Retail Crime

To the average consumer, a loss prevention manager might once have been perceived as a “security guard”: a reactionary presence in a retail establishment whose primary responsibility is to apprehend shoplifters.

LPA dragged in parking lot

Pair busted using kids

Gas hackers arrested

Arrests for theft nets 3

Employee collared for fraud

New UPS delivery pilot

Retailers often ask, “Why should I care so much about preventing thefts when I don’t own the merchandise until you deliver it?” The answer is because you, the retailer, stand to lose the most.

Employees should be taught the signs of customer who uses a stolen credit card. Credit card fraud detection signs may include the red flags listed in this post.

Any mishandling or theft of found property while under LP’s control is sure to give the department a black eye and reflect poorly on those in charge. What does it take to avoid that embarrassment?

At a time when store margins are under intense competitive pressure, retail shrink can make or break a retailer's bottom line. But retail shrink numbers are vulnerable to blind spots and imprecise metrics.

Fighting digital commerce fraud is an unrelenting challenge for all merchants that do business online. To put it bluntly, it's revenue protection.

For this benchmarking survey, the authors looked at how some of the biggest retailers in the US are experiencing shoplifting, violence associated with these incidents, and the shoplifting policies and procedures put in place to manage these issues.

Writing a loss prevention manual — or rehabilitating a long-forgotten one — is no easy task. But trying to operate without one can also be pretty complicated.

Theft; Officer-involved shooting

Cop helps catch 4 states thieves

Scamming the scammer

Four women arrested

Shoplifter pulls knife

Eliminating bias in facial rec