Effective retail theft prevention is comprised of two parts the human connection and the bells and whistles. For a store to really be protected, both parts need to be in tiptop working order, but they also need to work in tandem with each other- picking up where the other leaves off.
The bells and whistles are the literal alarms, tools and anti theft devices used in a retail setting. EAS devices, CCTV, and alarm pedestals are all effective shoplifting counter measures, in their own right. The inherent flaw to all of these tools is that they alone cannot stop or prevent shoplifting.
EAS devices cannot magically affix themselves onto garments or wrap themselves around boxes. An employee must physically complete the task. The same goes for an activated alarm tower. The tower does not transform itself into some shoplifting cage, catching the thief in the act. An employee needs to respond to the alarm, specifically the person who set the alarm off. Without the interaction, the shoplifter gets away free and clear.
The flip side is that an employee can’t be everywhere at once. Having EAS tags deters shoplifters from stealing clothing in a fitting room. Public view cameras can catch and record a facial image of a shoplifter entering a store, which can be used later on as evidence in a court.
So the question is, how do you get both sides working together like a well-oiled machine?
The answer comes down to training- specifically loss prevention training. Hosting or hiring out for loss prevention seminars is the best way to ensure your employees are getting a thorough education. It is an opportunity for your employees to understand not only what they are supposed to be doing, but also understanding why they are doing it.
Employees who are entrusted with more information, such as how and why a process or policy works, will be more likely to complete such tasks with a greater accuracy of completion and compliance.
Loss prevention seminars are therefore an ideal way to help answer those questions. It is one thing to tell an employee that all denim over $50 dollars needs an EAS tag on the bottom left pant leg.
It is a completely different outcome when you explain to this same employee that denim over $50 dollars is one on the highest shrink items in the store. Shoplifter’s who target these items tend to sell them for a profit, so they don’t care about which size they steal. That means a shoplifter will search an entire table for jeans that do not have the tags on them.
Placing the tag in the same spot makes it easier for our cashiers to find the tag to remove them for our actual shoppers, providing better customer service (and increased sales). It is also an obvious spot that we would notice if someone tried to wear a pair of our denim out the door without paying for it.
This more detailed approach is easy to obtain through loss prevention seminars. The outcome will make a very significant impact for your theft reduction processes.
For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia
Visit the Loss Prevention Systems website for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.
Effective retail theft prevention is comprised of two parts the human connection and the bells and whistles. For a store to really be protected, both parts need to be in tiptop working order, but they also need to work in tandem with each other- picking up where the other leaves off.
The bells and whistles are the literal alarms, tools and anti theft devices used in a retail setting. EAS devices, CCTV, and alarm pedestals are all effective shoplifting counter measures, in their own right. The inherent flaw to all of these tools is that they alone cannot stop or prevent shoplifting.
EAS devices cannot magically affix themselves onto garments or wrap themselves around boxes. An employee must physically complete the task. The same goes for an activated alarm tower. The tower does not transform itself into some shoplifting cage, catching the thief in the act. An employee needs to respond to the alarm, specifically the person who set the alarm off. Without the interaction, the shoplifter gets away free and clear.
The flip side is that an employee can’t be everywhere at once. Having EAS tags deters shoplifters from stealing clothing in a fitting room. Public view cameras can catch and record a facial image of a shoplifter entering a store, which can be used later on as evidence in a court.
So the question is, how do you get both sides working together like a well-oiled machine?
The answer comes down to training- specifically loss prevention training. Hosting or hiring out for loss prevention seminars is the best way to ensure your employees are getting a thorough education. It is an opportunity for your employees to understand not only what they are supposed to be doing, but also understanding why they are doing it.
Employees who are entrusted with more information, such as how and why a process or policy works, will be more likely to complete such tasks with a greater accuracy of completion and compliance.
Loss prevention seminars are therefore an ideal way to help answer those questions. It is one thing to tell an employee that all denim over $50 dollars needs an EAS tag on the bottom left pant leg.
It is a completely different outcome when you explain to this same employee that denim over $50 dollars is one on the highest shrink items in the store. Shoplifter’s who target these items tend to sell them for a profit, so they don’t care about which size they steal. That means a shoplifter will search an entire table for jeans that do not have the tags on them.
Placing the tag in the same spot makes it easier for our cashiers to find the tag to remove them for our actual shoppers, providing better customer service (and increased sales). It is also an obvious spot that we would notice if someone tried to wear a pair of our denim out the door without paying for it.
This more detailed approach is easy to obtain through loss prevention seminars. The outcome will make a very significant impact for your theft reduction processes.
For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia
Visit the Loss Prevention Systems website for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.
For years, Alpha Security has found pride in developing and producing product specific retail anti theft devices. These devices were designed to make retailer’s jobs easier, while providing proven solutions to reduce inventory shrink through theft. While retailers ranging from specialty boutiques to big box have welcomed this business model with open arms, it is not for everyone.
For some small businesses there is only a minimal need to have diversified anti theft devices. It could be a matter of having a small range within their product assortments, so they do not need to have multiple styles and sizes of these anti shoplifting devices.
For other small businesses, there simply is not a budget that allows for maintaining a large stockpile of multiple devices. Having to spend the money to purchase enough quantities of each style is more than allowable. These retailers are faced with decisions on what they can effectively buy that will make for the biggest impact. They hope that they can either offset the rest of their shrink losses, or retrofit their existing stockpile of anti theft devices into working for other products.
To stay at the top of their game, Alpha Security came up with a new twist on their retail anti theft devices to prevent shoplifting at retailers who have a wider assortment of products, but do not have excess budgets to make multiple purchases. They created a one style fits all solution.
They modified their existing CableLok security device to now have an adjustable cable. The cable can be fitted to a wide variety of lengths, making it practical for multiple product uses within a retailer’s store. The cable can be cinched down to the size needed for the specific product you want to secure. Instead of having to make a longer or shorter cable work, one style can be made to fit many sizes.
Instead of needing several different devices for clothing, and sporting goods, for example, the new adjustable cable can be used in all of these applications.
Additional suggested product security uses include briefcases and handbags. For hard line stores, the same cable can be used on grills, lawn mowers and other outdoor power equipment, hand tools (electric and battery operated) clam shell packages of merchandise, display merchandise like a stroller or vacuum, and even laundry detergent bottles.
Many of these items have been historically problematic to secure, as other anti theft options are not conducive to the packaging. Laundry detergent, for example, cannot be pierced and secured with a stickpin based EAS tag. Soft labels are easily peeled off of the plastic exterior, and would not be useful inside the product as they could cause a customer service issue when the tags fall into a washer unexpectedly.
The adjustable CableLoks come in both Alpha 2 Alarm, Alpha 3 Alarm, AM and RF styles. This will help to provide a seamless and cost effective transition into your existing security system.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store for Alpha 2Alarm, Alpha 3Alarm, Alpha Fashion2, Alpha Jewel Lok, Alpha Nano Gate, Alpha Shark Tag, Alpha Spider Wrap and other retail anti-theft devices from Alpha Security to use in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.
For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547
For years, Alpha Security has found pride in developing and producing product specific retail anti theft devices. These devices were designed to make retailer’s jobs easier, while providing proven solutions to reduce inventory shrink through theft. While retailers ranging from specialty boutiques to big box have welcomed this business model with open arms, it is not for everyone.
For some small businesses there is only a minimal need to have diversified anti theft devices. It could be a matter of having a small range within their product assortments, so they do not need to have multiple styles and sizes of these anti shoplifting devices.
For other small businesses, there simply is not a budget that allows for maintaining a large stockpile of multiple devices. Having to spend the money to purchase enough quantities of each style is more than allowable. These retailers are faced with decisions on what they can effectively buy that will make for the biggest impact. They hope that they can either offset the rest of their shrink losses, or retrofit their existing stockpile of anti theft devices into working for other products.
To stay at the top of their game, Alpha Security came up with a new twist on their retail anti theft devices to prevent shoplifting at retailers who have a wider assortment of products, but do not have excess budgets to make multiple purchases. They created a one style fits all solution.
They modified their existing CableLok security device to now have an adjustable cable. The cable can be fitted to a wide variety of lengths, making it practical for multiple product uses within a retailer’s store. The cable can be cinched down to the size needed for the specific product you want to secure. Instead of having to make a longer or shorter cable work, one style can be made to fit many sizes.
Instead of needing several different devices for clothing, and sporting goods, for example, the new adjustable cable can be used in all of these applications.
Additional suggested product security uses include briefcases and handbags. For hard line stores, the same cable can be used on grills, lawn mowers and other outdoor power equipment, hand tools (electric and battery operated) clam shell packages of merchandise, display merchandise like a stroller or vacuum, and even laundry detergent bottles.
Many of these items have been historically problematic to secure, as other anti theft options are not conducive to the packaging. Laundry detergent, for example, cannot be pierced and secured with a stickpin based EAS tag. Soft labels are easily peeled off of the plastic exterior, and would not be useful inside the product as they could cause a customer service issue when the tags fall into a washer unexpectedly.
The adjustable CableLoks come in both Alpha 2 Alarm, Alpha 3 Alarm, AM and RF styles. This will help to provide a seamless and cost effective transition into your existing security system.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store for Alpha 2Alarm, Alpha 3Alarm, Alpha Fashion2, Alpha Jewel Lok, Alpha Nano Gate, Alpha Shark Tag, Alpha Spider Wrap and other retail anti-theft devices from Alpha Security to use in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system that can help you prevent shoplifting in your business.
For more information on how you can use Alpha Security retail anti-theft devices and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to prevent shoplifting contact us or call 1.770.426.0547
Some people readily dismiss teenage shenanigans as simply youthful indiscretion. They feel like there is no real harm done, and that kids will be kids. In some situations, those dismissals are fine. In other situations, the consequences of those actions can be much more far reaching than a simple slap on the wrist can cure. A breach in liquor bottle security is one of those situations.
Without liquor bottle security, like using bottle locks, teenage miscreants can easily come into a liquor store, grab a bottle, and hide in a corner somewhere while they open the bottle and start drinking. In some cases, teens have brought a flask or other container in and filled it with the liquor from one of these bottles. Both methods serve the same purpose of obtaining alcohol for underage drinking.
While it might be easy for some to chalk underage drinking up to youthful indiscretion, there are some very serious consequences that can arise from these actions. If the teens drink and drive, or through another way hurt themselves or others, potentially life-threatening damages can happen. At that point, who is to blame? Will the teens be charged? Most likely they will, depending on the seriousness of the infraction, they might even be tried as an adult.
The next question inevitably will be as to where they obtained the liquor. Did someone give it to them? Did they get it themselves, and if so did they steal it, or did they purchase it? Either way, they may be able to track this liquor back to your store’s location. Even if the liquor was stolen, you might be on the hook for some of the liability.
Whether or not you are found guilty within this litigation may come down to your liquor bottle security policies and procedures. Just like bars and nightclubs have a civic and legal responsibility to prevent underage drinking, so do liquor stores. Some stores have been found guilty purely through the concept of gross negligence.
A store that does not use bottle locks to prevent unauthorized consumption is one thing. It’s another if this same store has inattentive employees, teens are allowed into the store unsupervised, and there is a history (known or not) of underage drinking from the store’s liquor inventory.
Sometimes owners are the last to know that there is a problem in one of their stores. If the employees do not self regulate their customers, a teenage drinking problem can quickly get out of hand. It may be that the situation is not reported until an unfortunate incident has occurred, bringing the full story to light.
Once a teen has been able to sneak liquor out or consume in store, the word can spread very quickly. Friends tell other friends and soon it becomes common knowledge that there is a lack of effective liquor bottle security to prevent underage drinking. A more and more teens try to get away with this unauthorized consumption; the risk of more serious side effects takes place.
A liquor store found guilty of allowing underage drinking will be faced with criminal and or civil litigation, fines, fees, and the potential to completely loose their liquor license.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.
For more information on Alpha Security, Bottle Lock, Bottle locks, Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547
Some people readily dismiss teenage shenanigans as simply youthful indiscretion. They feel like there is no real harm done, and that kids will be kids. In some situations, those dismissals are fine. In other situations, the consequences of those actions can be much more far reaching than a simple slap on the wrist can cure. A breach in liquor bottle security is one of those situations.
Without liquor bottle security, like using bottle locks, teenage miscreants can easily come into a liquor store, grab a bottle, and hide in a corner somewhere while they open the bottle and start drinking. In some cases, teens have brought a flask or other container in and filled it with the liquor from one of these bottles. Both methods serve the same purpose of obtaining alcohol for underage drinking.
While it might be easy for some to chalk underage drinking up to youthful indiscretion, there are some very serious consequences that can arise from these actions. If the teens drink and drive, or through another way hurt themselves or others, potentially life-threatening damages can happen. At that point, who is to blame? Will the teens be charged? Most likely they will, depending on the seriousness of the infraction, they might even be tried as an adult.
The next question inevitably will be as to where they obtained the liquor. Did someone give it to them? Did they get it themselves, and if so did they steal it, or did they purchase it? Either way, they may be able to track this liquor back to your store’s location. Even if the liquor was stolen, you might be on the hook for some of the liability.
Whether or not you are found guilty within this litigation may come down to your liquor bottle security policies and procedures. Just like bars and nightclubs have a civic and legal responsibility to prevent underage drinking, so do liquor stores. Some stores have been found guilty purely through the concept of gross negligence.
A store that does not use bottle locks to prevent unauthorized consumption is one thing. It’s another if this same store has inattentive employees, teens are allowed into the store unsupervised, and there is a history (known or not) of underage drinking from the store’s liquor inventory.
Sometimes owners are the last to know that there is a problem in one of their stores. If the employees do not self regulate their customers, a teenage drinking problem can quickly get out of hand. It may be that the situation is not reported until an unfortunate incident has occurred, bringing the full story to light.
Once a teen has been able to sneak liquor out or consume in store, the word can spread very quickly. Friends tell other friends and soon it becomes common knowledge that there is a lack of effective liquor bottle security to prevent underage drinking. As more and more teens try to get away with this unauthorized consumption; the risk of more serious side effects takes place.
A liquor store found guilty of allowing underage drinking will be faced with criminal and or civil litigation, fines, fees, and the potential to completely loose their liquor license.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.
For more information on Alpha Security, Bottle Lock, Bottle locks, Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547
It’s really not a secret that shoplifting costs your store thousands of dollars per year. Thieves think of our stores as soul-less entities that can absorb losses like a paper napkin. Even for giant corporations, that’s simply not true. Whether you manage 500 stores, or just 1, you can’t afford to let dishonest people to rob you blind! With technology advancing on a daily basis, you can bet that there is an anti-shoplifting tool out there that meets your needs, and most importantly, your budget.
I work in the investigations department of my company and I often think back to all of the shoplifters and dishonest employees I’ve dealt with. Some make me furious at the amount of money my stores lost, while some just make me laugh. My company is heavily invested in the firearm and accessory business. Obviously, we don’t keep firearms accessible, however the line of accessories such as scopes, mounts, range finders and binoculars are displayed in a way that allows the customer to interact with the product. We used several anti-shoplifting devices to keep the displays secured. Any given item had at least 3 layers of protection. You wouldn’t think someone would try to steal an item that was so secured. This job never really surprises me anymore.
A store called me one morning and stated that they did their morning display audit and noticed that 4 of their most expensive scopes were gone. They were not sold and they had to have gone missing within the last 24 hours. I immediately went to the camera system and started my investigation. Just as the manager said, the day before, I could clearly see the scopes on display. A few hours on the camera and I found my shoplifter. At first I saw him looking at all the anti-shoplifting devices securing the product, then he walked away for a while. When he came back, he seemed to be frustrated with the system of locks and alarms connecting the scopes to the display shelf. At this point, I was still very confused on how he was able to remove the merchandise, so I stared at my CCTV monitor like I was watching a blockbuster thriller! I watched as my suspect seemingly had a light bulb go off over his head. He bent down out of view and we he re-emerged, he simple cut the cables to the scopes and removed them from the store. What just happened?
The store was only a few minutes down the road, so I headed over to inspect. I went to the area where I saw him bend down and saw a surge protector, exposed. That power pack was the source of power for the entire security display. During some routine cleaning, an associate had moved it and it remained outside of the cage. My shoplifter simply turned off the power to the alarms. I was not a happy person. When I first talked to the manager, he was quick to blame the fixture as a waste of money that didn’t secure his merchandise. There’s a lesson in this case, and unfortunately for his manager, it was an expensive lesson. No matter what controls you have in place to prevent losses in your store, they are only as effective as those who implement the.
For more information, contact us: Anti-Shoplifting, or call 1.770.426.0547
It’s really not a secret that shoplifting costs your store thousands of dollars per year. Thieves think of our stores as soul-less entities that can absorb losses like a paper napkin. Even for giant corporations, that’s simply not true. Whether you manage 500 stores, or just 1, you can’t afford to let dishonest people to rob you blind! With technology advancing on a daily basis, you can bet that there is an anti-shoplifting tool out there that meets your needs, and most importantly, your budget.
I work in the investigations department of my company and I often think back to all of the shoplifters and dishonest employees I’ve dealt with. Some make me furious at the amount of money my stores lost, while some just make me laugh. My company is heavily invested in the firearm and accessory business. Obviously, we don’t keep firearms accessible, however the line of accessories such as scopes, mounts, range finders and binoculars are displayed in a way that allows the customer to interact with the product. We used several anti-shoplifting devices to keep the displays secured. Any given item had at least 3 layers of protection. You wouldn’t think someone would try to steal an item that was so secured. This job never really surprises me anymore.
A store called me one morning and stated that they did their morning display audit and noticed that 4 of their most expensive scopes were gone. They were not sold and they had to have gone missing within the last 24 hours. I immediately went to the camera system and started my investigation. Just as the manager said, the day before, I could clearly see the scopes on display. A few hours on the camera and I found my shoplifter. At first I saw him looking at all the anti-shoplifting devices securing the product, then he walked away for a while. When he came back, he seemed to be frustrated with the system of locks and alarms connecting the scopes to the display shelf. At this point, I was still very confused on how he was able to remove the merchandise, so I stared at my CCTV monitor like I was watching a blockbuster thriller! I watched as my suspect seemingly had a light bulb go off over his head. He bent down out of view and we he re-emerged, he simply cut the cables to the scopes and removed them from the store. What just happened?
The store was only a few minutes down the road, so I headed over to inspect. I went to the area where I saw him bend down and saw a surge protector, exposed. That power pack was the source of power for the entire security display. During some routine cleaning, an associate had moved it and it remained outside of the cage. My shoplifter simply turned off the power to the alarms. I was not a happy person. When I first talked to the manager, he was quick to blame the fixture as a waste of money that didn’t secure his merchandise. There’s a lesson in this case, and unfortunately for his manager, it was an expensive lesson. No matter what controls you have in place to prevent losses in your store, they are only as effective as those who implement them.
For more information, contact us at Anti-Shoplifting, or call 1.770.426.0547
Anyone who has ever spent time owning or managing multiple retail locations knows that not every store is created equally. Some individual stores are committed to executing every program, surpassing every goal, and maintaining all company standards. Others are lucky to get their doors open on time with any level of consistency. As such, finding ways to balance each store’s highs and lows to ensure the success and profitability of the company as a whole can be challenging.
Often, the key to multi unit success comes from the ability to amass and breakdown broad based data analytics. Some of the data is easy to find and easy to drill down. Sales numbers are one of those metrics. Each store reports their daily sales; those numbers are compared against individual store goals, while the total sales are evaluated on a chain wide basis. By using those numbers, an owner gets a better picture of where the company sits as a whole, and where the breakdowns are coming from.
What if there was a way to break down those numbers even further to make a more significant impact? Instead of just calculating sales data, can you use information collected to reduce extraneous payroll expenses or eliminate marketing programs that are not providing a return?
Using people counting systems like the popular VisiPlus traffic counter you can garner a completely different perspective on your sales data that will help you effect those financial changes. People counting systems are based on a small device placed near entrance doors that calculate how many people enter your stores each day.
A report is made that breaks the traffic down by hour of the day for each day of the week. These totals can be used to determine patterns for not only the individual store, but also for the entire company on a chain wide basis.
The patterns that the people counting systems might start to show can be a great eye opener. You might find that one store does all of their business after 6PM. Another location might have traffic and sales spread out evenly throughout the day. Maybe one location has a big Monday morning boom, and another is busy only on the weekends.
Now you can provide a much better forecast and goal for the sales of an individual location that will actually contribute to the success of the entire company. All too often, sales and payroll goals are broken down by store, by month and by day based off of last year’s comp, and forecasted averages.
By making realistic goals based off of actual traffic patterns will help your stores achieve their goals, also increasing internal morale and a feeling of true ownership by the employees. It will also offer an opportunity to provide necessary resources to ensure those successes actually take place.
Picture this- one of your stores is busy throughout the week, but has little store traffic (not just sales) on the weekend. Another store has high traffic (but little sales) on the weekends. Instead of hiring additional employees, can employees from the first store pick up hours in the second store on the weekend?
It eliminates the need to hire additional staff permanently for the second store. It also increases the likelihood that the additional staff can help turn the customer traffic into sales by being available to answer questions, locate products, and decrease checkout times. By rotating and flexing employees you can maximize the resources you already have, while reducing unnecessary costs that are decreasing your profitability.
Anyone who has ever spent time owning or managing multiple retail locations knows that not every store is created equally. Some individual stores are committed to executing every program, surpassing every goal, and maintaining all company standards. Others are lucky to get their doors open on time with any level of consistency. As such, finding ways to balance each store’s highs and lows to ensure the success and profitability of the company as a whole can be challenging.
Often, the key to multi unit success comes from the ability to amass and breakdown broad based data analytics. Some of the data is easy to find and easy to drill down. Sales numbers are one of those metrics. Each store reports their daily sales; those numbers are compared against individual store goals, while the total sales are evaluated on a chain wide basis. By using those numbers, an owner gets a better picture of where the company sits as a whole, and where the breakdowns are coming from.
What if there was a way to break down those numbers even further to make a more significant impact? Instead of just calculating sales data, can you use information collected to reduce extraneous payroll expenses or eliminate marketing programs that are not providing a return?
Using people counting systems like the popular VisiPlus traffic counter you can garner a completely different perspective on your sales data that will help you effect those financial changes. People counting systems are based on a small device placed near entrance doors that calculate how many people enter your stores each day.
A report is made that breaks the traffic down by hour of the day for each day of the week. These totals can be used to determine patterns for not only the individual store, but also for the entire company on a chain wide basis.
The patterns that the people counting systems might start to show can be a great eye opener. You might find that one store does all of their business after 6PM. Another location might have traffic and sales spread out evenly throughout the day. Maybe one location has a big Monday morning boom, and another is busy only on the weekends.
Now you can provide a much better forecast and goal for the sales of an individual location that will actually contribute to the success of the entire company. All too often, sales and payroll goals are broken down by store, by month and by day based off of last year’s comp, and forecasted averages.
By making realistic goals based off of actual traffic patterns will help your stores achieve their goals, also increasing internal morale and a feeling of true ownership by the employees. It will also offer an opportunity to provide necessary resources to ensure those successes actually take place.
Picture this- one of your stores is busy throughout the week, but has little store traffic (not just sales) on the weekend. Another store has high traffic (but little sales) on the weekends. Instead of hiring additional employees, can employees from the first store pick up hours in the second store on the weekend?
It eliminates the need to hire additional staff permanently for the second store. It also increases the likelihood that the additional staff can help turn the customer traffic into sales by being available to answer questions, locate products, and decrease checkout times. By rotating and flexing employees you can maximize the resources you already have, while reducing unnecessary costs that are decreasing your profitability.
Preventing theft of bracelets, necklaces, and other jewelry items are the life-purpose of the Alpha Jewel Lok. When attached properly to the merchandise they are protecting, they simply hang relatively unnoticed, at least by those who intend to purchase the merchandise. But shoplifters should beware – this dainty device has a solid grip on its lovely jewel, and will not be letting go easily. In most cases, a person without a key intended to remove the device will ruin the merchandise it protects while trying to remove it, meaning shoplifters will have to pry the jewelry from the security device’s cold, dead hands.
I have had the pleasure of working with these jewelry tags for quite some time. In the store where I worked, we had been seeing jewelry flying off of the tables and spinning-racks – and not in a good way. It seemed as though we were bleeding jewelry at a profusely alarming rate. Necklaces and bracelets were being stolen in greater quantities than they were being purchased! This was before we started using Alpha jewelry locking devices.
Once we started placing the security tags on our jewelry, it was as if we tied a tourniquet just above the wound. Immediately, we noticed that the stock of sales-floor items was no longer being littered by popped price tags and empty boxes. Happily, we noticed that the items were still being shopped but, even more importantly, not lifted. These puny protectors were creating a profound improvement!
As with any defensive system, however, they were not impenetrable. There were still those determined few who would risk devaluing the merchandise by breaking it, to get through and take the items out of the store. Their goal was to snatch the jewelry, break off the Alpha Jewel Lok, dump it with the price tags, and make their way out of the store undetected. Unfortunately for one repeat offender in our store, these small safeguards had more to say when she left them buried behind.
We had begun to notice that a large number of these jewelry security tags were being found stashed under merchandise next to the jewelry, along with several jewelry price tags. One day, we discovered a few. Then a couple days later, there were several. A little while after that, there were dozens! They still were unopened and undefeated, evidenced by the fact that they were attached to what was left of the now-broken missing merchandise. We knew that we had sprung a new theft leak.
We began paying attention to the area and carefully watched those who shopped the area. Within a couple of days, we were able to spot the thief as she fiddled with the security tag, and then quickly grabbed several items, paying no attention to price or style. Sure enough, she went around the corner and started breaking the necklaces off of the devices. As she attempted to leave the store with the unpaid merchandise, the merchandise was recovered. She was faced now with the hard evidence of the Jewel Loks left behind; not only from this incident, but from the others as well. Her five-hundred dollar crime had quintupled into a twenty-five hundred dollar felony with restitution, thanks to these guardian gravestones that haunted the shady shoplifter and testified from beyond the grave.
For more information contact us: Alpha Jewel Lok or call 1.770.426.0547
Preventing theft of bracelets, necklaces, and other jewelry items are the life-purpose of the Alpha Jewel Lok. When attached properly to the merchandise they are protecting, they simply hang relatively unnoticed, at least by those who intend to purchase the merchandise. But shoplifters should beware – this dainty device has a solid grip on its lovely jewel, and will not be letting go easily. In most cases, a person without a key intended to remove the device will ruin the merchandise it protects while trying to remove it, meaning shoplifters will have to pry the jewelry from the security device’s cold, dead hands.
I have had the pleasure of working with these jewelry tags for quite some time. In the store where I worked, we had been seeing jewelry flying off of the tables and spinning-racks – and not in a good way. It seemed as though we were bleeding jewelry at a profusely alarming rate. Necklaces and bracelets were being stolen in greater quantities than they were being purchased! This was before we started using Alpha jewelry locking devices.
Once we started placing the security tags on our jewelry, it was as if we tied a tourniquet just above the wound. Immediately, we noticed that the stock of sales-floor items was no longer being littered by popped price tags and empty boxes. Happily, we noticed that the items were still being shopped but, even more importantly, not lifted. These puny protectors were creating a profound improvement!
As with any defensive system, however, they were not impenetrable. There were still those determined few who would risk devaluing the merchandise by breaking it, to get through and take the items out of the store. Their goal was to snatch the jewelry, break off the Alpha Jewel Lok, dump it with the price tags, and make their way out of the store undetected. Unfortunately for one repeat offender in our store, these small safeguards had more to say when she left them buried behind.
We had begun to notice that a large number of these jewelry security tags were being found stashed under merchandise next to the jewelry, along with several jewelry price tags. One day, we discovered a few. Then a couple days later, there were several. A little while after that, there were dozens! They still were unopened and undefeated, evidenced by the fact that they were attached to what was left of the now-broken missing merchandise. We knew that we had sprung a new theft leak.
We began paying attention to the area and carefully watched those who shopped the area. Within a couple of days, we were able to spot the thief as she fiddled with the security tag, and then quickly grabbed several items, paying no attention to price or style. Sure enough, she went around the corner and started breaking the necklaces off of the devices. As she attempted to leave the store with the unpaid merchandise, the merchandise was recovered. She was faced now with the hard evidence of the Jewel Loks left behind; not only from this incident, but from the others as well. Her five-hundred dollar crime had quintupled into a twenty-five hundred dollar felony with restitution, thanks to these guardian gravestones that haunted the shady shoplifter and testified from beyond the grave.
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