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Every layer ofretail security

Seven systems that cover a store from the front door to the stockroom. Most floors need two or three of them — the survey decides which, and in what order.

The seven systems

Pick the layer, or let us specify it

Every one is supplied, installed, tuned and serviced by the same team — one contractor for the whole floor.

How we choose

AM, RF or RFID —
in plain language

Three technologies, three different jobs. Suppliers rarely explain the difference because it usually ends in a smaller order.

Comparison of AM, RF and RFID detection technologies for retail
ConsiderationAMAcousto-magnetic · 58 kHzRFRadio frequency · 8.2 MHzRFIDUHF item identification
What it answersIs this item leaving the store unpaid?Is this item leaving the store unpaid?What stock do we actually have, right now?
How it worksThe tag rings at 58 kHz after the pedestal pulses; the gate listens for the ring.The label reflects an 8.2 MHz sweep straight back to the pedestal.A chip returns a unique serial when a reader powers it — hundreds a second, no line of sight.
Detection aisleWidest. The usual answer for entrances beyond about 1.2 m.Narrower, but slim pedestals suit tight shopfronts.Reader range, not a doorway spec. RFID is not primarily exit detection.
Metal, foil & liquidTolerant. Works on grocery floors where foil defeats RF.Struggles — foil packs and liquids shield the label from the sweep.Also attenuated; metal-mount tags cover the metallic and high-value exceptions.
Consumable costDearer per label. Hard tags are reusable; soft labels are not.Cheapest per label — the volume answer for apparel and FMCG.A per-item consumable like the rest — but the same label also does your stock count, so one tagging step covers both jobs.
Where it usually landsGrocery, hypermarket, footwear, mixed-merchandise floors.Apparel, fashion, pharmacy, convenience formats.Apparel chains, garment manufacturers, libraries and archives.
Q1

What are you protecting?

Foil packs, tins and liquids push you toward AM. Soft goods on hangers sit happily on RF, and cost less per label to protect.

Q2

How wide is the doorway?

Anything past roughly 1.2 m of clear opening is easier to hold with AM — or with pedestals added in series across the entrance.

Q3

Is the real problem theft, or not knowing your stock?

If your stock file and your shelf routinely disagree, RFID pays back faster than another pair of pedestals ever will.

You are not locked into one family. Hybrid pedestals read both AM and RF, and a dual-function label alarms at the gate while carrying an RFID serial for the count.

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