In some recent articles, I’ve talked a lot about Organized Retail Crime (ORC). In the LP industry, we are far too familiar with this term. For those who may not be, it’s exactly what it reads. Groups of organized individuals whose sole purpose on Earth is to steal from you and resell to make a profit. Some of these guys probably make 5x as much as you and I do in a year, so think about how much product these groups are stealing on a daily basis to support that number. In my experience, the only way to stop them from impacting your store is to have a solid checkpoint system in place, and use checkpoint labels on every item that is being targeted.
What I’ve seen over the past few years is a growing trend of over the counter (OTC) medication. I’ve tracked ORC groups across multiple states where they would come into my stores and literally wipe out an entire shelf of OTC pain medication, allergen and just about whatever else they could get their hands on. As a retailer, there’s no way I could lock that stuff up; it would destroy my sales. I also didn’t have the payroll to have an employee go unlock a case every time a customer in a pharmacy wanted headache medicine. What I had to do, and what all retailers should do is leverage the tools you already have in your store, such as a checkpoint system, to fight back. If you’re a small store, you probably don’t have a loss prevention team in store, so doing what you can to fight thieves it critical of your financial success.
Currently, there are about 35 different checkpoint labels on the market. Most are overt labels that provide a deterrent factor to your everyday shoplifter. If I’m a theift, chances are, I won’t’ take that bottle of ibuprofen if I know there’s a chance the tag will sound the alarm at the door. That’s not going to stop an ORC group. They simple don’t care about your checkpoint system and the alarm seems to not phase them one bit. What can you do?
In my years in the Loss Prevention industry, I’ve seen one thing stop boosters in their tracks. A checkpoint label that includes the exact store where the merchandise was sold at. Due to the adhesive quality of the label, you can’t peel them off without the product looking like it was stolen. In addition, having the store location provides law enforcement with great information should the product be recovered after the theft. These boosters know that and are unwilling to take the risk that could cost them their operation. It’s a very simple, easy and cost effective solution to OTC medication theft that all retailers should implement.
For more information, contact us: KW, or call 1.770.426.0547
In some recent articles, I’ve talked a lot about Organized Retail Crime (ORC). In the LP industry, we are far too familiar with this term. For those who may not be, it’s exactly what it reads. Groups of organized individuals whose sole purpose on Earth is to steal from you and resell to make a profit. Some of these guys probably make 5x as much as you and I do in a year, so think about how much product these groups are stealing on a daily basis to support that number. In my experience, the only way to stop them from impacting your store is to have a solid Checkpoint System in place, and use Checkpoint Labels on every item that is being targeted.
What I’ve seen over the past few years is a growing trend of over the counter (OTC) medication. I’ve tracked ORC groups across multiple states where they would come into my stores and literally wipe out an entire shelf of OTC pain medication, allergen and just about whatever else they could get their hands on. As a retailer, there’s no way I could lock that stuff up; it would destroy my sales. I also didn’t have the payroll to have an employee go unlock a case every time a customer in a pharmacy wanted headache medicine. What I had to do, and what all retailers should do is leverage the tools you already have in your store, such as a Checkpoint System, to fight back. If you’re a small store, you probably don’t have a loss prevention team in store, so doing what you can to fight thieves it critical of your financial success.
Currently, there are about 35 different Checkpoint Labels on the market. Most are overt labels that provide a deterrent factor to your everyday shoplifter. If I’m a theif, chances are, I won’t’ take that bottle of ibuprofen if I know there’s a chance the tag will sound the alarm at the door. That’s not going to stop an ORC group. They simple don’t care about your Checkpoint System and the alarm seems to not phase them one bit. What can you do?
In my years in the Loss Prevention industry, I’ve seen one thing stop boosters in their tracks. A Checkpoint Label that includes the exact store where the merchandise was sold at. Due to the adhesive quality of the label, you can’t peel them off without the product looking like it was stolen. In addition, having the store location provides law enforcement with great information should the product be recovered after the theft. These boosters know that and are unwilling to take the risk that could cost them their operation. It’s a very simple, easy and cost effective solution to OTC medication theft that all retailers should implement.
For more information, contact us at Antishoplifting.net, or call 1.770.426.0547
Do you spend your days worrying about theft, and wake up in a cold sweat night after night with nightmares about shoplifters cleaning off your clothing racks and leaving only empty hangers behind? Besides getting a hobby and possibly visiting a doctor, my advice to you would be to invest in clothing security as soon as possible. There is no need to worry, there are plenty of solutions for reducing theft in your store. Although you might be tempted to put all of your clothes in a locked showcase, I don’t think that your customers would find that decision very practical or convenient for their needs. Instead, keep them on the racks where they belong, so your customers can experience them before buying.
The majority of shoplifters will be deterred by the sight of security tags on clothes, so it’s a good idea to make sure you use them to protect your inventory. Shoplifters don’t want to spend the time trying to remove the tags and attract all kinds of attention while they are trying to do it. If you are going to use clothing security tags, please be thorough. Nothing irritates me more than when I am in a store and I see a rack of clothes with some items tagged and others not tagged, specifically when they are the same exact garment. This doesn’t make any sense to do this, so you should confirm that all of your employees know that it is unacceptable. After all, which item would you take if you were a shoplifter, items with Checkpoint tags on them, or items without them? It’s a no brainer.
Be prepared to experience a shift in the kind of merchandise that is stolen once you are using clothing security tags. Shoplifters will be sure to take advantage of the merchandise that is not protected. When thieves see that certain items such as high dollar clothing is protected, they will start trying to steal other items in the store. They may start to target the cheaper merchandise just to get around the extra protection, or different types of merchandise altogether. You will have to keep an eye on this activity as well, because even though the dollar amounts may be lower, the quantity of items stolen may amount to a lot of money as well. They might steal ten of a lower cost item, but it could add up to the same amount of loss as a more expensive item.
Though most shoplifters are deterred by clothing security measures, some shoplifters will still steal whether or not you have security tags on clothes or not. They know the alarm will go off at the door when they exit the store with the clothes, but they still load up on the merchandise and head out the door. These kinds of thefts are not usually committed by ordinary shoplifters, but professional shoplifters that steal to later sell the merchandise for profit. This type of theft is less common than the average shoplifting case, and best deterred by customer service. Keep your employees looking for suspicious behaviors while they are working and offering assistance whenever a customer is anywhere near them. Customer service and merchandise protection together will help deter theft in your store and raise your profits.
For more information contact us: (clothing security) or call 1.770.426.0547
Do you spend your days worrying about theft, and wake up in a cold sweat night after night with nightmares about shoplifters cleaning off your clothing racks and leaving only empty hangers behind? Besides getting a hobby and possibly visiting a doctor, my advice to you would be to invest in clothing security as soon as possible. There is no need to worry, there are plenty of solutions for reducing theft in your store. Although you might be tempted to put all of your clothes in a locked showcase, I don’t think that your customers would find that decision very practical or convenient for their needs. Instead, keep them on the racks where they belong, so your customers can experience them before buying.
The majority of shoplifters will be deterred by the sight of Checkpoint Security Tags on clothes, so it’s a good idea to make sure you use them to protect your inventory. Shoplifters don’t want to spend the time trying to remove the tags and attract all kinds of attention while they are trying to do it. If you are going to use Clothing Security Tags, please be thorough. Nothing irritates me more than when I am in a store and I see a rack of clothes with some items tagged and others not tagged, specifically when they are the same exact garment. This doesn’t make any sense to do this, so you should confirm that all of your employees know that it is unacceptable. After all, which item would you take if you were a shoplifter, items with Checkpoint Tags on them, or items without them? It’s a no brainer.
Be prepared to experience a shift in the kind of merchandise that is stolen once you are using clothing security tags. Shoplifters will be sure to take advantage of the merchandise that is not protected. When thieves see that certain items such as high dollar clothing is protected, they will start trying to steal other items in the store. They may start to target the cheaper merchandise just to get around the extra protection, or different types of merchandise altogether. You will have to keep an eye on this activity as well, because even though the dollar amounts may be lower, the quantity of items stolen may amount to a lot of money as well. They might steal ten of a lower cost item, but it could add up to the same amount of loss as a more expensive item.
Though most shoplifters are deterred by clothing security measures, some shoplifters will still steal whether or not you have Checkpoint Tags on clothes or not. They know the alarm will go off at the door when they exit the store with the clothes, but they still load up on the merchandise and head out the door. These kinds of thefts are not usually committed by ordinary shoplifters, but professional shoplifters that steal to later sell the merchandise for profit. This type of theft is less common than the average shoplifting case, and best deterred by customer service. Keep your employees looking for suspicious behaviors while they are working and offering assistance whenever a customer is anywhere near them. Customer service and merchandise protection together will help deter theft in your store and raise your profits.
For more information contact us: Clothing Security or call 1.770.426.0547
Using Checkpoint Tags to protect your merchandise is a cost efficient method of securing almost all of the merchandise found in retail stores. There are several different types of anti-shoplifting devices on the market for all different kinds of merchandise, but these tags are one of the most versatile options if you are unsure what would be right for your store. Depending on what type of merchandise you sell in your store, you could use soft tags, that you can stick on pretty much anything, or hard tags which allow you to reuse them over and over again. The hard tags can also be used with other accessories such as lanyards or other devices made to attach to merchandise that can be used together with the tags to help stop shoplifting.
A while back, I worked at a store that had a problem with numerous amounts of cosmetics items disappearing from the shelves. We identified the problem by scanning shelf labels of merchandise that was either out of stock or very low. While researching, we discovered that some of the merchandise had recently been received, but we were somehow already out of stock. We then checked sales on those particular items, and found that they hadn’t been sold. So that only left a couple of possible explanations as to what happened to the missing merchandise. One explanation is that the merchandise was received, and instead of making its way to the shelves on the sales floor, it was sitting in the stockroom somewhere without being located in the system. The next explanation was that the merchandise was actually stocked, and then stolen by a shoplifter or employee. One thing that was strange was that most of the merchandise that was missing had Checkpoint Tags or other anti-shoplifting devices attached to them.
Around the same time, we also were missing entertainment products such as video games and DVDs. We performed the same research processes to identify the origin of the loss, but were unsuccessful. The next thing I did was start to review many hours of video in from the cosmetics and entertainment areas. I was lucky enough to observe a woman selecting several cosmetic items and placing them into a shopping cart. Her shopping cart had other items in it, such as storage bins and bagged comforter. I continued reviewing video and found that the same woman also selected video games and put them into the shopping cart. After that, she went to an area of the store which was lacking camera coverage. The next time she appeared on camera, she was at the front registers paying for the comforter and storage bins, but the cosmetics and video games where nowhere in sight. I also noticed that the lights on the EAS antennas at the front were flashing as she exited the store, but no one responded to the alarm, and she kept walking out of the store.
Sure enough, a few weeks later, the same woman came into the store and did the same exact thing. This time I was watching her. It turned out that she was putting a layer of video games between a stack of storage bins, and she concealed the cosmetics items by opening the zipper to the comforter and placing the cosmetics in the folds of the comforter, so that it couldn’t be seen. She admitted to stealing with that method several times, and after that, we used hard Checkpoint Tags with a lanyard to keep the comforter zippers closed, only allowing a single finger space to feel the fabric inside. We also followed up with the cashiers to ensure they are looking inside always (L.I.S.A.) when ringing up storage bins or other merchandise that could hide items inside.
For more information contact us: (Checkpoint Tags) or call 1.770.426.0547
Using Checkpoint Tags to protect your merchandise is a cost efficient method of securing almost all of the merchandise found in retail stores. There are several different types of anti-shoplifting devices on the market for all different kinds of merchandise, but these tags are one of the most versatile options if you are unsure what would be right for your store. Depending on what type of merchandise you sell in your store, you could use soft tags, that you can stick on pretty much anything, or hard tags which allow you to reuse them over and over again. The hard tags can also be used with other accessories such as lanyards or other devices made to attach to merchandise that can be used together with the tags to help stop shoplifting.
A while back, I worked at a store that had a problem with numerous amounts of cosmetics items disappearing from the shelves. We identified the problem by scanning shelf labels of merchandise that was either out of stock or very low. While researching, we discovered that some of the merchandise had recently been received, but we were somehow already out of stock. We then checked sales on those particular items, and found that they hadn’t been sold. So that only left a couple of possible explanations as to what happened to the missing merchandise. One explanation is that the merchandise was received, and instead of making its way to the shelves on the sales floor, it was sitting in the stockroom somewhere without being located in the system. The next explanation was that the merchandise was actually stocked, and then stolen by a shoplifter or employee. One thing that was strange was that most of the merchandise that was missing had Checkpoint Tags or other anti-shoplifting devices attached to them.
Around the same time, we also were missing entertainment products such as video games and DVDs. We performed the same research processes to identify the origin of the loss, but were unsuccessful. The next thing I did was start to review many hours of video in from the cosmetics and entertainment areas. I was lucky enough to observe a woman selecting several cosmetic items and placing them into a shopping cart. Her shopping cart had other items in it, such as storage bins and bagged comforter. I continued reviewing video and found that the same woman also selected video games and put them into the shopping cart. After that, she went to an area of the store which was lacking camera coverage. The next time she appeared on camera, she was at the front registers paying for the comforter and storage bins, but the cosmetics and video games where nowhere in sight. I also noticed that the lights on the EAS antennas at the front were flashing as she exited the store, but no one responded to the alarm, and she kept walking out of the store.
Sure enough, a few weeks later, the same woman came into the store and did the same exact thing. This time I was watching her. It turned out that she was putting a layer of video games between a stack of storage bins, and she concealed the cosmetics items by opening the zipper to the comforter and placing the cosmetics in the folds of the comforter, so that it couldn’t be seen. She admitted to stealing with that method several times, and after that, we used hard Checkpoint Tags with a lanyard to keep the comforter zippers closed, only allowing a single finger space to feel the fabric inside. We also followed up with the cashiers to ensure they are looking inside always (L.I.S.A.) when ringing up storage bins or other merchandise that could hide items inside.
For more information contact us: Checkpoint Tags or call 1.770.426.0547
Wouldn’t it be great if shoplifters wore uniforms and name tags? They would be easily identified as they entered the building, and you could go ahead and call the authorities. Unfortunately, that is not the case, and shoplifters are able to get in and out of the building, many times undetected, with valuable inventory. If you are the owner or manager of a business that sells wines and spirits, you have probably come to realize that there is no single stereotype that identifies your particular brand of thief. When you deal with impulse thefts, it can be any customer in your building. Posting signs throughout the store that your business prosecutes shoplifters, and adding mirrors and cameras are a couple of ways to change the mind of a potential thief. Another great addition is Bottle Loks.
Recently, in one of our locations, an employee was arriving for his shift when he witnessed two men exiting the building, and he heard the Checkpoint Alarm sounding. The employee felt certain he had dealt with one of the men before, for stealing. The clerk at the checkout told him the two men had been looking at different items in the aisle, but had seemed to concentrate on a certain high retail brand of Vodka. They did not buy anything, loudly exclaiming they changed their minds as they walked out the door. There were three bottles of that expensive Vodka missing from the shelf, according to the system. The employee called in the incident, and luckily on this occasion, they were caught just down the street with the stolen items wrapped in one of their jackets.
When someone gets the bright idea to steal bottles of wine and liquor, they don’t generally take the time to think things through. They see the clerk is busy, there are other customers in the store looking around, and suddenly they are imagining themselves hiding some bottles somehow and walking out the door. Sometimes it is for the thrill of it, just to see if they can get away. It could be that they want a more expensive brand than they can afford, and they may feel entitled to taking the better product. After all, they think, the store can afford it. Other times when there is a group of people, it can be a case of peer pressure or just trying to show off, and that can apply to any age. No matter their own justifications, we as the management of the store have to take the initiative to protect our assets.
Signs, mirrors and cameras are great aids for deterrence, but Bottle Loks are more like the arch nemesis of wine and spirits thieves. They fit over the top of almost any size bottle, and have a sleek smart design. They are easily attached, and when done properly, easily removed. There are available with several levels of alarm capabilities. Bottle Loks send the clearest of messages to a shoplifter, that any plans or considerations of stealing these bottles needs to be aborted.
Uncontrolled theft can cripple any store over time. Additionally in the business of selling such regulated products, inventory accountability is paramount. Take a look at how Bottle Loks can make your work day a little easier, and less stressful.
For more information contact us at Bottlelock.net or call 1.770.426.0547
Wouldn’t it be great if shoplifters wore uniforms and name tags? They would be easily identified as they entered the building, and you could go ahead and call the authorities. Unfortunately, that is not the case, and shoplifters are able to get in and out of the building, many times undetected, with valuable inventory. If you are the owner or manager of a business that sells wines and spirits, you have probably come to realize that there is no single stereotype that identifies your particular brand of thief. When you deal with impulse thefts, it can be any customer in your building. Posting signs throughout the store that your business prosecutes shoplifters, and adding mirrors and cameras are a couple of ways to change the mind of a potential thief. Another great addition is Bottle Loks.
Recently, in one of our locations, an employee was arriving for his shift when he witnessed two men exiting the building, and he heard the Checkpoint Alarm sounding. The employee felt certain he had dealt with one of the men before, for stealing. The clerk at the checkout told him the two men had been looking at different items in the aisle, but had seemed to concentrate on a certain high retail brand of Vodka. They did not buy anything, loudly exclaiming they changed their minds as they walked out the door. There were three bottles of that expensive Vodka missing from the shelf, according to the system. The employee called in the incident, and luckily on this occasion, they were caught just down the street with the stolen items wrapped in one of their jackets.
When someone gets the bright idea to steal bottles of wine and liquor, they don’t generally take the time to think things through. They see the clerk is busy, there are other customers in the store looking around, and suddenly they are imagining themselves hiding some bottles somehow and walking out the door. Sometimes it is for the thrill of it, just to see if they can get away. It could be that they want a more expensive brand than they can afford, and they may feel entitled to taking the better product.
After all, they think, the store can afford it. Other times when there is a group of people, it can be a case of peer pressure or just trying to show off, and that can apply to any age. No matter their own justifications, we as the management of the store have to take the initiative to protect our assets. Signs, mirrors and cameras are great aids for deterrence, but Bottle Loks are more like the arch nemesis of wine and spirits thieves. They fit over the top of almost any size bottle, and have a sleek smart design. They are easily attached, and when done properly, easily removed. There are available with several levels of alarm capabilities. Bottle Loks send the clearest of messages to a shoplifter, that any plans or considerations of stealing these bottles needs to be aborted.
Uncontrolled theft can cripple any store over time. Additionally in the business of selling such regulated products, inventory accountability is paramount. Take a look at how Bottle Loks can make your work day a little easier, and less stressful.
For more information contact us at Bottlelock.net or call 1.770.426.0547
Let’s face it; when you run a business, some loss is to be expected. Whether it be through paperwork errors, external theft or even the most dreaded internal theft, it is going to happen at some point. It is the manager’s and owner’s jobs to identify those losses, and stop them from happening. Small businesses can not afford to just wait and hope. Incorporating a Checkpoint System into your business model can be the crucial step to identifying theft issues, and stop those losses in their tracks.
There are several different tools that work with the system and with the specific inventory you sell, in order to monitor and secure it. Labels, Hard Tags, Alpha Products, and Bottle Loks are just a few examples of those.
For today’s purposes let’s just take a look at Bottle Loks. These are special caps that lock over the lids of most Wine and Spirits bottles. Obviously, they prevent customers from tampering with the bottles while still in the store. Better than that though, the bottles cannot be removed from the store undetected, especially when they are concealed. They have various levels of alarm capabilities, and without a doubt can help keep unpaid inventory from walking out the door. They will alarm if a customer tries to remove them improperly. They will also cause the Checkpoint System to alarm if there is a theft attempt or when they are taken too close to the exit. Additionally they can self-alarm if they are taken past a predetermined distance from the door. If you are a manager or owner of a small business that sells high retail bottles of wines or liquors, you know the challenges associated with protecting your products.
A store reported a theft recently of over $3,000 worth of liquors. In the video released to the public, three women came in and wondered around the store separately. They were nice, chummy and talked with the man behind the counter while they “shopped”. Occasionally while one was chatting with the clerk, the others would bend down and grab a bottle. They would then conceal it in their dress, in some type of custom pocket sewn into the material. One by one, they would walk out to their car, claiming to need to check on someone still out there, but actually just removing the stolen bottles to make room for another. They finally made a small purchase and left together. Only after they left did the clerk come from behind the counter and discover all the empty spots on the shelves.
Stores typically have a budget for loss, but a one-time theft like that can blow that budget out of the water. Small businesses cannot survive if they have this happen to them repeatedly. Checkpoint Systems could have prevented that from happening. There is a certain level of deterrence associated with the system that may have stopped these women from even trying this brazen crime in the first place. Plus, had Bottle Loks been utilized in this instance, along with the system, they would not have gotten out the door without being detected.
Think about what you sell, and what tools you could use along with a Checkpoint System. If your losses are adding up, let us help you stop the problem.
For more information contact us: 1.770.426.0547 or Antishoplifting.net
Let’s face it; when you run a business, some loss is to be expected. Whether it be through paperwork errors, external theft or even the most dreaded internal theft, it is going to happen at some point. It is the manager’s and owner’s jobs to identify those losses, and stop them from happening. Small businesses can not afford to just wait and hope. Incorporating a Checkpoint System into your business model can be the crucial step to identifying theft issues, and stop those losses in their tracks. There are several different tools that work with the system and with the specific inventory you sell, in order to monitor and secure it. Labels, Hard Tags, Alpha Products, and Bottle Loks are just a few examples of those.
For today’s purposes let’s just take a look at Bottle Loks. These are special caps that lock over the lids of most Wine and Spirits bottles. Obviously, they prevent customers from tampering with the bottles while still in the store. Better than that though, the bottles cannot be removed from the store undetected, especially when they are concealed. They have various levels of alarm capabilities, and without a doubt can help keep unpaid inventory from walking out the door. They will alarm if a customer tries to remove them improperly. They will also cause the Checkpoint System to alarm if there is a theft attempt or when they are taken too close to the exit. Additionally they can self-alarm if they are taken past a predetermined distance from the door. If you are a manager or owner of a small business that sells high retail bottles of wines or liquors, you know the challenges associated with protecting your products.
A store reported a theft recently of over $3,000 worth of liquors. In the video released to the public, three women came in and wondered around the store separately. They were nice, chummy and talked with the man behind the counter while they “shopped”. Occasionally while one was chatting with the clerk, the others would bend down and grab a bottle. They would then conceal it in their dress, in some type of custom pocket sewn into the material. One by one, they would walk out to their car, claiming to need to check on someone still out there, but actually just removing the stolen bottles to make room for another. They finally made a small purchase and left together. Only after they left did the clerk come from behind the counter and discover all the empty spots on the shelves.
Stores typically have a budget for loss, but a one-time theft like that can blow that budget out of the water. Small businesses cannot survive if they have this happen to them repeatedly. Checkpoint Systems could have prevented that from happening. There is a certain level of deterrence associated with the system that may have stopped these women from even trying this brazen crime in the first place. Plus, had Bottle Loks been utilized in this instance, along with the system, they would not have gotten out the door without being detected.
Think about what you sell, and what tools you could use along with a Checkpoint System. If your losses are adding up, let us help you stop the problem.
For more information contact us: 1.770.426.0547 or Antishoplifting.net
What kinds of Anti-Shoplifting measures do you use in your business? Have you ever had the type of day where you have found theft tracks, like empty packages, discarded tags, or just an empty shelf, and wanted to lock the whole store in glass cases? It can be a challenge to determine the best ways to protect your assets.
You really have to take different things into consideration when choosing the the items that need to be secured. It is easy to only look at the retail price of the item and lock it up. Duct tape it shut, bolt it to the counter, and put it under direct surveillance. Unfortunately shoplifters don’t just look at the asking price of an item when making the choice of what to steal, and you can’t either. The time of year and what is currently trending are just two things a professional shoplifter and even a petty thief will think about when making their decisions.
My store sells pharmacy, beauty and healthcare items. I know that before allergy season begins, I have to get out my Anti-Shoplifting tool box. First of all, the name brand items in that category must be placed in Alpha Keepers. If there has been a new item launched, I will also need to limit those shelf quantities. The same goes for the first of every year. When people start making their resolutions to lose weight, the diet pills we sell have to be protected. Recently we bought some new hair straighteners that had been advertised on television. Customers were inquiring about them, and we thought they were a good choice. I put one out, and it was stolen in less than three days. I never found the box or anything. I hate having to learn the hard way which items are vulnerable for theft, but it happens. The next one I put out was dressed in a Spider-Wrap before going on the shelf. The customer can still pick up the item, know it is not just an empty display box, and read all the information from the package. Not only does this tool prevent the package from being opened, if a shoplifter tries to take the item out the door before the Spider-Wrap is removed, it will sound an alarm. Spider-Wraps are great Anti-Shoplifting pieces, and they are invaluable especially when you have an odd shaped package.
You will have to figure out which items in your store are most likely to get stolen. Some items may not be targeted year round, so figuring that out needs to be a factor in your plan. One good way to do that is to know what is popular at your local flea market. I find that if people are looking for a product at the flea market, then the local fence operation will send out their “employees” to steal those items. High retail or not, the public’s current buying habits are paramount in helping you make your decisions. Alpha Keepers and Spider-Wraps are the two things I use the most right now when I need to protect my inventory, and thus protect my profits. If you don’t have these in your arsenal, take a look at what they could be doing for you.
For more information contact us: Antishoplifting.net or call 1.770.426.0547
What kinds of Anti-Shoplifting measures do you use in your business? Have you ever had the type of day where you have found theft tracks, like empty packages, discarded tags, or just an empty shelf, and wanted to lock the whole store in glass cases? It can be a challenge to determine the best ways to protect your assets.
You really have to take different things into consideration when choosing the the items that need to be secured. It is easy to only look at the retail price of the item and lock it up. Duct tape it shut, bolt it to the counter, and put it under direct surveillance. Unfortunately shoplifters don’t just look at the asking price of an item when making the choice of what to steal, and you can’t either. The time of year and what is currently trending are just two things a professional shoplifter and even a petty thief will think about when making their decisions.
My store sells pharmacy, beauty and healthcare items. I know that before allergy season begins, I have to get out my Anti-Shoplifting tool box. First of all, the name brand items in that category must be placed in Alpha Keepers. If there has been a new item launched, I will also need to limit those shelf quantities. The same goes for the first of every year. When people start making their resolutions to lose weight, the diet pills we sell have to be protected. Recently we bought some new hair straighteners that had been advertised on television. Customers were inquiring about them, and we thought they were a good choice. I put one out, and it was stolen in less than three days. I never found the box or anything. I hate having to learn the hard way which items are vulnerable for theft, but it happens. The next one I put out was dressed in a Alpha Spider-Wrap before going on the shelf. The customer can still pick up the item, know it is not just an empty display box, and read all the information from the package. Not only does this tool prevent the package from being opened, if a shoplifter tries to take the item out the door before the Spider-Wrap is removed, it will sound an alarm. Spider-Wraps are great Anti-Shoplifting pieces, and they are invaluable especially when you have an odd shaped package.
You will have to figure out which items in your store are most likely to get stolen. Some items may not be targeted year round, so figuring that out needs to be a factor in your plan. One good way to do that is to know what is popular at your local flea market. I find that if people are looking for a product at the flea market, then the local fence operation will send out their “employees” to steal those items. High retail or not, the public’s current buying habits are paramount in helping you make your decisions. Alpha Keepers and Spider-Wraps are the two things I use the most right now when I need to protect my inventory, and thus protect my profits. If you don’t have these in your arsenal, take a look at what they could be doing for you.
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