Retail
The SIA Retail Security Interest Group unites retailers in one place where they can exchange best practices as well as concerns for protecting their property. SIA retail partners have developed tactics for maximizing their security investment, including deploying video surveillance to optimize customers experience through observing their behavior.
SIA Guide to Cannabis Security Requirements
SIA is pleased to introduce the SIA Guide to Cannabis Security Requirements in response to the need for more centralized information regarding the state-by-state requirements in the cannabis industry where applicable.
Keep Reading »New for SIA Members: Vertical Market Insight Reports
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has partnered with Omdia, one of the world’s leading research firms, to produce a series of reports analyzing the markets for security products and services in key vertical markets. These new resources, published under Omdia and IHS Markit, are available exclusively to SIA members, and each information-packed report explores the…
Keep Reading »Physical Security in the U.S. Retail Market
This SIA/IHS Markit white paper for SIA members shares market statistics, end-user feedback and actionable opportunity analysis for physical security vendors and service providers.
Keep Reading »How Video, Big Data and Analytics Are Providing Insights and Driving Efficiency in the Retail Sector
It’s no secret that the retail industry is growing more competitive by the day as brick-and-mortar store owners attempt to hold their own against online behemoths offering reduced prices and fast shipping. In this environment, customer experience is becoming increasingly intertwined with sales. Thanks to recent advancements in video capture and data management, retailers are…
Keep Reading »Technology Recommendations for Incident Monitoring and Investigations in Retail
The Security Industry Association’s Public Safety Working Group and Retail Security Interest Group have collaborated to develop detailed information on recommended technologies supporting incident monitoring and investigations in the retail sector. Here you will find a list of security solutions aiming to improve security for retail owners and assist law enforcement in conducting investigations against petty…
Keep Reading »Enhancing Security While Improving the Gaming Experience
Intelligent Vertical Solutions: Security Trends and Business Opportunities at the Access Control Opening
Applying Indoor Positioning Systems: A Primer for Integrators and Security Specialists
This paper reports on modern indoor positioning system (IPS) technologies that utilize personal smart mobile devices, or non-personal non-smart mobile devices (object tags and beacons),for purposes of locating and tracking people and objects. The greatest attention is given to technologies that incorporate smartphones. Smartphones are of special interest to IPS manufacturers, because smartphone users are…
Keep Reading »The Hidden Value in Store Security Systems
Managers of a candy store in San Francisco were puzzled by the poor sales of a product they introduced in 2014. What explained the lack of interest from customers? Did the recipe need to be tweaked? Was the price point off? As it turned out, the problem was not the quality of the product or…
Keep Reading »SIA New Member Profile: LCA Sales Co.
The Security Industry Association welcomes aboard LCA Sales Co., based in Hawthorne, New York, as a new member of the association. We caught up with President and CEO Joel Schwartz, who told us more about LCA Sales. In our discussion, Schwartz emphasized networking as a primary benefit of SIA membership. As a manufacturers’ representative agency,…
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