Evan wrote:
On Apr 20, 8:30 pm, wrote:
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On Apr 20, 6:05 pm, wrote:
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Its either lock up all the products or make inspection of purchases
and screening the customer prior to exiting the store more invasive
that it is now... Remember the locking up the merchandise is only
because of the 1% of the customers who are shoplifting and it is
much less invasive than having someone check your purchases and
wand/pat you down prior to leaving the store...

Or put the security tag on the product itself, which is the Holy Grail
of product security. That's one thing they're heading for with the RFID
push.


Once things go totally RFID in retail stores I think that the
shoplifters
will quickly start coming up with ways to completely kill the tag, if
the
tag is not active it won't trigger any of the anti-theft alarms...

Once there is one standard type of equipment used for such purposes
there would logically be a huge increase in the amount of shoplifting
that takes place...

Shoplifters know how to block the signals on lots of systems using
"booster bags" lined with tin foil and duct tape that look amazingly
like a normal shopping bag on the outside...


The first category which was recognized as a true shrink issue
in HD was the expensive circuit breakers which could easily be
hidden on a person and were worth more than a few bucks...

Cosmetics are a big one for Walmart. The security tag is often on the
packaging. Rip that mascara off the blister card, and... But you
can't lock up cosmetics...

Wal*Mart can usually find out who is stealing what items from which
departments by reviewing the recorded footage on the CCTV system
which blankets just about all of the interior of the store...

But once the miscreant manages to leave the store, apprehending him (or
her in the case of cosmetics) at a later date is /not/ worth the hassle,
so they don't do it. Better to prevent theft in the first place.
Actually, staff shrinkage is a much more difficult problem than consumer
shrinkage.


The aggressive "take down" of those shoplifters outside the store is
confined to only a small few retail chains at their highest shrink
locations... Most stores out there really don't have a full-time LP
presence at them all of the time to aggressively pursue shoplifters
like that...

You would be surprised what a video clip of someone stealing
products from a retail store can lead to these days... Unless it
was the shoplifters very first time stealing and they have never
obtained a government ID before, there is software out there used
by police departments which can identify the person using access
to DMV databases and facial recognition...


In HD they use a "monitor the perimeter and cash register areas only"
approach because it would require many more cameras than Wal*Mart
uses in their CCTV systems to cover each and every aisle between the
"mountains" made by the racking systems...

BTW, Walmart has dropped the star. They're just "Walmart" now, one word.
That yellow asterisky thing is officially called a "spark".

--
Tegger

~~ Evan

Around here video evidence means squat without uninterrupted visual
contact with the subject through selection, concealment, attempted
egress without payment and apprehension. All video is good for is
possible identification of the scum bags so you can call them by name
next time they are in the store.