Technology

Flock Safety empowers retailers to protect employees from violence and crime through AI-powered solutions like license plate recognition, gunshot detection, and video surveillance, shifting the burden of safety from staff to smart, proactive technology.

Verkada is transforming retail safety and operations with AI-powered visual intelligence and integrated emergency response tools—enabling retailers to detect threats in real time, respond instantly, and gain valuable insights that drive both security and efficiency.

Gatekeeper Systems’ Purchek® and FaceFirst technologies transform retail theft prevention from reactive deterrence to proactive, intelligence-driven protection—stopping theft at the door while arming retailers with real-time insights to safeguard profits, people, and operations.

Celebrating its 25th year, the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) continues its mission to advance evidence-based retail crime prevention through collaboration, innovation, and rigorous research—growing from a bold idea in 2000 into a global leader in loss prevention strategy.

Phantom inventory—stock that shows as available but isn’t—costs retailers millions by hiding theft and errors, but Zebra’s Workcloud Actionable Intelligence uses AI to detect, alert, and resolve these issues in real time, boosting inventory accuracy and profits.

RFID technology is transforming retail supply chains by enhancing inventory visibility, improving shipment accuracy, reducing shrinkage, and streamlining operations across distribution and store networks.

ThinkLP’s AI-powered crime linking platform helps retailers connect and analyze dispersed theft incidents to uncover and disrupt sophisticated organized retail crime networks through collaborative, data-driven investigations.

Retailers are turning to objective crime risk data to strategically allocate security budgets, reduce waste, and safeguard assets more effectively amid economic uncertainty.

CONTROLTEK has introduced a privacy-first retail security solution that fuses AI, ToF LiDAR, and RFID technologies to deliver real-time, non-invasive presence detection, access verification, and operational efficiency across retail environments.

Inside, find a wide variety of stories about artificial intelligence for loss prevention professionals, including a look at the role of AI in criminal investigations and law enforcement, how AI is taking case management to the next level, how AI can stop loss at the checkout, and more!