Tag: inventory control accounting
Cargo Theft: A Costly Epidemic
This west coast distributor had never experienced any cargo theft, which was why they were shocked when two loaded containers parked in their yard vanished in...
Turning LP Personnel into Retail Business Professionals
EDITOR'S NOTE: Samuel J. Rowell is vice president of loss prevention for Pep Boys. His department is responsible for the development of shortage reduction...
Connecting Retailers to Combat Organized Retail Theft
Loss prevention has traditionally focused on shortage reduction through an emphasis on internal theft, external shoplifting, and operational controls. Resources to prevent these losses...
Evaluating the Pros and Cons of Remote Video Monitoring
Video monitoring has been used successfully in retail settings for several years.Video surveillance has enabled significant improvements in customer and associate safety, as well...
Serving Up Security in the Chain Restaurant Industry
EDITORS NOTE: Gene James is director of assetprotection for Jack in the Box, where he is responsiblefor safety and security for nearly 1,600 quick-servicerestaurants...
From Retail Sales to LP Management
EDITORS NOTE: Frank Johns is vicepresident of loss prevention for OfficeDepot, a $13 billion office supplyretailer with more than 950 stores, 22 delivery centers,...
An Academic Approach to LP
EDITOR’S NOTE: Richard C. Hollinger, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He is...
Made from Scratch
In the summer of 1969, Dan Evins came up with his old country store idea while driving his family down to the Atlanta (Georgia) Zoo. The...
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,...