Safety

Many crisis events are, by their nature, impossible to predict. However, the impact they have on retailers can be dramatically curtailed if the organization is prepared.

Three recent verdicts exemplify the importance of proactive security, as plaintiff's attorneys often find ways around efforts to limit liability. In one case, after an employee assault on a coworker, a retailer learns it must face a lawsuit without its insurance carrier.

f our leadership demonstrates their belief in and commitment to a formal company safety policy, that commitment will cascade throughout the organization.

Among television business announcers doing stock market play-by-play, tit-for-tat tariffs and the "slowing Chinese economy" are frequent causes of shrill alerts and fretful dissection.

When, in 2003, novelist William Gibson was famously quoted in The Economist as saying, "The future is already here—it's just not evenly distributed," he could easily have had the uneven development of CCTV surveillance in his crosshairs.

Solution providers offer a wide spectrum of mission-critical products and services designed to help meet the rising demands of the asset protection function and...

In the court case that followed a robbery carried out by a sixteen-year-old in 2015, where a female lone worker was threatened with a hammer, police commented, "It was a terrifying experience for the member of staff, who was the only person in the store at the time, and she has not worked since."

For front doors, back doors, side doors, automatic swing doors, interior doors – wherever life safety and security door hardware is required in a retail environment, Detex manufactures the best engineered, most reliable products with the most options for retail and restaurant applications.

For front doors, back doors, side doors, automatic swing doors, interior doors—wherever life safety and security door hardware is required in a retail environment, Detex can help.

Common flashpoints for retail conflict and violence include confronting suspected thieves, refusing sales, and dealing with antisocial behavior. Nothing new here, but the prevalence of each appears to be increasing.