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When It Comes to Employee Theft, Opportunity Makes a Thief
The problem of employee theft is well-documented, with recent figures suggesting that the majority of workers have stolen from their employers. Retail theft is...
LPM Media Group (LP Magazine) Hits Major Milestones as the Leading Loss Prevention News...
For over 15 years, LP Magazine has been the central and premiere resource for news and education for the loss prevention/asset protection retail industry....
40 Years of Retail Loss Prevention Research
Richard “Dick” Hollinger, Ph.D., is a professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville who studies employee dishonesty and has overseen the National Retail...
People First, Mission Always: Macy’s Supply Chain Asset Protection in Action
LPM had the honor to be invited once again to the annual supply chain asset protection conference for Macy’s Logistics and Operations (MLO). This...
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the Retail Environment
Radio frequency identification (RFID) was reportedly developed in the 1940s as an espionage tool in WWII. It has since been used to track everything...
Life as a Health and Safety Officer at A.S. Watson: Where Managing Risk is...
Health and safety are three words that have both positive and negative connotations. The tabloid press loves to feed the notion of uber-regulation and...
Faking It: Turning Our Loss Prevention Focus to Counterfeit Merchandise
Any international retailer working in luxury brands today will tell you that the genteel days when imitation was seen as the sincerest form of...
Tragic Consequences Can Result When Shoplifting Escalates
Shoplifting and related retail crimes are often perceived by the general public as a minor nuisance rather than a multi-billion dollar problem. But as...
Alternatives for Preventing Retail Theft
Sponsored Editorial
Lucia Summers, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Texas State University. Her specialist research areas include the...
Growing the Magazine Staff
Like most start-ups, when we launched the magazine fifteen years ago, we operated on a shoestring. With just two or three on the payroll,...