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GlobalShop 2019 – The Digital Future of Retail
GlobalShop, known as the largest store design and at-retail marketing show in the United States, brought in more than 10,000 products and 900 suppliers to one location last week. The event took place over three days in downtown Chicago and was visited by many decision...
Vanguard Partners with Lilitab for POS Tablet Security
It’s no surprise that VPG would partner with Lilitab, worldwide leader in specialized tablet kiosk systems. Lilitab’s team has over 45 years in kiosk experience and has deployed over 50,000 tablet kiosks. Since their first design, Lilitab has grown to work with...
X-Sensor Flex Cover: Get More Surface Coverage
The problem It’s no secret in the retail security industry, that securing curved products has been quite a challenge. In fact, most electronic retailers will simply just store accessories behind the counter or in a locked cabinet, due to an inability to secure their...
Retail Shrink and How the Small Retailer Can Control It
A question frequently asked by small retailers is “How do we combat shoplifting and minimize retail shrink if we don’t have a loss prevention team?” Keeping retail shrink to a minimum involves a lot of strategy and planning, but it is doable for the smaller, not...
Introducing the Latest in Accessory Security: The Duo
You asked; we listened. The Duo is VPG’s latest alarming solution in accessory security, but it’s also comparably one of the smallest solutions of its kind in the industry. Installed in just seconds, the Duo is a quick and easy way to ensure all products in your...
How to Lose a Customer in 10 Days
Let’s all take a second to remember one of our favorite ’03 romantic comedies, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.” As many times as the film had us bursting in laughter, it also taught us just as many times what not to do in a relationship. Now let’s take a step forward...
3 Ways (You Didn’t Know) You’re Encouraging Shoplifting
You Aren’t Doing Your Research Imagine you are a seasoned shoplifter and you found a method that scores you a new tablet or smartphone 99% of the time. Would you use this method again? Of course. (Why not, right?) If your store’s shoplifting protection measures remain...
Top 3 Loss Prevention Articles of 2016: The Best of VPG
Identify Shoplifters: Three Revealing Tips Approximately $17 billion of merchandise is shoplifted from retailers every year. In other words, shoplifting has become a VIP in retail shrinkage and it’s important that retailers can detect it before it happens. Identify...
Top 4 Signs You Should Invest In Standalone Security
It’s been a while since you’ve considered a new retail security system. Why would you? Although it’s old, yours is experiencing minimal errors and seems to be working fine. This mindset has been popular over the years but is now beginning to change as retail stores...
DEFCON: Boost your Security with High Theft Protection
Is your store located in a high risk community? As we gear up for the last minute holiday shopping, retailers are keeping a close eye on those high-theft items this season. According the 2016 Retail Holiday Season Global Forecast, electronics and electronic...