By: News24

The police have noted with concern a recent spate of shoplifting incidents. Shop owners and assistants are urged to adhere to the following safety hints.

• Meet and greet shoppers and acknowledge their presence.
• Keep your store organized and tidy.
• Know common shoplifting tactics.
• Be extra aware of shoppers with oversized clothes and bags.
• Optimize your store’s layout and try to install low racks so that you can have a full view of the shop.
• Install security cameras.
• Add mirrors to your store.
• Use customer service as prevention immediately after a shopper entered the shop.
• Train your employees to be able to spot shoplifters, usually picking up and putting down goods on racks.
• Use retail inventory as a management tools to always know your stock levels.
• Identify at-risk items and place it in plain sight of shop assistants.
• Shoplifters can always assess how easy it is to steal from a shop by how soon after they enter they are spoken to by a member of staff.
• Work out where inside the store thefts are happening.
• As far as possible utilize electronic tagging on goods in store.
• Personal safety is in numbers so employ enough staff for your store.
• Security officers inside stores also assists as a deterent and help to tighten security against shoplifting.
• Keep a constant eye on fitting/dressing rooms.