Ready or Not? Tips for Improving and Maintaining Crisis Management Programs
What should retailers be doing to prepare for the next disaster? Coming off a year of devastating weather events in which just one of the many hurricanes was estimated to have cost retailers $700 million, it’s not a surprise that the topic was in focus at the NRF Protect conference in June where executives from Target and Disney Stores shared how they are getting ready for future disaster events.
Parting Words: I Am on Vacation
July and August is the time for a vacation. I am either at the beach or mountains, on the golf course, reading a book,...
US Pastor Arrested in $2.6M Counterfeit Cartier Case
A North Carolina man has been arrested in the US after a whopping $24M-worth of counterfeit designer bracelets, including Cartier items, were seized.
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Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing Over $2M Worth Of Diabetic Test Strips
US Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Antonio Rivera, 35, of Williamsville, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to...
Grocery Store Owner Admits $750K Food Stamp Theft Scheme
The owner of a Newark, New Jersey, grocery store admitted Thursday that he ran a $750,000 food stamp benefit fraud scheme over three years...
Retailers Have a Complex History of Gun Sales
The recent gun violence at Walmart stores, with more than a dozen people killed by a gunman in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday (Aug...
The Timing of Trump’s Tariffs ‘Could Not be Worse for Retailers’
Another wave of tariffs is right around the corner, and the timing ‘could not be worse for retailers,’ according to a Bank of America...
FaceApp Isn’t the Privacy Threat We Should Worry About
Recently in the news you probably saw, read, or heard something about FaceApp—a mobile application that takes a picture and uses artificial intelligence to...
Cargo Theft Rate Drops 14%, Estimated Loss Still Enormous
Cargo thieves took a bit of a beating in the second quarter of this year. Data from Jersey City-based CargoNet shows there was a...
Teen Caught Shoplifting 30 Minutes after Walking out of Jail… for Shoplifting
A 19-year-old repeat shoplifting suspect in Missouri has police shaking their heads. FOX 2 reported on his arrest two days ago, after a police...