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The Post-COVID Surge of In-Store Violence and Evolving Loss Prevention Policies

Retail TouchPoints

This increased risk has forced retailers to reconsider their loss prevention strategies. It’s no longer just about stopping theft; protecting staff and customers from harm is now a top priority, prompting retailers to adopt more comprehensive and proactive approaches to loss prevention and safety.

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Sensormatic Debuts Loss Prevention Labels Designed for Metal Products

Retail TouchPoints

Additionally, Sensormatic has expanded its magnetic InFuzion hard tag family, including an ink version for visual deterrence and a wide-gap version for thicker items and footwear, both with integrated pin design to reduce tagging and checkout times as well as self-checkout integration capabilities.

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Shekel Introduces Contactless Checkout Solution For Grocers

Retail TouchPoints

Shekel , an AI-powered advanced weighing solution provider, has introduced Fast Track, a touchless machine learning-based cloudless self-checkout solution for supermarkets. Fast Track aims to eliminate the need for consumers to enter product codes via touchscreens by automatically recognizing produce, bakery and specialty items.

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Lost Goods or Lost Sales? How Connected Systems can Help Solve Retail’s Most Persistent Dilemma

Retail TouchPoints

As such, there are many factors to consider when implementing new loss prevention tactics. At the top of that list is the effect locks and cases can have on well-intentioned shoppers when not deployed as part of a holistic, data-led loss prevention strategy.

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Sick of hearing about AI? The key is understanding how to make it work for you

Inside Retail

Loss prevention: Employs advanced surveillance techniques to detect and prevent shoplifting. Loss prevention: AI combats retail shrinkage also, by integrating computer vision and motion analytics at self-checkouts, detecting suspicious activities and ultimately reducing theft.

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Has retail’s focus on cutting costs boosted retail crime?

Inside Retail

In our recent report , we asked loss prevention managers the most common tactics used, and the most common are still very simple tactics that require no planning,” Townsley said. I think it’s the case where [retailers] really didn’t think shoplifting would increase with self-checkout, but it’s made it really easy.”

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Datalogic Magellan Multi-Plane Scanner 9600i & 9900i – the best gets better

Inside Retail

The Magellan portfolio brings fresh styling, rugged design, unmatched scanning performance plus options that enable Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the checkout. These integrated AI capabilities simplify the deployment and adoption of sophisticated machine learning algorithms to assist shoppers and improve loss prevention.