When you sell products, one of your concerns may be home to ensure that they are protected when they are displayed on your shelves. You may not be too concerned about your low price items but the big ticket items that you have will need to be protected.
Here are a few ways that you can protect the products that you sell.
- Security Seal – this is a seal that is put on a product to protect it. They are usually linked to an alarm system that will be activated if the product is removed from your store or they may simply be seals that are impossible to break open to retrieve the item inside. Either way they are a great way to protect your high end products.
- Shop security – if you want to protect all the items in your store from threat then you may want to consider store wide security which may involve CCTV and a physical presence of security staff at the entrance to your business.
- Product location – in some stores the high risk items are often placed behind the counter or within easy eye line of the till staff to provide an extra deterrent to those looking to steal these items.
Alarms, cameras and staff on the shop floor
Protecting individual products works best as part of a wider security plan. No shop can stop every thief, but several measures reduce losses. A modern alarm system protects the premises when it is empty, which is when break-ins usually happen. Linking it to a monitoring station means someone can check what has triggered it and alert the police if needed.
CCTV is a strong deterrent in its own right. Point cameras at aisles holding expensive items, the checkout and every exit. For items at particular risk, tags that set off an alarm if they are carried out of the shop add another layer, and thieves are less likely to target products that make getting caught more likely.
A security guard is also an effective deterrent. Position the guard near the entrance, where they have the best chance of stopping anyone trying to leave with goods they have not paid for.
