Tag: loss prevention program
Weathering the Perfect Storm
Despite consolidation and narrowing margins, retailing is healthier now than it has been in many years. It is also true that retailers are doing more...
How GUESS? Turned LP into a Mission-Critical Business Operation
Shoplifters’ Destination of Choice
From Aruba to Venezuela, the GUESS?™ brand is ubiquitous. Known globally for its innovative, highly visual design sense...and for launching the careers...
Reorganizing Loss Prevention through Talent and Technology
EDITORS NOTE: Paul Jones is senior vice president of loss prevention for Limited Brands. He is responsible for overseeing the loss prevention, shortage control,...
Loss Prevention Takes Flight in Airport Shops Nationwide
The recent success in loss prevention at The Paradies Shops began in 1998 when Darian Griffin joined the company as a loss prevention manager....
Retooling the LP Strategy at Home Depot
If you're looking for the perfect LP strategy that will resolve accounting errors, stanch losses to internal theft, and scare away thieves, you can stop searching. It doesn't exist.
The Economics of EAS
Specialty apparel and department store retailers are having difficulty expanding electronic article surveillance (EAS) programs to take advantage of source tagging. Only a few...
Targeting Shrinkage with a Comprehensive Program for High-Risk Stores
Despite a difficult second half for most retailers, Stage Stores, Inc. achieved solid financial results during fiscal 2002. A weak economy and declining consumer...
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...
A Primer on LP in DCs
The control of losses in a distribution center is not that much different than in a store. The sources of loss are essentially the...
Changing the Loss Prevention Culture in Food Retailing
EDITORS NOTE:Dan Faketty is vice president of loss prevention at Harris Teeter, an upscale grocery chain with 143 stores operating in six southeastern states....