Checklists Matter
Before starting an incision, confirm the patient’s identity. Clearly mark the exact surgical site. Ask about allergies. Discuss any anticipated blood loss. Introduce yourself...
LPM Magpie Awards: Applauding Excellence, January–February 2018
The LPM “Magpie” Awards offer a means to celebrate industry accomplishments on an ongoing basis, recognizing the loss prevention professionals, teams, solution providers, law...
From LP to Internal Audit to Enterprise Risk Management
EDITORS NOTE: Kevin Valentine, CFI, LPC, retired at the end of 2017 as senior vice president of internal audit, loss prevention, and enterprise risk...
Stepping Up Your Game as an LP Professional
Kenn Dilworth, LPC, has over twenty years of loss prevention and security experience with Best Buy, Marshalls, and his current employer, Publix Super Markets....
ORC Is Worrisome, Worsening…And at Risk of Becoming Ignored?
Organized retail crime (ORC) is a significant source of loss for US retailers. Exactly how significant is notoriously difficult to tease out, but new...
How to Become a Subject-Matter Expert
Work experience doesn’t necessarily mean you are a subject-matter expert. It could mean you know more than some people. A true subject-matter expert (SME)...
Intrepreneurship within AP Is a Retailer’s Competitive Advantage
As financial budgets continue to be strained, it becomes most important for loss prevention and asset protection professionals to do more with what they have or in some cases continue to do what they do with far less.
Collaboration on Food Waste Reduction
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article first appeared in the Autumn 2017 edition of LP Magazine Europe.
In the English language, the word “set” reportedly has the...
The Year Ahead in LP
This is truly a transformative time in retail. With mounting expectations on product availability and escalating demands on service and convenience, the way people...
People On the Move: January–Feburary 2018
Nicolás Leiro Padilla was promoted to senior district asset protection manager at Abercrombie & Fitch.
Randel Baker and Dusko Tadic were promoted to regional loss...