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Red-Handed Camera
Lamb's installs devices overhead to keep tabs on cashiers and watch for any sleight of hand… [SOURCE]
Shoplifters? The Statistics Say Stores Should Watch Workers
StopLift has developed software that, when used with overhead cameras, can detect when cashiers engage in sweethearting, by not running merchandise over the scanner or by letting acquaintances take merchandise without paying… [SOURCE]
Shoplifters? Studies Say Keep an Eye on Workers
One company, StopLift, based in Cambridge, Mass., has even developed software that, when used with overhead cameras, can detect when cashiers engage in sweethearting… [SOURCE]
U.S. Retailers Continue Struggle with Employee Theft
Kundu and a team of researchers developed computer software they call StopLift, which is able to sort and flag repetitive or suspect action, such as when an employee bags two items but scans only one… [SOURCE]
Cameras, Computers Keep a Closer Watch
The surveillance cameras at Big Y Foods, a Massachusetts grocery chain, are not just recording customers and staff. They also study checkout lines for signs of "sweethearting"…
Video of My Sweetheart
Companies like StopLift are using sophisticated video recognition technology developed for national security to solve a bigt drain on the rteail industry–employee theft… [SOURCE]
“Trust, but verify” Says StopLift CEO
StopLift CEO, Malay Kundu, says that on average one-third of a store's shrinkage losses occur at the cash register…
Big Y Uses Technology to Counter Cashiers’ Miscues
StopLift correlates the images with information recorded on the grocery receipt, and within a day, informs store managers of any mis-scans, with a video clip that shows the mis-scanned object as well as the cashier… [SOURCE]
Sweetheart Of A Deal
StopLift computer techynology monitors existing security cameras watching over the checkout registers. It looks at employee movements and interactions to indentify sweethearting in the moment… [SOURCE]
Stop That Thief
StopLift has devised a system that combines cameras with advanced software to spot sweethearting automatically…