Ink tags are a form of

retail loss prevention Retail loss prevention (also known as Retail asset protection) is a set of practices employed by retail companies to preserve profit. Profit preservation is any business activity specifically designed to reduce preventable losses. A preventable ...

most commonly used by

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s. Special equipment is required to remove the tags from the clothing. When the tags are forcibly removed, one or more glass

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s containing

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will break, causing it to spill over the clothing, effectively destroying it. Ink tags fall into the loss prevention category called benefit denial. As the name suggests, an ink tag denies the

shoplifter Shoplifting is the theft of goods from an open retail establishment, typically by concealing a store item on one's person, in pockets, under clothes or in a bag, and leaving the store without paying. With clothing, shoplifters may put on items ...

any benefit for his or her efforts. Despite this, shoplifters have found ways around them. Ink tags are most effective if used together with another anti-shoplifting system so that the shoplifter can not use the product or remove the ink tag.Charles A. Sennewald, John H. Christman, ''Retail Crime, Security, and Loss Prevention'', pp.111-113, Elsevier, 2008 .

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