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How HyperGuard Helped Modell’s Sporting Goods

Mitchell Modell, CEO of Modell’s Sporting Goods has always faced a challenge head on. In this case, Modell’s Sporting Goods was being targeted by professional shoplifters armed with booster-bags and illicit magnetic detachers. Their existing EAS systems were not sufficient to deter this emerging threat, so Modell’s turned HyperGuard.

The HyperGuard system is the only system on the market which can consistently detect incoming booster-bags and magnetic detachers, without alarming on baby strollers or shopping carts. For Mitchell, this challenge needed to be addressed without any adverse impact to his customers. The decision was made to install the HyperGuard systems in two Modell’s stores.

Immediately, the instances of detached tags and pins found in dressing rooms and back aisles stopped. In fact, his store associates were able to now spend more time delivering that special brand of customer service that has made Modell’s the icon of American retailing for 125 years. Since the initial two installations, Modell’s has continued to install HyperGuard systems as the effective, customer friendly way to stop professional shoplifters.