Making a World of Difference
Among television business announcers doing stock market play-by-play, tit-for-tat tariffs and the "slowing Chinese economy" are frequent causes of shrill alerts and fretful dissection.
Combining Operations and Asset Protection in Total Retail Loss
EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul Jaeckle, LPC, is vice president of asset protection for Meijer Stores based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He moved to Meijer in...
The Improbable History of the Ink Tag
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The year 2019 represents the thirty-fifth birthday of the first "ink tag." I have had the good fortune to have been immersed...
Why We’re All Millennials Now
Globalization and technology have been shaping change since the dawn of time. But during the life span of the millennials, globalization and technology have...
Unexpected Loss in the Bagging Area
The use of self-scan and checkout (SCO) technologies has grown considerably in the past fifteen years, predominately but not exclusively in the grocery sector,...
Bumps in the Road
Evidenced by the most recent statistics, progress has been made against cargo thieves in the US. The value of stolen cargo is down. The...
The Evolution of LP to Supply Chain Omni-channel Experts
EDITOR'S NOTE: Maurizio P. Scrofani, CCSP, LPC, is a well-known supply chain asset protection professional with over twenty-five years of experience in retail and...
Shoplifting Response, Reaction, and Recourse
Since the earliest days of organized retail, there has been a recognition of the unique exposure that retailers have to crime and loss. We...
Mission Driven
After a long career in loss prevention, including twenty-six years at Best Buy, Paul Stone, CFE, LPC, is now experiencing unparalleled results. Tempted out...
Getting to Know You
EDITOR'S NOTE: Our annual magazine editorial board meeting was held in Philadelphia on October 10-12, 2018. The three-day event was colocated with our friends...