On Your Special Day

September is a traditionally big month for weddings. Every bride wants to look and feel their absolute best on their special day. If you have been a part of a wedding in the last few years, or work in the wedding business, then you are well aware of how completely insane some brides can get.

 This insanity can often lead to completely wrong or out of character choices. That, coupled with the enormous cost of a wedding in its entirety can lead many brides (or grooms) to take matters into their own hands.

 Having the perfect clothes for the bride, bridesmaids, groom, etc, is only the start. There are jewelry and accessories to think about too.

 We have all seen the TV shows that watch brides tearing apart racks of dresses, and each other, to find the perfect outfit. It is no surprise that these same brides would resort to shoplifting to get the wedding item they are so desperately coveting.

 If you use your common sense and add anti theft devices to your inventory, you might just stay one-step ahead of the bride who has lost all of hers.

 Visit RBC Security Solutions for Checkpoint Compatible Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices that can help you protect your clothes and prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags. Our Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS Labels and Tags are not cheap they are inexpensive and made in the U.S.

 For more information on how you can use Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to protect your Clothes and help you prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags contact us.

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The Shopkeeper’s Privilege

When someone is stealing from your store, it is important to know what you can and cannot do to protect yourself from losses and potential litigation.

 I cannot stress enough how important it is to first of all try to be proactive in preventing your losses. Use clothing security tags whenever possible. These clothing alarms are one of the best and most recognizable forms of clothing security you can use.

 After you start using these clothing security tags, take note, because you should start to see a reduction in the amount of attempted thefts occurring.

 After that, you do have the right to detain a suspected shoplifter under the Shopkeeper’s Privilege. This allows storeowners to make a detainment and collect their stolen merchandise.

 Under reasonable accommodations and time frames, you can be well within your legal rights to take someone back to an office, get their ID, and recover your merchandise.

 To avoid litigation from the shoplifter, understand that you cannot hold them indefinitely. You cannot threaten them, or impose undo bodily harm to them. You also cannot violate their privacy. You also need to be 100% certain that they did steal, because it will be on you to prove it, if the case goes to court.

 The best result is to contact your local police or sheriff and find out the exact dos and don’ts allowed in your area.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase a clothing alarm or clothing security tags and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

 For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547 

 

Best foot forward

When someone is trying to put their best foot forward, it really just means that they are trying to make a good impression and to do the right things for the circumstances they are in.

 When you work with clothes and shoes, putting your best foot forward can be literal. There are plenty of clothing retailers who are only putting out one shoe on display and keeping the rest in the back. From a clothing security standpoint, I like that idea.

 Shoe losses are not always about theft. Unlike clothes that are simply stolen, shoes losses can occur in several ways.

 Yes, someone can steal a pair of shoes. That’s why it is still a good idea to use anti theft devices.

 More common, though, are losses from miss-matched shoes. When customers are allowed to shop for their own pair of shoes, it is not uncommon for a customer to switch out one of the shoes for a different size. Now you are left with two different sized shoes in the same box.

 Having cashiers inspect each shoe at the point of purchase will help reduce these losses, if you must keep all of your boxes of shoes out for the customers.

 Visit RBC Security Solutions for Checkpoint Compatible Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices that can help you protect your clothes and prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags. Our Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS Labels and Tags are not cheap they are inexpensive and made in the U.S.

 For more information on how you can use Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to protect your Clothes and help you prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags contact us.

 Click here for your Free Sample of these new Checkpoint Compatible Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags for your Clothing Security needs!

 

Stealing Hollywood Trends

Celebrities set the trends. If Nicki Minaj sings about her Michael Kors handbag and how “you” can’t afford one, her fans will be sporting the pricey bags soon after. At around $350 a pop, not everyone will be able to shell out the cash for one.

  Along with handbags, Michael Kors designs watches, clothes, wallets and fashion jewelry-all at high-end prices. Knowing what brands are hot in the media world can set you a step ahead of the game. Adding anti-theft devices and paying particularly close attention to the activity occurring on the sales floor near those sought after brands can help deter theft.

Another fad-brand in the celeb world is True Religion, a high-fashion jean brand that is commonly targeted for theft. Polo has also been made famous by celebrities and is highly desired. Most brands that the rich and famous boast about are unaffordable to the average consumer and therefor more likely to pose a problem of theft.

  Whether you run a big box store or a specialty boutique, it is integral to know your brands and add extra clothing security tags where needed.

  Visit RBC Security Solutions for Checkpoint Compatible Clothing Security Anti-theft Devices that can help you protect your clothes and prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags. Our Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS Labels Tags are not cheap they are inexpensive and made in the U.S.

 For more information on how you can use Clothing Security Anti-theft Devices in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to protect your Clothes and help you prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags contact us.

 Click here for your Free Sample of these new Checkpoint Compatible Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags for your Clothing Security needs!

 

Booster bags are OUT! Wear-outs are IN!

The booster bag, a long-time bane of clothing security.  Since the invention of anti-theft devices there have been thieves ingenious enough to create booster bags to allow them to circumvent said security measures and make off with clothes, jewelry, small appliances, and pretty much anything else that can have a sensor or be tagged.  But it seems the booster bag is on its way out in the shoplifting community at large as fewer and fewer of these props are turning up in active investigations.  It seems that it has been supplanted by the much older tactic of wearing merchandise out of the store. 

 The key reason behind this change in methodology is that a lot of shoplifters, knowing of Loss Prevention surveillance protocols and tendencies, are aware of the difficulty Loss Prevention professionals face in dealing with fitting room theft.  Further, it is much easier to be inconspicuous as the first people we generally target for observation are those carrying thick bags into our stores. 

 With that in mind our clothing security tactics need to counter this change in methods.  Fitting rooms are the hardest places in a store to control but with enough anti-theft devices and a big enough illusion of a constant presence it might turn a few thieves away from the idea of trying to wear six bras and ten blouses underneath their over-sized hoodie.

 Visit RBC Security Solutions for Checkpoint Compatible Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices that can help you protect your clothes and prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags. Our Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS Labels and Tags are not cheap they are inexpensive and made in the U.S.

 For more information on how you can use Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to protect your Clothes and help you prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags contact us.

 Click here for your Free Sample of these new Checkpoint Compatible Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags for your Clothing Security needs!

 

Find the balance

Many retailers are struggling to find the balance between payroll reductions and

Maintaining customer service levels. As a result, many items that once were locked up or limited the public’s access are now out for the world to see, touch, and have.

 That sort of openness is a great compromise to having a limited staff available to get merchandise like perfumes, and shoes as well as other clothes.

 The flip side of that balance is making sure that you still have clothing security. Now, more than ever before, anti theft devices like cheap tags and cheap labels will be needed to ensure your profits stay ahead of the game.

 A reduction in payroll does not mean that you have to limit your clothing security.  Rather you just have to find ways to enhance it by integrating anti theft devices on more of your clothes and other merchandise.

 By finding that balance between less employee hours and other increases in clothing security you can make sure you stay ahead of the game.

 Visit RBC Security Solutions for Checkpoint Compatible Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices that can help you protect your clothes and prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags. Our Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS Labels and Tags are not cheap they are inexpensive and made in the U.S.

 For more information on how you can use Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to protect your Clothes and help you prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags contact us.

 Click here for your Free Sample of these new Checkpoint Compatible Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags for your Clothing Security needs!

 

Door Duty

One of the hardest jobs that I have had to try and staff for is a door guard. Now outside of the clothing security/ loss prevention department, we simply call them greeters. 

A greeter’s job is really quite simple.  You stand at the door, you smile and greet every single person who enters the store, you respond to the clothing alarms in a professional and timely manner, and you remove any security tags on clothes that were missed.

 Sounds easy enough, right? That’s what I thought too.

 Now I try to find people who understand that standing at the door really means STANDING at the door. There’s no leaning around, or grabbing a nearby chair to sit on. You stand.

 Next, while it is important to be friendly, and even chatty sometimes, I really would prefer that you chat with the customers as they come in. Often the customers seem to get in the way of the conversation they are having with a nearby employee.

 Lastly, if the clothing alarm goes off, you do need to talk to the customer (it’s ok, the employee will still be there when you get back) and remove the missed security tags on clothes that were purchased.

 It’s a good thing that even if I can’t always rely on my greeters, I can always trust my clothing security tags to do their job.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase a clothing alarm or clothing security tags and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

 For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547 

 

Cheap, Cheap, Cheap

When you are looking to invest in anti theft devices to enhance your clothing security, you know that you really want a cheap tag or cheap label. The question is, what are you sacrificing to get that coveted low price point? 

Checkpoint might be the industry leader in EAS products, but are they really worth the additional cost? Compared against some of the cheap tags and cheap labels out there, the answer is a resounding YES!

 I recently had a chance to compare a super low cost tag against these tags, and against Checkpoint.

 Wow! What a difference. The low cost tag just felt flimsy. There is a seam running the length of the tag, which shouldn’t be a problem under normal circumstances. This is the exception, and the reason why you need to be careful about some low cost operators.

 The tag wasn’t sealed down this seam, so you could easily pry the two pieces apart. Our tags don’t have this issue. Once a tag is on, it should stay on.

 After seeing the difference in quality, I would have no problems spending money on the RBC version.

 Visit RBC Security Solutions for Checkpoint Compatible Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices that can help you protect your clothes and prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags. Our Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS Labels and Tags are not cheap they are inexpensive and made in the U.S.

 For more information on how you can use Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to protect your Clothes and help you prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags contact us.

 Click here for your Free Sample of these new Checkpoint Compatible Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags for your Clothing Security needs!

 

It is all about the company culture

While working in soft lines retail, I heard at length the promotion of the “company culture”. Even though these words turned into empty buzzwords, overused at every meeting and every conference call, the fact remains that there is truth and success that comes from creating a culture within a company or store.

 The culture of clothing security is extremely volatile. I see stores that either nail it, or completely disregard it. As such, anti theft devices are either used to their fullest potential, or they sit, forgotten in an empty corner of a stockroom.

 When you create a top down culture, the owners and managers lead the teams with the expectation of commitment to success. A winning culture is one where they entire store reacts to operational breakdowns and works together to fix their shortcomings.

 You shouldn’t leave new clothes or shipments sitting unaccounted for in a stockroom, so why would we not have the same expectations of our EAS systems and devices?

 Visit RBC Security Solutions for Checkpoint Compatible Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices that can help you protect your clothes and prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags. Our Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS Labels and Tags are not cheap they are inexpensive and made in the U.S.

 For more information on how you can use Clothing Security Anti- theft Devices in conjunction with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system to protect your Clothes and help you prevent retail theft in your business with products like Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags contact us.

 Click here for your Free Sample of these new Checkpoint Compatible Cheap Labels and Cheap Tags for your Clothing Security needs!

 

In the beginning

I got my start in retail working for a clothing store. It was simple. Clothing security seemed to be pretty cut and dried. You put security tags on clothes and watch for people trying to steal your stuff.

While I have progressed my career with more complicated situations and cases, I still have a fondness for working in basic clothing security. Checkpoint tags were, and still are a staple. Shoplifters tend to follow the basic patterns of theft.

Now don’t think that there isn’t any skill or thought required to work in clothing security. There are plenty of both. Understanding that Checkpoint tags are only as good as the people using them and monitoring them.

Simply having security tags on clothes does not prevent shoplifters from stealing.

What I liked about the job was the simplicity to just do my job. It was about case production and making sure that clothing alarms were taken seriously. It wasn’t about getting involved in three hundred other P & L statement corrections and explanations, or in overseeing human resources issues.

I am happy with where my career has taken me, but every now and again, its nice to just be an agent who is focused on shoplifting.

There is a very rewarding feeling knowing that each shoplifter you sop makes a positive contribution to the community you work in.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase a clothing alarm or clothing security tags and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547