Tag: crisis management
LPM Insider Survey: How Well Has Facebook Handled Itself in the Face of Controversy?
In last week’s most-read story, “Have You Deleted Your Facebook Account Yet?”, we discussed how Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm hired by President...
Have You Deleted Your Facebook Account Yet?
Rumors are circulating that hundreds of thousands of Facebook users are deleting their accounts, although Mark Zuckerberg says he has not seen a "meaningful number" of accounts being closed.
The Crisis Leadership Role in Emergency Preparations
Many crisis events are, by their nature, impossible to predict. However, the impact they have on retailers can be dramatically curtailed if the organization is prepared and crisis leadership is adequately prepared to manage the resultant disruption.
RILA’s Asset Protection Leaders Council
In an industry as dynamic as retail, asset protection leaders have long been faced with the daunting task of keeping pace with the changing...
5 Tactics for Social Media Crisis Management
Warren Buffett has been quoted as saying, “It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it."
In the digital age,...
LPM Insider’s Top 5 Workplace Safety Articles of 2017
The Top 10 Retail Workplace Hazards
These statistics from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) identify the top retail workplace hazards.
By Jac...
Stepping Up Your Game as an LP Professional
Kenn Dilworth, LPC, has over twenty years of loss prevention and security experience with Best Buy, Marshalls, and his current employer, Publix Super Markets....
Closing a Retail Store: Loss Prevention’s Role
In recent years, senior loss prevention executives throughout retail have had to come to grips with a different type of promotional sale events—the all-too-frequent store-closing sale.
It...
Last Day! The LPF Certification Cyber Monday Sale Event
The Cyber Monday certification sale event is here! Take advantage of the Loss Prevention Foundation's biggest discount ever on the Loss Prevention Qualified (LPQ)...
Feature Article in Nov–Dec Issue Explores LP’s Role in Harvey and Irma Response
The Atlantic hurricane season is thankfully coming to a close, but retailers everywhere are still uncovering takeaways and lessons learned in the wake of...