Tag: loss prevention manager
Getting the Job Done: The Go-To People Inside LP
EDITOR’S NOTE: In each issue of LossPrevention, we have conducted an interview of a senior retail executive. For a different perspective, we decided to...
Implementing an e-Learning Strategy for Loss Prevention Training
In today’s economy, cutbacks, downsizing, and store closings have become a common means to streamline the bottom line of today’s retailers. Nowhere more than...
Improving Home Improvement Shrinkage
E D I T O R : Your title is vice president of loss prevention, safety, and hazmat. That entails a lot. Give us...
Stopping Theft with the Click of a Mouse
Detecting internal theft at JCPenney has leap-frogged into the 21st century. Just five years ago, attempting to identify possible fraudulent refunds meant that every...
Retail Refund Fraud and Abuse
In almost every neighborhood, at least one resident is known for “renting” merchandise from stores. Some refund abusers have purchased ticket guns to reattach...
Web Technology: The Backbone to Pep Boys’ Refuse 2 Lose Awareness Program
When was the last time the president of your company walked into one of your stores and asked an associate about the loss and...
Continuing Education and Development for Senior LP Executives
In today’s highly competitive marketplace, the fastest and surest way to improve operational results is through increasing the productivity of your organization’s assets. In...
The Current State of the Security Industry
EDITORS NOTE: Steven C. Millwee, CPP, is president and CEO of SecurTest, Inc., a national crisis management and applicant-screening firm based in Tampa, Florida....
Outsourcing Options in Specialty Loss Prevention
Over the past two years, several specialty retailers including Stride Rite, Wilsons Leather, and Fredrick’s of Hollywood have made the decision to outsource their...
The View from the Top
EDITORS NOTE: Thomas Coughlin began his career as a store detective with Macys in California. After several years in various LP positions with Cook...