Considering Security

When retail stores merchandise their goods they will take into account the risk of stock being stolen from display shelves ("shoplifting"). This is especially true of self-service stores where there is less personal supervision of customers’ activity.

 

Goods at Risk

Those goods that are most at risk are:

A combination of any two or three of the above would mean that the product in question is at a very high risk of being stolen.

 

Reducing Temptation

Retail stores usually merchandise the at-risk products away from exit doors to reduce temptation and improve the chances of identifying or apprehending the thief. Very high-risk products are often sold over a counter. For many of these products there may already be statutes that require that they be sold this way.

 

Securing Products

Some products may be alarmed or even wired or bolted to the display in order to prevent theft.

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