Amazon, Other Major Players in Retail Industry to Hire Huge Numbers of Seasonal Associates
Amazon.com Inc. recently announced that they intend to hire 100,000 associates for the 2015 holiday season. This number is a 25% increase over last...
Price Chopper’s Asset Protection Uncovers $435,000 Credit Card Fraud Scheme
A citizen of Guyana has admitted to her role in a wide-ranging scheme to use counterfeit credit cards at stores throughout the Northeast, including...
Retail Security: American Eagle Minimizes Risk through a Robust Travel Safety Program
Security leaders face many challenges when it comes to the safety of employees on the road. For example, American Eagle’s security team must ensure...
Poor Use of Technology Leads to Potential Racial Profiling in Retail Stores
In today’s retail world, technology has become a primary force behind many of our strategic plans, driving many loss prevention initiatives and fueling new...
E-Commerce Channel Sales of Counterfeit Goods Increase Significantly
A recent report by London-based Internet brand protection specialist NetNames contends that counterfeiting is becoming a huge problem due to online commerce. In 2014,...
PD and LP Investigators Join Together to Uncover Organized Retail Crime in Oregon
Losses from retail theft have presented a major challenge for Portland, Oregon retailers in recent weeks. After receiving a tip from an informant that...
Gun Safety: People Are Getting Shot by Toddlers on a Weekly Basis in the...
None of us want to deal with a situation that involves a shoplifter with a deadly weapon. But what’s more disturbing than guns in...
The Retail Loss Prevention Community Helps with Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to support research efforts, educate, raise much needed funds, and increase awareness of...
GameStop to Buck Retail Trend by Closing for Thanksgiving
Video game retailer GameStop recently announced that their doors would remain closed on Thanksgiving Day in 2015. The decision is an attempt to reverse...
Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates’ Veteran Leaders Officially Take Ownership of Company
Two WZ senior partners and interviewing veterans, Shane Sturman, CFI, CPP and Wayne Hoover, CFI, have purchased the remaining shares of the industry-leading interview...