Help Prevent Shoplifting at your Retail Store The warm weather is on its way and there’s more daylight these days. This means that more people are venturing out of their homes and into the shopping malls and retail strips. However, this also means that more criminals are out looking for potential targets, and that includes […]
Securing Your Retail Store This Winter
How to Protect Your Retail Business from Criminals The winter is a very common time for criminals to strike. Why? There are many different reasons. One major one involves our clothing. What does this mean? It means that criminals use winter clothing, which often covers more of the body and is bulkier than clothing in […]
Four Ways to Reduce Shoplifting at Your Retail Store
Reducing Shoplifting Shoplifting is a very common retail crime. According to the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, there are 27 million shoplifters in the country today and more than 10 million people have been caught shoplifting in the last five years. There is no typical shoplifter and many shoplifters both buy and steal merchandise in […]
Ten Things Shoplifters Steal During the Holiday Season & How to Stop Them
How to Prevent Shoplifting this Holiday Season It isn’t just sales and store traffic that increase during the holiday season. Shoplifting increases as well. According to the Retail Holiday Season Global Forecast report by Checkpoint Systems, 37% of a store’s shrinkage occurs during the holiday season. This includes losses from employee theft, fraud, and shoplifting. […]
How to Prevent Employee Theft
Preventing Employee Theft No business owner wants to believe that his or her employees are stealing from the company. Unfortunately, employee theft is quite common. In fact, a report issued in 2012 estimated that employee theft in Canada grew to more than 33 percent of theft-related incidents that year. This is up from 19 percent […]
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Stopping Summer Retail Crime
Preventing Smash and Grab Robberies, Vandalism and More The summer is finally here and, while that means more daylight, warmer weather and maybe even a vacation, it also means that certain crimes tend to become a bit more likely. Shoplifting During the summer, many retail stores (as well as other businesses) have fewer employees […]
Five Things You Can Do To Improve Security at Your Store Today
Five Ways to Improve Retail Store Security Theft from robberies and shoplifting cost retail stores billions of dollars each year. These losses can cause businesses to have to raise prices or cut staff in order to stay profitable. Losses caused by robberies can even force retail stores out of business. Therefore, it’s important that you […]
Using Security Gates to Help Reduce Shoplifting
Physical Security and Shoplifting When many people think of security gates, they think of tools that help prevent smash and grab robberies. This is true. Security gates are incredibly effective at preventing break-ins, smash and grab robberies and other crimes. But did you know that they also reduce the likelihood of shoplifting? Shoplifting costs business […]
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How to Spot Shoplifters in Your Retail Store
Shoplifting costs businesses millions of dollars each year. According to the 2012-2013 Global Retail Theft Barometer, shoplifting, employee theft, supplier fraud and organized crime costs retailers over $112 billion worldwide in one year. The Retail Council of Canada reports that Canadian retailers collectively lose $3 billion each year due to internal and external crimes as […]
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In New client, Retail Security, storefront protection, Uncategorized, Warehousing
Security Tools to Prevent Holiday Retail Theft
Security Tools that Reduce Holiday Retail Theft During the Holiday Season The holiday season is a busy time for retail stores. However, along with an increase in shoppers comes an increase in theft such as shoplifting and smash and grab robberies. Recently we’ve talked about a few tactics that you can use to reduce Holiday […]