Holiday Crooks Are Here; Get Ready Inside and Out
You’ve readied your technical systems, stocked up security supplies, gone over loss prevention protocols with staff, and tried to hire only honest seasonal workers. Now, it’s time for shoppers—and criminals—to start filling your stores.
Breaking the Retail Shrinkage Life Cycle
For those of who have been in the loss prevention business for a number of years, you are surely familiar with the retail shrinkage...
Adding Depth to Your Retail Knowledge
Tracy Fleming, LPC, is the asset protection strategy manager for Walmart based in Bentonville, Arkansas. Fleming started with Walmart in 1993, worked in operations...
Building an LP Department Focused on People
EDITORS NOTE: David Shugan, CFI, is the senior director of loss prevention for Carters based in Atlanta. Prior to taking over the leadership role...
Scott Sanford named Director of Loss Prevention for Dollar Express
Scott Sanford has been named Director of Loss Prevention for Dollar Express. Scott was formerly the Director of Investigations and Training for Barnes &...
Supply Chain’s New BFF–The Omni-Channel Experience
With the growing significance of digital advertising and the advent of viewer customization and data mining, marketing to the same person in multiple touch...
Has the Time Arrived—Finally—for RFID?
After years of false starts and a measure of false promises, retailers are finally starting to realize the potential of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.
Politics and Loss Prevention
By the time you read this article, the presidential election will be over—thankfully by most people’s comments. This election cycle has been one of...
Uniformity?
Ever wonder what it would be like if every time we opened a bottle of our favorite cola it tasted different? Would we be...
Beyond Shrinkage: Introducing Total Retail Loss
A major new report published by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) puts forward a dramatically different way of thinking about the problem of...