Replying to a message of Ross Cassell to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE:

 RC> The shoplifting sensors you all talk about, most retailers
 RC> utilize source tagging, whereas the tag is applied at the
 RC> factory or packager, in the early days we had to apply the
 RC> tags ourselves, which not only was time intensive but we
 RC> usually found the package destroyed and empty in the
 RC> restrooms or shoved in behind displays.. Home Depot for
 RC> instance has the maker of their Dewalt power tools, place a
 RC> tag inside the tools handle. Some of Walmarts high end work
 RC> boots, have the tag sewn inside the tongue. Shoplifter
 RC> wants those, they have to destroy more than just the
 RC> package or be brave enough to run like hell for the doors.

Heh.  Probably 30 years ago a store in a mall in Oakland CA had a large
display of clothes near the outside doors.  One day somebody (or more than
one somebody) grabbed a double armload of clothing off the rack, ran out the
door and dived into a car waiting there.  Nice timing, they were gone before
an alarm could be raised.

That's why most retail clothing displays have the hangers alternate the direction
they're hung on the racks, you *can't* grab an armload of them as half will remain
stuck to the rack.

It's also why most retail stores don't have anything that's easily portable
within easy
reach of outside doors.

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