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A Sure Fire Combination To Prevent Shoplifting Is To Use Alpha Keepers And Checkpoint Pedestals
I disliked a lot of things about high school but one of the things I REALLY hated were combination locks that we had to use on our lockers if we wanted to protect our belongings. More than 34 years ago and I still remember hurrying from one class to my locker to put away one set of books and get the next set of books. Oh how I recall fumbling with the tumbler of the lock trying to hit each digit just right and hoping I wouldn’t have to re-spin and start over again. I could feel the clock ticking down that would summon the ringing of the warning bell for the start of the next period. To amplify the problem I believe within the depths of my heart that some administrator had a depraved sense of humor at my expense. It seemed my classes started at one end of the building and my locker was assigned at an opposite end of the building. I was forced to rush from a class to the locker then to another wing of the building for the next class. I even suspect the gym coach was in collusion knowing my disdain of P.E. This was their method of making me do their exercises, one way or the other they were determined to make my life miserable. Anyways, those combination locks were designed to keep me out of my locker and they were doggone good at it. I thought about it after I spent time at work last night opening Alpha Keepers to sell ink cartridges to one patron and a voice recorder to another customer.
Before I continue I want to bring my audience up to speed on what the Alpha Keepers are since I realize not everyone may be familiar with them. Keepers are clear boxes with a hinged, locking lid. They come in a wide variety of sizes so different types of merchandise can fit in them for example some are designed for compact discs, some for baby formula and even for fragrances. The lids on the Keeper lock in place once the merchandise has been placed in them and require a special detachment key to open them. The keys can be secured at the point of sale so they can’t be stolen and used by thieves. All of the boxes have electronic article surveillance (EAS) technology built into them and so they work best for stores that have EAS pedestals installed at exit doors or at entryways to prevent shoplifting when crooks try take products to areas where merchandise should not be taken, such as restrooms. What happens when someone attempts to take merchandise stored in the Alpha Keepers out of the store if there are EAS pedestals in place? A loud alarm (95 decibels loud) and flashing lights in the antenna activate and alert employees an attempted theft is taking place. Staff members respond to the alarm and recover merchandise before crooks get away with it.
How secure are these boxes? Can they prevent shoplifting? Well let me tell you a little about the voice recorder I mentioned earlier. My customer brought the protected voice recorder to me at my register. I used my detachment key and tried to open the box. Oops! I struggled with the key and the latch that was supposed to be unlocked with the key. Now I have dealt with Alpha Keepers for a long time as a Loss Prevention Manager so this was embarrassing. As I manipulated the key and jiggled the locking latch I started to feel foolish but my customer was patient and we both laughed at my predicament. I did get it open after a minute or two and completed the transaction but it was a good reminder that if I had difficulty opening the box WITH a key, it would be an almost impossible task for a thief without a key to open an Alpha Box and steal the contents.
I don’t need to take you to school to teach you the value of Alpha Keepers. Protect your merchandise prevent shoplifting while giving your customers access to products and you will increase your sales and decrease theft in your store. Alpha products and a Checkpoint EAS pedestals are an awesome combination.
Alpha Keepers are important and we can help you with them. Call 1.770.426.0547 and let’s talk.
I disliked a lot of things about high school but one of the things I REALLY hated were combination locks that we had to use on our lockers if we wanted to protect our belongings. More than 34 years ago and I still remember hurrying from one class to my locker to put away one set of books and get the next set of books. Oh how I recall fumbling with the tumbler of the lock trying to hit each digit just right and hoping I wouldn’t have to re-spin and start over again. I could feel the clock ticking down that would summon the ringing of the warning bell for the start of the next period. To amplify the problem I believe within the depths of my heart that some administrator had a depraved sense of humor at my expense. It seemed my classes started at one end of the building and my locker was assigned at an opposite end of the building. I was forced to rush from a class to the locker then to another wing of the building for the next class. I even suspect the gym coach was in collusion knowing my disdain of P.E. This was their method of making me do their exercises, one way or the other they were determined to make my life miserable. Anyways, those combination locks were designed to keep me out of my locker and they were doggone good at it. I thought about it after I spent time at work last night opening Alpha Keepers to sell ink cartridges to one patron and a voice recorder to another customer.
Before I continue I want to bring my audience up to speed on what the Alpha Keepers are since I realize not everyone may be familiar with them. Keepers are clear boxes with a hinged, locking lid. They come in a wide variety of sizes so different types of merchandise can fit in them for example some are designed for compact discs, some for baby formula and even for fragrances. The lids on the Keeper lock in place once the merchandise has been placed in them and require a special detachment key to open them. The keys can be secured at the point of sale so they can’t be stolen and used by thieves. All of the boxes have electronic article surveillance (EAS) technology built into them and so they work best for stores that have EAS pedestals installed at exit doors or at entryways to prevent shoplifting when crooks try take products to areas where merchandise should not be taken, such as restrooms. What happens when someone attempts to take merchandise stored in the Alpha Keepers out of the store if there are EAS pedestals in place? A loud alarm (95 decibels loud) and flashing lights in the antenna activate and alert employees an attempted theft is taking place. Staff members respond to the alarm and recover merchandise before crooks get away with it.
How secure are these boxes? Can they prevent shoplifting? Well let me tell you a little about the voice recorder I mentioned earlier. My customer brought the protected voice recorder to me at my register. I used my detachment key and tried to open the box. Oops! I struggled with the key and the latch that was supposed to be unlocked with the key. Now I have dealt with Alpha Keepers for a long time as a Loss Prevention Manager so this was embarrassing. As I manipulated the key and jiggled the locking latch I started to feel foolish but my customer was patient and we both laughed at my predicament. I did get it open after a minute or two and completed the transaction but it was a good reminder that if I had difficulty opening the box WITH a key, it would be an almost impossible task for a thief without a key to open an Alpha Box and steal the contents.
I don’t need to take you to school to teach you the value of Alpha Keepers. Protect your merchandise prevent shoplifting while giving your customers access to products and you will increase your sales and decrease theft in your store. Alpha products and a Checkpoint EAS pedestals are an awesome combination.
Alpha Keepers are important and we can help you with them. Call 1.770.426.0547 and let’s talk.
ALPHA KEEPERS STOP ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME RING FROM STEALING HIGH VALUE MERCHANDISE!
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As a Loss Prevention expert, I am in charge of protecting the assets in my stores. When it comes to merchandise protection, I am always attempting to find the best protection devices! Each year expert thieves find new ways to shoplifter our high value products, so we must remain on high alert in the fight against preventable loss. Hard tags and spider wraps are not enough in many theft scenarios. Alpha keepers are the highest form of technology out there for retailers to prevent shoplifting. I had to learn the hard way, by taking a big loss from boosters in order to get better merchandise protection devices.
I frequently watch my CCTV cameras to analyze high theft trends and the known shoplifter patterns. I was watching cameras one evening, and noticed an organized retail crime group of 4 subjects on our CCTV. They were quickly scoping the store for associates, making sure no one was following them. I recognized this group because they hit my location two other times. The group targeted our high dollar items previously, before we had Alpha Keepers in use. When they hit us before, they were able to get away with $5,785.00 worth of merchandise, from two visits. Two of the subjects selected merchandise from different areas of the store and stage the merchandise, while the other two subjects keep watch for store personnel. Having seen this group previously, I knew their ultimate target would likely be expensive fragrances. Their prior sections were all small value items, but thieves gravitate toward fragrance due to its easy resale. Upon making it to the perfume area for their grand finale, they noted all items encased with Alpha Keepers. I could see on camera they were not used to dealing with these type of devices. They searched for any bottle without an Alpha Keeper, but could not find it. They tried to remove a bottle from its keeper, but could not pry it apart. Their ultimate plans failed and they left all their merchandise. My store lost nothing in this incident, but could have lost $2,012 & not to mention the return trips that would have followed. After this incident, I have not seen them back in my location. The deterrence piece worked, as it should have. The following month, I had 8 more similar cases like this one. Shoplifters coming in, but noticing the merchandise protection so they leave. This showed my store team the importance of ensuring we are utilizing the Alpha Keepers to prevent shoplifting. It illustrated the need to continue their use as part of our shrink action plan.
It’s moments like this that make us realize the importance of keeping our merchandise protection standards updated at the highest level possible and evaluating any new techniques or devices on the market the moment they are available for store use. One thing we really liked is that they are available in different sizes; the various sizes lend themselves to products of all sorts in many different departments. We were able to order specific sizes to protect fragrance, electronics, razor products, and other high dollar areas in the store. The customer can also see the product information through the keepers, so it does not inhibit sales. When we analyzed our weekly theft trends in these areas, we noticed a massive decline in these departments. Due to the success rate, we decided to invest in these devices at every location in my district. Improve your bottom line by taking your merchandise protection to the next level. Give boosters the boot as I did, and prevent shoplifting in your business.
Need information on the Alpha Keepers? Give us a call at 1.770.426.0547 now.
As a Loss Prevention expert, I am in charge of protecting the assets in my stores. When it comes to merchandise protection, I am always attempting to find the best protection devices! Each year expert thieves find new ways to shoplifter our high value products, so we must remain on high alert in the fight against preventable loss. Hard tags and spider wraps are not enough in many theft scenarios. Alpha keepers are the highest form of technology out there for retailers to prevent shoplifting. I had to learn the hard way, by taking a big loss from boosters in order to get better merchandise protection devices.
I frequently watch my CCTV cameras to analyze high theft trends and the known shoplifter patterns. I was watching cameras one evening, and noticed an organized retail crime group of 4 subjects on our CCTV. They were quickly scoping the store for associates, making sure no one was following them. I recognized this group because they hit my location two other times. The group targeted our high dollar items previously, before we had Alpha Keepers in use. When they hit us before, they were able to get away with $5,785.00 worth of merchandise, from two visits. Two of the subjects selected merchandise from different areas of the store and stage the merchandise, while the other two subjects keep watch for store personnel. Having seen this group previously, I knew their ultimate target would likely be expensive fragrances. Their prior sections were all small value items, but thieves gravitate toward fragrance due to its easy resale. Upon making it to the perfume area for their grand finale, they noted all items encased with Alpha Keepers. I could see on camera they were not used to dealing with these type of devices. They searched for any bottle without an Alpha Keeper, but could not find it. They tried to remove a bottle from its keeper, but could not pry it apart. Their ultimate plan failed and they left all their merchandise. My store lost nothing in this incident, but could have lost $2,012 & not to mention the return trips that would have followed. After this incident, I have not seen them back in my location. The deterrence piece worked, as it should have. The following month, I had 8 more similar cases like this one. Shoplifters coming in, but noticing the merchandise protection so they leave. This showed my store team the importance of ensuring we are utilizing the Alpha Keepers to prevent shoplifting. It illustrated the need to continue their use as part of our shrink action plan.
It’s moments like this that make us realize the importance of keeping our merchandise protection standards updated at the highest level possible and evaluating any new techniques or devices on the market the moment they are available for store use. One thing we really liked is that they are available in different sizes; the various sizes lend themselves to products of all sorts in many different departments. We were able to order specific sizes to protect fragrance, electronics, razor products, and other high dollar areas in the store. The customer can also see the product information through the keepers, so it does not inhibit sales. When we analyzed our weekly theft trends in these areas, we noticed a massive decline in these departments. Due to the success rate, we decided to invest in these devices at every location in my district. Improve your bottom line by taking your merchandise protection to the next level. Give boosters the boot as I did, and prevent shoplifting in your business.
Need information on the Alpha Keepers? Give us a call at 1.770.426.0547 now.
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ALPHA KEEPERS: PROTECTING YOUR PRODUCT WHILE HELPING INCREASE YOUR SALES
One of the most challenging aspects of running a business knows how to react when your inventory starts to disappear. A lot of folks have a gut reaction to pull the items that they are losing to prevent shoplifting and lock them up behind a cage; some other folks may limit quantities. While these reactions can potentially limit your losses, they will most definitely have a negative impact on your sales. Alpha Keepers allow you to both protect those items while allowing for sales growth.
Success of retail business is dependent on being able to drive sales growth. This can be challenging when those items start flying off the shelf before they make it to the register. Alpha Keepers can help you protect you prevent shoplifting. If you haven’t heard of them, they are clear acrylic containers that you place your product in, that activates the alarm on the Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) towers at the stores entrance when nearby.
There are a number of benefits aside from just setting off an alarm. The most important benefit is that you can place your product on the shelf and allow the customer to still interact with that product without having to have someone from your team unlock a display case. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve been out shopping and wanted an item and had to wait around for a long time for an employee to get a key and unlock the display case. In many cases customers just walk away, causing another missed sale. Along with availability, the other benefit is that Alpha Keepers are reusable. When a protected item is purchased at the register, the cashier easily removes the product and the keeper is able to be used again and again. They also come in a variety of sizes for different types of product. What’s more is they cannot be accidentally deactivated like some of the EAS labels out there.
In my many years of Loss Prevention experience, I have found that there are two types of shoplifter; the amateur and the professional. Alpha Keepers deter both equally. Your professional thief wants to get in and out as quickly as possible. They are looking to load up as much product as they can in the shortest amount of time possible. Alpha Keepers increase the size of the product they are protecting, which makes it difficult for professional thieves to load up as much product. If they were going to attempt to get the item out of the keeper, they would risk damaging the product as well as waste precious time. The amateur thief is even more deterred, as most amateur shoplifters tend to steal based on opportunity. These devices tell potential shoplifters that getting this product out is no easy task.
Training your team to use Alpha Keepers is also super easy. The device uses a magnet key that matches up to the device and a simple slide of the tab allows for easy entry. This makes it easier for your team to adapt to the changes of the new devices. You don’t need any special equipment to use these devices either. They sit on the shelf just like the product you want protected. You can rest easy knowing that they are there protecting your product, even if you aren’t there.
So if you’re in a situation where you need to prevent shoplifting, just know that there are solutions out there to help you with your problem.
Need information on Alpha Keepers? Give us a call at 1.770.426.0547 now.
One of the most challenging aspects of running a business knows how to react when your inventory starts to disappear. A lot of folks have a gut reaction to pull the items that they are losing to prevent shoplifting and lock them up behind a cage; some other folks may limit quantities. While these reactions can potentially limit your losses, they will most definitely have a negative impact on your sales. Alpha Keepers allow you to both protect those items while allowing for sales growth.
Success of retail business is dependent on being able to drive sales growth. This can be challenging when those items start flying off the shelf before they make it to the register. Alpha Keepers can help you protect you prevent shoplifting. If you haven’t heard of them, they are clear acrylic containers that you place your product in, that activates the alarm on the Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) towers at the stores entrance when nearby.
There are a number of benefits aside from just setting off an alarm. The most important benefit is that you can place your product on the shelf and allow the customer to still interact with that product without having to have someone from your team unlock a display case. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve been out shopping and wanted an item and had to wait around for a long time for an employee to get a key and unlock the display case. In many cases customers just walk away, causing another missed sale. Along with availability, the other benefit is that Alpha Keepers are reusable. When a protected item is purchased at the register, the cashier easily removes the product and the keeper is able to be used again and again. They also come in a variety of sizes for different types of product. What’s more is they cannot be accidentally deactivated like some of the EAS labels out there.
In my many years of Loss Prevention experience, I have found that there are two types of shoplifter; the amateur and the professional. Alpha Keepers deter both equally. Your professional thief wants to get in and out as quickly as possible. They are looking to load up as much product as they can in the shortest amount of time possible. Alpha Keepers increase the size of the product they are protecting, which makes it difficult for professional thieves to load up as much product. If they were going to attempt to get the item out of the keeper, they would risk damaging the product as well as waste precious time. The amateur thief is even more deterred, as most amateur shoplifters tend to steal based on opportunity. These devices tell potential shoplifters that getting this product out is no easy task.
Training your team to use Alpha Keepers is also super easy. The device uses a magnet key that matches up to the device and a simple slide of the tab allows for easy entry. This makes it easier for your team to adapt to the changes of the new devices. You don’t need any special equipment to use these devices either. They sit on the shelf just like the product you want protected. You can rest easy knowing that they are there protecting your product, even if you aren’t there.
So if you’re in a situation where you need to prevent shoplifting, just know that there are solutions out there to help you with your problem.
Need information on Alpha Keepers? Give us a call at 1.770.426.0547 now.
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Perfume Sampling Stinks When It Causes Shortage; Protect Fragrance Bottles From Fraud And Theft With Alpha Keepers
Do you know what stinks? Fragrances, perfumes and body sprays, when they are all mixed together around a perfume counter or a fragrance aisle of a store. Whatever you want to call it, there are few odors worse than this to give someone (me) a headache or nauseated feeling. Sometimes it can be so overwhelming I can almost taste it! If you have ever seen the movie “Elf”, there is a scene where a sales clerk wants the main character Buddy to smell a sample of a perfume. He doesn’t realize what it is and he sprays it in his mouth and makes a horrible face and screams…that’s kinda like me walking through a perfume cloud in a store. Aside from the odors though, there is another problem that retailers cope with in a perfume department. The tester bottles run out and so the customers take the initiative to open a new bottle to bathe in. Where is the problem in this? Well, aside from the nasal nightmare that results from these perfume parties, retailers experience shortage. Opening a new bottle and spraying the contents means that a buyer won’t purchase it (who wants to buy a used bottle of perfume?). That bottle has to be marked out of stock and could result in lost profit. There is an easy fix to the problem, using Alpha Keepers to protect fragrance in your shop.
If you have ever paid particular attention, perfume bottles tend to come in a large assortment of designs and shapes, all geared to draw consumer attention. You don’t want to do anything that will hinder the attraction of the customer to the bottle design and that is one of the benefits of using Alpha Keepers. They are clear, hard plastic containers that prevent shoplifting but still allow a customer to see the bottle and be drawn to it. The keeper boxes lock so there is no concern over someone taking the merchandise out and sampling the product. The boxes also prevent shoplifting because they are secure and have radio frequency coils built into them. If a shoplifter takes a Keeper that is protecting a fragrance bottle into the area of electronic article surveillance (EAS) antennas, the antennas alert nearby employees to the attempted theft. LED lights flash and a loud alert signal sounds providing staff an opportunity to conduct a receipt check to retrieve the merchandise. Frequently the alarm startles a thief and results in them dropping merchandise and running rather than risking being caught with stolen goods.
There were many times I would do theft audits and come across partial bottles of perfume (and empty packages too). I pulled the partial bottles and had them marked out of stock and labeled them with a “tester” label and put them back on display. The hope was to minimize additional markdowns due to customers opening more bottles of the same product to sniff. Each time a bottle had to be marked out, the store was impacted by shortage. The only other options to protect fragrance at the time was placing EAS labels on the packages, locking them up in a display case or if the product was in a clamshell package we put them on locking peg hooks. Lock up cases and locking peg hooks required someone with a key to be available to open or unlock the case or hook when a customer wanted to look at an item. This was a poor option because customers had to wait for assistance. If it took too long for an associate to get to the patron, they would leave and a potential sale was lost. Using Alpha Keepers to protect fragrance is a solution I wish I had available to me. I could have used it to prevent shoplifting AND to stop the sampling of merchandise. They are also a sales driver, giving customers the ability to pick up an item, carry it around the store and take it to checkout at their convenience.
Use vendor supplied testers to give customers a sniff of the perfume they are interested in. Use Alpha Keepers to protect fragrance profit and prevent shoplifting at the same time. Get a whiff of more green in your cash registers!
Get more information on Alpha Keepers, contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 today.
Do you know what stinks? Fragrances, perfumes and body sprays, when they are all mixed together around a perfume counter or a fragrance aisle of a store. Whatever you want to call it, there are few odors worse than this to give someone (me) a headache or nauseated feeling. Sometimes it can be so overwhelming I can almost taste it! If you have ever seen the movie “Elf”, there is a scene where a sales clerk wants the main character Buddy to smell a sample of a perfume. He doesn’t realize what it is and he sprays it in his mouth and makes a horrible face and screams…that’s kinda like me walking through a perfume cloud in a store. Aside from the odors though, there is another problem that retailers cope with in a perfume department. The tester bottles run out and so the customers take the initiative to open a new bottle to bathe in. Where is the problem in this? Well, aside from the nasal nightmare that results from these perfume parties, retailers experience shortage. Opening a new bottle and spraying the contents means that a buyer won’t purchase it (who wants to buy a used bottle of perfume?). That bottle has to be marked out of stock and could result in lost profit. There is an easy fix to the problem, using Alpha Keepers to protect fragrance in your shop.
If you have ever paid particular attention, perfume bottles tend to come in a large assortment of designs and shapes, all geared to draw consumer attention. You don’t want to do anything that will hinder the attraction of the customer to the bottle design and that is one of the benefits of using Alpha Keepers. They are clear, hard plastic containers that prevent shoplifting but still allow a customer to see the bottle and be drawn to it. The keeper boxes lock so there is no concern over someone taking the merchandise out and sampling the product. The boxes also prevent shoplifting because they are secure and have radio frequency coils built into them. If a shoplifter takes a Keeper that is protecting a fragrance bottle into the area of electronic article surveillance (EAS) antennas, the antennas alert nearby employees to the attempted theft. LED lights flash and a loud alert signal sounds providing staff an opportunity to conduct a receipt check to retrieve the merchandise. Frequently the alarm startles a thief and results in them dropping merchandise and running rather than risking being caught with stolen goods.
There were many times I would do theft audits and come across partial bottles of perfume (and empty packages too). I pulled the partial bottles and had them marked out of stock and labeled them with a “tester” label and put them back on display. The hope was to minimize additional markdowns due to customers opening more bottles of the same product to sniff. Each time a bottle had to be marked out, the store was impacted by shortage. The only other options to protect fragrance at the time was placing EAS labels on the packages, locking them up in a display case or if the product was in a clamshell package we put them on locking peg hooks. Lock up cases and locking peg hooks required someone with a key to be available to open or unlock the case or hook when a customer wanted to look at an item. This was a poor option because customers had to wait for assistance. If it took too long for an associate to get to the patron, they would leave and a potential sale was lost. Using Alpha Keepers to protect fragrance is a solution I wish I had available to me. I could have used it to prevent shoplifting AND to stop the sampling of merchandise. They are also a sales driver, giving customers the ability to pick up an item, carry it around the store and take it to checkout at their convenience.
Use vendor supplied testers to give customers a sniff of the perfume they are interested in. Use Alpha Keepers to protect fragrance profit and prevent shoplifting at the same time. Get a whiff of more green in your cash registers!
Get more information on Alpha Keepers, contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 today.
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Perplexed By Plexi-glass Panels, A Retail Loss Prevention Manager Offers Alpha Keepers As Better Retail Anti-Theft Devices
I will admit it I can be curious especially when it comes to retail anti-theft devices but my wife says I’m nosey. If I’m out shopping and I see something that looks like it is supposed to deter theft in some way I’m probably going to check it out. Not long ago I was visiting a chain store with my wife and we wandered through the household supplies section. I observed merchandise on the shelf and the front of the shelf had a clear, plexi-glass cover over it that appeared to be protecting the merchandise. I didn’t see a lock and there wasn’t enough space to remove a single item at a time so then I wondered if it was designed to prevent shoplifting or just keep items from falling off the shelf. When we got to the other end of the store we found more of these plexi-glass shields in use to protect health and beauty products and I couldn’t resist the temptation. I had to know what they would do so I tried to lift one up. Yikes! A chiming noise sounded all the way to the front of the store. Hmmm, would it do it again? It sure did and before I could test it once more my wife made me stop. Then it dawned on me, these were retail anti-theft devices to stop shoplifting and the chime was to alert employees to come to the area and offer assistance. We continued looking around this area for several minutes but no one came to see if I needed help. Since I have extensive experience in Retail Loss Prevention I was annoyed, what is the purpose of having any type of device to prevent shoplifting if it isn’t going to be used as intended? This is one of the reasons I like Alpha Keepers so much. They protect merchandise and still allow customers to take the product off the shelf and walk around with it or take it to the checkout counter.
Alpha Keepers are superior to lock up display cases, show cases and even plexi-glass shields. Alpha Keepers are made of a clear, polycarbonate material making them super-strong and difficult to break. They have a hinged, locking door that requires a special detachment tool to open them, keeping thieves from gaining access to the item in the box. Keepers also come in a variety sizes to cover a wide variety of merchandise. They can protect health and beauty products to electronics items such as SD cards. Since the Alpha boxes are clear, customers can pick up the box, view the packaging and read information to help them make an informed purchasing decision. Show cases only permit limited viewing and if a patron wants a closer look they have to find an employee to open the case and hover over them while the patron examines the product. Think about how uncomfortable this can be if the merchandise is some type of personal hygiene product! The employee also has to stay with the patron as long as that person wants to continue to browse products for example in a videogame display case. A Keeper requires no hovering and your employees can be productive with other customer service issues or tasks.
In the experience I referenced above, I have to assume the purpose of a chiming noise was to get an associate to check on me to ensure I wasn’t cleaning off the shelf of all the products. The lack of response did not impress me and I can only assume this was not an isolated incident. Had I been a thief there was nothing the system was doing to protect health and beauty products or the air fresheners at the other end of the store (not that I knew there was a high demand on the black market for air fresheners or scented candles). Alpha Keepers would be a better alternative for this store to prevent shoplifting. The only time an associate would need to respond to any noise would be to the electronic article surveillance antenna alarm if a criminal attempted to exit the building with merchandise protected in a Keeper box.
Rather than use retail anti-theft devices such as display cases that hinder customer access to products and require significant employee payroll hours over the course of a year to maintain, why not use Alpha Keepers? You will increase sales through increased customer access and you will decrease shortage through real product protection.
Alpha Keepers are important and we can help you with them. Call 1.770.426.0547and let’s talk.
I will admit it I can be curious especially when it comes to retail anti-theft devices but my wife says I’m nosey. If I’m out shopping and I see something that looks like it is supposed to deter theft in some way I’m probably going to check it out. Not long ago I was visiting a chain store with my wife and we wandered through the household supplies section. I observed merchandise on the shelf and the front of the shelf had a clear, plexi-glass cover over it that appeared to be protecting the merchandise. I didn’t see a lock and there wasn’t enough space to remove a single item at a time so then I wondered if it was designed to prevent shoplifting or just keep items from falling off the shelf. When we got to the other end of the store we found more of these plexi-glass shields in use to protect health and beauty products and I couldn’t resist the temptation. I had to know what they would do so I tried to lift one up. Yikes! A chiming noise sounded all the way to the front of the store. Hmmm, would it do it again? It sure did and before I could test it once more my wife made me stop. Then it dawned on me, these were retail anti-theft devices to stop shoplifting and the chime was to alert employees to come to the area and offer assistance. We continued looking around this area for several minutes but no one came to see if I needed help. Since I have extensive experience in Retail Loss Prevention I was annoyed, what is the purpose of having any type of device to prevent shoplifting if it isn’t going to be used as intended? This is one of the reasons I like Alpha Keepers so much. They protect merchandise and still allow customers to take the product off the shelf and walk around with it or take it to the checkout counter.
Alpha Keepers are superior to lock up display cases, show cases and even plexi-glass shields. Alpha Keepers are made of a clear, polycarbonate material making them super-strong and difficult to break. They have a hinged, locking door that requires a special detachment tool to open them, keeping thieves from gaining access to the item in the box. Keepers also come in a variety sizes to cover a wide variety of merchandise. They can protect health and beauty products to electronics items such as SD cards. Since the Alpha boxes are clear, customers can pick up the box, view the packaging and read information to help them make an informed purchasing decision. Show cases only permit limited viewing and if a patron wants a closer look they have to find an employee to open the case and hover over them while the patron examines the product. Think about how uncomfortable this can be if the merchandise is some type of personal hygiene product! The employee also has to stay with the patron as long as that person wants to continue to browse products for example in a videogame display case. A Keeper requires no hovering and your employees can be productive with other customer service issues or tasks.
In the experience I referenced above, I have to assume the purpose of a chiming noise was to get an associate to check on me to ensure I wasn’t cleaning off the shelf of all the products. The lack of response did not impress me and I can only assume this was not an isolated incident. Had I been a thief there was nothing the system was doing to protect health and beauty products or the air fresheners at the other end of the store (not that I knew there was a high demand on the black market for air fresheners or scented candles). Alpha Keepers would be a better alternative for this store to prevent shoplifting. The only time an associate would need to respond to any noise would be to the electronic article surveillance antenna alarm if a criminal attempted to exit the building with merchandise protected in a Keeper box.
Rather than use retail anti-theft devices such as display cases that hinder customer access to products and require significant employee payroll hours over the course of a year to maintain, why not use Alpha Keepers? You will increase sales through increased customer access and you will decrease shortage through real product protection.
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