A systematic review of tagging as a method to reduce theft in retail environments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Retailers routinely use security tags to reduce theft. Presently, however, there has been no attempt to systematically review the literature on security tags. Guided by the acronym EMMIE, this paper set out to (1) examine the evidence that tags are effective at reducing theft, (2) identify the key mechanisms through which tags are expected to reduce theft and the conditions that moderate tag effectiveness, and (3) summarise information relevant to the implementation and economic costs of tagging.

Methods

In this mixed-methods review, we performed systematic keyword searches of the published and unpublished literature, hand searched relevant journals, conducted forward and backward citation searches and consulted with four retailers. Studies were included if they r

SUBMITTER: Sidebottom A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6979536 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature