Field notes & dispatches.
Closing a Store? Your Security Equipment Is an Asset
Pedestals, hard tags by the pallet, detachers, and retired RFID hardware all have second life value that liquidation sales routinely miss. What is worth money, and when to make the call.
Self Checkout Meets RFID
Self checkout losses concentrate at the scan, the step RFID removes entirely. What bulk reading genuinely fixes, what it cannot see, and why the door still matters.
Source Tagging: Protection That Arrives in the Box
How security tags moved from the stockroom to the factory, what stores stop doing at receiving, and the trade offs that come with letting vendors do the tagging.
Can RFID Replace Your EAS Pedestals?
RFID exit detection is a real capability, not a pitch deck. What it demands in coverage and data discipline, what the pedestals still do better, and the hybrid path most stores actually take.
Dual Technology Tags: One Housing, Two Radios
How an AM or RF antitheft element and a RAIN RFID inlay share one tag without fighting, what changes at the checkout, and which stores actually come out ahead.
RFID vs EAS: One Counts, One Guards
Both technologies put a radio tag on merchandise, and that is where the resemblance ends. What each system actually does, where they meet at the exit, and why most stores end up running both.
Booster Bags and the Limits of EAS
Why a foil lined booster bag usually fails to beat the pedestal, why possessing one is a separate crime (a felony in some states), and the countermeasures that actually hold up.
Modern Retail Security: Understanding Loss Prevention in Today’s Market
Retail shrinkage is closing on $140 billion by 2025. A comprehensive look at external theft, internal theft, administrative error, and the security strategies that actually move the needle.
AI and Security Tags: The Future of Retail Theft Prevention
How Veesion and other AI powered systems are layering on top of traditional EAS, and what it means for loss prevention teams still running refurbished pedestals.
The Hidden Cost of Convenience: Self-Checkout and Retail Theft
Why many retailers are reversing course on self checkout, and what the 15% admitted shoplifting figure means for the future of unattended lanes.
Combating Retail Theft: The Most Commonly Stolen Items
A data backed walk through what shoplifters actually take, phone accessories, alcohol, cosmetics, razors, and the targeted strategies that reduce those losses.
How Security Tag Pins Work
The small metal component that locks hard tags onto merchandise, how pin heads, shafts, and magnetic locks combine to produce a tamper resistant connection.
How Security Tag Lanyards Work
A versatile solution for irregularly shaped merchandise, sneakers, handbags, belts. How lanyards extend the reach of standard EAS hard tags.