Employee and Accomplice Charged with Embezzling about $110K from Department Store
Two women were charged with felony embezzlement after they told police they had worked together to steal as much as $110,000 from a James...
VIDEO: Smash-and-Grab Burglary of a Pot Shop; Burglars Still on the Loose
Detectives in Everett, Washington, are looking for a crew of burglars who smashed their way into the Marijuana Club 99 store. Surveillance video shows...
Thieves Target Baby Formula To Make Quick Cash
Siblings in Sonora, California, find themselves behind bars after walking out of a Sonora grocery store with lifted cans of baby formula totaling $200....
Shoplifter Arrested Selling Stolen Goods on Facebook Marketplace
A woman is in custody after Tulsa police said they caught her in an online theft conspiracy. Officers said Jessica Bannister stole Yeti products...
An About-Face for LP? Advances in Identification Technology Let Retailers Get Proactive
"We proved-out that the technology works phenomenally well. The technology is great." This effusive praise by an LP executive who oversaw a several-store test...
Sheriff’s Deputy Accused of Shoplifting
In Arizona, Pima County Sheriff’s deputy arrested last month on suspicion of shoplifting in an Oro Valley Walmart resigned on Monday, sheriff’s officials said....
Employee Accused in 57 Golf Club Thefts
A former employee is accused of 57 golf club thefts from the Arizona Biltmore over four months. Court records show that the Arizona Biltmore...
Retailer Seeks to Ban Tagger Suspected of Defacing Restroom with Graffiti
Loss prevention personnel at Target, 15901 Ford Road, Dearborn, summoned police officers the night of October. 23 when they spotted a Lincoln Park man...
Retailers: Prepare Now for Holiday Outages
In the age of fast shipping and one-click ordering, a single technical glitch can be detrimental to retail sales. A server outage during the...
A Retailer’s Response to Protests Could Impact Its Reputation: An Analysis of Security Mistakes
Retailers are often faced with protests by striking workers or picketing consumers that can lead to potentially damaging publicity. An analysis of security mistakes by retailers provides a number of useful ideas for both corporate and store-level employees for mitigating damaging fallout from protests.