that the clothing security tags look good on the sleeve of a jacket, and another to think the tag should go underneath a collar. Ensuring that the tags are in the same location on every item will allow the cashier to make sure they know where to look for the tag so that it can be properly removed. This is important to ensure a good customer experience, and to not embarrass the customer or inconvenience them by having them return to the store with the tag still on the clothing.
Don’t leave your best-selling or most expensive items unprotected! Sure, you want your customers to be able to try on the clothing and see how it will look on so that they will buy it. There are many different places to put on clothing security tags that will allow the customers to still have an enjoyable shopping experience, and to see how the item will look on. Likewise, the time and energy put into protecting these items will pay off in a big way!
Don’t leave your tag removal devices laying around! This is another concept that is often overlooked with a good merchandise security strategy. If your register areas are in the middle of the sales floor, or even if there is a stand-alone register secluded from regular traffic, make sure that your security device removal tools are tied or bolted down and protected! Two things can happen if they go missing: first, employees won’t have them when they need them to help honest customers and, second, a shoplifter could pick one up and have a field day with it! If it falls into their hands, you now have a gaping hole in your wall of defense against them.
There are certainly many other things to consider regarding clothing protection including proper fitting room attendance, cleanliness, placement of clothing on the sales floor, and many more. When it comes to clothing protection, little is more important than using security tags. Make sure you use them right to protect your merchandise.
For more information contact us: Clothing Security or call 1.770.426.0547
Selling clothing comes with several inherent risks like in-store damage, wardobing, return fraud, and shoplifting, just to name a few. You’re in the business of selling clothing because you enjoy pleasing the customers that come in to buy it, taking pride and showing off your merchandise. You certainly want to protect your clothing from these inherent risks, but it may be difficult to keep your merchandise and your pride from being stolen, stained, or swindled. It is important to protect clothing from theft, but it is also important to create the best customer experience possible for your customers. Here is a brief list of some Dos and Don’ts when it comes to clothing security.
Do secure your merchandise consistently. It may not be necessary to have clothing security tags on each and every single item. It is more cost-efficient and pleasing to the customer to only secure those items that are likely to be stolen. If you have noticed your stock levels decreasing on certain lines of clothing, this is a good indicator that it is a hot item for theft. Secondly, if you have been fortunate enough to avoid such theft, high sales volume of a particular line is also a good indicator for potentially high-theft items.
Do place your security tags on clothes in the same location for each style. This is an aspect of clothing security that is often overlooked. It is very easy for one employee to think that the clothing security tags look good on the sleeve of a jacket, and another to think the tag should go underneath a collar. Ensuring that the tags are in the same location on every item will allow the cashier to make sure they know where to look for the tag so that it can be properly removed. This is important to ensure a good customer experience, and to not embarrass the customer or inconvenience them by having them return to the store with the tag still on the clothing.
Don’t leave your best-selling or most expensive items unprotected! Sure, you want your customers to be able to try on the clothing and see how it will look on so that they will buy it. There are many different places to put on clothing security tags that will allow the customers to still have an enjoyable shopping experience, and to see how the item will look on. Likewise, the time and energy put into protecting these items will pay off in a big way!
Don’t leave your tag removal devices laying around! This is another concept that is often overlooked with a good merchandise security strategy. If your register areas are in the middle of the sales floor, or even if there is a stand-alone register secluded from regular traffic, make sure that your security device removal tools are tied or bolted down and protected! Two things can happen if they go missing: first, employees won’t have them when they need them to help honest customers and, second, a shoplifter could pick one up and have a field day with it! If it falls into their hands, you now have a gaping hole in your wall of defense against them.
There are certainly many other things to consider regarding clothing protection including proper fitting room attendance, cleanliness, placement of clothing on the sales floor, and many more. When it comes to clothing protection, little is more important than using security tags. Make sure you use them right to protect your merchandise.
For more information contact us: Clothing Security or call 1.770.426.0547
As the owner or manager of a retail store, you know the inventory on your shelves is an investment. You buy the items, decide what margin of profit you need from them, and put them out for sale. If those items are stolen, you lose the inventory you paid for plus the profit you would have made. When this happens, it is a no-win situation for the store, and the business cannot survive with regularly scheduled theft occurring. Checkpoint Labels can be the difference in detecting, and even more important, deterring loss of product from your shelves.
If an item is likely to become, or has already been a target for theft, there is a solution already out there to help protect it. With their wide variety of designs, sizes, and shapes, there is a Checkpoint Label for nearly everything a store can choose to sell. There are clear round labels available for bottles, for example. They are great because they can be placed right over the package label, without defacing the brand name or confusing the customer. There is also the clear label that can be placed directly over the UPC of the bottle or box, that not only blends in with the package itself so a person contemplating theft may not even know it is there, but also allows it to still be scanned at the register without needing to be removed, so there is no slowing of the checkout process.
If a customer sees you have the Checkpoint System in place as soon as they enter your building, they are less likely to attempt to steal from you if they were the type that would steal on impulse. However, there are those that plan to steal from you, regardless of your product protection efforts, and you have to get one step ahead of them. Or five. With Checkpoint Labels, you get that advantage you need. Many times I find a way to insert the label inside the box, so it is unseen, and the shoplifter gets a not so nice surprise when the system alarms as they attempt to leave. Of course, they stop and stammer out some excuse for having the item, but the most important thing is they either give it back or pay for it.
As I was walking the aisles of my store this weekend, I noticed a small stash of name brand pain relievers sitting in the hair care section. I investigated a bit, checking the boxes for damage, and the only constants I saw was they were high retail, high demand, and they all had Checkpoint Labels adhered right over the brand name on the front of the boxes. It appeared the would-be thief had attempted to peel off one or two of them. That’s another benefit of these; they are designed to stick… and they do not come off easily. Think about it: if you are an honest, cash paying customer, do you really care if one of these is on your box that is just sitting in the medicine cabinet? You probably would not even notice it at all. You would just be grateful the store had the product you came in with the intent to buy. As far as the cache of boxes I found, they are back over on the shelf tonight, instead of on their way to the local flea market.
For more information contact us: 1.770.426.0547 or Antishoplifting.net
As the owner or manager of a retail store, you know the inventory on your shelves is an investment. You buy the items, decide what margin of profit you need from them, and put them out for sale. If those items are stolen, you lose the inventory you paid for plus the profit you would have made. When this happens, it is a no-win situation for the store, and the business cannot survive with regularly scheduled theft occurring. Checkpoint Labels can be the difference in detecting, and even more important, deterring loss of product from your shelves.
If an item is likely to become, or has already been a target for theft, there is a solution already out there to help protect it. With their wide variety of designs, sizes, and shapes, there is a Checkpoint Label for nearly everything a store can choose to sell. There are clear round labels available for bottles, for example. They are great because they can be placed right over the package label, without defacing the brand name or confusing the customer. There is also the clear label that can be placed directly over the UPC of the bottle or box, that not only blends in with the package itself so a person contemplating theft may not even know it is there, but also allows it to still be scanned at the register without needing to be removed, so there is no slowing of the checkout process.
If a customer sees you have the Checkpoint System in place as soon as they enter your building, they are less likely to attempt to steal from you if they were the type that would steal on impulse. However, there are those that plan to steal from you, regardless of your product protection efforts, and you have to get one step ahead of them. Or five. With Checkpoint Labels, you get that advantage you need. Many times I find a way to insert the label inside the box, so it is unseen, and the shoplifter gets a not so nice surprise when the system alarms as they attempt to leave. Of course, they stop and stammer out some excuse for having the item, but the most important thing is they either give it back or pay for it.
As I was walking the aisles of my store this weekend, I noticed a small stash of name brand pain relievers sitting in the hair care section. I investigated a bit, checking the boxes for damage, and the only constants I saw was they were high retail, high demand, and they all had Checkpoint Labels adhered right over the brand name on the front of the boxes. It appeared the would-be thief had attempted to peel off one or two of them. That’s another benefit of these; they are designed to stick… and they do not come off easily. Think about it: if you are an honest, cash paying customer, do you really care if one of these is on your box that is just sitting in the medicine cabinet? You probably would not even notice it at all. You would just be grateful the store had the product you came in with the intent to buy. As far as the cache of boxes I found, they are back over on the shelf tonight, instead of on their way to the local flea market.
For more information contact us: 1.770.426.0547 or Antishoplifting.net
