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Solving retail security challenges

Learn how leveraging retail store security cameras, access control and consumer intelligence protects your employees and bottom line.

Stop theft in its tracks

Improve your loss prevention strategies with a retail store security system that allows you to control access, stop theft with a store alarm system and oversee every activity in a store.

  • Observe movements in real time

    Video for in-store security helps you observe employee and customer behavior in real-time to detect suspicious activities as they occur.

  • Control employee and customer access

    Leverage access control for retail store security to confirm credentials, set schedules and regulate access for loss prevention and liability claims.

  • Integrate retail store alarm systems

    Connect video cameras and readers to alarm systems for shops to deter theft, respond to incidents immediately and minimize false alarms.

Secure property, people and data

Integrating your retail store security systems and merging with cybersecurity strategies ensures your customers, staff, inventory and data remain secure.

  • Oversee inventory with smart analytics

    Track inventory and prevent false liability claims with analytics that allow operators to monitor the movements of goods and search events by objects.

  • Enhance security with video and access

    Locate people and vehicles in their precise locations with video analytics, and combine with access control to monitor staff and mitigate security incidents.

  • Keep data safe

    Protect your retail network with the strongest end-to-end encryption and alerts against tampering, ensuring that all exchanged data are secure.

Streamline in-store security procedures

Effortlessly manage your retail store security system with a flexible platform that allows operators to oversee all systems in one single interface.

  • Efficiently manage employee turnover

    Instantly issue or revoke employees’ access credentials using a cloud-based platform that allows for remote credential management.

  • Integrate security technologies

    Manage all security systems for retail stores on a single platform, including your retail alarm system, inventory tracking and timekeeping systems.

  • Scale your retail operations

    Conveniently add users, new locations and devices to a store security system network with just a few clicks, and manage from anywhere.

Our customer stories

Read how the Avigilon security system for stores provides a holistic security solution for retail organizations across various industries.

Avigilon technology to secure your retail space

Discover advanced in-store security system features to keep your retail locations safe and improve the customer experience.

Avigilon Unity for retail

Our on-premise retail security system suite, Avigilon Unity’s advanced in-store security technologies provide customers and staff with a safe shopping environment while helping prevent loss and theft.

  • Self-learning video analytics

    Pervasive video analytics track goods and monitor the movement of merchandise as vehicles leave warehouses, and show precise locations of people to observe staff behavior.

  • Protect employees from abuse

    Seamless integration with Motorola Solutions VT100 body-worn cameras for staff instantly alerts operators to verbal or physical aggression and provides valuable footage for audits and liability.

  • Avigilon Unity Appearance Search™

    Our AI search engine enables you to quickly locate retail security system footage of a person or vehicle of interest across multiple sites by entering a physical description.

  • Cloud management capabilities

    Leverage Avigilon Unity cloud capabilities to let security teams control access and oversee activities in real-time from anywhere, at any time.

Cloud-native retail security

Avigilon Alta’s cloud-native access and video retail security systems are equipped with AI-powered analytics and real-time reporting to enable fully remote management for all your store locations.

  • Avigilon Alta Smart Presence™

    Mapping with precise location information helps store operators optimize traffic flow and understand consumer behavior.

  • Avigilon Alta Smart Search™

    Accurately search retail security system footage by appearance, events, objects and similarity to locate a person of interest in a crime, missing person or lost belongings in minutes.

  • Real-time occupancy tracking

    Get instant alerts for in-store occupancy counts and queue detection to help retail staff better serve customers and improve your operations.

  • Flexible access options

    Keep staff areas secure with PIN-based and touchless mobile entry options, plus seamless integration with retail store alarm systems and parking gates to extend security beyond the front door.

Recommended products for retail security

Explore our complete range of video security and access control products for protecting stand-alone stores and shopping centers.

Avigilon Smart Keypad Reader

Full Smart Reader functionality with PIN-based access for credentialed users and visitors, plus support for multi-factor authentication.

Avigilon Video Reader Pro

Operate in Standalone Mode for offline use to gain retail analytics and real-time unusual event detection at the door.

Avigilon Unity Video

An intuitive, AI-enabled video management platform to bring you the most critical information, ensuring you never miss a moment.

Avigilon Unity Access

Achieve physical security at every entry point with our browser-based solution, offering you the flexibility to respond from anywhere.

H5A Fisheye Camera

Superior situational awareness with no blind spots and built-in video analytics to proactively detect critical events.

Get your free retail security guide

Download our retail security guide, featuring a comprehensive security checklist, to help you learn the latest loss prevention strategies and audit your retail business’s security posture. 

Have questions? We can help

Our video security experts can help you implement the right security system for your business.