Tag: loss prevention policy and procedures
Greg Brumley, CPP Named Vice President of Asset Protection & Facilities for lululemon athletica
Greg Brumley, CPP has been named Vice President of Asset Protection & Facilities for lululemon athletica. Greg was formerly the Loss Prevention Director, Coinstar...
Partnering with Law Enforcement to Combat Organized Retail Crime
While some of the tools of organized retail crime and methods of operation continue to evolve with the changes in technology and dynamics of...
eBay’s PROACT Team Partners with FBI and PD to Stop Sports Memorabilia Fraud Ring
eBay partnered with the FBI and local police to break up a two-million dollar sports memorabilia fraud ring. Five Ohio residents have plead guilty...
Convenience Store Operator Arrested in $1.6 Million Retail Fraud Scheme
Authorities in St. Petersburg say a convenience store operator is responsible for operating a retail fraud ring involving at least six Tampa Bay area...
Is Return Fraud the fastest growing crime in America?
According to recent research Return Fraud has grown 25% over the last 12 months, making it one of the fastest growing threats in North...
Reorganizing the Retail Loss Prevention and Asset Protection Teams at Staples
Dan Provost, LPC, is vice president of global loss prevention for Staples. His retail career began more than 25 years ago as a store...
A Tale of Holiday Returns
Returns peaked again on Dec. 26 at 11:15 a.m. PST/2:15 p.m. EST., this is the same time returns peaked last year. It’s clear lunchtime...
Crisis Management and the Wendy’s 99 Cents Chili Incident
In March 2005 police were called to a California restaurant to investigate a woman’s allegation that she had found a partial human finger in a bowl of chili. Over the next days and weeks, a hoax perpetrated against Wendy’s became national news, coffee-break conversation, and fodder for late-night comedians. The learnings from this event are still relevant today.
$41,000 Worth of Counterfeit Goods Seized in Puerto Rico
Federal officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently seized 10,000 counterfeit dolls in Puerto Rico after the toys arrived in a shipment...
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...