Title: How to Prevent and Handle Shoplifting in Your Retail Store - Vend Retail Blog
Headings: How to Prevent and Handle Shoplifting in Your Retail Store
How to Prevent and Handle Shoplifting in Your Retail Store
Prevent it from happening
Have the right security tools
Provide “in-your-face” customer service
Recognize the signs
Tidy up
How to handle shoplifters
Know how the law works in your area
When to confront a shoplifter
What’s next?
Further Reading
Share your thoughts
About Francesca Nicasio

Content: If cameras aren’t in your budget, know that there are low-cost tools that can prevent shoplifting. Signage is a popular choice among merchants. Anti-theft signs by your entrance/exit or even by your dressing rooms can serve as a deterrent for would-be shoplifters. You could also install mirrors in strategic places to eliminate blind spots and track what’s going in every corner of your shop. Provide “in-your-face” customer service
Tools are great, but they can only take you so far. To minimize shoplifting incidents, instruct your staff to greet and engage with every customer who walks through your doors. Aside from demonstrating excellent customer service, this tactic can also deter shoplifters. Often, when wrongdoers are aware that they’re being watched, they’ll be less likely to act. This is the main strategy of Jay Gurewitsch, owner at ArcadiaNYC for minimizing shoplifting opportunities. “ I minimize the opportunities by keeping sightlines clear and obvious so that customers know we can see them at all times,” he wrote on Quora.