Sensormatic Announces New RFID-Enabled Shrink Visibility Offering

Johnson Controls announced that Sensormatic Solutions, its global retail solutions portfolio, is streamlining its store shrink visibility offering globally to combat recent increases in shoplifting, internal theft and organized crime across retail enterprises.

This new offering combines RFID-enabled detection systems and Electronic Product Code (EPC) item-level data with the Sensormatic IQ. Together these systems unify diverse data and insights through a new intelligent operating platform to drive improved shopper experiences and retail outcomes.

In-store shopping is recovering with increased consumer confidence, but according to the US Department of Labor, there are 965,000 open retail jobs, creating a challenging environment for retailers that makes theft and fraud easier.

“Sensormatic Solutions’ new offering helps retailers address the record levels of shrink and fraud, as they face a perfect storm of increased foot traffic and a labor shortage, along with continuing economic challenges and the anonymity of face coverings,” said Craig Szklany, Sensormatic Solutions VP of global solutions management & marketing.

With inventory and shopper behavior insights from Sensormatic IQ helping retailers create positive interactions with consumers, they can now understand what, when and how specific items go missing in real-time with integrated shrink visibility offerings.

To power the necessary data insights for effective loss prevention, RFID is a critical part of anti-shoplifting exit solutions. Sensormatic has long been at the cutting edge of Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS), or systems and sensors designed to protect assets, with a portfolio of scalable and customizable shrink visibility offerings to meet the needs of store environments including Synergy solutions, concealed detection solutions, and surveillance zones.

Sensormatic Solution’s latest shrink visibility offering, the RFID Overhead 360°, developed in collaboration with Impinj, a leading RAIN RFID provider, delivers storefront visibility performance with elegance and versatility to complement any store décor. The RFID Overhead 360° helps provide retailers with highly accurate item-level loss event visibility while reducing nuisance alarms and prioritizing real-time actionable alerts.

When combined with TrueVUE shrink visibility analytics, retailers can gain an enhanced understanding of loss events at the storefront and help target shrink mitigation efforts more precisely.