Tag: internal theft
Understanding the Impact of RFID on Retail
Over the past few years, it has been hard to pick up a newspaper or magazine without seeing an article about RFID. Publications such...
How GUESS? Turned LP into a Mission-Critical Business Operation
Shoplifters’ Destination of Choice
From Aruba to Venezuela, the GUESS?™ brand is ubiquitous. Known globally for its innovative, highly visual design sense...and for launching the careers...
LP Hotlines Are Heating Up
Sarbanes-Oxley has turned the attention of top management to a loss prevention standard, the anonymous hotline.
Twenty years ago, the concept of providing an anonymous,...
Loss Prevention Takes Flight in Airport Shops Nationwide
The recent success in loss prevention at The Paradies Shops began in 1998 when Darian Griffin joined the company as a loss prevention manager....
Retooling the LP Strategy at Home Depot
If you're looking for the perfect LP strategy that will resolve accounting errors, stanch losses to internal theft, and scare away thieves, you can stop searching. It doesn't exist.
From the Super Bowl to the Supermarket
EDITORS NOTE: Jeff Richardson recently retired as vice president of loss prevention and security for Pathmark Stores, Inc. after thirty-two years. He began his...
Targeting Shrinkage with a Comprehensive Program for High-Risk Stores
Despite a difficult second half for most retailers, Stage Stores, Inc. achieved solid financial results during fiscal 2002. A weak economy and declining consumer...
Gems of Leadership for Loss Prevention
EDITORS NOTE: Richard Mellor is divisional vice president of loss prevention at Helzberg Diamonds based in Kansas City, Missouri. He assumed this position in...
Civil Recovery in the Sunshine State
Many people are familiar with civil recovery demands in Florida for $200 and use that amount as requested statutory damages for any civil shoplift...
AAFES Loss Prevention–A Mission with a Challenge
We have the responsibility to be there for our troops—whenever and wherever they go—to ensure they are provided with the goods and services they...