Cart-theft trends, retrieval ops, municipal cart ordinances, and customer success stories. Posted weekly.

LoRa and perimeter-based systems can tell you a cart left. They can't tell you where it went. And where it went is the entire problem.
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Read Miami's and Tampa's cart ordinances closely and you'll find the same thing: a retrieval plan satisfies the law. Neither one makes you bolt a locking wheel to anything.
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Phoenix's shopping-cart ordinance went live on January 15, 2026, and six months in it's the toughest one actually being enforced in the country. Everybody in this business quotes it. Almost nobody reads the part that matters.
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We rode along on a customer's monthly cart collection. 36 stolen carts targeted, 33 recovered. Here's how the run actually works.
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We started this six years ago with cheap Bluetooth tags. They put pins on maps. Nobody went and got the carts. Here's what actually closes the loop.
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We analyzed 58 California cart ordinances — 30,000+ words of municipal code. Only 3 require containment. Retrieval is what the law actually wants.
Read more →The replacement cost is the small number. The real bill is the revenue that walks out the door with every missing cart.
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43% of off-property carts end up beyond half a mile from the store — past the practical range of Wi-Fi, LoRa, and every other "long range" shortcut.
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Bluetooth finders are great for car keys. For asset protection, they fail exactly when you need them — here's the technical why.
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