An access panel is shown in the present invention to provide easy and safe access to an attic space or elevated structure. The first housing and the second housing are adapted to move relative to one another between a plurality of usage positions. The merchandise securing device comprises a recessed closing mechanism while the at least one merchandise securing element located in or on the merchandise securing device uses acoustomagnetic technology andor radio frequency technology andor radio frequency identification technology. By having the information provider performing the scanning, and only transmitting data to user devices that have indicated they will accept it, and have not already received it, the power consumption of the mobile devices is minimized as they do not need to perform any scanning or information-filtering operations, these being performed by the fixed information provider terminal.