Individuals looking to carry out fraud using checks or credit cards to steal jewelry will attempt to make their transactions with jewelers appear authentic. To earn your trust and get you to lower your guard, they’ll spin tall tales about graduations, gifts that need to be purchased in a rush, or gifts being shipped to soldiers overseas.
Of course, you always want to provide exemplary customer service and to make sales — but it pays to remain wary. Take these precautions before accepting a check or credit card transaction:
Will you be one of the 30,000 professionals attending JCK Las Vegas this year?
Whether you're affiliated with one of the 23,000+ retailers or 2,300+ vendors in attendance, it's important for everyone to keep security top-of-mind. After all, a dramatic burglary that took place inside of a Las Vegas casino is still fresh in recent memory.
Physical and electronic security features can represent a major investment for jewelry store security.
Many of these features, such as safes and alarms, are absolutely essential to have if you're doing business in the jewelry industry, though. So, why wouldn't you maximize the return on your investment and get what will offer you the highest level of security?
The rise in frequency and severity of violent crimes affecting the jewelry industry has resulted in the need for better physical and electronic security.
Especially with the increased targeting of luxury watches and diamond jewelry, the inadequacy of plate glass showcases, TL-30 safes, and alarms without line security aren’t going to protect high-value inventory in the event of an attack.
