security technology

Stress-free and safe in the pharmacy

Contactless access control thanks to the Digital Butler by Apostore

The experiences of the last few months were decisive for the local pharmacy. Whereas in the past the focus was on creating shopping experiences, pharmacists are currently dealing with a completely changed and more sensitive purchasing ...

retail trends 2/2020: focus "Retail Technology" (German)

The current issue with all trends around technology in retail, plus special pages concerning the COVID pandemic

Whether it's in front of store doors, in stores, or in the retailer's back office, technology is making its way into the industry.You can find our retail trends as an e-paper here. This issue is in German. Most of our articles are also ...

Creative criminal meets intelligent security system

Interview with Ralph Siegfried, Business Development Manager at Axis Communications GmbH

Stores come in different sizes, have different settings and vary in product selection. That’s also why they need a customized loss prevention and security solution. What are some options for retailers and what key elements do they need to ...

Cloud access control for Fairytale Frozen Yogurt

SALTO Solutions presents the SALTO KS cloud-based access control system

Fairytale Frozen Yogurt wanted more flexibility than a mechanical locking system could provide for its six stores. They achieved this thanks to the SALTO KS cloud-based access control system. The six shop entrance doors were equipped with electronic ...

Cloud access control for retail companies

SALTO KS Keys as a Service: Manage access wire-free and in real-time

With SALTO KS Keys as a Service, all types of wholesalers and retailers, chain restaurants and banks can manage access to all shops, locations, offices and warehouses/storage rooms wire-free and in real-time. This enhances loss prevention, helps to ...

Wireless with SVN-Flex from SALTO

SALTO has launched SVN-Flex, a new technology that enables virtual networked access control solutions

In the solutions wireless electronic escutcheons and cylinders act as wire-free updaters. This leads to greater efficiency, security and convenience.The innovation of the SVN-Flex is that users no longer necessarily need hard-wired wall readers to ...

Compact for security

A new security antenna system specifically designed for convenience stores

Retail security systems to prevent theft are a big concern for retailers. Large supermarkets and clothing stores install EAS antennas at the entrance and/or exit areas. Installing this type of feature proves more challenging for stores with a ...

Trade of the future

How consumer demands can challenge stationary retail and be supported by intelligent solutions

The requirements for stationary retail are changing. The e-commerce boom in particular has prompted stationary retailers to reflect critically on the role of physical sales areas and their added value. Interesting findings are provided by a ...

Retail cash loss – Addressing the problem with intelligent technology

One of the major shrink related issues faced by retailers

Any business that accepts cash for transactions has come to expect that some percentage of it will vanish as a result of fraud, administrative errors and employee misdeeds.Inventory shrink, which includes cash loss, costs retailers an estimated 47 ...

Very few theft crimes solved

Retailers frustrated with millions of pounds being spent on crime prevention

New figures published today by the Home Office have revealed that just 7.8 percent of crimes reported in the last year resulted in a charge or summons for offenders, down from 9.1 percent in the previous year.The Crime Outcomes in England and Wales ...

Data breaches skyrocket in retail

50 percent of retailers experiencing a breach in the last year

Although 84 percent plan to increase IT security spending, report indicates greatest spending plans are for defenses that are ranked least effective. Thales announces the results of its 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Retail Edition. According to ...

Organized retail crime on the rise

Organized retail crime is continuing to grow, with 67 percent of retailers surveyed reporting an increase in the past year

The 13th annual ORC study released  by the National Retail Federation found that 96 percent of responding companies had experienced ORC in the past year. Losses averaged $726,351 per $1 billion in sales, an increase from $700,259 last ...

Axis is bringing its new Forensic WDR technology to several new network cameras

Unparalleled Wide Dynamic Range capabilities brought to new high-resolution cameras

Axis is bringing its new Forensic WDR technology to several new network cameras, enhancing the ability to capture detail in challenging light conditions and allowing surveillance operators to see forensic levels of detail in both dark and bright ...

Axis launches first integrated, open, IP-based mobile access control solution with HID Global

Gaining access to secured buildings and rooms via mobile devices

Axis Communications, the market leader in network video, will launch the integration of HID Global’s Mobile Access with its AXIS A1001 Network Door Controller and AXIS Entry Manager software at IFSEC International 2017, which takes place from ...

InVue: One simple key for security

At EuroShop 2017, InVue B.V. presents a simple solution for more security

Securing high value products on display at retail must be tricky: You need to prevent the thieves from stealing but ensure that the honest consumer has a great shopping experience where security doesn’t get in the way. ...

Cambridge Security Seals: real-time tracking security solutions

Leading tamper-evident seals manufacturer to highlight GPS devices within its showcase of innovative products at the NRF Protect Conference

Cambridge Security Seals (CSS), a global quality leader in tamper-evident seals and loss prevention solutions, announced that it will be showcasing its comprehensive line of innovative security products at this year's National Retail ...

Tyco introduces Source Tagging as a Service

Innovative program pinpoints shrink data to optimize profitability

Retailers have limited time and staff to manage EAS programs. With STaaS, retailers can rely on Tyco to oversee their entire EAS tagging program to help increase sales, solve shrink issues, and optimize store labor.

Discreet indoor video surveillance

Axis introduces high performance mini dome camera series

The new AXIS M30 Series features Wide Dynamic Range to adapt to variable lighting conditions and Axis’ Zipstream technology, which reduces storage and bandwidth requirements.

iS AutoPeg Tag protecting Gillette razor blades at more than 3,000 retail stores

Secure protection for hanging items with a one-step, pinless tag

More than 3,000 retail stores are now protecting P&G Gillette razor blades with Checkpoint Systems innovative iS AutoPeg Tag.

Explosive retail adoption of cybersecurity services

Neustar with 36 percent growth in number of customers in the retail industry from 2014 to 2015

Neustar has experienced rapid adoption of its cyber security technology by European retail clients, with brands such as Funky Pigeon, All Saints and Permanent TSB securing and optimising their web presence with Neustar.

EAS solutions at multinational discount food retailer DIA

Improving merchandise availability at 2,600 Spain-based stores

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A. (DIA), a multinational discount food retail chain with stores in Europe, Asia and South America, had selected Checkpoint Systems' electronic article surveillance (EAS) solutions to improve merchandise availability at its 2,600 Spain-based stores.

Ergonomic Solutions presents ClickSafe security locking cables

A security lock for payment terminals, mobile devices and POS hardware

To protect digital information, prevent data loss and further secure hardware, Ergonomic Solutions provide SpacePole ClickSafe, a security lock for payment terminals, mobile devices and POS hardware. ClickSafe features unique SpacePole integration and the keyless installation only requires you to click the lock in place.

EuroCIS 2016: Nedap showcases stock availability solutions Groenlo,

Concealed EAS systems & effective alarm management

At the upcoming EuroCIS trade show in Düsseldorf, from 23 - 25 February 2016, Nedap presents stock availability solutions for the global retail sector. The key solutions presented by Nedap (booth 10A02) are the !Sense hardware portfolio and the !D Cloud software suite.

New bottle cap protection for retail spirits

Versa Guard’s security, ease of use and nerchandising benefits add up to fast ROI

Checkpoint Systems announced the launch of its Alpha High Theft Solutions’ 1 Alarm Versa Guard bottle cap, which is designed for the protection of high-risk spirits in retail stores throughout the world.

Maximize connected security - Intelligent products made by Bosch

Bosch Security Systems will display its innovative security, safety and communications products at Intersec

From 17th to 19th January INTERSEC 2016 in Dubai will showcase the latest technologies in Commercial & Information Security, Homeland Security & Policing, Fire & Rescue and Safety & Health. Bosch Security Systems will display ...

Complete spectrum of security technology for retail

EHI study reveals: € 3.9 billion inventory losses in German retail

Shop lifting continues to be the No. 1 cause of inventory discrepancies – this is also evidenced by the current study of the EHI Retail Institute “Inventurdifferenzen 2015” (Inventory Discrepancies 2015). Retailers have to invest ...

Greater Efficiency – Improved fire protection

Bosch introduces Remote Services for fire panels

On July 1, 2015, Bosch introduced Remote Services for fire panels. This IP-based solution for remote diagnostics and remote maintenance increases the reliability of fire panels and maximizes operational efficiency. Bosch’s Remote Services ...

National Retail Security Survey has been released

Retailers estimate shoplifting and fraud cost $44 billion in 2014

A new study being released from NRF PROTECT, the industry’s largest retail loss prevention event, finds that retailers lose billions of dollars to shoplifting, employee and vendor theft and administrative error – collectively known ...

Security meets Design

Bosch delivers networked security solution for award winning shopping center in Turkey

Bosch Security Systems was chosen as the central supplier for the security systems at Marmara Park Shopping Center in Istanbul, one of the largest of its kind in Turkey. The shopping center is completely designed in a galaxy-theme. Space-related ...

“These days, stockouts can cost you more than ever“

Interview with Hans-Jürgen Nausch, Global Account Manager for Checkpoint Systems

The combination of security systems with other solutions – for instance inventory management – is a topic that is increasingly being discussed in the retail sector. At the EuroCIS 2015, we spoke with Hans-Jürgen Nausch, Global ...

Security in retail has a name: EuroCIS 2015

Shoplifters score billions – security technology in retail is indispensible for shoplifting prevention

EuroCIS – the leading trade fair for retail technology – takes place again from 24 to 26 February 2015. Given the losses that the retail sector suffers due to inventory discrepancies, which continue at an almost unimaginable level, ...

Shrink cost retailers $128 billion worldwide, averaging 1.29 percent of sales

Cost of retail crime as percentage of revenue rose 27 percent in US

Shrink, comprised of shoplifting, employee or supplier fraud and administrative errors, cost the global retail industry more than $128 billion last year, $42 billion in the US alone, according to the latest Global Retail Theft Barometer. This ...

Industry must take on more responsibility for IT security

On the occasion of this year’s it-sa, eco – Association of the German Internet Industry e. V. (Hall 12/Booth 333) has introduced a 5-point plan on how companies can take the initiative with regard to IT security and data ...

40 Years of Security Essen: Premier Global Fair Showed Itself on Its Best Form in 2014

More Decision Takers, Higher Internationality and Longer Dwell Times

On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, Security Essen presented itself on its best form: 1,045 exhibitors from around 40 nations showed a large number of innovations for civil security at Messe Essen at the end of September - including worldwide ...

Buggy Lock: Prevent the the growing problem of buggy theft

Buggy Lock, a new product from the Cardea family, is a pram security system for public spaces and buildings offering family-friendly facilities a low-cost, easy-fit solution to prevent the the growing problem of buggy theft. With over 315,000 ...

New AMAX intrusion alarm systems from Bosch

Hybrid panels and wireless peripherals expand applications supported and improve performance

Bosch Security Systems completes its portfolio of intrusion alarm systems for residential and small to medium commercial applications with the launch of two new members of the AMAX family of control panels. This launch is further supported by the ...

Nedap RFID readers chosen for rollout at Adler

One of the largest textile retailers in Germany has selected Nedap’s Store !D RFID readers

Following a successful pilot phase, Nedap has been commissioned with project planning of the RFID reading points and subsequent installation of the RFID hardware in all 170 Adler fashion outlets. The technology rollout started in the fourth ...

“Palais an der Oper” plays safe with Bosch

Fire protection is guaranteed by the Modular Fire Panel 5000 Series

During a major reconstruction, one of the most prestigious real estates in Munich was equipped with safety and security systems from Bosch. The company implemented a comprehensive security solution in the “Palais an der Oper”, formerly ...