I feel like the common Bank ID across the country is key here because it means if they can determine there was a theft then they can always just charge that person as long as they have a bank.
And I am guessing that it is linked to your home address and so they can also easily create criminal charges that would stick since you are positively ID'd.
The only problem would be people wandering in with no ID. But they can't since it's required to open the door.
More likely is that the cost of loss to theft is offset by the lack of costs for on-site staff and the general profit margin. A lot of retail park stores understaff security because the margins are big enough to accommodate quite a lot of loss.
People living in such small villages, all know each other. If there would be a series of thefts, the company could just remove the shop (as it is a in a portable container) and all the people in the village would get hurt. The kind of people that live in such villages, have no intention to cause this kind of hurt to each other. These kind of villages are so remote that it is just to expansive for an outsider to drive up to there and do some small shoplifting.
I guess the purpose of the camera is more to see if everything is okay with the shop than to prevent shoplifting.
We tested a similar project in Switzerland called urbanfoods.ch. We had a trial month and we made hundreds of transactions. 0 thefts. Here is why: In our shop you need to be subscribed, so you can only buy when you are a member. You can only buy with a credit card attached. When entering the shop, you need the app (your profile) to Open the shop, so we knew who entered the shop at what time. I guess this “control” and the sense of being part of a consumer community who wants to buy fair and sustainable made the system work.
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[ 5.9 ms ] story [ 28.2 ms ] threadAnd I am guessing that it is linked to your home address and so they can also easily create criminal charges that would stick since you are positively ID'd.
The only problem would be people wandering in with no ID. But they can't since it's required to open the door.
I guess the purpose of the camera is more to see if everything is okay with the shop than to prevent shoplifting.