JSA’s 2018 Crime Report Finds US Jewelry Crime Hit Records Lows
The Jewelers’ Security Alliance (JSA) has released its 2018 Annual Crime Report that showed that dollar losses from crimes against US jewelry firms decreased...
CLEAR Comes of Age: Ten Years on the Crime Fighting Partnership Hits Its Stride
As the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail celebrates its tenth anniversary, perhaps an apt metaphor for CLEAR entering its second decade is a child on the precipice of adolescence—still hopeful, not without challenges, and hitting a growth spurt. In just the last year, CLEAR has doubled in size.
Retailers, Solution Providers, Law Enforcement, and Students Collaborate on Retail Crime at LPRC Conference
Over 430 people made their way to the University of Florida’s Gainesville campus for the Loss Prevention Research Council’s 2019 Impact conference. The three-day event focused heavily on learning and collaboration, as well as research on evidence-based tactics and strategies to reduce retail crime and loss.
Inside the ORC-Opioid Connection
Quiz an LP investigator about trends in ORC, and it’s nearly certain that he or she will mention the opioid crisis, the fact that...
NASP Taps Early Champions as Advisory Committee Co-chairs
The National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (NASP) has tapped two asset protection industry veterans in Rhett Asher, vice president of strategy at ThinkLP, and...
Gift Cards Have Become a Common Currency for ORC
As retailers have responded to the evolving needs of the business, most have changed their return policies and typically issue a gift card or...
From Food to Fashion Sensormatic Source-Tagging Program Protects More than 70 Billion Items from...
Sensormatic Solutions, Johnson Control’s leading global retail solutions portfolio, has surpassed 70 billion consumer products source-tagged to date, allowing retailers to protect today’s most...
Retailers Urge Tenn. Supreme Court to Uphold Felony Conviction for Serial Shoplifters
This term the Tennessee Supreme Court will decide whether the state of Tennessee can use its burglary statute to prosecute serial shoplifters who have...
Analytics Is Not Just a Numbers Game in Investigations
The extent to which retail investigations have been transformed by analytics is a good reflection of just how quickly things move in a technology age. LP execs from Bloomingdale’s, Safeway, Home Depot, Designer Brands, Best Buy, and Walmart weigh in on the evolution of investigations.
The Continuing Battle of Fitting Room Theft in a World of Increasing Privacy Concerns
When it comes to fitting room shoplifting, it’s impossible to accurately gauge the total loss. However, the anonymity provided is still the shoplifter’s best friend. But changing privacy and surveillance laws are making it more and more difficult to combat fitting room thefts. Consider this partial list of suggested LP tactics.