EAS gates that catch what didn't get paid for, people counting that turns gut-feel into conversion data, and the cabling underneath both done properly — retail loss prevention systems are store infrastructure, and we install them the way we install networks: measured, documented, and built to trade around.
Prefer to talk? Call Chris — 0412 853 618
Shrinkage creeping up, gates that cry wolf, or a new store that needs the lot — describe the store and the problem, and Chris will come back with straight advice and a fixed price. Prefer to talk? Call 0412 853 618.
Retail shrinkage doesn't announce itself — it accumulates: a few hundred dollars of stock a month walking out quietly while the till balances and nobody's sure where the margin went. The retailers who get on top of it stop treating loss as weather and start treating it as a system: detection at the door, data at the entrance, and footage that ties events to evidence.
Unified Network Solutions installs retail loss prevention as the infrastructure trade it actually is. EAS gates and security tagging matched to your stock and shopfront, people counting sensors placed where accuracy lives, foot traffic analytics feeding the numbers a retail decision deserves, and every cable run underneath done legally and tested under ACMA Open Cabler #42489. It's a store fit-out discipline, not a gadget purchase — and it's built around your trading hours, not ours.
Electronic Article Surveillance is retail's oldest honest deterrent: tag the stock, deactivate at the till, and the gates at the door alarm on whatever skipped that step. The technology choice — AM or RF — is genuinely consequential: detection width, label cost per thousand, interference resistance near metal shopfronts and escalators, and compatibility with source-tagged stock all differ. We specify from your stock profile and entrance, not from what's on the van.
Installation quality is where EAS earns or loses its keep. Gates need precise spacing, cabling runs that don't pick up interference, deactivators positioned where staff actually scan, and tuning against the site's electrical environment — the difference between an anti theft system staff trust and one whose false alarms train everyone to wave shoppers through. Under-floor saw-cuts and door-frame runs are registered-cabler work; ours are done under ACMA #42489, sealed and documented.
Existing systems that cry wolf get diagnosed and re-tuned rather than replaced by default — false alarming is usually installation debt, and it's repayable.
A people counting system is the cheapest analyst a store can hire — overhead sensors at the entrance, counting in and out, all day, without opinions.
Conversion becomes real. Sales divided by actual visitors — the number that says whether a slow Tuesday was slow traffic or slow selling, and they need different fixes.
Rosters follow traffic. A foot traffic counter shows the true hourly curve — staff on when shoppers are in, not when the roster template guessed they would be.
Shrinkage gets context. Loss patterns overlaid on traffic and transactions show when stock walks — which shifts the question from "are we losing stock" to "between 3 and 5pm, mostly".
Loss prevention components multiply each other when they share a network: an EAS gate alarm that bookmarks the camera footage of that exact second, counting data that overlays the POS log, and gate events visible in the same dashboard as the security system. Separately they're deterrents; together they're a record.
We build the integration layer — the store network, VLANs, PoE and cabling that let gates, counters and cameras talk — and we're unusually well placed for the camera half: our CCTV cabling and CCTV upgrade work covers the infrastructure, and for full security system design Chris also operates Defensor Security. One accountable owner across retail loss prevention systems and the security stack they feed — no seam, no finger-pointing.
For stores with existing cameras, integration is often the highest-value upgrade available: the hardware's there; it just isn't talking.
Every component is only as reliable as its least-considered cable. The build disciplines that decide whether the system works in March the way it worked at commissioning:
Under-floor saw-cuts sealed properly, door-frame runs interference-aware, power and data where the gates and sensors need it — registered-cabler work, done as such.
Counting accuracy is geometry: height, angle and coverage at the entrance — the difference between 95%+ data and numbers nobody trusts.
Counters and integration devices as proper PoE citizens — budgeted, labelled switch ports, and back-of-house power that doesn't share a circuit with the coffee machine.
Loss prevention devices on their own VLAN — clean integration with POS and cameras, without giving the counting sensor a path to the office files.
One design, replicated per site, one dashboard across the chain — rollouts run with the same discipline as our network deployments, store by store, no closures.
Every run tested and labelled, every device mapped, tuning recorded — so the system survives staff turnover and the next shopfit alike.
Shrinkage wears different outfits per sector; the anti theft system has to match. Store shapes we fit weekly:
Hard tags on garments, wide-exit gate coverage, fitting-room-aware design — the sector EAS was born for, done with labels staff actually use.
High-value small items, source-tagged lines and discreet gates — plus counting data that helps the front-of-shop roster match the script queue.
Bottle caps and dense-merchandise tuning, gates that cope with foil and metal shelving — a notoriously hostile RF environment, designed for rather than fought.
Big doors, big stock, blister-pack tagging and wide-aisle detection — coverage designed around trolleys, not against them.
High traffic, thin margins — counting for rostering, targeted tagging on walk-prone lines, and integration with the cameras already watching.
One proven design rolled out store by store, one dashboard for the chain, and a cabling standard that makes store twelve identical to store one.
Entrances, stock profile, theft patterns and the honest arithmetic — whether a system pays for itself, before anyone sells you one.
Gate technology, counting placement and integration designed for the store — quoted fixed, with the cabling included rather than discovered.
Floor and frame cabling before open or after close, gates and sensors commissioned in quiet hours — the store never stops selling.
Detection tuned against false alarms, counting verified against a manual tally, staff shown the day-to-day — and everything documented.
Security resellers install boxes; we install infrastructure the boxes depend on — and we know the difference matters.
ACMA #42489 for the under-floor and in-wall runs the law requires — sealed, tested, documented, and immune to the interference that plagues rushed gate installs.
Counting placed for accuracy and verified against manual tallies — because analytics built on bad sensors are just expensive guessing.
Gates, counting, network and — via Defensor Security — the cameras and alarms they integrate with. One owner, no seams, no blame triangle.
Single-entry EAS gate installations typically land $2,500–$6,000 installed depending on technology (AM or RF) and entrance width, including the floor or door-frame cabling work. People counting starts around $1,200–$2,500 per entrance for accurate overhead sensors. Combined fit-outs — gates, counting and camera integration for a new store — are quoted as a project. Fixed pricing from a site walk — call 0412 853 618.
Electronic Article Surveillance gates are the pedestals at store entrances that alarm when an active security tag passes through. Tags or labels go on stock, staff deactivate or detach them at the till, and the gates catch what didn't get paid for. The two main technologies — AM and RF — differ in detection width, label cost and resistance to interference; which suits you depends on your stock and entrance. We install both, cabled properly under the floor or through the frame.
Usually installation, not hardware: gates mounted too close to metal shopfronts, cabling runs picking up interference, deactivators at the till too weak or badly placed, or a neighbouring store's system on the same frequency. False alarms train staff to wave people through, which quietly deletes the system's value. We diagnose with the gates' own diagnostics plus site measurement, fix the actual cause, and tune detection so an alarm means something again.
Overhead sensors at entrances counting visitors in and out — the foot traffic baseline that turns retail gut-feel into arithmetic: conversion rate (sales ÷ visitors), traffic by hour for rostering, and marketing's actual pull. For loss prevention it adds context — shrinkage against traffic patterns shows when losses happen, not just that they happened. Modern counters are 95%+ accurate when installed at the right height and position, which is the part we do.
Yes — integration is most of the point: an EAS alarm event bookmarking the camera footage of that exact moment, counting data overlaying transaction logs, and gate events feeding the same network your security system lives on. We build the network layer that makes this work, and for the camera and alarm side, Chris also operates Defensor Security — both ends of the integration under one accountable roof.
They scale down well — a single-entrance boutique runs one gate pair, a deactivator at the till and labels for high-theft lines, often under $5,000 installed. The economics are simple: if shrinkage is costing more than the system's annual cost, it pays for itself — and for most retailers losing even a few hundred dollars of stock a month, it does. We'll do that arithmetic with you honestly before recommending anything.
No — retail installs happen around trading by default: floor saw-cuts and cabling before open or after close, gates commissioned on a quiet morning, and counting sensors installed overhead without closing the entrance. New fit-outs are easiest (the cabling goes in with the shopfront), but live stores are most of our work and we're practised at being invisible in them.
We service Brisbane CBD, North Brisbane, South Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay, Redlands, and the wider South East Queensland region. For larger projects, we can service regional Queensland by arrangement.
Yes — multi-store rollouts are a natural fit for how we work: one design replicated per site, consistent cabling and labelling standards, counting data feeding one dashboard across the chain, and a rollout schedule that works store by store without closing any of them. Franchise groups and small chains get the same documentation discipline as our network rollouts — because that's exactly what this is underneath.
Because modern loss prevention is network infrastructure wearing a security badge: EAS gates need clean cabling and interference-aware installation, people counters are PoE network devices whose accuracy depends on placement, and the analytics live on your store network. The registered-cabler layer (ACMA #42489) is legally required for the in-wall and under-floor runs anyway — we just happen to also understand the systems riding on them.
EAS gates and security tagging, people counting systems, foot traffic analytics and the anti-theft infrastructure underneath — for boutiques, pharmacies, bottle shops, fashion and franchise groups across Brisbane CBD and metro, Logan, Ipswich, Redlands, Moreton Bay, the Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast. Installed around trading hours, cabled under ACMA #42489, tuned until alarms mean something, and documented for the long haul. Retail loss prevention as infrastructure — which is what it always was.
Store type, entrance count, and whether it's gates, counting or the lot — that's enough for honest arithmetic and a fixed quote. The stock's walking either way; the question is whether the door keeps score.
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