The State of Video
For the last two to three decades, video has been a critical tool in guarding shoppers, associates, and assets in retail stores. With the...
Cargo Theft and Its Impact on the Retail Community
Cargo theft often is thought of as a silent and victimless crime despite the fact that it accounts for losses of billions of dollars...
What Is Big Data?
Big data is a very large amount of complex data that can be structured, semi-structured, and unstructured. This can be a collection of traditional...
How eBay Works with Law Enforcement
With the beginning of a new year, I thought it appropriate to provide some basic information for how retailers and law enforcement should interface...
Walmart’s Neighborhood Market Grocery Business
EDITORS NOTE: Gary Smith, LPC, is senior director of asset protection for Walmarts Neighborhood Market line of smaller scale, grocery-focused retail stores. He has...
Loss Prevention Leaders Must Win
Regardless of what your company sells, where you sell it, or your total store count, you as a loss prevention or asset protection professional...
The Rise of e-Commerce has the Entire Retail Industry Focused on Dealing with the...
Howard Shultz, CEO of Starbuck’s recently stated that e-commerce opportunities such as computer-based and smartphone shopping is causing “seismic change” in the retail industry....
When Dealing with Shoplifting, Safety Is Always Our First Option
There are thousands of stories dealing with shoplifting that appear every week across digital media in a continuous stream of petty crimes and tragic...
eBay’s PROACT Team Assist London Metro Police with Arrest of Man Selling Monkey Heads
A 63 year-old illegal wildlife trader, George Bush of London, U.K., was sentenced to 14 months in prison (suspended for two years) for offering...
Retail Industry Leaders Association Calls for Entries for the 2016 Retail AP Innovation Awards
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), the trade association for the world’s largest and most innovative retail companies, has announced that it is now...