Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

To learn more about the program, we sat down with Lisa LaBruno, Esq., senior executive vice president of retail operations and Jason Brewer, senior vice president of communications and marketing at RILA, to get their insights on the mission and vision of this important industry initiative.

Federal authorities announced that recent raids on storage facilities in New York City uncovered a substantial amount of counterfeit handbags, shoes, and other luxury merchandise, potentially valued at over $1 billion if authentic.

Philadelphia Deploys New Strategies Against Retail Theft | License Plate Cameras Help Solve Crimes but Are Creating Backlash Over Privacy Concerns | 525% Increase in Recovering Stolen Goods in California Thanks to Task Force

Watch this now on-demand webinar to hear about great cases, events, and information, and take a cross-country tour of ORC partnerships from New York to New Mexico.

Widespread protests and looting shocked the nation and rocked retail in 2020. As a contentious presidential election draws near, it’s time for retailers to prepare for more unrest.

California Voters Will Decide Whether to Roll Back Prop 47 | Police Searching for Suspects in Triple Homicide at Montgomery Grocery Store | Why Are Target and Walgreens Slashing Their Prices?

To give you a better feel for the vast impact of the organized retail crime problem, here are just a few of the incidents that took place in the month of May.

Program to Stop Retail Theft in California Is Underway | US Customs Seizes $1.38M in Counterfeit Championship Rings | How Did a Shoplifting Bill Get Through California’s Assembly with Most Democrats Opposed?

Retailers Use Police-Like Investigation Centers to Fight Theft, Shoppers Pay the Price | California Advances Legislation Cracking Down on Stolen Goods Resellers | Is Society in a State of Moral Decay, or Are Stores Exaggerating the Problem?

Police Fatally Shoot Amazon Warehouse Guard Who Tried to Kill Supervisor | For Some Retail Workers, Safety Threats Are Motivation for Unionizing | 3 Women Say They Were Sexually Assaulted in a Georgia Target