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Field notes from cart retrieval.

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

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Retrieval ops · September 14, 2024

Are You Losing Carts to Cart Retrieval?

Retrieval services get carts off the street. Whether they get YOUR carts back to YOUR store is a different question.

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Cart theft · July 20, 2024

How Far Can Shopping Carts Travel

Farther than your locking wheels think. Average off-property cart: 2.5 miles out. Furthest we've tracked: 819 miles.

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Industry · May 15, 2024

Municipal Cart Ordinances: What They Actually Require

Very few ordinances require locking wheels. Nearly all of them require retrieval. Learn about the differences and what it means for your stores.

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Compliance · March 11, 2024

Smarter Cart Management: The One Newspaper Left Problem

The most overlooked efficiency gap in retail is sitting in your vestibule. Fleet right-sizing beats fleet replacement.

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Retrieval ops · January 10, 2024

How Locking Wheels Get Defeated

Locking wheels are a decades old technology that many seasoned thieves and casual cart capers have learned to defeat.

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Cart theft · November 4, 2023

Where Do Stolen Carts Go?

We identify the common destinations for stolen shopping carts based on our tracking data.

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Compliance · September 3, 2023

Why Do People Steal Carts

A quick dive on why shopping carts are often stolen from stores and some tips and tricks for addressing common issues.

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Customer story · July 7, 2026

Coming Soon! Can You Prove Your Retrieval Program's Success?

Find out how you can...with the click of a button.

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