Tag: benefit denial
New Solution Protects Today’s ‘New Jewelry Store’
It is surely a sign of the technology-driven times we live in that a cell phone retailer might have the same value of product...
From Manufacturer to Retailer: Product Protection Is Everyone’s Job
Solutions to address theft and loss are often led from the retailer side of the partnership, but manufacturers do face responsibilities when it comes to product protection. From manufacturer to retailer, product protection is everyone's job.
Why Point-of-Sale Activation Technology Has Been Heralded as a Kingmaker
In a world where opposites attract, denial of service could be a force for good and put to commercial use, particularly in retail where organized retail crime gangs and opportunist thieves have had a free hand at disrupting legitimate business.
Criminological Theory and Loss Prevention
This post is designed to provide a theoretical context for understanding the psychological and social forces that drive people to become criminals, how criminogenic opportunities can be reduced, as well as where analytics fits into loss prevention.
CASE STUDY: The Rent-A-Center Loss Prevention Challenge
“Deprive a thief of a safe and ready market for his goods; and he is undone.”
Why Protective Countermeasures Work for Retail Theft Control
It is equally important to be able to align and describe how a selected protective countermeasure or treatment actually works to affect a problem.
Everything Is Connected
When we're looking to grow a business at the store or enterprise level, we should strive to envision that entity's place and role in...
Security at the Source
Manufacturer involvement in designing product protection is decades old, noted University of Florida research scientist Read Hayes, PhD, CPP. He remembers Walt Disney's Buena...
Monitors or Locked Displays?
It's complicated. We don't want to overplay our hand here, but the role and responsibility of today's asset protection professionals is increasingly complex, and...
ALPHA—First and Foremost (Checkpoint)
Pioneers at Checkpoint Systems' brand of ALPHA® High-Theft Solutions take tremendous pride in their long history of "firsts." Our patent list has grown from...