5 Steps to Protect Your Business Against Retail Theft

1. Assess the theft. Determine what are your most high-theft items in all locations. Is the problem global or isolated by geography or individual locations? Is the solution to look at high-end technologies, in-store processes, awareness programs or simply better use of existing legacy systems?

Determine what, how and why things are being stolen, and whether they're worth protecting. Do you really want to invest in surveillance to protect low-value items? Is the problem global or can it be isolated to an individual location?