Tag: inventory control manager
Recognizing Remarkable Women in Loss Prevention
The International Association of Interviewers (IAI) recently teamed up with CONTROLTEK for their second annual recognition of remarkable women in loss prevention in a...
Global Retail Theft Barometer Study Finds U.S. Retail Shrink Up
According to results compiled through the latest Global Retail Theft Barometer study, retail shrink is on the rise in the U.S., and it is...
Steve Sell Joins USS as New Chief Marketing Officer
USS, the nation’s largest privately-held LP company, has appointed Steve Sell its new Chief Marketing Officer. Sell is known industry-wide as a strong advocate...
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...
Moving to the Dark Side: The Transition from LP Executive to Solutions Provider
The loss prevention industry is fortunate to have a strong support network of quality solutions providers. Some of the executives with these companies started...
Shrinkage Awareness – Communications with an Edge
In a large organization like JCPenney, new hires are immediately given a tidal wave of information on policies, procedures, scheduling, customer service, and register training as...
MGM MIRAGE: Roll the Dice, Bad Guys Lose
Aspiring shoplifters should be advised that the odds for getting away with shoplifting at one of MGM MIRAGE’s 105 Las Vegas retail shops are...
Expanding LP at Sterling Jewelers in the Sarbanes-Oxley Era
There’s something about starting a twelve-hour workday with an early morning teleconference with your company’s London-based risk committee. For Kevin Valentine, those trans-Atlantic meetings...
Head, Heart, and Hands: Best Buy’s Approach to Distribution Center Loss Prevention
Best Buy’s executive management realized some years ago that the challenges and approaches to loss prevention at our fast-growing chain of retail stores—there are...
Taking Auditing to the Next Level at Staples
No retailer would ever want to go back to the pre-UPC days when cashiers rang up sales by hand, inventories were performed manually, and...