Retail Crime

On January 14, Metro One hosted its first Retail Collaboration and Networking event in New York City at Morton’s The Steakhouse.

To give you a better feel for the vast impact of the ORC problem, we have provided a glimpse into just a few of the incidents that took place in the month of January, 2025.

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Review the results from a recent LPM LinkedIn poll where we asked retail professionals about the most common causes of shrinkage in their stores!

ALTO’s Rhett Asher and ThinkLP’s Tony Sheppard discuss how their partnership gets better data from retailers and helps them react quickly to increase store safety.

This new strategic collaboration will bring together two of the industry’s most recognizable leaders in customer engagement and shrink management.

Clear policies and training in retail security matter. In this article by Joe Blaettler, read how a store’s failure to properly train employees in loss prevention led to an $8 million verdict after a plaintiff was injured during an attempted shoplifter detainment.

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While contributors to shrink are multi-fold, one strategy that retailers have leveraged to successfully combat shrink losses is scan-based trading (SBT).

Tune in as experts from ISCPO and the Supply Chain Coalition, including leaders from McLane, UPS, and Travelers, discuss efforts to combat retail’s latest strategic theft trend: fictitious pick-ups.