Embracing AI-Driven Solutions to Combat Rising Retail Theft

 

Retail theft, an age-old issue for brick-and-mortar establishments, has hit a particularly troubling peak recently. With the uptick in both organized retail crime and opportunistic shoplifting, traditional methods of prevention like security cameras, RFID tags, and in-person surveillance are proving to be less effective. As such, the transition towards innovative AI-driven solutions like Veesion‘s behavioral detection is not only timely but imperative to prevent retail theft.

Now, let’s hear more about this technological revolution from Benoît Koenig, Co-Founder of Veesion, who is on the cutting edge of reshaping retail security, on this episode of What Just Happened? with Christine Russo.

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