Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

Curt Crum is a CID special services manager for the Boise Police Department, where he has spent his entire career. Crum also serves as...

The Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) proposed the term "organized retail crime" in the early 2000s. Since that time, the problem has only become...

Retail loss prevention professionals know that organized retail crime (ORC) is a threat not to be taken lightly. But statistics are showing aggressive offenders are on the rise. How are you keeping your store teams safe?

The LPM “Magpie” Awards offer a means to celebrate industry accomplishments on an ongoing basis, recognizing the loss prevention professionals, teams, solution providers, law...

Organized retail crime (ORC) is a significant source of loss for US retailers. Exactly how significant is notoriously difficult to tease out, but new...

The latest edition of LPM Online is focused on organized retail crime (ORC). Here’s a look at the excellent articles in this issue. Please...

Retail unit nabs 290

Police officer charged

Serial grab & dasher

Fraud CC scheme

Employee theft

Notre Dame shoplifters

Power tool bust: $15K

Checking their list twice

Merchandise returns top $351B

Triple murder suspect nabbed

Holiday cargo theft

UPS delivers... then steals

Appriss Retail recently released its 2017 Consumer Returns in the Retail Industry report, which analyzes results from the National Retail Federation’s 2017 Organized Retail...