Parting Words

While fighting through an era of personal, professional, social, and economic turmoil, is this a time we should be giving thanks? Absolutely.

Let’s not give in to the idea that 2020 was a crappy year. Let’s finish 2020 a success, in what whatever ways we define it. We deserve it.

We really have no idea the impact we have on other people. Your actions matter. Thoughtfulness counts, and kindness goes a long way.

These are hard times for many. You cannot control, predict, or be in a position to react to most things. Take a deep breath. It will pass.

June 6, 2020, marks the seventy-sixth anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France. This likely will be the last significant gathering of surviving...

Golf is a game of personal integrity and self-improvement. So much of what the LP professional faces in his or her career also revolves around personal integrity and a commitment to self-improvement.

Sandy Kennedy, president and CEO of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), retired effective December 31, 2019. During her seventeen-year tenure, the industry has changed dramatically. Kennedy shared her thoughts with LP Magazine on the retail industry, RILA as it stands today, and the asset protection profession.

This is the holiday season. For retailers and asset protection professionals, it is an important, busy, and often difficult time. But Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s are not the only days some of us celebrate. There are others. Here are just a few you may not have remembered.

There are a lot of wonderful things about working on this magazine. Perhaps the best part is the chance to meet and talk to...

July and August is the time for a vacation. I am either at the beach or mountains, on the golf course, reading a book,...