Tag: loss prevention professionals
Protecting the International Business Traveler
Almost five years have passed since writing “Personal Safety While Traveling Abroad on Business” for the September-October 2003 issue of LP Magazine. Over this relatively short...
Targeting Return and Other Retail Fraud
Since opening its first store in 1962, Target has set itself apart from other discount retailers by differentiating itself as a design leader with fresh and...
Combating Cargo Loss at the Army & Air Force Exchange Service
Since the first formal post exchanges were established by the War Department in 1895, an exchange system has served side-by-side with U.S. military troops both in...
Profit Protection—A U.K. Spin on Loss Prevention
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ian Carter is head of profit protection for B&Q plc, the number-one home improvement and garden center retailer in Europe and the third largest in the...
12 Months Into Becoming World Class
Many loss prevention professionals begin their career in established departments where they are lured to the structured succession planning, continuing programs, and enduring policies. However,...
Challenging Assumptions—Putting LP under the Microscope
Doctors do it, so do engineers, and police officers...even farmers. More and more professions are using rigorous data to create, refine, and measure what they do....
Visualizing Supply-Chain Security
Earlier this year, a firestorm of public outcry was set off with the announcement that the Dubai-based ports operator DP World would take over...
LP’s Role in Preventing Workplace Violence
“Loss prevention doesn’t handle threats of violence.” This statement was part of the testimony of the vice president of human resources during her deposition...
Connecting Retailers to Combat Organized Retail Theft
Loss prevention has traditionally focused on shortage reduction through an emphasis on internal theft, external shoplifting, and operational controls. Resources to prevent these losses...
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...