Tag: lprc
Ensuring Retail Store Safety with the LPRC
Retailers want employees and shoppers alike to feel secure in their establishments. But violent crime has been surging in recent years. The Loss Prevention...
The Must-Have Qualities of Loss Prevention Associates
The Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) Future of LP Working Group has recently been talking about loss prevention associates of the future. What skill...
Working Together against Violent Crime
Fear of crime is real. And fear can force good customers to avoid your store. Avoidance means lower sales. And most importantly, retailers want...
LP Associates of the Future
The Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) Future of LP Working Group looks to the horizon for loss prevention issues that are sure to plague...
Retail Theft and the Science of Stealing
When thinking of retail theft, many envision teenagers shoplifting candy bars. Obviously, it’s much more than that. More than $44 billion in merchandise goes...
Maximizing the Millennial Potential in the Loss Prevention Industry
The following is the premiere article in a new monthly series provided in collaboration with the team at the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC)....
From Store Detective To Research Scientist with the Loss Prevention Research Council
Read Hayes, Ph.D., CPP, is the director of the Loss Prevention Research Council(LPRC) and coordinator of the Loss Prevention Research Team at the University...
Watch Trends to Plan for the Future
Nobody can predict the future. We can look backward and at the present. We can hear about and see certain things that are already...
Changing Roles and Challenges in Loss Prevention
Interviewee Bios
Stacie Bearden
Director of Asset Protection, Field
The Home Depot
Bearden is responsible for the field organization's theft and fraud including Home Depot's organized retail crime...
Racial Profiling: We Can No Longer Just Turn Our Heads
“There are very few African-American men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department...