#tag remover

[getmoneymethods]

What Is Retail Shrinkage and How Can You Prevent It?

Understanding the Hidden Cost Eating Your Profits

Retail shrinkage—defined as the loss of inventory due to theft, fraud, error, or damage—is one of the biggest threats to profitability in modern retail. According to the National Retail Federation, retailers lose over $100 billion annually to shrinkage, with a growing share attributed to organized retail crime and employee theft.

In this article, we’ll break down:

What shrinkage is

Why it happens

And most importantly—how to stop it using modern tools like EAS systems, surveillance, and a Universal Security Tag Remover.

The 4 Main Causes of Retail Shrinkage

🛒 Shoplifting – External theft committed by customers or organized crime groups.

🔒 Employee Theft – Internal losses from trusted staff misusing their access.

🧾 Administrative Errors – Pricing mistakes, miscounts, or software bugs.

🔁 Vendor Fraud – Discrepancies between shipped and received goods.

Each of these threats requires different prevention strategies, but they all share one thing in common: lack of visibility and control.

Modern Loss Prevention Tools You Need

🔹 1. Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Systems

These are the cornerstone of modern retail loss prevention. By placing security tags on merchandise and using EAS detection gates, retailers can catch theft attempts as they happen.

To make these systems customer-friendly, it’s essential to have a Universal Security Tag Remover at the point of sale—so staff can quickly detach tags without damaging merchandise or frustrating customers.

🔹 2. RFID & Inventory Analytics

RFID tags allow you to track merchandise through the supply chain and within your store. When integrated with analytics platforms, they:

Identify missing or misplaced inventory

Reveal patterns in theft or loss

Help prevent internal shrinkage before it grows

🔹 3. CCTV & AI Surveillance

Today’s smart cameras don’t just record—they analyze. AI-powered systems can:

Flag suspicious behavior

Recognize repeat offenders

Send real-time alerts to your team

Staff Training: Your First Line of Defense

Even with the best tech, shrinkage prevention depends on your team. Train staff to:

Greet every customer (a known shoplifting deterrent)

Check receipts and packaging at checkout

Use tools like the Universal Security Tag Remover with speed and care

Report suspicious behavior without confronting customers directly

Balancing Security With Customer Experience

The goal is not to create a fortress—it's to create a store that's difficult to steal from but easy to shop in. Tools like smart EAS systems and universal tag removers help you maintain this balance by:

Protecting merchandise until the point of sale

Ensuring smooth, professional detagging

Preventing false alarms and long checkout times

Conclusion: Shrinkage Is a Silent Profit Killer—But You Can Stop It

Every retailer experiences shrinkage—but not every retailer fights it smart.

With the right systems in place—including a Universal Security Tag Remover, proper tagging, smart analytics, and employee training—you can slash your losses, protect your inventory, and focus on growth.

[amygdalae]

Did this painting of my partner for my final project in painting class. oil on canvas

[ambivalent-amphibian]

/neutral

[griffinkid]

I've seen "I don't know how to play with toys anymore" a few times lately and just wanted to point out-

Playing with toys looks different for everyone, even actual children!

Playing with toys can look like: 🧸🪁🚂

Taking pictures of your toys and writing captions for them

Brushing or grooming soft toys or toys with rooted hair

Ordering or sorting your toys by colour/species etc

Making up stories, poems or comics about your toys

Dressing or accessorising your toys

Imagining your toys talking to you or each other, forming opinions of their own, etc

Drawing your toys

Taking your toys for a walk outside, even in a backpack or pocket if you don't want to carry them openly

Making lists of the toys you have and where you got them etc

Feel free to add your own ideas

[insertdisc5]

my timeloop game is "too gay" and you should play it

[floral-atom-collective]

TONE TAG MASTER POST

/srs - serious or not joking

/nsrs - not serious

/j - joking or kidding

/hj - half joking

/ref - reference

/nf - not fake or not forced

/gen - genuine

/pos - positive

/neg - negative

/aff - affectionate

/vpos - very positive

/s or /sarc - sarcastic or sarcasm

/lh - light-hearted

/genq - genuine question

/nm - not mad

/p or /plat - platonic

/r or /rom - romantic

/neu - neutral

/lyr - lyrics

/nbh - nobody here

/ij - inside joke

/t - teasing or teasingly

/q - quote

/c - copypasta

/f - fake

/rh or /rt - rhetorical question

/sx or /x - sexual connotation

/nsx or /nx - non sexual connotation

/th - threat

/cb - clickbait

/ma - manifesting

/lu - a little upset

/nay - not at you

/ay - at you

/hyp - hyperbole

/ot - off topic

/apl - aplatonic

/quo - quote

/silly - silly!

/nav - not a vent

feel free to link this in posts as explanation if needed!

[shelfis]

Cipher trailer made me cackle so bad.

[comrademango]

Ibrahim @aburakhiaibrahim currently lives with his parents in their destroyed house in Gaza. His parents are elderly and have chronic illnesses. Their GFM was created over a year ago (2 March 2024) and is just over a third of the way to the $30k CAD goal. It supports not only Ibrahim and his parents but a total of 28 members.

They already have difficulties accessing basic needs and the renewed war only makes their ordeals much worse. Please continue supporting the Aburakhia family.

GFM here

ETA: The family also has a Paypal.

Verification: gaza-evacuation-funds

tagging for reach, thank you.

@butchmagicalboi @thatsonehellofabird @spaghettioverdose @boobieteriat @help4palestine

@colombogramme @c-u-c-koo-4-40k @milfstalin @rebecca-levin-art @butchniqabi

@meshugenist @shrinkthisviolet @murderbot @feralparsnip @afc-agitprop

@riotbard @rhubarbspring @karlmarxmaybe @youholdthewater @lordzannis

@guldaastan @bukesstuff @error-core-animations @resourcesmasterposts @snoopyisbisexual

@komsomolka @acehimbo @thegreatdemonzhuyan @gabajoofs @stalinistqueens

@jolyne-best-jojo @dirhwangdaseul @communist-ojou-sama @mistress--kanzaki @noble-kale

@oediex @xxx-sparkydemon-xxx @virovac @reblogsforpalestine @vilecrocodile

[hillhomed]

im no less than what i cant be

[crispy-art-on-fire]

Saw @pritong-baboy 's Evil Shockwave au and was inspired so "What if Shockwave adopted a sparkling Bumblebee for his cover" fic was born. https://archiveofourown.org/works/63373774

[ozdical]

thank you toby for making such great object head propaganda

[arcade-confetti]

Being someone who read Under The Red Hood and came out with the firm belief that, for Jason, it's not about killing Joker, it's about Jason wanting proof Batman would choose him over the Joker (bc shelia chose the joker). Makes seeing any other media where it's all about just wanting the Joker dead is a teeny bit frustrating. to be honest

Jason could've killed the Joker himself, really, really easily. Jason kidnaps the Joker before the confrontation. I can't open my comic for a reference right now, but it felt like he had the Joker for quite a bit before the confrontation. He had him. He beat him up with a crowbar. He had every single opportunity to kill the Joker himself, but he didn't because that wasn't his goal. Make no mistake, he did plan for the Joker to be dead by the end of it, but do you see what im trying to say here

Edit: If I knew this post was gonna get 1000+ notes I would've tried to word it better or something, this was a rant I made on the way to the grocery store 😭

It's not about making Batman kill either. When Batman says he won't kill, Jason adjusts and goes, 'Let ME kill the Joker or kill me to stop me' instead. The test is all about Batman choosing him. The whole final confrontation is Jason's first death again. The parent, The Joker, and the explosives. It even ends with Jason unable to move as a bomb goes off right next to him again because the parent didn't choose Jason. And instead tried finding an option that'd benefit them and (consequencely) letting the Joker walk, again, lol, lmao <-in agony

[hoziersong]

rat…ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

[soulmvtes]

it's about the small acts of intimacy... forehead kisses, putting jewelry on you, rubbing your hand with their thumb, putting a jacket on you, touching your necklace, running your hands through their hair, wiping away their tears, peeling them an orange, un/zipping their dress, tying their shoelaces, holding hands, removing an eyelash from their cheek, washing their hair, putting an anklet on them, tucking their hair behind their ear, sorting out their collar, untangling their necklaces, drinking out of a cup in their hands

[youreturnhome]

i made a minifrin!!! ft. officialfrin and miniloop. yay they’re all friends!!! (ignore that last picture they just died it’s fine loop had nothing to do with it)

[itsabouttimex2]

You guys know MK will like… kill people. Right? You guys know that he’s not a blubbering little baby who insists on “being the bigger person” even in the face of everything he loves being destroyed??

And he has directly killed someone before.

Because she was threatening to destroy the world and kill his friends?

You guys know MK likes fighting. Right? MK from the very start has enjoyed fighting. Still enjoys fighting. Has always loved beating the tar out of his enemies. In the Calabash episode, one aspect of his “perfect life” was a very notable panel of the entire Demon Bull Family beaten to a pulp and sidelined- explicitly told to him that he was responsible for driving them away. Because MK liked fighting from the start.

You guys know that MK; who only starts having reservations about this behavior in season five, enjoys being violent. Right?

So much so that he threw Azure through Flower Fruit Mountain long after he had beaten him into degradation, even though he had dozens of other targets to aim at?

You guys do realize that MK was entirely in control of himself during this sequence, and was choosing all his actions?

And he chose to hurt Azure as bad as possible in revenge for being deceived?

You guys understand that he’s not like… a little blubbering baby who runs off to throw tantrums when he engages with basic violence? That MK understands that sometimes fighting is necessary and won’t fall apart the second he learns that people sometimes have to settle things physically?

You guys understand that MK has never held the use of violence against anyone, and has never blamed his friends or family or mentor for needing to engage in violence to protect themselves and their loved ones, right?

Right??

Right??

Right???