Tag: loss prevention report
How Store Environments Affect Shoplifting Crime
Here’s how one shoplifter assesses risk. “First things first—you want to know if they got what you want. The second factor is the risk involvement. The risk involvement will be security times cameras times employees times space times [other] customers."
What Is a Loss Prevention Manager?
To the average consumer, a loss prevention manager might once have been perceived as a “security guard”: a reactionary presence in a retail establishment whose primary responsibility is to apprehend shoplifters.
Commercial Burglary: Don’t Make It Easy for Them
When considering the impact of a commercial burglary, it's tempting to focus solely on the items stolen. However, the true cost of this type of crime is more far-reaching and includes property damage and repair, loss of trade, customer dissatisfaction, management time in dealing with the issue, and more.
Managing Grocery Store Shrink Begins with Problem Identification
One question I have been asked frequently is, “How did you know how to battle retail shrink in the grocery business, especially considering your...
Effective, Evidence-Based Retail Crime Prevention
Regardless of the protective progress retailers and solutions providers are making, thieves are still carrying off billions of dollars' worth of goods annually. While...
Start with a Good Cause: Loss Prevention Strategy Examples
In today's retail business environment, everyone is seeking a competitive advantage. It could be in technology, people, business practices, or newly developed programs. The...
Loss Prevention Managers: How Do You Deal with Problem Employees?
You hate confrontations with employees. They only seem to make things worse. Sometimes you even end up firing an employee. For these reasons, you generally avoid giving...
The Evolving Impact of Return Fraud and Abuse
The concept of the retail return is a relatively new phenomenon. In the mid- to late-twentieth century, retailers began accepting returned merchandise as an...
Today’s Top LP Jobs
District Loss Prevention Manager, Kohl's, (NY)
The DLPM develops and implements the Loss Prevention program for 6 -15 selling locations. The DLPM is responsible for...
Today’s Top LP Jobs
Loss Prevention Manager, Bergner's, (IL)
Our Loss Prevention Managers maintain loss prevention policies and procedures, provide training and motivation for all store associates, and work...