| Retail stores are some of the most popular targets | | | | arrange your store layout so that employees can |
| for thieves, especially if they specialize in small, | | | | keep an eye on all customers at all times. The goal is |
| valuable, and easily resold merchandise. In a retail | | | | to create as few "blind spots" as possible. Install |
| store, a single thief can do a lot of damage in just a | | | | prominent surveillance cameras, such as dome |
| few seconds, even while your store is open for | | | | cameras in the ceiling. If you can't afford a |
| business and there are plenty of people around to | | | | sophisticated camera system, consider dummy |
| catch the burglar. Shoplifting is among the most | | | | cameras. These fake cameras are real enough to |
| common crimes committed today, but loss | | | | fool any potential thief, and serve as a very |
| prevention strategies can help to prevent it in your | | | | effective visual deterrent against crimes of all kinds. |
| store. You don't have to pay huge sums of money | | | | There are even signs you can post to alert would-be |
| to hire uniformed security guards to keep watch | | | | criminals to the presence of alarm systems and |
| over your store. If you own a retail store and want | | | | CCTV security cameras. |
| to deter theft, here are a few security tips to | | | | Be alert to employee theft - Did you know that |
| consider: | | | | more merchandise is stolen each year by employees |
| Use multiple layers of security - You might consider a | | | | than by shoplifters posing as customers? If you own |
| single lock on the front door to be enough security | | | | a store, consider installing a hidden camera to monitor |
| for your home, but it's a far cry from appropriate | | | | employee behaviors. Be especially alert to the |
| retail security. If your merchandise is kept in display | | | | possibility of employees stealing from the cash |
| cases, these cases should be locked and alarmed. | | | | register. |
| The same goes for merchandise storage areas, even | | | | Train your employees well - Great employees can |
| if they're not normally accessible to the general public. | | | | deter theft by providing each customer with their |
| Consider motion sensors, door and window alarms, | | | | undivided attention. Criminals posing as customers |
| and other security features to protect your valuable | | | | won't be able to steal anything if your employee's |
| merchandise. | | | | eyes are on them the entire time they are in the |
| Install Metal Detectors - A metal detector at the | | | | store. |
| entry point is a particularly valuable strategy if you | | | | Shoplifting costs retail stores across the United |
| sell electronics or other metal objects. If you do | | | | States more than ten billion dollars in a single year. To |
| install walk-through metal detectors, like those found | | | | counter this loss, which has a significant impact on |
| in large retail chains and in airports, you might also | | | | their bottom line, retailers have no choice but to |
| want to consider a handheld metal detector to | | | | increase their prices. If all of these security |
| detect the source of the alarm when your metal | | | | precautions are in place, most would-be burglars will |
| detector does go off. | | | | take one look at your store and move on to the |
| Make Effective Use Of Security Cameras - In | | | | next potential target. The merchandise in your store, |
| addition to security features meant to detect the | | | | however valuable it might be, simply won't worth the |
| crime as it is happening, consider measures that can | | | | risk to them! |
| make your store a less likely target for thieves. First, | | | | |