Supply-Chain Focus Should Be “Left of Boom”
Supply-chain asset protection (SCAP) in business has traditionally been reactive instead of proactive. SCAP teams are often housed in headquarters or a regional hub...
Building a Supply-Chain AP Team from Tee to Green
EDITORS NOTE: Mike Combs is director of asset protection, global supply chain at The Home Depot. Prior to assuming this role in 2008, he...
When Ordinary Things Get Smart
A ton of great smart tech was on display at the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in January, from wearables to the Internet of...
Emerging Technologies
In the second in a series of industry-focused benchmarking surveys, the authors present a few key findings from a new study of how some...
The Great Generational Shift
In just the last year alone, millions of First-Wave Boomers and pre-Boomers have left the North American workforce, while millions of Second-Wave Millennials have...
LPM “Magpie” Awards: Applauding Excellence, May–June 2017
The LPM “Magpie” Awards offer a means to celebrate industry accomplishments on an ongoing basis, recognizing the loss prevention professionals, teams, solution providers, law...
De-escalation Training Program Addresses Disruptive Behaviors
Addressing disruptive customer behavior and de-escalation training efforts has become a topic of great interest to retailers across the globe amidst growing concern over...
Checking All the Boxes on Your GPS Solution (7P Solutions)
With today’s retail business environment and the ever-increasing prevalence of organized retail crime, LP professionals must ask themselves two important questions about their GPS...
An RFID Solution for DSW (Nedap)
Footwear retailer DSW is looking at the future—one that doesn’t include dual electronic article surveillance (EAS) technologies. EAS systems utilize one of two signal...
Detecting Theft at the Point of Concealment (Southern Imperial)
Southern Imperial’s LM Tag loss prevention solution has proven to reduce shrink and labor costs. Additionally, the LM Tag has helped increase sales opportunities...