Retail
Our customers in the retail segment vary from department stores, shopping centers to retail chains. They may be multi-storey department stores with different needs under one roof, a shopping mall containing numerous small and large stores and restaurants, or a clothing chain, restaurant chain or after-hours supermarket.
Patrick Marchandisse on security at the Ardennes Outlet Centre: Verviers in the Wallonia region of Belgium is home to by far the largest outlet centre in the region: the Ardennes Outlet Centre, with the capacity to serve up to nineteen million customers.
At Carrefour in Rambouillet, a few miles from Paris, just like in any supermarket around the world, merchandise worth significant sums is stolen every day. Security personnel has since long been mandatory, but Carrefour’s management wanted to raise the level of ambition and signed a contract with Securitas, which offers security officers specialized in the retail sector.
In the El Corte Inglés department store in Pozuelo, a small town northwest of Madrid that is popular among celebrities and well-to-do families, everything must be just so, including security. The 75 Securitas officers who work there in the shopping center must make sure that the whole security concept meets the customer's expectations.
Kick-off to the holiday season is a festive and active time at Legacy Village, an upscale shopping, dining, and entertainment complex located in Lyndhurst, OH. There’s the lighting of a 40-foot Christmas tree, carolers, an appearance by Santa and a parade featuring a high school band, all covered by local television media.
Embarcadero Center in San Francisco is one of the largest mixed-use complexes in the western U.S. The complex was designed for easy access, with an open-air shopping mall and multiple entrances and exits to each office building – a situation that now presents security challenges.
At the IKEA store in Plaisir, near Paris, the basic mission for security provider Securitas is the same as it would be at any other retail outlet: ensure the security of employees and customers and to reduce the risk of fire and theft. But the hands-on nature of the shopping experience at IKEA creates additional complications.
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