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Mindless though most Internet chatter is, paying attention to what is being said online has become critical for retailers today—to protect brands, avert threats, respond to crisis, and improve store operations. Most recently—and dramatically—the imperative was underscored when multiple active shooter plots against retailers were averted after threatening online posts came to light.

There are a lot of challenges that American retailers face these days. Among them is one that continues to impact their bottom line—safety-related lawsuits. This is incredibly frustrating because it is completely preventable if only store-level employees would stick to the rules.

Millennials don't won't to work hard, have short attention spans, don't want to be managed, don't care about long-term careers, want more money than they're worth. True or false? Here are the fourteen most common myths about the millennial generation’s attitude toward work and career.

Loss prevention practitioners hoping to boost their careers were confronted with an uncomfortable truth at a recent industry conference. All that good work you’re doing? It’s probably not enough. What helps get you noticed at the beginning of your career won’t help nearly as much as your career progresses.

Retail workers need to hear the message—frequently—that their company cares about them. Employment law experts, speaking at recent national security conferences, suggested three steps to reduce the likelihood that retail workers will feel that you ignored or mismanaged their complaints.

This week LP Magazine and LPM Media Group were once again in Rogers, Arkansas to attend Walmart’s annual Asset Protection National Meeting. Emphasizing the...

Holiday periods are known for increased risk of cargo theft because cargo thieves look to exploit an abundance of unattended trucks and closed warehouse...

Risk is a cargo shipment's constant companion, whether it's sailing on seas, flying in the sky, or traversing the roads and rails. Here, we undertake a look-see into one extremely small segment of supply-chain risk: cargo crimes against domestic ground shipments while in transit.

Since the Bitcoin boom of 2017, more people than ever have become interested in cryptocurrency, going so far as to buy it as a...

Negotiations between retailers and solutions providers often begins with subject-matter experts, such as asset protection. But most retailers ultimately engage procurement professionals to negotiate the final contracts who may place reducing costs above achieving the right solution for a fair price.