Tag: external theft
Wrestling with Total Loss
In 2017, Adrian Beck, professor in the criminology department at the University of Leicester, published a piece in Security Journal outlining a new conceptual...
LPRC Hosts 350 LP Executives to Explore Evidence-Based Retail Strategies
Under the theme “Precision LP,” the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) IMPACT conference concluded Wednesday after three days of presentations ranging from research results...
Understanding Data Analytics in Loss Prevention
The focus of our next benchmarking survey will be data analytics. In our survey of loss prevention practitioners, this topic was ranked second highest...
15 Best Practices for Inventory Loss Prevention
In April 2014, the ECR Europe Shrink and On-shelf Availability Group received a special award from ECR Europe to celebrate 15 years of the...
9 Necessary Practices for Successful Shrinkage Control
In the generally unyielding area of retail loss prevention, few US corporations have been highly successful in staunching the pervasive problem of inventory shrinkage—the...
2017 National Retail Security Survey Now Available for Data Submission
The 2017 National Retail Security Survey (NRSS) input form is now available for retailers to provide shrinkage and other loss prevention benchmarking data. Dr....
Technology-Based Strategy Fuels Collaborative Program with Law Enforcement to Prosecute Retail Theft and Reduce...
How can retailers minimize their exposure to store theft from career criminals, both effectively partnering with law enforcement and prosecutors and ensuring convicted offenders...
Catching Shoplifters: What’s Your Store Policy?
Although anecdotal evidence among retailers seemed to indicate that shoplifting incidents have been increasing significantly in recent years, hard data was needed. What's the...
Improving Retail Employee Engagement Can Help Manage Loss
For the majority of retailers, loss is an inevitable part of doing business. What form this loss takes and, critically, how much it costs...
Comparing Policies and Practices on Managing Shoplifting
While the annual shrinkage surveys covering retail loss prevention go some way in offering an oversight as to how the industry is thinking about...