Tag: inventory control
Loss Prevention Consulting: A Conversation with an Industry Expert
Robert L. "Bob" DiLonardo is the principal of Retail Consulting Partners LLC and a well-known authority on the electronic article surveillance business, cost justification...
Gaining the Edge at Best Buy’s Annual AP Meeting
The annual Best Buy Asset Protection team meeting was held this year in San Antonio, Texas. The team had a very productive week establishing...
Helping Loss Prevention Professionals in Their Time of Need
Over the years, our profession has always been generous in raising funds for many meaningful charities. But have we done everything we could to...
Thou Shall Not Steal: A Loss Prevention Career at Lifeway
Melissa Mitchell is director of loss prevention and inventory control for LifeWay Christian Stores, which is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Mitchell joined LifeWay after...
EyeOnLP: Sysrepublic Captures Data and Creates Value for the Retail Industry
For over a decade, Sysrepublic’s mission has focused on partnering with industry leaders to innovate new ways of building long-term value from big data. What started with one retailer in the UK is now a global user group spanning four continents – and they’re still growing strong.
Global Security and Loss Prevention Strategies
In this interview LP Magazine sat down with representatives of Tiffany & Co. and Ralph Lauren Companies in London to discuss security and loss...
Red, White, and Blue: A Manufacturing and Loss Prevention Department Revolution
This article from 2012 examines the development of American Apparel’s unique asset protection and loss prevention department.Â
No company quite like American Apparel exists in...
Retail Loss Prevention: How Much Do You Really Know?
The most recent National Retail Security Survey (NRSS), led by Dr. Richard Hollinger of the University of Florida, uses empirical retail loss prevention data...
Alcohol Retailing in the Wine and Spirits Industry
The wine and spirits segment of retail is unique in the sense that few other goods available in retail stores are so tightly controlled...
The Art of the Kiosk
A passerby might be forgiven for walking by a Coinstar or Redbox kiosk and regarding it as a glorified vending machine. But behind the...