The 2015 National Retail Security Survey Has Begun
It wasn’t that long ago that there was no consistent or reliable means to gather and interpret industry-wide information on retail shrinkage. Not only...
Sears Shifts From Loss Prevention to Asset and Profit Protection
The transition from a traditional loss prevention organization to an asset and profit protection team emerged as the focus for Sears Holding Management Company...
State Legislators Hear Testimony on Texas Cargo Theft Bill
A new bill proposed in Texas seeking to create a law specifically addressing the crime of cargo theft heard testimonials Wednesday, March 18th as...
First Annual TCORCA Conference to be Held in Minneapolis
Organized Retail Crime (ORC) encompasses a multitude of theft and fraud schemes that occur in and through retail environments, negatively impacting commerce and undermining...
Ben Johnson named Director of Loss Prevention at L Brands
Ben Johnson was recently promoted to Director of Loss Prevention at L Brands, responsible for the Loss Prevention Analytics Team, Logistics Team and Victoria's...
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Word (noun): a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation that functions as a principal carrier of...
Cyber Threat Predictions for 2015
2014 was undoubtedly the year of the data breach in retail. As an encore to the massive Target customer credit and debit card hack...
Woodview Consulting and Intelligent Design Systems Introduce New Solution for Detecting and Deterring Credit...
Woodview Consulting, a loss prevention and security consulting firm; and Intelligent Design Systems, Inc. (IDS), a technology design and product development firm; today announced...
Checkpoint Systems Introduces New Solutions for Food Retailers to Reduce Shrink
Checkpoint Systems, Inc, a global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, recently announced at the FMI Asset Protection Conference two solutions...
Time for Some Hard Work on Soft Sentencing
I recently watched a video of a panel discussion on organized retail crime (ORC). The panel discussed current ORC issues, legislation, coalitions, online sales...