Ask any GTA shop owner how business is going, and sooner or later the talk turns to theft. It's gotten that bad. Sense Group, a Greater Toronto Area commercial security company, is expanding its retail security camera installation service to give local store owners a fighting chance against organized crews that treat a shop floor like a shopping spree.

The numbers tell the story. Canadian retailers lost roughly $9.1 billion to theft in 2024, an 82% jump from 2018. This isn't teenagers pocketing a chocolate bar. About 45% of organized retail crime incidents that year involved violence or threats against staff and customers. Ontario alone logged more than 61,000 shoplifting incidents in a single year, and the province's dense shopping districts keep it near the top of the target list.

Organized, bold, and close to home
These crews plan their hits. They study store layouts, clock the blind spots, and hit several locations in a run. Last December, police busted a syndicate that had lifted over a million dollars in razors, makeup, and face creams from Shoppers Drug Marts across Ontario and Quebec, arresting 21 people from Hamilton and the GTA. That's the scale we're up against now.

"A store owner showed me his old camera footage after a group cleaned out his shelves," said Vitaly Sukhina, founder of Sense Group. "Four people, in and out in ninety seconds. His cameras caught the tops of their heads and nothing else. Bad angles, low resolution, no alert until the next morning. We fix all three of those problems in one visit."

What we install for retail
Sense Group plans, mounts, wires, and tests commercial camera systems built for shop floors, back rooms, and entrances. We pull from camera platforms we're certified on, including Axis, Verkada, Ubiquiti, and UNV, matched to the store rather than pushed off a shelf.

The features retail owners actually ask for:
AI video analytics that spot a crowd surging toward an exit and send an alert while it's happening. Cloud and remote monitoring, so an owner or asset protection lead can watch any camera live from a phone. High-resolution cameras that capture a clear face at the door, the kind of footage police and insurers can use. And full coverage that kills the blind spots crews look for.

Pair the cameras with an access control system, and you can lock down a stockroom or back entrance and keep a log of who went where. Add a video doorbell or intercom at a rear delivery door, and staff can see who's knocking before they open up.

We come to your store
Sense Group is a service-area business. Our technicians drive to the shop, walk the floor, study the entrances and the high-value aisles, then design coverage that leaves nowhere to hide. We serve Toronto, Mississauga, Vaughan, Barrie, King City, Hamilton, Oshawa, and retail districts across Ontario. Every commercial camera package carries a three-year warranty and support from our in-house team.

"Retail theft feels personal to owners, because it is," Sukhina said. "Somebody's walking out the door with the margin they worked all month for. Good cameras won't solve every problem, but they deter the crews, they protect your staff, and they give police something to work with. That's a real return."

Related services
Alongside retail security cameras, Sense Group provides access control system installation, network cabling, Wi-Fi access point setup, video doorbell and intercom installation, and Starlink internet installation across the GTA. Store owners can book a free on-site assessment any time.

About Sense Group
Sense Group is a Greater Toronto Area commercial security system installation company founded by Vitaly Sukhina, who brings over 14 years of experience delivering commercial projects. We install and configure security cameras, access control systems, network cabling, Wi-Fi access points, video doorbells, and Starlink internet for retail stores, warehouses, offices, and construction sites across Toronto, Mississauga, Vaughan, Barrie, King City, and nearby Ontario regions. To date we've completed more than 1,600 projects and 7,000 equipment installations for over 1,000 clients, backed by a three-year warranty and in-house tech support.

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Sense Group
Vitaly Sukhina, Founder
Phone: (249) 535-4347
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://sense-group.pro/