INDUSTRIES · RETAIL
Safer shop-floor staff and a tighter grip on shrinkage.
Lone-worker duress, stockroom asset visibility and fast evacuation for stores, malls and distribution.
Retail teams face record levels of violence and abuse, often while working alone at opening, closing or in stockrooms — and shrinkage from theft and misplaced stock quietly erodes margin. The Salvus Network gives shop-floor and back-of-house staff a Tag that raises a located duress alert, reads high-value stock and equipment at Anchors around the stockroom and service doors, and delivers a fast, accurate staff muster if the store or centre has to be cleared. You protect your people, cut the losses you can't see, and evidence a duty of care that boards and insurers increasingly ask for.
Regulatory landscape
What the rules require.
Employers owe retail workers a clear duty under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to assess and control the risks of lone working and of violence — a duty sharpened by the wave of assaults on retail workers and the tougher stance now taken against them. Fire safety in stores, malls and back-of-house areas falls under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, requiring workable evacuation plans and staff who know their role. Larger retail venues open to the public also come within scope of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (Martyn's Law). Where loss prevention meets data, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and physical-security good practice expect controlled access to areas holding payment infrastructure and cardholder data. The Salvus Network supports the physical-access and audit side of that picture — restricting and logging entry to server rooms, cash offices and stockrooms — while its core job remains keeping staff safe and stock accounted for.
Where it’s used
Named use cases on retail sites.
Lone-worker and shop-floor duress
Staff opening up, closing down or working alone in stockrooms raise a discreet, located alert if they are threatened or hurt, so help is directed straight to them.
Shrinkage and stockroom visibility
Tag high-value stock and equipment so it is tracked around the stockroom and flagged if it passes a service door without authorisation — turning invisible losses into alerts.
Store and centre evacuation
Get a fast, accurate count of staff at muster points when a store or shopping centre is cleared, replacing a manager's best guess with live data.
Controlled access to sensitive areas
Restrict and log entry to cash offices, server rooms and stockrooms — the physical-access controls that underpin loss prevention and PCI-aligned security.
How Salvus fits
The jobs that matter for retail.
Evacuation & Mustering
Roll-call-free mustering that turns a chaotic evacuation into a live, auditable head count in seconds.
Asset Tracking
Asset tracking that flags unauthorised removals at the gate and surfaces idle or missing kit before it costs you.
Lone Worker Safety
Welfare monitoring that raises an alert when a worker stops moving or misses a check-in — before a bad day becomes a fatality.
How we compare
Full coverage, not turnstiles.
| Capability | Manual roll-call | Turnstile RTLS | The Salvus Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real-time head count | |||
| No choke points / turnstiles | |||
| Auditable muster record | |||
| Zone-level awareness | |||
| Lone-worker welfare alerts | |||
| Live in the first meeting | |||
| UK data residency + Cyber Essentials |
Frequently asked questions
Is The Salvus Network suitable for retail sites?+
Yes. The Salvus Network is a complete, off-the-shelf solution built for major-hazard environments and deployed across retail operations — Anchors and Tags give a live, auditable picture of every worker, asset and zone.
How does Salvus support compliance for retail operators?+
The platform produces a live, timestamped muster record and auditable time-on-site and access logs that evidence personnel accountability under COMAH, DSEAR and CDM regimes.
Can we see the salvus network running before we commit?+
Yes — a live evacuation demo runs on your own site map within 24 hours, and you can see the operator console working in the first meeting.
Book a live evacuation demo
Running on your site map inside 24 hours.