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DTT Surveillance, a DDIFO Sponsor  and a provider of surveillance technology, managed services and loss prevention solutions for the restaurant industry, added more than 1,300 subscribers in the McDonald’s restaurant chain in 2011.

Rick Crady, McDonald’s owner/operator, said the DTT SmartAudit system unveiled fraudulent activity at the register when it was first installed.

“The amount of money we saved easily paid for our system and quickly convinced us to install DTT at all our stores. We soon caught theft at other stores and found that employees had stolen quite a large sum of money – much more than enough to pay for the systems,” Crady said.

DTT, which was founded in 1999, has installed more than 27,000 systems at various restaurants.

“Our long term partnership with the McDonald’s enterprise reinforces DTT’s marketplace value for hospitality locations. By focusing on those critical inspection areas for restaurant operations, we answer vital questions related to who, how, when and what occurs on a daily basis with video validation,” added Thomas Moran, EVP, DTT.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, DTT also provides Digital Video Surveillance solutions to brands such as Subway, Dairy Queen, Burger King, D unkin’ Brands, Taco Bell, KFC, Auntie Anne’s, Potbelly Sandwich Works and Pinkberry.

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Traci Theobald, 39, was brought in from an Ashland Dunkin’ Donuts shop to work to noon to 7 p.m. shift at the Dunkin’ Donuts on Waverley Street Saturday, police spokesman Lt. Ron Brandolini said.

A store manager at the Waverley Street location called police on Sunday morning and said money was missing.

When reviewing the security footage from Saturday, police saw Theobald taking cash and supplies from several locations in the store.

“She was observed on video taking money from the cash box and two cash drawers, along with some cleaning supplies,” said Brandolini.

Theobald was just about to clock out for the day when she took the money and supplies, Brandolini said.

Theobald, who lives at 7 Ruthellen Road, was arrested at home at 10:15 Sunday morning and charged with breaking and entering, larceny from a building or rail car and larceny of more than $250.

Police would not say how much money Theobald took from the store.

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“Given the challenging conditions retailers will face in the near future, any technology enhancements must help to reduce labor costs while delivering better business intelligence”. Retailers are focused on getting the most value from their existing investments in both high and low-tech tools without having to add people to review detailed data, according to Paula Rosenblum, an analyst and Managing Partner for Retail Systems Research (RSR) and co-author of the report.

A free copy of the 24-page report can be obtained at:  Loss Prevention Shrink 2010

The on-line survey of 83 small to large multi-national retailers was conducted by RSR in the fall of 2009. Retailers identified their top three sources of shrink as employee theft of merchandise, shoplifting and employee theft of cash.

Over the past year, RSR reports that 44 percent of retailers have experienced a rise in theft, likely due to challenging economic conditions. Findings indicate that top retail performers – those whose sales growth outpaced the three percent industry average – place an even higher priority on Loss Prevention (LP): 78 percent report an increase in year-over-year LP’s priority, vs. 43 percent of underperformers.

“Given the challenging conditions retailers will face in the near future, any technology enhancements must help to reduce labor costs while delivering better business intelligence,” said Rosenblum. “Tools such as Video Surveillance, Returns and Void Management, Exception Analysis Reporting and Cash Management are crucial for retailers to be more profitable. Retailers are also paying more attention to managing their item level perpetual inventory systems to gain better insight into lost sales.”

Among the more detailed findings:

• Retailers report employee theft of cash has increased from 32 to 45 percent of total losses. This appears related to challenging economic conditions and has prompted retailers to recognize the need for better business intelligence to analyze results, rather than more staff to examine report details.
• When it comes to roadblocks impeding retailers from progressing in their loss prevention efforts, 86 percent say they are challenged for capital, 41 percent lack staff to review LP and audit data (compared to 29 percent in 2008) and 36 percent have extremely inaccurate inventory systems unable to quantify areas of loss.
• Retailers identified top technology solutions that help them overcome organizational inefficiencies including:
  - 63 percent cited better business intelligence to analyze all their data. – 40 percent cited more accurate inventory tracking to identify the items being stolen.- 39 percent cited more creative uses of existing technologies.

The report further identified areas where retailers have seen a more direct effect from the economy, most importantly, a faster rise in external theft versus internal:

• Individual customer theft of merchandise (28% increase)
• Organized gangs stealing merchandise (25% increase)
• Employee theft of cash (19% increase)

Additional study findings reveal top retail performers use business intelligence tools more frequently such as exception analysis reporting at 68 percent and returns/void management at 65 percent. To enhance the value of existing investments without adding staff to review detailed data, 31 percent of respondents report using inventory tracking systems.

“The information revealed in the research indicates the methods of retail theft are shifting. As a result, loss prevention tools must adapt to those changes,” according to Kelvin Lam, Vice President of Retail and Security Products, ADT Security, Asia Pacific. “In a tough economy, resourceful retailers are looking beyond traditional tagging and stand-alone surveillance to include software based analytic tools, integration and better inventory management systems,” said Lam.

A free copy of the 24-page report can be obtained at:  Loss Prevention Shrink 2010

About ADT Security Services

ADT Security Services, a Tyco International company, is the world’s largest provider of electronic security services to more than seven million commercial, government and residential customers worldwide. ADT’s total security solutions include intrusion, fire protection, closed circuit television, access control, critical condition monitoring, electronic article surveillance, radio frequency identification (RFID) and integrated systems. ADT’s website address is http://www.adt.com/global

About the Sensormatic Retail Solutions Portfolio

The industry-leading Sensormatic Retail Solutions portfolio offers vital loss prevention and operational improvement technologies and solutions. Backed by more than 1,500 patents, the Sensormatic solutions portfolio is sold through ADT and authorized business partners around the world. From the front of the store through the entire retail supply chain, Sensormatic solutions help keep losses lower – and profits higher. Today, over 80 percent of world’s top 200 retailers that use EAS rely on Sensormatic solutions, which include EAS, source-tagging, data analytics and in-store, item-level intelligence applications. Sensormatic forward-thinking solutions also include dual EAS-RFID technology that provides item-level security and visibility in an ever changing retail environment. For more information, please visit http://www.sensormatic.com.

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