Electronic Crimes Investigations—Pitting Spy vs. Spy
It is 11:00 p.m. and after a quick pause and look around, the team begins to approach the building where the target suspect offices....
Evaluating the Pros and Cons of Remote Video Monitoring
Video monitoring has been used successfully in retail settings for several years.Video surveillance has enabled significant improvements in customer and associate safety, as well...
Managing LP by Managing Data
Movie Gallery is the second largest and fastest growing video rental retailer in the world. Starting with one store in Dothan, Alabama, in 1985, the...
Understanding the Impact of RFID on Retail
Over the past few years, it has been hard to pick up a newspaper or magazine without seeing an article about RFID. Publications such...
2005 Technology Preview
EDITOR’S NOTE: As loss prevention departments plan for 2005, many of you may wonder what new technologies or products will be available in the...
Taking Auditing to the Next Level at Staples
No retailer would ever want to go back to the pre-UPC days when cashiers rang up sales by hand, inventories were performed manually, and...
LP Hotlines Are Heating Up
Sarbanes-Oxley has turned the attention of top management to a loss prevention standard, the anonymous hotline.
Twenty years ago, the concept of providing an anonymous,...
Product Protection—Beyond EAS
What we are attempting to do is add to the tools and practices that will not only move CVS/pharmacy, but the entire retail loss prevention industry forward in...
Biometric Technology: Providing Security and Preventing Loss
The ability to accurately verify a person’s identity is of critical importance in today’s heightened security environment. Whether it is to prevent access to aircraft...
The Economics of EAS
Specialty apparel and department store retailers are having difficulty expanding  electronic article surveillance (EAS) programs to take advantage of source tagging. Only a few...
