Tag: employee dishonesty
The Evolving Techniques of Interviewing, According to Wicklander-Zulawski
During LP Magazine’s fifteen-year history, loss prevention investigations have changed and transformed. Police investigators in law enforcement have come under increasing public scrutiny, especially...
Fifteen Years of Loss Prevention, Part 2
Welcome to the second of three installments covering the first fifteen years of Loss Prevention magazine. I hope you enjoyed the first part in...
Will Seasonal Workers Cause Your Shrink Rates to Rise this Holiday Season?
Amazon, 50,000. Kohl’s, 69,000. Target, 70,000. Macy’s, 83,000. Retailers have announced some impressive seasonal hiring numbers for the 2016 Christmas and holiday season.
The Container Store Fifteen Years Later
When I was first asked to write a regular column for their brand new publication Loss Prevention magazine, Jack Trlica and Jim Lee suggested...
Fifteen Years of Loss Prevention
Based on another project, I have spent two months combing over every issue of Loss Prevention magazine. Being a reader from the very beginning...
What Has Changed in Fifteen Years of Interviewing
It’s difficult to believe that it is been fifteen years since Jim Lee, Walter Palmer, and Jack Trlica established Loss Prevention magazine as the...
Stored-Value Card Fraud—A House of Cards?
Okay, I know that there is stored-value card fraud in the world. I have read most every survey on dishonesty that ever finds its...
From Corporate Security to Restaurant Loss Prevention and Safety
Robert "Rob" Holm is senior director of safety and security for the US Operations of McDonalds USA.
Mobile Payment Systems and Connected Consumers
Much has been written over the past several years about the new connected consumer. Pressure on retailers may never be greater to deliver on...
When It Comes to Employee Theft, Opportunity Makes a Thief
The problem of employee theft is well-documented, with recent figures suggesting that the majority of workers have stolen from their employers. Retail theft is...