Inventory Shrinkage

Growth: The New Shrink

Inventory Shrinkage July 1, 2006

United Kingdom clothing chain New Look is to retail what Madonna is to contemporary music—a brand that is successfully reinventing itself as an iconic...

Writing a Prescription for Controlling Shrink

Inventory Shrinkage November 2, 2005

EDITORS NOTE: Ernie Deyle is the vice president of lossprevention at CVS/pharmacy. Since joining CVS in 2002, thecompany has undergone dynamic changes in the...

A Tale of Two Retailers

Inventory Shrinkage July 1, 2005

Not quite the order that Charles Dickens had in A Tale of Two Cities, but borrowing these words in this order works for this tale...

The European Road Map—Managing Stock Loss in the Retail Sector

Inventory Shrinkage May 1, 2005

If shrinkage management could be viewed as a journey, then recent European experience would be one not only lacking a final destination, but one plagued by...

Targeting Shrinkage with a Comprehensive Loss Prevention Program for High-Risk Stores

Targeting Shrinkage with a Comprehensive Program for High-Risk Stores

Inventory Shrinkage September 2, 2003

Despite a difficult second half for most retailers, Stage Stores, Inc. achieved solid financial results during fiscal 2002. A weak economy and declining consumer...

Operational Shrink in Retail: There’s More to LP than Preventing Theft

Inventory Shrinkage January 1, 2003

Since its inception in 1993, the Lowe’s Companies loss prevention and safety department has tailored its programs to identify and respond to losses that...