Retail Crime

The increase in organized retail crime (ORC) activity has prompted many retailers to invest in tools and technologies to protect their merchandise. Partnerships between...

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?

While society often imagines the shoplifter as someone stealing food or toiletries out of necessity to survive, often this is not the case. In...

I remember walking into the office for the first time. A new company, a new position, a new city. The size of the building...

One day in October of 2017, a man of medium build entered a Rite Aid in one of the nation’s largest cities, approached the...

EDITORS NOTE: Kevin Valentine, CFI, LPC, retired at the end of 2017 as senior vice president of internal audit, loss prevention, and enterprise risk...

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