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Case Study:  Retail Store Gains Increased Security—and Marketing Effectiveness—with Honeywell's Remote-View App

Stampede Tack & Western Wear, located in Cloverdale, British Columbia, has been outfitting horse and rider since 1966.

The Situation:

“With a retail area covering 10,000 square feet, we have space to carry a big inventory,” said Kevin Mykle, manager of Stampede Tack. Mykle says that although his staff members are extremely customer-service oriented and pride themselves on their ability to provide individual attention to shoppers, it’s not possible for them to be everywhere at once, so the store suffers its share of shoplifting.

Because the store is located in an historically low-crime area, during most of its history it has remained free from burglaries—yet in the past year the site experienced its first break-in. From that incident, store owners discovered it was crucial to share video evidence with the police to aid in their investigation and increase the chances of recovering stolen merchandise and they asked Surrey-based Panarama Technologies, Ltd. for help.

The Solution:

In addition to adding new cameras throughout the store, they introduced Mykle and his staff to Honeywell’s new HRDP H.264, a digital video recorder with web-enabled remote viewing software that enables the manager to check in on things from anywhere using his computer, his cell phone, or his Apple ® iTouch ®. After downloading the free Honeywell Remote-View app from the Apple iTunes ® store, Mykle simply clicks on the icon to instantly see live video feed from all sixteen cameras in the store.

When Panarama first recommended Honeywell security products, Mykle was skeptical: “We knew Honeywell is a large player in the security business, but we wondered what they could do for us—I was thinking they might be great for huge warehouses or military installations, but what about my small retail store?” He was pleasantly surprised. “Here we are, doing things with our security cameras and our DVR that we never even dreamed were possible.

The Products:

Honeywell HB70 Cameras
HRDP H.264 Digital Video Recorder and Remote-View App

Full version:
http://www.security.honeywell.com/documents/L_STMPEDCS_D.pdf

According to a March 13 article in SDM Magazine, Smart Homes Sell Faster. A survey that was conducted among 513 real estate associates reveals what buyers are looking for when they purchase a home.

While it is true that smart technology used to be found only in high end homes, that is no longer true. Homes in many budget levels now come equipped with products and features that smarten up a home and make life easier.

So much so that buyers are now looking for this technology as they review properties; they are aware that the features exist and are eager to buy a ‘smarter home.’

Here are a few highlights from the article. Read the whole article here.

Buyers are asking, "How smart is this home?": Nearly two in three (64 percent) of the sales associates surveyed agreed that buyers today are more interested in homes with smart home features and technology than they were two to five years ago.

• Buyers want to control their home from their smart phone: 62 percent are seeing more buyers interested in controlling their home technology through their smart phone or tablet now than they were two to five years ago.
• Listings are getting smarter: Nearly 60 percent said they are seeing more smart home features in listings than they did two to five years ago.
• Smart homes sell faster: One in three (33 percent) noted that homes with smart home features and technology sell faster than homes without them.
• Gen X is the "smartest" generation of home buyers today: While it's no surprise that almost half of sales associates are seeing Millennials (age 18-24) interested in homes with smart home features, even more (57 percent) identified Gen X (age 35-49) as the top buying group interested in smart home technology.

Continue reading this article here.

At Best Security Products, we can smarten up your home for you. Give us a call at 1-800–988–2378 sales@bestsecurityproducts.com

TUXEDO Touch™ by Honeywell: BRING YOUR HOME TO LIFE

Talk about convenience! You’ll know how to use the Tuxedo Touch controller the first time you see it. It’s intuitive, easy to learn and easy to use whether you’re controlling your security and home control functions, viewing and recording video, or using voice commands.

GIVE YOUR HOME A VOICE HANDS-FREE HOME CONTROL

Simply say "Hello Tuxedo" to bring your home to life. The convenient, built-in voice commands can be configured to suit your lifestyle and needs. Your mornings can run more smoothly by saying "Wake Up" and having your shades raise and the heat turned up to the perfect temperature. Ready to turn in for the night? Just say "Bedtime" to arm your security system, turn off your lights, lock your doors and set back your thermostats. Say hello to convenience and peace of mind!

At ISC West 2014, Honeywell’s Tuxedo Touch with Voice Control is demonstrated.  Let’s listen in:

The beauty of a connected home is that it allows you to control a variety of devices, based upon your particular needs.  You can do this based upon time, or you can do this based upon an action that you want to have in your home.

Typically, you would do this using the touch screen or a mobile device – to control all these actions.  But with our new release of software, you can use your voice to do these same, exact actions.

So let’s say at night, you want to go to sleep and shut your lights, lock your front door, put down your shade and set back your thermostat:  you would just give a command, and all these things would happen! It’s really simple; it’s all part of the Honeywell user experience.

Let me show you:

“Hello Tuxedo!”

“Hello!  Please say your command.”

“Bedtime.”

“Processing bedtime command.”

And all of those things happened in one, easy command.

Watch the whole demonstration here:

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