Tag: asset protection
LPM Excellence Recognizes Steve May for Partnerships
"Being a vendor is not a dirty word. You need to believe in your bones that what you're providing is critical to your customer's success."
Can Retailers Be Better Victims?
This type of story does not make the news because it happens quietly and without the media coverage of a natural disaster like Florence. However, it is no less damaging or irresponsible; it is no less a threat to safe stores and communities. [Sponsored post]
Interview and Interrogation Training: Investigative Prep Rationalizations (Part 2 of 4)
I want to challenge you to broaden your scope when it comes to rationalizations. Think through different topics and rationalizations that you would be willing to wear in public: things like "exhaustion," or "lack of control."
The Legal Implications of Self-Defense at Work
Many retailers have policies for handling a security event, and employees who fail to follow such policies can—under the “employment at will” principle—be subject to punishment, including termination. That happened to a group of asset protection associates at a Utah Walmart, but they challenged their firings in a lawsuit.
LPM Excellence Recognizes Steve Longo for Partnerships
"Around the age of ten, I started selling software demo kits alongside my dad," said Longo. "He was a brilliant man, passionately building relationships with innovators in the early days of software development, including (name drop) Bill Gates."
3 Pitfalls That Will Cause Your Vendor-Retailer Relationship to Fail
The vendor-retailer relationship is complicated, time-consuming, and sometimes frustrating. But if it's the right relationship, it can be mutually beneficial and everyone is happy—or at least minimally dissatisfied, depending on your perspective.
Loss Prevention Certification: Recently Certified – September 2018
We are pleased to recognize and congratulate these 12 industry leaders who recently obtained their certifications.
What is Sensor Fusion—and How Should Retail Use It?
“If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.” We’ve all heard some form of the “Duck Test” before. We use the folksy expression when we want to get to the heart of the matter and clearly describe something for what it is.
Interview and Interrogation Training: Investigative Prep Anticipating Denials (Part 1 of 4)
It's amazing how witty we are when it's twenty seconds too late. But when we're in that room and people are uncomfortable, we need to anticipate both emphatic and explanatory denials, handle them properly, and return to rationalization.