Bill Turner, LPC
The Future of the Retail Industry is Bright
True, it may be hard to believe given much of the retail news in the past few weeks:
• Walmart to close 269 stores
• Holiday...
Can Workplace Violence Be Prevented?
According to the U.S. Secret Service, in nearly 75% instances of serious violence at schools, other students were aware that the attacks had been...
What is Your Retail Loss Prevention New Year’s Resolution?
New Year’s resolutions come and go every January. Some of the most popular resolutions include:
1. Lose weight
2. Get in shape
3. Quit smoking
4. Learn something...
Post-Holiday Merchandise Return Fraud
Returns and return fraud are a big issue—and getting bigger. In 2014, $284 billion worth of retail merchandise was returned in the United States,...
Retail Loss Prevention: How Much Do You Really Know?
The most recent National Retail Security Survey (NRSS), led by Dr. Richard Hollinger of the University of Florida, uses empirical retail loss prevention data...
Cargo Theft is Going Nuts
Shipments of harvested nuts are the latest hot commodity in the world of cargo theft. In recent weeks, nut growers and processors in central...
From Alarm Monitoring to Crisis Management
Civil protest by day became decidedly uncivil by night in Ferguson, Missouri, following the grand jury decision not to indict the police officer involved...