Tag: internal 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...
5 Recent Cases of Retail Robbery and Theft—And the Safe Technology to Thwart Them
At any given time, even the most casual Google search for “retail robberies” will return pages and pages of recent news items—some recounting thieves’ success; others, their failure.
Drug Diversion: Preventing Retail Pharmacy Theft
As loss prevention professionals, we are all familiar with the nuts and bolts of running an investigation for a concealed shortage, cash register shortage,...
How to Recognize Signs of Employee Fraud
A comprehensive study of injuries and illnesses in retail several years ago surprised researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)....
Smart People Say Smart Things
In every issue of the print magazine since 2001a and now in our digital magazine LPM Onlinea we have conducted an executive interview with...
Loss Prevention Managers: How Do You Deal with Problem Employees?
You hate confrontations with employees. They only seem to make things worse. Sometimes you even end up firing an employee. For these reasons, you generally avoid giving...
New Retail Technology in 2017 Adds Value through Analytics
New retail technology has evolved exponentially over the past few decades, especially when it comes to analytics. Originally, descriptive analytics was the primary investigative tool...
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...
Preparing the Final Voluntary Statement
When we first started to provide interview training to Europe in 2009, we were surprised to find that the process of obtaining a voluntary...
Solving Access-Control Challenges by Engaging with Retailers
Our products are commonly used by retailers to help prevent shoplifting by helping control how customers exit stores, to help deter internal theft at receiving back-room doors, and to help prevent burglaries when stores or distribution centers are closed.