Keeper Boxes
Solution types
Retail Tags
Problems addressed
Thefts
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
People of all ages
Where the program was applied
Commercial establishments or stores
Country of application
United States
Description

This intervention consists of using transparent polycarbonate boxes to protect products with high theft rates.
These boxes require the use of special keys to open them. If the material is tampered with or opened without using the key, a sound is emitted, alerting people nearby and those in charge of the store. The size of the protective boxes is significantly larger than the size of the protected product to make it harder to steal the box with the product inside.

Impact evaluations

An impact assessment showed a statistically significant 52% reduction in product theft, while sales increased significantly by 69% in stores that used security packaging, compared to stores that participated as a control group, without the use of security packaging for their products [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Hayes, R., Johns, T., Scicchitano, M., Downs, D. & Pietrawska, B. (2011). Evaluating the effects of protective Keeper boxes on ‘hot product’ loss and sales: A randomized controlled trial. Security Journal, 24(4), 357–369. https://doi.org/10.1057/sj.2011.2

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