{"id":27148,"date":"2023-02-07T20:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T01:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/how-to-prevent-shoplifting-in-your-store\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:57:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T17:57:41","slug":"how-to-prevent-shoplifting-in-your-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/how-to-prevent-shoplifting-in-your-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoplifting Prevention Tips for Your Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shoplifting is a big problem for a variety of retailers, but especially for retailers like grocery stores and convenience stores that have products with lower margins. <strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723; text-decoration: none;\">According to FBI crime data, there were 548K shoplifting cases in 2021.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/hayesinternational.com\/news\/annual-retail-theft-survey\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723; text-decoration: none;\">Additionally, the Annual Retail Theft Survey reported that retailers <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9902;\">lose<\/span><span style=\"color: #ee8723; text-decoration: none;\"> $15-$20B annually to shoplifters, <\/span><span style=\"color: #fa8d29;\">up<\/span><span style=\"color: #ee8723; text-decoration: none;\"> 26.6% from 2020.<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Taking measures to prevent shoplifting can save you a lot of money each year, so here are a few tips to prevent loss in your store\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #2da9e1;\">TRAIN YOUR EMPLOYEES THOROUGHLY<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 0.25in;\">According to <strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thegrocerystoreguy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723; text-decoration: none;\">the Grocery Store Guy,<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thegrocerystoreguy.com\/how-do-supermarkets-protect-stolen-goods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723; text-decoration: none;\">\u201cWell-trained employees are the number one way used by grocery stores to protect stolen goods.\u201d<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">A few ways you can train your employees is by\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Encouraging them to provide hands-on customer service <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">By offering a basket or cart to prevent common shoplifting tactics like hiding items in their pockets or in reusable grocery bags <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Making sure they actively engage with customers<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">By asking them if they are finding everything okay<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">By interacting with customers while they shop <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Having them be vigilant <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">By actively looking out for suspicious activity<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Greeting every customer that walks in <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Adding a layer of excellent customer service while also deterring shoplifters<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #6cc04a;\">CONSIDER USING SECURITY TAGS<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Consider placing security tags on items to prevent stealing as well as alert the store by triggering an alarm when stolen items pass through the door. Especially these most commonly stolen goods\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From grocery stores, according to <strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723; text-decoration: none;\">Finance Buzz<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Baby formula<\/li>\n<li>Chocolate<\/li>\n<li>Seafood<\/li>\n<li>OTC medicine<\/li>\n<li>Personal care items<\/li>\n<li>Family planning products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>From convenience stores, according to <strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petrosoftinc.com\/blog\/12-strategies-to-prevent-convenience-store-customer-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723; text-decoration: none;\">Petro Soft<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Razors<\/li>\n<li>Energy drinks<\/li>\n<li>Cigarettes<\/li>\n<li>OTC medicine<\/li>\n<li>Alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Cosmetics<\/li>\n<li>Batteries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 0.7in;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #fa8d29;\">INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS IN YOUR STORE<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In case an incident does occur, you will be able to review camera footage to see what happened to provide information to police so that, hopefully, the suspect can be caught and inventory can be returned. Additionally, when people see cameras or feel like they are being watched\/monitored, they are less likely to steal. Plus, if an employee is monitoring the cameras, they could potentially spot odd customer behavior prior to an incident occurring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shoplifting is a big problem for a variety of retailers, but especially for retailers like grocery stores and convenience stores that have products with lower margins. According to FBI crime data, there were 548K shoplifting cases in 2021. Additionally, the Annual Retail Theft Survey reported that retailers lose $15-$20B annually to shoplifters, up 26.6% from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":27149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[197,202,201,196],"class_list":["post-27148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-announcement","tag-featured","tag-retailer-trends","tag-retailer-trends-c-stores-convenience-stores","tag-retailer-trends-for-grocers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31826,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27148\/revisions\/31826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}