Every item stolen is a direct hit to your bottom line and your team's morale. Our AM pedestal systems provide a high-visibility shield that discourages theft at the door. Engineered for pinpoint accuracy and minimal false alarms, Tagmax gives you the technology to protect your profits without disrupting the customer experience.
If you run a retail business premise, then you'll know that shoplifting can be a major factor in the downturn of profits, reputation and even staff and customer morale. Seeking a way to help prevent shoplifting, many retailers have turned to using pedestal systems. They can be fitted to match all styles and functionalities to suit your detection needs, aesthetics and regulatory requirements. They are able to give you, your staff and your customer's peace of mind that they are operating in a safe and secure environment.
A pedestal system is designed to fit at the front of your premise, by the doors and exits. They are designed to prevent shoplifting by sensing tags that have been placed on products, to prevent them being taken through the area in which the pedestals are installed. If an item with a tag is taken through – a security alarm sounds. The tags can be deactivated or removed at the point of purchase. It's been found that theft from retailers will significantly be reduced when they have a pedestal installed at their exits.
A potential shoplifter will deterred from stealing anything if they can see that a pedestal system and/or security tags have been installed on products. Anyone who still may want to steal, will set off the alarm and can be intercepted before they walk away.
The last thing you want is your premise gaining a reputation as a store that is 'easy pickings' for people who mean to do you harm. Knowing that they are working or shopping in a secure environment, your staff and customers will feel safe in going about their business and will feel happy and relaxed in doing so.
With pedestal systems seemingly occupying the majority of retail outlets today, suggests that they work effectively and are relatively inexpensive to buy – especially if you consider how much they could potentially save you in the non-event of a successful theft from your premises.
A pedestal security system is the pair of antennas installed at a store's exits that detect an active security tag as a customer walks through, triggering an audible and visual alarm if an item hasn't been deactivated or removed at the till. Tagmax's pedestal range includes the Optimum AM, Wide Exit AM and X-Clear systems, each suited to different store layouts and footfall levels, giving you a visible deterrent at every exit without disrupting the customer experience.
Beyond deterring shoplifting, a well-specified pedestal system gives staff an immediate alert the moment a tagged item passes the exit, cuts stock loss without slowing down paying customers, and works around the clock without ongoing staff input. Because Tagmax pedestals are engineered for high detection with low false alarms, you get the deterrent effect without the customer friction and staff fatigue that noisy, over-triggering gates cause.
Pedestals are most effective as part of a layered approach, paired with source tagging at the point of receipt, CCTV coverage of the shop floor, and trained staff response to alarms. Tagmax designs each installation around your store's specific exit points, stock mix and footfall, and our engineers handle positioning and calibration so detection stays consistent across the full width of the exit.
