Shoplifting (also known as boosting and five-finger discount) is a popular term used for theft of goods from a retail establishment. This is usually committed by `shoppers and staff alike. With it comes massive losses for a chain store owner. Many ways have come through the years to prevent this kind of acts or to catch such perpetrators and one effective way is Anti-Theft Shop lifting device or Electronic Article Surveillance Systems
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| A Shoplifter At Work |
The most effective anti-shoplifting tools these days are CCTV and the tag-and-alarm systems, better known as electronic article surveillance (EAS) systems.Used together they're unbeatable. EAS is a technology used to identify articles as they pass through a gated area in a store
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| Electronic Article Surveillance system |
Electronic article surveillance (EAS) is a technological method for preventing shoplifting from retail stores, pilferage of books from libraries or removal of properties from office buildings. Special tags are fixed to merchandise or books. These tags are removed or deactivated by the clerks when the item is properly bought or checked out. At the exits of the store, a detection system sounds an alarm or otherwise alerts the staff when it senses active tags.
It usually involves three components:Electronic Antenna, Deactivator or Detacher and Electronic Tag. Special tags and labels are fixed to merchandise or books. These tags or labels are removed or "deactivated" by the clerks when the item is properly bought or checked out. Labels are deactivated using a "Label Deactivator".After a label is deactivated or a tag is removed the customer can then pass by the antenna without any alarm.At the exits of the store, a detection system sounds an alarm or otherwise alerts the staff when it senses active tags are passing by.
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| A label deactivator |
Types of EAS systems and how they work:
There are several major types of electronic article surveillance systems :
- Magnetic or magneto-harmonic
- Acousto-magnetic or magnetostrictive:
- Radio Frequency
- Microwave
Which of the above would suit your particular needs? Which one is readily available in the local market? Which of the EAS systems are Talk to us on what you would like featured on our Building services portal in addition to engaging us for all your Building Services designs and/ or including detailed working drawings. Call us: 0780122255 and email: info@relemech.co.ke.
