Convenience Store Solutions by Digital
Surveillance Consultants
As a convenience store owner, you watch
your customers walk into your store every day. The come in, make
their purchases and exit your store. Your good will wants you to think
that most folks are inherently honest, but the numbers speak a
completely different story. Walking out of your store every day are a
large portion of your profits!
Inventory shrinkage remains the single
largest category of larceny in the United States, more than motor
vehicle theft, bank robbery and household burglary combined.
Shoplifting was also on the rise last year with 31.7 percent of retail
losses resulting from shoplifting, compared to 30.6 percent two years
ago. Shoplifting was responsible for nearly $10 billion in losses last
year. Employee theft and shoplifting combined continue to account for
the largest source of property crime committed annually in the United
States.
According to University of Florida
criminologist Richard C. Hollinger, Ph.D., who directs the National
Retail Security Survey, retailers lost 1.7 percent of their total
annual sales to inventory shrinkage last year. The surveyed portion of
the retail economy transacts over $1.845 trillion dollars annually,
making the loss worth over $31.3 billion.
Employee Theft at
Record Levels
A recent study conducted by the University of Florida discovered that retail security managers, in general, attributed more than 48.5 percent of their losses to employee theft, up from 46 percent the prior year. Internal theft by employees cost retailers a record $15 billion. Specifically, the report cited a whopping 82.5% percent of their losses to employee theft in convenience
stores!
A well-known fact is that stores that utilize security technologies generally have lower overall inventory shrinkage than those retailers who do not. Our technology also allows your employees to focus more time on assisting customers and less on patrolling the aisles.
As a convenience store owner, you can
add immediate and measurable profit to your bottom line with the
installation of an all-digital surveillance system by DSC. With
an investment that amounts to only a few dollars a day, we provide an immediate
positive impact on your bottom line! To schedule an appointment with
one of our digital surveillance consultants, please Contact
Us today. Our systems can be installed with no interruptions
in your store and allow you the ability to monitor activity at your store
from anywhere you have a computer and internet connection! Convenient
financing is available to qualifid store owners as well.
