In a context where losses from theft have a heavy impact on retailers’ profitability, it is essential to adopt security solutions that are both preventive, intelligent, and predictive . For a long time, security gates served as the main barrier against unauthorized removal of goods. But today, artificial intelligence brings a new dimension to loss prevention.
🚪 Security Gates: Reactive but Limited Protection
Security gates play an important role: they detect items that haven’t been deactivated or stolen at the moment of exit . They are visible, easy for customers to understand, and serve as an effective deterrent. However, their effectiveness depends on the presence of properly placed labels or security tags, and they only intervene at the very end of the process , once the theft has already occurred.
In other words, security gates are useful but act as a last resort. They do not allow the detection of suspicious behavior upstream nor prevent losses inside the store.
AI: A Proactive Approach to Security
Artificial intelligence, and more specifically video-assisted detection of suspicious gestures , enables a radically different approach. Thanks to real-time analysis algorithms, AI can identify atypical or suspicious behaviors (such as concealment movements, unusual movements, or abnormal interactions with products) long before the customer reaches the exit.
This type of technology, as offered by Oxania , provides several advantages:
- ✅ Upstream prevention : incidents can be detected before they actually occur.
- 🎯 Fewer unnecessary interventions : AI reduces false alarms by focusing on significant gestures.
- 👥 Customer experience preserved : no feeling of intrusion, because the technology is discreet and non-invasive.
- 📊 Advanced analytics : collected data makes it possible to continuously optimize systems.
🔗 Intelligent Complementarity for 360° Protection
Rather than choosing between gates and AI, retailers have every interest in combining these two solutions . AI acts as a suspicious gesture radar inside the store, able to spot abnormal situations in real time, while the gates ensure a final line of defense at the exit.
Together, they form a comprehensive and coherent strategy:
- 🛒 In a supermarket, AI can detect suspicious behavior in the aisles, while the gate validates the exit.
- 🧴 In a pharmacy, AI monitors sensitive zones (cosmetics, medicines), where the gates cannot help.
- 🔧 In a DIY store, AI tracks movements in high-value aisles, while gates filter items equipped with RFID tags.
🚀 Conclusion: For Modern Security, Let’s Bet on Intelligence
Security gates have proven their worth, but the future of in-store security relies on an intelligent, anticipative, and complementary approach . Integrating AI enables retailers to significantly reduce losses , while offering a seamless and respectful customer experience .
Oxania supports retailers in this transition toward enhanced security by combining the power of artificial intelligence with existing systems. A modern, balanced, and effective vision to meet tomorrow’s challenges.
