Bottle Security is the Key in Atlanta Georgia

July 12, 2011 by

There is a key to bottle security and it is the key that removes the bottle lock, a product of Alpha Security, from the openly displayed bottle of high theft liquor or wine.

Customer theft has been a continuing problem for spirits retailers since the first product was displayed for sale.  Certain brands, particularly those that are popular and/or have a high price point had a habit of disappearing from the shelves without having been paid for, certainly an annoyance to the store owner.

Retailers tried various means of liquor bottle security including limiting displays of the high loss items, leaving them behind or under the counter, or displaying them only in locked cabinets like they were artifacts in a museum.

This certainly had the desired effect of reducing customer theft, but it also had a negative impact on sales, since customers are more apt to buy merchandise they can pick up, handle and inspect.

Alpha Security has the solution for retailers that allows both open display of the product and liquor bottle security to discourage and prevent theft on a couple of levels.

Once installed on the bottle, one type of bottle lock can’t be removed without damaging the bottle and ruining the contents, denying use of the product to the thief.  This bottle lock fits over the top of the bottle and can only be removed at the point of sale by the clerk with a proprietary key.  The EASy bottle liquor bottle security contains a device that is sensed by a system at the entrance that will emit an alarm if the EASy bottle lock hasn’t been removed.

Another type attaches around the neck of the bottle and also contains the EAS device.  None of the bottle locks can be removed or defeated without a key, a huge deterrent to shoplifters.

Shoplifters know and avoid stores that use bottle locks as their chief means of bottle security.

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Watch Out for Increased Profits With Clothing Security

July 12, 2011 by

A type of theft that I’ve seen recently at the retailer I work for is one in which the shoplifter purchases a cheap item, in recent cases a mailbox, and then walks out onto the sales floor with the purchased item. The shoplifter then adds other items to inside the mailbox and walks out of the store. If receipt checked, the customer can show the receipt for the mailbox.

If some shoplifters would just use their creativity for good instead of evil…but that is simply not the case. This type of theft can be prevented, even if your business sells clothing. If you Use clothing security tags,  it would be a risky to attempt this type of theft due to the chance of a clothing alarm going off if the shoplifter walks out of your front door.

Clothing security has to be on the forefront of business owners’ minds in order for them to experience more profit than loss. Security tags on clothes are a worthwhile option for minimal investment and can reduce such losses that can result from the actions I discuss above.

Clothing security tags can be attached to your high end or high theft merchandise, and are removed at the time that the clothing is purchased. Your cashiers can easily remove clothing security tags using a key, and then the tags are able to be reused. Your in stock for your honest customers improves, which drives sales. This is especially important in these tough economic times when every sale matters more than ever. Every prevented theft due your use of clothing security will be a component in maximizing those sales.

Security tags on clothes can also offer a visual deterrent that is very important for profitability also. Profit, not loss, is what your business needs, and will experience when you use clothing security.

Visit the Retail Loss Prevention Store to purchase a clothing alarm and clothing security tags. 

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There’s Nothing you can do to Prevent Shoplifting

July 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Do you feel like you can’t do a thing to prevent shoplifting in your business? Maybe you’re missing something. Many businesses around you sell similar merchandise but don’t have nearly the shrink problem of yours. Why?

 Here are some basic cost effective ways you may never have thought of.

 Greeting your customers at the door is a great way to show that you are welcoming them into your business. Making eye contact lets them also know you have acknowledged their being in your store. Shoplifters don’t want to be acknowledged at all. If they realize that you can identify them they are less likely to chance a quick theft.

 Walking your sales floor will help you keep an eye on the corners and aisles of the store that have the biggest theft problems while also making yourself available to customers who need help on the sales floor.

 Listening to your employees and asking for their feedback is a great way to boost morale and find out if they are noticing any particular items being stolen. Your employees are your eyes and ears as a busy storeowner. They know when there are particular areas that need attention in your store. By paying attention to your employees and keeping them happy you cut back on employee theft as well.

 These simple practices will help you prevent shoplifting without much change to your daily business at all. If anything following these steps will increase your sales and decrease your loss significantly.

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Employee Theft Investigation Leads to Better Profits – Atlanta Georgia

July 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment

It’s true. Employee theft investigation can lead to better profits.

Working as a corporate fraud investigator for a specialty retailer with 20 stores, I had my first real observation of just how an employee theft investigation impacts profits. Recently the company had inventory in 10 stores. 8 of these stores did pretty good, some better than expected. However, for two stores, it was clear they had an internal theft problem. One store had shrink as high as 12%. Merchandise was disappearing before it even made it to the floor. My partner and I launched a corporate fraud investigation in each store. During the course of the investigation, we looked at all avenues of employee theft including, POS systems (Registers, checkstands), backroom areas including trash, conducted general interviews of all employees to get a feel of what was happening. As we dug, we uncovered a wealth of information and evidence to prove the high shrink numbers were a direct result of employee theft.

It is pretty well known throughout the retail industry that internal theft is more than 70% of the average retailer’s losses. In some cases, it’s much more. Controlling the effects of internal theft can be difficult if you don’t know what you’re looking for or at. In many cases it takes the help of an outside corporate fraud investigator to really get a good look.

As we continued our corporate fraud investigation, we narrowed our suspects down to 3 main culprits in the first store and 5 in the second. To us, it was clear internal theft caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in loss to this company. We did interviews of the employees and gained confessions from each. Many of the employees admitted to being involved because they were unhappy with the company, the store, the manager or fell on hard times in their personal life.

Employee theft investigation is a must when there are suspicions of employee theft. When I speak to my stores, I constantly share with the management the negative impacts of employee theft and inform the employees of the damages of internal theft.

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July 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment

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Shoplifters Beware of Checkpoint Systems

July 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment

If you go onto the web and do a search for shoplifters, or shoplifting stories, you will find multiple sites in which people brag about shoplifting. There are tips and how-to’s, and some also talk about how they were caught. Retail theft prevention professionals can learn a lot from reviewing these websites.

Having an anti shoplifting program is a necessity in order to be a profitable business. There are shoplifters everywhere, including in your store. If you are noticing a loss of inventory and empty shelves without sales to match, you probably have shoplifters targeting your business.

There are options available to business owners, however. You can help stop shoplifting by utilizing retail anti theft devices such as Checkpoint Security Systems. The reusable Checkpoint Tags and Checkpoint Labels are affixed to your high theft or high end merchandise. Not only do they offer a visual deterrent, they are nearly impossible to remove without a key.

Shoplifters are able to do what they do by not drawing attention to themselves. Checkpoint security systems enable businesses to bring attention to those shoplifters, and reduce the losses that the businesses are experiencing. When shoplifters see that there is a Checkpoint Security system in place, they are more likely to move on to the next unprotected business.

While the web can be a how-to guide for how to shoplift, that does not necessarily mean that your business will suffer more because of this. If you know that your merchandise is protected by Checkpoint Security Systems, you will not see stories online about how your business is an easy target. You may even see some shoplifters warn each other not to steal from you because of your retail anti theft devices.

Visit the Retail Loss Prevention Store to purchase retail theft prevention tools such as Checkpoint Tags and Checkpoint Labels from checkpoint security system s to help you stop shoplifting and start your own anti shoplifting program.

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Liquor Bottle Security is As Important As Sales

July 9, 2011 by

How can that be? Liquor Bottle Security couldn’t possibly be as important as sales themselves, right? Well, the truth is, they are equally important. If you have no liquor bottle security, you’ll lose the product severely impacting your positive sales growth.

Being in the loss prevention industry, I have really been able to take a step back and objectively look at the business as a whole. What I have learned is that retailers of liquor must utilize bottle security. If there is still a business owner or manager out there that believes liquor bottle security is unimportant, they’d better be ready to close up shop or stop selling the merchandise. If you sell liquor, you have theft. Be it from customers or employees, liquor is leaving your building unpaid for, and in some cases, the liquor never makes it to your stores. Those of you that sell liquor surely have seen the empty spaces on the shelves after just stocking it earlier in the day. It didn’t sell, so where did it go?

Bottle security will give any retailer the sense of security or piece of mind it needs to successful profit from increased sales. In fact, I have seen some liquor business increase as much as 30% by simply implementing liquor bottle security. Whatever the plan is, bottle security is important. One of the easiest forms of bottle security to implement is a simple bottle lock. The EASy Bottle bottle lock from Alpha Security works to protect each individual bottle and almost be its own personal guard. A bottle lock takes no longer to install than it takes to place the bottle on the shelf. As a visual deterrence, bottle locks will help stop theft by the amateurs or those looking to quickly get merchandise in and out of the store.

Make no mistake; bottle security is an important part of any retail business. Put bottle security in your business today!

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Clothing Security Tags Prevent Shoplifting

July 9, 2011 by

The store associates placed clothing security tags on the merchandise as directed by their manager. Each of the clothing security tags were attached cleanly, neatly and positioned to be visible by customers.

The store was not yet open, and the manager was preparing for the day. As a seasoned professional working in a store in a tough area, she knew the importance of clothing security and determined to reduce shrink in her store and meet her sales numbers for the week and year. The manager spoke to other associates in the building and gave her routine morning speech. Touching on the topic of clothing security, the manager said clothing security tags helped protect merchandise in their store daily, and that it was very important for all associate to understand the need for clothing security and how it affects the overall performance of the store. She asked a couple of questions about clothing security tags, and got back the right answers. Her associates know clothing security is a big piece of the business.

The store opened for the day, the associates went to work and the manager got on with her administrative duties. Feeling comfortable about the associate awareness, she walked the sales floor and inspected the various areas requiring clothing security tags. She greeted customers, assisted others and help restock merchandise where needed.

Security tags on clothes combined with a solid manager, and receptive staff makes clothing security that much easier. Shoplifters like stores with no security, employees that are too busy to help customers and privacy. Security tags on clothes take away that privacy. If a thief can’t leave the store without a clothing alarm going off they will become too obvious for comfort.

As a loss prevention consultant, I always recommend security tags on clothes and a clothing alarm to any business selling clothing. I’ve never seen a benefit to any clothing retailer choosing to not use security tags on clothes. In fact, most retailers that went against security tags on clothes end up regretting their decision.

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Prevent Shoplifting The Safe Way

July 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment

I, like some of you reading this, originally learned the old school method to prevent shoplifting: Chase them down, rough ‘em up, cuff ‘em up, and drag ‘em back by any means necessary. Well, as I’m sure you know, times have changed and the world of Loss Prevention isn’t as safe as it used to be. Just recently in the Arlington Heights suburb of Chicago two store employees were struck by a getaway driver as they attempted to chase down a thief. Both men had to be taken to the hospital to be treated for their injuries and the shoplifter got away.

 We all want to go home in the same condition we were in when we arrived to work. The best way to ensure that is not by trying to prevent shoplifting with brute force, but by employing Checkpoint Systems to reduce shrink the smart way. Checkpoint Systems offers a variety of products and solutions designed to make your merchandise undesirable to crooks while still allowing your honest, paying customers access to the products they wish to purchase.

 There are a number of horror stories, like the one above, associated with the business. I’ve heard of security guards reaching into cars to stop a shoplifter and nearly having their limbs removed from their sockets as the vehicle sped off. These actions, no matter how valiant they may seem in the heat of the moment, are ultimately foolish and potentially costly to the company. Plus, I imagine it must be incredibly difficult to clap for justice when you only have one arm. As the old saying goes, work smarter not harder. Find the solutions from Checkpoint Systems that work best to prevent shoplifting in your business and leave the heroics to the comic books.

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Getting More From Your Internal Theft Cases

July 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment

As a Corporate Fraud Investigator doing an internal theft interview it is important to stay open minded and not get tunnel vision in looking for an admission. Let’s face it, by the time you’ve concluded your employee theft investigation your subject has probably been performing his/ her particular brand of shenanigans for quite some time and it’s possible that you’ve missed a few things. So now that you’ve succeeded in getting them to confess to you about their wrong-doing it’s time to expand the admission.

Many internal theft cases start small and build to a point where they become noticeable enough to catch the eye of a corporate fraud investigator, or some other loss prevention professional. In truth, depending on how long the crook has been committing the crime, he/ she may not even remember how they got started. It’s your job, as part of your employee theft investigation to jog their memory and get the whole story. Use phrases like, “It’s important that what you tell me is consistent with what I already know”. Don’t let them know you’re fishing for information. Make them think you’re just reviewing the facts you already know as a formality.

Remember, at this point they’ve already confessed to a crime of some sort and mentally they’re slowly accepting their fate; however you don’t want to pounce on them. This will do nothing more than make them clam up again and in some cases it has been known to cause them to retract their initial confession. Your goal in the process of an employee theft investigation is to find the truth, not to pulverize the subject. An internal theft case is often like an onion, the more layers you, the corporate fraud investigator, pull back the more you’ll find.

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