Contributor

Garett Seivold

Garett Seivold is senior writer for LP Magazine. He is a trained journalist who has been covering corporate security for industry professionals for over twenty years. Seivold has been recognized by several organizations for outstanding writing, investigative reporting, and instructional journalism. He has authored dozens of survey-based research reports and best-practice manuals on security-related topics. Seivold can be reached at GarettS (at) LPportal (dot) com.

Articles

Retail Crime

California Campaign Seeks to Fix Prop 47 by Making Serial Theft a Felony

Suggestive of their ability to fight back against a wave of shoplifting decriminalization efforts, the broader retail and loss prevention communities will likely be...

LPM Voice

Bystander No More: Today’s Best Solutions Are Being Developed through LP Collaboration with Vendors

Sponsored by Checkpoint High-Theft Solutions Loss prevention practitioners need not assume the role of spectator in the development of theft prevention solutions. With the right...

LPM Voice

New Ways to Analyze SRAs Today Instead of Suffering Disappointing Shrink Figures Tomorrow

The retail industry is on the cusp of a transformation in its use of data to protect profits and to identify and overcome sales barriers. We’ve been here before.

Magazine Features

Stories From The Storms

Kroger Store 950 sits slightly raised in small-town Texas “thirty miles northeast of Beaumont as the crow flies,” according to Eric Bumbaugh, Houston division...

Investigations

Target’s Minimum Wage Increased. What Does That Mean for Theft?

Employee theft is a source of loss simply too costly to ignore, which is why loss prevention practitioners are always on the lookout for...

Technology

How to Keep Data Secure from Insider Threats

Just as online marketplaces made shoplifting worse by providing thieves with an easy avenue to sell their stolen goods, the dark web is raising...

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LPM Voice

Savvy Retailers Find Value in New Benefit-Denial Technology

Benefit denial, which has a long history as an effective loss prevention strategy, is now taking an even more central role in stopping retail theft.

Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

Just a Low-Level Shoplifter? The Cost May Be Higher Than You Think

LP has turned much of its attention in recent years away from petty shoplifters to crooked store associates and organized retail crime—and seemingly for good reason.

Industry News

Stories from the Storms

Kroger Store 950 sits slightly raised in small-town Texas “thirty miles northeast of Beaumont as the crow flies,” according to Eric Bumbaugh, Houston division...

LPM Voice

5 Recent Cases of Retail Robbery and Theft—And the Safe Technology to Thwart Them

At any given time, even the most casual Google search for “retail robberies” will return pages and pages of recent news items—some recounting thieves’ success; others, their failure.

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Digital Partners

Violence in the Workplace

Webinars

ORCAS in ACTION WEBINAR: ORC March Madness 2025

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Whitepapers

WHITEPAPER: How Organized Retail Crime Is Threatening the Retail Industry

WHITEPAPER: US Retail Worker Safety Report

WHITEPAPER: Holistic Loss Prevention: A People-Driven, Tech-Enabled Ecosystem

LP Solutions

Advancing Retail Safety with Reveal Body Cameras

Getting Smarter About Retail and Risk

How Flock Safety’s Technology Keeps Employees Out of Harm’s Way