To Stop or Not to Stop the Shoplifter: Is This Still a Question?
Am I sure that he is attempting to steal this merchandise? “Yes, I am sure.” Read More
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Monitoring and Measuring Interviewer Performance
By David E. Zulawski and Brett L. Ward, CFI
Evaluating interviewer performance is one area that can be difficult to measure against the department’s overall expectations, but can be a major return on investment for the interviewer and organization. Read More
How to Protect Your Cargo Logistics Network from Thieves
By John Tabor
Retailers often ask, “Why should I care so much about preventing thefts when I don’t own the merchandise until you deliver it?” The answer is because you, the retailer, stand to lose the most. Read More
People on the Move: July 2018 Loss Prevention Personnel Transitions
By Loss Prevention Media Staff
Especially when involved in a profession that is evolving as quickly as retail loss prevention, career growth is essential to professional survival. Read More
What Is Organized Retail Crime?
By The Loss Prevention Foundation
Organized retail crime is not a new challenge, but one that may have been referred to by different names over the course of retail history. Read More
How to Manage Inventory: Shrink Visibility
By Mike Creedon and Ned McCauley
At a time when store margins are under intense competitive pressure, retail shrink can make or break a retailer’s bottom line. But retail shrink numbers are vulnerable to blind spots and imprecise metrics. Read More
How to Sell Your Proposal to a Senior Loss Prevention Executive
By Walter Palmer, CFI, CPP, CFE
While it would be impossible to give an exact formula for success in every company and project, it is reasonable to explore a framework that can be used to increase our chance at getting our proposal approved and implemented. Read More
6 Steps for Preventing Employee Theft of High-Value Property
To the extent possible, it’s good to keep high-value assets and critical material separate from employees, but that’s not always practical. Read More
Retail Shoplifting Policies and Procedures
By Adrian Beck, Walter Palmer, and Colin Peacock
For this benchmarking survey, the authors looked at how some of the biggest retailers in the US are experiencing shoplifting, violence associated with these incidents, and the shoplifting policies and procedures put in place to manage these issues. Read More
Lessons Learned to Help You Tackle a Loss Prevention Manual
Writing a loss prevention manual — or rehabilitating a long-forgotten one — is no easy task. But trying to operate without one can also be pretty complicated. Read More