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STOP SHOPLIFTINGYou work too hard to have profits walk out your door

Ten Affordable WaysTo Reduce Retail Loss

You work too hard to have profits walk out your door

Ten Affordable WaysTo Reduce Retail Loss

Shoplifting has doubled since

2000.

Did you know?

1/3 of all businesses fail due to

retail theft

Shoplifting is the number one

property crime in North America

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Shoplifting Facts

Approximately 40% of retail loss is due to shoplifting

Approximately 1 in 10 people is

a shoplifter

Did you know?

The average shoplifter steals

252.00 per incident

Shoplifters are caught only 1 in 50

times and are arrested about 1 in

100 times

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Ten people enter your store and start shopping, one of them is stealing from you. One hundred people walk in; ten of them are stealing. How many customers do you get? Do you get 200, 500 or a 1000 customers a day? Think about it. Considering the average shoplifter steals $252 per incident. This can really add up. Now while these numbers are averages, and individual locations can vary more or less in their percentages, the dollar amounts may still make a huge impact on your profit. Does this sound like a lot? It is.

Most non professional shoplifters

do not plan to steal in advance

Did you know?

The tax bases is reduced and jobs

are lost as a result of shoplifting

A typical retail business will suffer

losses of between 1% - 8% of total

gross annual sales to retail shrinkage

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Estimate your businesses gross yearly sales, thenmultiply this figure by a value of 1%. Repeat thiscalculation again but this time take your gross yearlysales and multiply it by 8%.

Calculate Your Losses

Example 1: $1,000,000 (yearly gross sales)

X 1%

$10,000 (retail loss)

Example 2: $1,000,000 (yearly gross sales)

X 8%

$80,000 (retail loss)

Generally most retail businesses yearly losses aresomewhere between the two examples of 1% and8%. Although your yearly gross sales will vary thepercent figures will remain constant.

Please note: Example 1 represents a business with strict inventory control, ongoing staff loss preventiontraining and a combination of security systems andstrategies. Example 2 represents a company withLittle or no anti-loss policies.

Calculate Your Losses

Businesses Affected By Retail Loss

Note: Large retailers tend to suffer lower levels of shrinkage than smaller independent retailers. Big Box Stores have entire departments dedicated to preventing shrink and invest in training, security systems and other Loss Prevention solutions

Today’s shoplifter is more

sophisticated then ever before and

can outsmart many of the anti-theft

devices commonly used in retail

Did you know?

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Did you know?

Current anti-theft devices

Including CCTV and EAS

systems will prevent 50%

to 60% of theft

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Its true, today's thief is more sophisticated than ever before and this may be another reason why shoplifting continues to increase. The internet has become the training ground for shoplifters. There are hundreds of websites, forums, and blogs that instruct shoplifters how to be more successful at stealing merchandise. There are hundreds of online tutorial videos, many with millions of viewings containing step by step instructions about various shoplifting techniques including how to outsmart the latest anti-theft security devices.

Shoplifting Facts

The internet has also provided thieves with an ideal place to sell (fence) stolen merchandise through online classified ad sites and auction houses. As a result it is becoming more and more challenging for you, the retailers to control theft and no longer can you only depend on one line of defence.

No retailer is safe when it comes toshoplifting as it effects the bottom line of virtually every retailer. Although virtually any retail product may be targeted by thieves Here are the products that made the 2012 list of the Most Shoplifted Items….

Grocery Items

Health - Beauty - Meds

Electronics

Clothing - Fashion

New for 2012

Loss prevention experts agree, the

best method of reducing shoplifting

is training. A staff regularly trained in

a good Shoplifting Prevention Training

Program can reduce your shrinkage

rate by as much as 70%

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BENEFITS OF STAFF TRAINING

Reduce Shoplifting And Retain Profits

Reduce Shoplifting and hang onto your profits. Staff training in shopliftprevention has been shown to helpkeep more of your profits from walkingout the door

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Reduce Risk of Being Sued

Training may help Reduce the Risk of your business being sued. This is now becoming a legitimate concern as a growing number of retailers are beingsued by shoplift suspects for improperaction. Such as False accusations,improper apprehension and/or false arrest.

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Put Staff at Ease Dealing with an Incident

In a survey more than 50% of retailemployees admitted looking the otherway when a known shoplifting incidentwas occurring because they felt tooapprehensive and unsure of how toproperly deal with it. Training can help make your employees more comfortable and at ease when facinga shoplifting incident

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Become Known as aTough Shoplifting Target

Training will help make your business a “tough target” for shoplifters. Shoplifters tend to repeatedly steal fromwhat they consider an “easy mark” orand easy target” and often thieves willshare this information with other thieves.We find, when this happens massiveamounts of profits can quickly pour outof your business

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Recognize Potential Violence

A staff trained in Shoplift Prevention has been shown to help reduce employeetheft as well. It is important to note that “employee theft” or “internal theft” isalmost as common as “shoplifting” Againthis should be of major concern to allbusinesses. Well it works by getting youremployees involved in the overall processof theft reduction.

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Reduce Employee Theft

Training helps to recognize when aSituation may turn violent. In the lastdecade shoplifting violence has increased.There has been a growing number of caseswhereby retailers have been attacked by ashoplifting suspect. There are someimportant telltale signs that someone mayturn violent that every member of your staffshould be know.

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Some psychologists believe that thisinvolvement gives employees a greatersense of responsibility. Employees tend topolice themselves more effectively. It alsosends a clear message to every employee:that your business takes retail loss veryseriously and is proactive in dealing with allforms of theft.

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So even if you have shoplifting under full control, even if you have an impenetrable security system,training may still be of major benefit In dealing with internal theft reduction

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Question - Who is a Shoplifter?

Answer – There is no profile for a Shoplifter

Answer – There is no profile for a Shoplifter

Contrary to the stereotype, shoplifters come from all walks of life and range from the well-to-do to the homeless.It is important to remember that most shoplifters look just like you and I. Shoplifters can be male or female: young or old: dressed in business suits or in raggedy jeans. Often professional shoplifters will dress up to throw retailers off. Therefore it is important to remember that you cannot pick out a shoplifter simply by their appearance, their ethnic background, or their social economic background. By only focusing on one specific group or characteristic, you may be mistakenly missing a shoplifting incident occurring right in front of you. So it’s more important to learn to profile a shoplifter based on behavior.

This online program takes less than 2 hours to complete and was developed by one of the toploss prevention experts together with law enforcement agencies, security personnel aswell as more than 300 interviewed shoplifters

Shoplifting Prevention Training

In the past only large retailers had the budget forextensive loss prevention but now thanks to technology and the internet, all retailers including small independent stores can better protect their assets with this online training program.


This training focuses on deterring and preventing theft through "Behavioural Profiling" and will teach you and your staff how to be more aware of the tell tale signs that a shoplifting incident is about to occur and best preventative action


Key Benefits of the Online Shoplifting Prevention Training Program

A staff properly trained in Shoplifting Prevention can reduce your shrinkage by as much as 70%.

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