People on the Move: October 2018 Loss Prevention Personnel Transitions
By Loss Prevention Media Staff
LP pride! Check out the 26 individuals who are making big industry moves this month. Read More
Tag: loss prevention technology
What is Sensor Fusion—and How Should Retail Use It?
“If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.” We’ve all heard some form of the “Duck Test” before. We use the folksy expression when we want to get to the heart of the matter and clearly describe something for what it is. Read More
People on the Move: September 2018 Loss Prevention Personnel Transitions
By Loss Prevention Media Staff
LP pride! Check out the 44 individuals who are making big industry moves this month. Read More
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.” Read More
People on the Move: August 2018 Loss Prevention Personnel Transitions
By Loss Prevention Media Staff
Check out the 52 individuals who are making big industry moves this month. Read More
What’s Driving the Latest Retail Shrinkage Rates in the United States and Beyond?
How can US retail shrinkage rates be so high, when the United States ranks in the top five countries in terms of investment in loss prevention technology? Read More
People on the Move: July 2018 Loss Prevention Personnel Transitions
By Loss Prevention Media Staff
Especially when involved in a profession that is evolving as quickly as retail loss prevention, career growth is essential to professional survival. Read More
Deterring Determined Offenders
Okay, it’s not just complicated; it’s complex. At least that’s the opinion expressed by some tweeters recently. The “Twitterland” consensus seemed to suggest controlling crime is often more difficult than handling some medical pathologies such as broken bones. Here’s their reasoning: with some exceptions, setting a broken leg now and Read More
The Worldwide Impact of Shrink
By Meg Costa
In the United States and around the globe, shrink continues to be a challenge for retailers, especially as competition grows, profit margins constrict, and the availability of quality employees becomes increasingly limited. Retail companies in the US have been hit especially hard by shrink in the last five years, but Read More
Execs Reveal Their Top Retail Security Solutions and Strategies
Sometimes, new retail security solutions or strategies cut costs far beyond what LP was thinking would happen. In other cases, cost savings disappoint. A national study by SDR/LPM looked at this expectation gap. Read More