Retail security applications - Case studies

Axis Communications IP cameras part of "People-counting" solution for Adidas' Czech Republic Stores

Mission Adidas Shops measure in-store traffic with Axis IP Cameras and TrueView PeopleCounter application Adidas needs no lengthy introduction. Almost everyone knows this leading worldwide manufacturer of sportswear, sports shoes, and sporting goods. However, even a huge corporation like the Adidas Group cannot afford to fall asleep at the wheel and is continuously on the lookout for new ways to increase sales and optimize costs. One of the ways chosen by the central headquar...

exacqVision hybrid server and VMS software enhances security at the Gallery Place in Washington, D.C.

The exacqVision hybrid server combines analog and IP camera inputs into one surveillance system Gallery Place is the ultimate urban retail destination. Located in the heart of Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown neighborhood, it is within walking distance to many landmarks including the Washington Convention Center and the Verizon Center. Gallery Place offers shopping, dining and entertainment for Washington, D.C. residents and visitors. Being located near the metro bus stop a...

Axis video surveillance solution enhances safety and security at AVILON car dealer

After implementing the new  surveillance system, robbery and incidents of vandalism were reduced Mission The video surveillance solution for AVILON Car Dealership Group had to meet the following requirements: surveillance for lobby (with detection of vandalism and robbery), 24/7 surveillance for parking lots, surveillance for the repair bay, and recording of incidents in format suitable for crime evidence and government authorities. Solution According to the above ment...

Axis IP cameras enhance security at Spanish service station

The new IP video system consists of Axis cameras and Netcamara software Mission The service station market has traditionally been characterised as highly regulated, dominated by a few multinational companies, and offering very low profit margins. Under these conditions, owning a service station means facing a number of decisions related to managing the business, which is also exposed to a number of significant risks. One of the most worrisome decisions nowadays is how to imp...

Axis Security wins contract to provide officers and CCTV operations at UK’s largest Trading Estate

Axis Security officers will provide 24-hour patrols, key holding and control room monitoring One of the UK’s leading suppliers of bespoke security solutions, Axis Security, has won a significant new contract to provide officers for a patrol car and CCTV operations at the UK’s largest Trading Estate. Two Axis Security officers will provide 24-hour patrols, key holding and control room monitoring on behalf of Valleywatch, one of the region’s foremost CCTV moni...

Axis Security to provide manned guarding services to Wulfrun Shopping Centre, UK

Axis Security will provide the shopping centre’s 64 retail, bakery and café outlets with 228 weekly manned guarding hours London Cambridge properties (LCP), which manages the Wulfrun Shopping Centre, has cemented its relationship with the Axis Group by choosing Axis Security, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of bespoke security solutions, to provide manned guarding services to the city centre shopping mall. Axis Cleaning and Support services, formally LPM...

Xtralis' intruder solutions protect Volkswagen and Audi dealership car lots in Germany

The deployment of ADPRO significantly reduced the insurance rates for the car dealerships Xtralis, the world’s leading provider of early detection and visual verification safety and security solutions, recently announced that SECONTEC, a premier security installer in Germany, after elaborate test process, selected and installed ADPRO FastTrace 2X & i-LIDS approved IntrusionTrace  to protect Volkswagen and Audi dealership car lots. Several cameras are used for a...

ACTi’s auto-focus cameras secure warehouse of one of UK's largest retail chain stores

ACTi video quality ensures all the vehicles are under cautious surveillance  Background Co-operative is the top 3 largest retail chain stores in the UK. Food retail is the largest single business within the Co-operative Group and currently operates from over 700 outlets across the UK. One of the central warehouses is around 470,000 sq ft composite unit, covered by ACTi cameras with high resolution and auto-focus function to fully secure the areas.    ...

Tyco Integrated Security partners with Perrigo Nutritionals to develop theft-resistant infant formula container

Perrigo Nutritionals worked with Tyco Integrated Security to update their packaging to help better prevent theft Tyco Integrated Security, a Tyco company and the industry’s leading security systems integrator, has teamed up with Perrigo Nutritionals to develop a theft-resistant infant formula container. Perrigo Nutritionals is the leading infant formula company that supplies mass retailers, grocers and drugstores with their own Store Brand Infant Formulas. Baby form...

Avigilon IP cameras provides protection to Rio de Janerio department store

Grippon installed 40 Avigilon HD 1 MP and 2 MP cameras to monitor the interior and exterior of the store Challenge Secure over 21,500 square feet of brand new retail space, reduce theft, minimise accidents, safeguard the store’s perimeter and parking lot. Solution The IT staff at Grippon, a popular retail chain in Brazil, manages the system from their desktops using Avigilon Control Center (ACC) with High-Definition Stream Management™ (HDSM). The company install...

CyberLock access control system installed at Whitener Snacks for security measures

CyberLocks are installed on a large percentage of the route machines Marc Whitener, owner and President, founded Whitener Snacks 18 years ago in Norco, a town just outside of New Orleans. Starting with three vending routes, Marc has grown the business into the largest vending company in the State of Louisiana, operating as Refreshment Solutions. In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina put Whitener Snacks and CyberLock to an extreme test. Henry Guste, Chief Operating Officer, says...

CyberLock’s access control system helps Evergreen secure vending machines

Evergreen has CyberLock installed on 6,000 vending machines and on entrances to their office buildings Protecting vending machine cash Evergreen Vending, headquartered in Tukwila, Washington, is a full-line vending company that operates 50 vending and OCS Routes throughout Washington and Oregon. Jim Brinton, President of Evergreen Vending, started the company with one single machine in 1976 while he was still in high school. From this small beginning, Brinton has grown the co...

Genetec unified IP video surveillance and access control system deployed at BAPS in Chino Hills, California

BAPS integrated SightLogix and Genetec's Security Center software to create a comprehensive video solution BAPS is a non-profit, socio-spiritual Hindu organisation that provides guidance and inspiration to people to lead more enriched lives, morally, culturally and spiritually, through youth activities and educational opportunities; precipitating and participating in charities; and promoting family values. The organisation began in 1907 in a small village in India and has sinc...

Genetec AutoVu licence plate recognition system secures Brigham Young University in Utah

AutoVu can be installed in two main licence plate recognition applications Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, was established in 1875, and has since grown to become the second largest university and largest religious-sponsored institution in the United States. The school lies 45 miles south of Salt Lake City and sits on approximately 560 acres at the base of the Wasatch Mountains. The university serves 32,000 undergraduate students, around 7000 of whom reside on ca...

Axis and Mirasys partnership offers fully integrated IP surveillance solution at Smyths Toys Superstores

Over 1,500 IP and 500 analogue cameras with 15 Mirasys hybrid recorders were installed at 35 sites Smyths Toys Superstores was unable to get the most out of its existing analogue CCTV system, as it could not increase storage and the quality of the video was very poor. Its business requirement of needing more days of store video footage could not be met by its current system. “We were looking for improved performance infrastructure in our new stores, as well higher image...

Hikvision’s Network Dome Cameras and VMS enhance security at Suhail Bahwan Automobiles in Oman

Hikvision’s DS-1000KI Network Keyboard was chosen to operate the CCTV solution Located in the heart of Muscat, the capital of oil-rich Oman, reside the showrooms of Suhail Bahwan Automobiles. Offering car manufactures such as BMW, Infinity, and Nissan, Suhail Bahwan Automobiles is the biggest automobile dealer in Oman. And appropriately, it also boasts some of the largest showrooms for these models. With such impressive, and lucrative, facilities, it is no surprise Suha...

Renault Trucks Essex installs Sony IP cameras to protect its property and vehicles

Renault Trucks Essex installed Sony's CH160 cameras into its fully integrated CCTV solution Background Renault Trucks Essex has had an entire IP CCTV system installed onto its current network to protect its property and the vehicles the company services on site. The system has proved to be a great deterrent to potential trespassers and has provided them with a useful management tool, scalable security solution as well underpinning its operations. Challenge Renault Trucks Es...

Traka wins project for key management control from Jaguar Land Rover

Trucks are controlled and zoned into Press Shop, Body Shop, Trim and Final, Parts and Logistics, and Linde workshop Eight electronic key and intelligent access management systems were recently introduced to control over 200 fork trucks and other materials handling equipment used for the Just-In-Time transportation of product materials and components to the production line. We ask why – what was the rationale? And we question the benefits Jaguar Land Rover expect to get f...

ACT access control solution deployed by French retail chain Hyper U

ACT units cover 60 doors and the equipment works with intruder alarms, CCTV and perimeter intrusion French retail chain Hyper U is using an access control solution from ACT at one of its largest stores, a 20,000-square-metre property with 200 full-time personnel at the western town of Savenay in the Loire Estuary. The integrator is 2ACOM who have installed the equipment in two phases after the end-user found the ACT solution to be robust, reliable and with the functionality n...

Axxon Intellect Enterprise installed at Nefto petrol station in Moscow city

A typical modern gas station is an expensive, multi-functional retail facility. Security systems intended for petrol stations must help provide a consistent, clear view of operations throughout the entire complex, assist in solving disputes, protect the station from crime and other incidents, and generally raise the profitability of the business through reliable and high-quality service. When owners of a petrol station network choose Axxon Intellect Enterprise, they receive effective monitoring...

Axxonsoft's IP video platform Intellect enables centralised surveillance at Saker ShopRites supermarkets

Challenge: theft prevention for retail grocery stores Wakefern Food Corporation, the merchandising and distribution arm for ShopRite, is the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States, with locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region. Saker ShopRites, Inc., owns and operates 27 supermarkets in New Jersey. Retail grocery stores are challenged to maintain security surveillance over large spaces to reduce the risk of theft, and to capture video content with a high degr...

Axis Communications Dome Network cameras installed at UK’s Bonhams auction house

Axis Communication cameras offer HDTV-quality video for indoor surveillance applications Bonhams, one of the world’s oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art antiques, has utilised the power of Axis cameras to bring live video feed to its worldwide ‘'LiveBid’' bidding application. The indoor surveillance system installed at the world-famous auction house incorporates AXIS P5534 PTZ Dome Network cameras that have been introduced to its existing LiveBid bidd...