New digital solution to fight organized retail crime
MetalPoint HyperGuard, a new digital,
software-driven solution detects the most common tools
such as foil bag or magnets used by organised retail
crime groups to shoplift in store.
With the latest Global Retail Theft Barometer showing an
increase in losses associated with ORC, affecting some
47.5 percent of retailers globally, the MetalPoint
HyperGuard was developed based on specific retailer
feedback and to gives loss prevention managers an
additional tool to help identify potential shoplifters
as soon as they enter the store.
The MetalPoint HyperGuard has three detection
capabilities: foil bag detection, magnet detection*, and
metal cart/trolley detection, all of which run
concurrently to improve alarm reliability and deter
organised criminals from using tactics to avoid
detection.
A number of features help enhance the capabilities of
the MetalPoint HyperGuard software solution. For
example, the advanced digital 3D sensing technology will
detect the metal in either foil lined bags or magnets
and determine if a potential shoplifter has entered the
store and by which entrance/exit. Metal shopping carts
are also identified as such and no longer detected as a
threat, thereby reducing the number of false alarms. Now
store associates will receive a signal that an
individual carrying a common shoplifting device has
entered their store, allowing them to take the necessary
precautions to avoid a potential theft.
MetalPoint HyperGuard can be installed as a sleek,
stand-alone pedestal alongside existing radio frequency
electronic article surveillance EAS antennas, acting as
a visual deterrent against ORC gangs or seamlessly
integrated into Checkpoint’s
EVOLVE family of antennas.
Contact:
GCC, Inc. (for Checkpoint)
George Cohen, 617-325-0011
george@gccpr.com |