The Dual Role of Internal Audit and Loss Prevention
EDITORS NOTE: Sandy Katz is vice president of audit and control for Talbots, the specialty retailer focusing on misses, petites, and women's fashions, as...
What Will It Take to Secure Our Global Supply Chain?
Trust is a word not often associated with the concept of homeland security. It’s commonly used, however, in describing the partnership between our industry...
Understanding the Impact of RFID on Retail
Over the past few years, it has been hard to pick up a newspaper or magazine without seeing an article about RFID. Publications such...
2005 Technology Preview
EDITOR’S NOTE: As loss prevention departments plan for 2005, many of you may wonder what new technologies or products will be available in the...
LP Professionals Embrace Crisis Leadership
The first bullet fired in the deadly Washington, D.C. sniper spree of 2002 shattered the front window of a Michaels store in Aspen Hill, Maryland....
How GUESS? Turned LP into a Mission-Critical Business Operation
Shoplifters’ Destination of Choice
From Aruba to Venezuela, the GUESS?™ brand is ubiquitous. Known globally for its innovative, highly visual design sense...and for launching the careers...
America the Vulnerable: Are We Truly Securing the Homeland?
Three years have passed since September 11th, and despite all the new security precautions that have been proposed, we are still dangerously unprepared to...
An Important Proactive Component of Effective Disaster Readiness
Loss prevention professionals are increasingly challenged with new corporate responsibilities. One such area is business continuity. Understanding the steps for implementing an effective business...
Taking Auditing to the Next Level at Staples
No retailer would ever want to go back to the pre-UPC days when cashiers rang up sales by hand, inventories were performed manually, and...
LP Hotlines Are Heating Up
Sarbanes-Oxley has turned the attention of top management to a loss prevention standard, the anonymous hotline.
Twenty years ago, the concept of providing an anonymous,...