Mother’s Day Spending Expected to Hit a New Record This Year
That’s according to an annual survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics for the National Retail Federation, which estimates that consumers will spend a...
James Stark Promoted to Vice President of Loss Prevention and Risk Management with Pier...
James Stark was recently promoted to vice president of loss prevention and risk management with Dallas area-based Pier 1.
Stark joined Pier 1 in December...
Store Theft Leads to Pursuit; 4 Detained, Including 1 Who Called a Ride-Share Service
A theft at an Apple store in Brea, California, led to a late-evening pursuit during which one of the perpetrators called a ride-share service...
Retailer Pulls the Plug on Contact-Less Payments
JCPenney is suspending all contact-less payment options, according to a statement the company sent to Retail Dive. TechCrunch first reported the story after a...
Russian-Speaking Hackers are Using Email to Attack US Retailers and Others
Inside the United States, the hacking group, called TA505, has focused its attacks on the retail and hospitality sectors—with an emphasis on large retailers,...
Employee Accused of ‘Under Ringing’ Items, Charged with Grand Theft
A South Dakota Walmart employee is facing charges of grand theft after being accused of taking more than $1,500 worth of items from the...
Shoplifter is First Officer-Involved Shooting in City’s History
Police in Missouri are investigating an officer-involved shooting at the Ladue Crossing Shopping Center. Police said they received a call from Schnucks just after...
Taking a Dip into Retail Data Management
As we increasingly turn to data for the insights that drive our decisions, we do so with the assumptions that the data is available to us, we can use it, and—even more importantly—that it is correct. None of this happens without excellent retail data management. (Bonus: LPM Podcast content!)
As the Meaning of Asset Protection Evolves, How Should Loss Prevention Executives Respond?
The critical necessity of preventing loss and theft to physical goods has not been supplanted—but it has certainly been added to. [Sponsored]
Video: Relentless Shoplifters Meet Tenacious LP Associate
Surveillance video released by Miramar police Monday shows the loss prevention associate darting to the store’s exit in an attempt to thwart the shoplifters....