1,145,688 Shoplifters and Dishonest Employees Apprehended by 23 U.S. Retailers in 2013

 

According to 25th Annual Retail Theft Survey by Jack L. Hayes International Wesley International, a loss prevention and inventory shrinkage control consulting firm, just 23 major retailers apprehended more than 1.1 million shoplifters and dishonest employees in 2012. From these apprehensions, retailers recovered more than $189 million.

Mark R. Doyle, president of Jack L. Hayes International, commented, “In 2012, shoplifting apprehensions increased 7.4 percent and the recovery dollars from shoplifters increased an amazing 22.7 percent. Dishonest employee apprehensions and recovery dollars also increased in 2012, 5.5 percent and 7.0 percent respectively. “It should be noted that these increases follow similar increases reported the previous year!” Doyle added, “The seriousness of retail theft is a much greater problem than many people realize. These theft losses are stealing profits from retailers and driving retail prices higher for the consumer.” The study also found that one out of every 40 employees was apprehended for theft from their employer in 2012. That figure is based on more than 2.8 million employees.

On a per case average, dishonest employees steal approximately 5.5 times the amount stolen by shoplifters ($715.24 Vs. $129.12). The average shoplifting case value in 2012 was $129.12, which was an increase of 14.2 percent from 2011’s average case value. The study also noted that for every $1.00 recovered by the surveyed companies, $25.00 was lost to retail theft. Therefore, only 4.0 percent of total retail theft losses resulted in a recovery.

Participants of this study included 23 large retail companies with 18,900 stores and more than $596 billion in retail sales in 2012. Nine of the 23 retailers (39.1 percent) had an increase in company shrink. 10 of the 23 retailers (43.5 percent) had a decrease in company shrink. Four of the 23 retailers (17.4 percent) had no change in company shrink.

These companies saw 1,145,688 shoplifters and dishonest employees apprehended in 2012, up 7.3 percent from 2011. The $189 million that was recovered from shoplifters and dishonest employees in 2012 was up 18.1 percent from 2011.1,074,593 shoplifters were apprehended in 2012. And more than $138 million was recovered from them. An additional $46.8 million was recovered from shoplifters where no apprehension was made, up a significant 25.2 percent from 2011. This marks the 16th consecutive year that dollars recovered from shoplifters where no apprehension was made increased.

From the 71,095 dishonest employees apprehended in 2012, authorities recovered more than $50 million.
Survey participants contribute the following to increased shoplifting activity: organized retail crime (ORC) activity is growing and getting more complex, economic conditions are not getting better, reduced staff/payroll restrictions (less associates on sales floor), increased LP/AP staff productivity, overburdened criminal justice system, stronger awareness among store personnel and higher demand for store goods and store credit.

Source: sdmmag.com

City Surveillance Market to More than Double by 2017

The global market for electronic security equipment aimed at city surveillance applications will more than double in size from 2012 to 2017 as metropolitan areas adopt mobile technology to deal with threats more efficiently, according to a new report from IMS Research, now part of IHS Inc.

Worldwide, revenue for electronic security equipment in city security will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 17.8 percent from 2012 to 2017. By 2017, wireless infrastructure and CCTV and video surveillance equipment will amount to just over $3.2 billion, up from $1.4 billion in 2012.

City surveillance is a key tool for police departments to manage metropolitan center locations, with crime reduction typically being the main goal. Using this technology, police can access video surveillance feeds from mobile command centers when responding to an incident. This allows the police to coordinate efficient, quick responses to any event.

Cities face a number of threats, ranging from the kind of widespread civil unrest that recently affected Istanbul to lone-wolf and terrorist attacks, like the recent Boston marathon bombings. These threats underscore the need to provide fast access for video surveillance systems.
“City video surveillance systems have a key requirement to provide clear, useable images so that police departments can conduct effective investigations when needed,” said Paul Bremner, market analyst for Safe Cities and Security Services at IHS. “If the video surveillance system can’t do that, then it is failing in its primary purpose.”

Along with fast access for video surveillance systems, the requirement to push video streams out to various individuals and organizations across the city has increased. The mobility offered by these video systems is a key tool for police departments when managing city-center locations.

“For cities the focus has shifted from basic surveillance needs toward mobile surveillance,” Bremner continued.  “Emerging technology can send the video to police officers on the street, streaming that video directly to the smartphones or laptops in their patrol cars. Such mobile surveillance technology will act as a force multiplier for the officers on the ground.”

The IHS report entitled “Vertical Insights – Video Surveillance and Security in City Surveillance – World – 2013 Edition” combines feedback from end users, integrators and consultants working within the city surveillance market. The report explores the threats faced by cities, critical success factors for security systems and the decision processes behind city surveillance projects. The report presents market sizes and forecasts to 2017 for EMEA, Asia and the Americas. It is part of a series of reports focused on six different end-user industries including  banking and finance, city surveillance, critical infrastructure, education, retail and transportation.

What will tomorrow's distribution model resemble?

 






The traditional distribution model for physical security products across the globe was often
referred to as "box shifting," it offered products off the shelf but with few value-add services. This is model is now rapidly morphing into a sophisticated system delivering value add services that clients now demand.

There are 5 main reasons why the change in the structure of the physical security industry is causing the distribution model to change, according to a recent report on the security market

Boston Marathon bombing expected to boost video surveillance spending

Despite the impressive growth that was already projected for the global video surveillance equipment market prior to the recent bombing at the Boston Marathon, IMS Research, part of IHS, is predicting that the terror attack will likely drive increased government spending on video surveillance. Footage from both public and private security cameras proved to be an invaluable tool for authorities during the bombing investigation as they were able to quickly identify the suspects in the case. In fact, just last week, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis called for the implementation of a city-run surveillance system and indicated that he would be interested in using aerial surveillance technologies to monitor events such as the marathon in the future.

According to a statement, IMS said that it is the process of updating its most recent forecast of the video surveillance equipment market, which projects worldwide revenue to rise to $20.5 billion in 2016, a 114 percent increase from the $9.6 billion that was spent in 2010.

In addition to government funding and legislation, which play a large part in video surveillance spending, the research firm said that the continued migration from analog to IP will also contribute to increased spending in the market. By 2014, IMS predicts that the global market for network-based video surveillance will reach $7 billion, finally surpassing the analog segment at $6.5 billion.     

"The growth outlook of the video surveillance industry is subject to significant variances," said Paul Everett, senior manager, video surveillance, for IHS. "This is because the market is dependent upon the vagaries of several intertwined factors that are difficult or impossible to predict, including economic conditions, government spending and notorious terrorism incidents. While it’s too early to tell exactly what impact the Boston bombing will have, past events—like 9/11 and the London Underground bombings—have led to increased government spending on video surveillance for public spaces, particularly in the transport sector."

Sony EFFIO DSP

"Effio" is a Sony signal processor which realizes high resolution, high S/N ratio and high color reproduction for security camera.

The diagram above shows how the signal processing works within the DSP. Honestly, we shouldn't even worry about it. This is why we have engineers!

Now on the stuff that we really care about... the difference in quality.

 High Resolution

• Provide advanced Clear picture quality
• Provide more recognizable picture after E-Zoom operation   
• Excellent Color Reproduction - Colors look more vivid than traditional CCD!

Noise Reduction - Sharper edges and less blur!

Exposure Control for IR Light - See the best picture possible in 0 Lux!

The Mind Of A Super-Successful Security Dealer

The intelligent and responsible security entrepreneur will be highly active, and will engage in his business in this manner…
1: Self -Education
A super successful security dealer’s mind operates like one of the fastest mainframe computers on the planet, such as, the new mainframe from IBM dubbed zEnterprise 196 (BTW, this baby contains 96 of the world’s fastest chips and can execute more than 50 billion instructions in a second, according to IBM. That’s more than 17,000 times the rate of IBM’s high-end system in 1970!)
A super successful security dealer is also a voracious reader, seeking and processing relevant information faster then a speeding bullet. Therefore, he is always learning and implementing new business building strategies and is always in BOLO mode (Be On The Lookout) for new security client attraction and new security client retention systems.
2: Aggressively Diversifying
A super successful security dealer has multiple ways he acquires and attracts new clients, he is looking at and utilizing all the angles to pull as many pre-qualified, pre-disposed, pre-sold people through his security marketing funnel.
3: Zero Dependence On Anything & Everything
A super successful security dealer relies both on offline and online marketing strategies to make his security business a smokin’ success. He isn’t a one-trick-pony and doesn’t put all his eggs in one basket when it comes to getting new clients in the front door and keeping them there for life!
4: Protects The Profit Margin With An Iron Fist
A super successful security dealer guards his profit margin with a vengeance! In this dodgy economy many businesses slash prices and their profits to keep sales traffic up. Rarely does the sacrifice of margin to buy business pay, and it’s definitely not a sustainable strategy. It takes no imagination at all to slash prices, discount services and trash profits – any jamoke can do that! The super successful security dealer earns his prosperity and profits through creative imagination…he knows how to elevate the importance of the security services he offers and, therefore, makes his security company the security company to call.

What is the difference between a 960H DVR and D1 DVR ?

Item	Width (Vertical Pixels)	Height (Horizontal Pixels)	Total（Pixels）
CIF	360	240	86,400
2CIF	720	240	172,800
VGA	640	480	307,200
D1	720	480	345,600
960H	960	582	552,960
720p	1,280	720	921,600
1080p	1,920	1,080	2,073,600

What's CIF ?
CIF is the abbreviation of Common Intermediate Format. CIF=360x240pixels
CIF format with follow features:

1. The resolution is suitable for video home system (VHS), with resolution 360x240pixels
2. Adopted non-interlaced scan
3. Using NTSC, play video maximum frame rate at 30 000/1001≈29.97fps/second
4. PAL tv system, resolution reach up to 288 tv lines.
5. CIF format is an old standard for video surveillance system

What is D1 ?
In cctv system industry, everybody knows D1 is the resoltuion of recording, playback and display resolution. Actaully it's not ture. D1 is a digital tv system standard format, it is divided into the following categories:

D1: 480i format (525i): 720x480 (resolution 480tv lines, Interlaced), and NTSC tv system with same resolution, Line frequency 15.25kHz, the equivalent of what we call 4CIF (720 × 576).

D2: 480P format (525p), 720x480 (resolution 480tv, progressive scan), with more clear compared to the D1 interlaced, is e the equivalent of DVD resolution.

D3: 1080i format (1125i): 1920x1080 (resolution 1080 tv lines, interlaced scan), high definition video format, resolution 1920x1080i/60Hz, Line frequency 33.75kHz.

D4: 720P format (750p), 1280x720 (horizontal resolution 720 tv lines, progressive scan), a low resolution compared to D3, but with reason of progressive scan, many people feel D3 is more clear than D4, especially when display the characters, resolution 1280x720p/60Hz, line frequency 45kHz.

D5: 1080P format (1125P), 1920x1080 (horizontal resolution 1080tv lines, progressive scan), the highest standard resolution in tv system, resolution 1920x1080P/60Hz, line frequency 67.5KHz.

960H introduction
960H products are firstly intruced by Techwell and Sony, among analog security camera adopts sony new generation 960H CCD image sensor. Now, many security manufacturers begin to launch 960H series products for security solution. The 960H high definith analog camera adopts 960H CCD plus Effio DSP, offering high resolution, low noise and true color video footatge.
With development of 960H security camera, 960H DVR is coming into market. Only using 960H security camera and 960H DVR can build up a high definition 960H video surveillance system. 960H DVR can recording the video at 700 tv lines. It's compatible with 700 tv lines 960H security cameras. The 960H DVR offer high definition quality video both in real-time recording, viewing, playback.
Additionally, 960H resolution is 960x582, it's one quarter of 1080P resolution. So the 960H system can switch to 1080P system smoothly. Last, 960H security camera is the analog camera, transmitting video without delay, image resolution without coding or decoding, so the video footage more clear.