Stock loss

Average stock loss in German retail amounts to 1.05% of the gross sales (Source: EHI, 2008) with profit margins at approximately the same level.
At the same time it is only a few product segments that cause 80% of all stock loss (Source: Loss Prevention Manager of an English retail chain).

German retailers spend on average 0.25% of sales on loss prevention measures (Source: EHI, 2008) but there is little knowledge about

• what types of shoplifters exist

• what is their motivation

• how do they steal

• what is seen as a deterrent

Systematic research

Time and money is spent rolling out anti theft devices and other methods to reduce stock loss. But most of these measures are tradeoffs in that they result in worsened product availability and thus lowered sales or increased handling time and cost. This cannot be in the interests of industry and retail business.
IMCo offers an independent view on the market of existing solutions and helps in choosing the suitable one for your business. We support field studies and have a large number of specialists in different areas that we can utilize to your advantage.
IMCo has conducted interviews with shoplifters and has categorised almost 2,000 suspects in 8 European countries with a system devised in cooperation with the German police.

Applications

The results of these studies have been used to develop the patented IMCo Shelf™ and IMCo Pager™.

Our goal is not to sell you just any product but to enhance your supply chain and the processes in your business as a whole. We understand that it is not sufficient to analyze and change any individual aspect of your business  – only a suitable and harmonic solution will work in the long term and generate the desired effects.