Century Drives Intelligent Loss Prevention Innovation with Data Empowerment

The retail industry continues to face a sharp rise in theft and violence, posing significant challenges to businesses of all sizes. According to the NRF's 2024 Retail Theft and Violence Impact report, the average number of shoplifting incidents in 2023 increased by 93% compared to 2019, while financial losses caused by theft rose by 90%. This trend has not slowed post-pandemic — from 2022 to 2023 alone, shoplifting incidents increased by an additional 26% on average.

Century is one of the earliest global companies engaged in the Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) business and a listed company in China's EAS sector. It is committed to leveraging IoT applications to provide professional retail security and loss prevention solutions for retailers, aiming to reduce retail shrinkage and create a better business environment. The company's V-Station Cloud-Based One-Stop Retail Service Platform represents an innovative data-driven intelligent loss prevention solution. Built on the integration of SaaS services and big data technologies, it delivers real-time data aggregation, intelligent analytics, and data visualization to support loss prevention insights and applications for clients.

IoT-Powered Loss Prevention

Empowering Retailers with Digital Insights

The V-Station Cloud-Based One-Stop Retail Service Platform is built on a highly available cloud-based big data architecture. By integrating IoT intelligence and cloud data capabilities, it enhances the intelligence of EAS devices. The platform bridges front-end store-level device use, management, and maintenance with backend headquarters and system operator data operations, offering clients high-flexibility, low-latency real-time data services for loss prevention—effectively reducing costs and providing valuable retail insights.

01. Highly Scalable Smart Device Connectivity

To meet customer application needs, a single server can support over 10,000 devices. The flexible and horizontally scalable architecture allows for infinite expansion. By collecting key data on retail loss events via EAS antennas, the system helps retailers identify vulnerabilities and achieve digital transformation in loss prevention.

02. 24/7 Remote Online Device Management

With the platform's remote monitoring feature, alerts, emails, and abnormal device operation notifications are automatically pushed to users—ensuring minimal downtime and maximum device performance.

03. Efficient and Secure Data Visualization Tools

A robust multi-role hierarchical design and long-term data storage mechanisms protect the privacy of each business entity while offering accurate entity-based data comparisons and rankings, making operations analysis clear at a glance.

04. Real-Time Data for High-Quality Insights

Real-time data is captured for business statistics and analysis, minimizing data preparation time. The platform provides smart analytics to support loss prevention decisions—helping reduce shrinkage, boost sales, and improve staffing strategies.

User-Oriented

Continuously Unlocking the Value of Loss Prevention

Century V-Station platform offers centralized cloud-based management of EAS devices. It provides retailers, loss prevention managers, and equipment service providers with features like online EAS management, remote debugging, foot traffic analysis, device monitoring, and data operations for loss prevention.

Online EAS Antenna Management & Remote Debugging

Supports multi-category EAS antenna management and remote debugging based on store locations. Retailers can monitor device status remotely, enabling real-time management and maintenance across chain stores, reducing repair time and maintenance costs.

Real-Time Alarm Management for EAS Events

The platform receives alerts from antenna devices, allowing clients to quickly and clearly identify the time and location of alarms. With video playback support, alarm types can be efficiently identified and handled. Multiple email notifications and detailed log records help clients monitor, troubleshoot, and analyze various anomalies.

Accurate Foot Traffic Statistics and Analysis

The platform leverages real-time data uploads from infrared foot traffic devices to enable multi-level data queries and analysis across locations, stores, regions, and retailers. Visualized curves and graphical representations of foot traffic provide retailers with intelligent, data-driven insights for decision-making.

Store Map Visualization for Device Localization

Device information is integrated with indoor maps and marked accordingly, allowing clients to visually monitor device status in each area—helping users quickly locate and resolve issues such as offline or triggered alarms.

Multi-Terminal Data Dashboard

The “dashboard” aggregates data on foot traffic, alarms, store distribution, and more, giving retailers quick access to comprehensive store metrics and detailed analysis reports. Accessible via PC, mobile, and tablet for use in various scenarios.

In the face of ever-evolving consumer demands and increasingly complex loss prevention requirements, Century will continue to invest in R&D and technological innovation. The company is dedicated to delivering comprehensive, forward-looking loss management solutions—empowering retailers to build data-driven digital control systems for merchandise protection. By uncovering the root causes of loss events in real time, retailers can mitigate risks and reduce shrinkage, thereby supporting sustainable business performance and long-term growth.