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Loss Prevention Interview Tips
In our last two columns, we discussed how context matters in conversations and the questions that are appropriate to ask as part of the...
Finding a New Way Forward in Loss Prevention
According to the 2014 Global Retail Theft Barometer released late last fall, losses from shrink cost retailers around the world more than $128 billion...
The Global Retail Theft Barometer
It probably comes as no surprise that shrink remains a significant operational challenge for retailers around the world. That's one top-line conclusion of the...
2012 National Retail Security Survey—First Glance at the Results
IÂ am back in the saddle again after undergoing hip replacement surgery this past summer. That is why you did not see me at the...
Why Do Employees Steal?
Many, many years ago, when I worked as a loss prevention investigator for Lerner Stores, most of my work was focused on store operations...
Building Kirkland’s Loss Prevention Program
Founded in 1966 by its namesake Carl Kirkland, Kirkland's admittedly fills an odd niche in the retail world, although it has become more mainstream...
Loss Prevention for Chico’s FAS
Retail loss prevention departments face many challenges. Employee theft remains the largest source of shrink, and shoplifting - especially related to organized retail crime...
2010 National Retail Security Survey Executive Summary
The final report of the 2010 National Retail Security Survey (NRSS) recently has been released in its nineteenth edition and has been posted on...
Retail Theft Victims and the Criminal Exception
Annually, retailers lose billions of dollars due to theft. In 2010, global retail shrinkage totaled $107.284 billion with shoplifting being the largest contributing factor....
Supporting the Mission of Giving Back to the Community
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago is one of the largest of more than 180 independently operating Goodwill agencies in North America in terms...