The crime of shoplifting is as old as shopping itself. The first documented cases of shoplifting took place in 16th-century London and involved groups of men called “lifters” (early organized retail crime?). Read More
By Adrian Beck and Colin Peacock
The ECR Community Shrinkage and On-shelf Availability Group had become aware of growing concerns about the losses relating to the sale of grocery store magazines and newspapers in the UK—a category not normally associated with high levels of loss. Read More
By Loss Prevention Media Staff
As 2018 draws to a close, the LPM team wishes to thank our readers for their support of the magazine. Read More
Whatever your core values are, the old truism remains accurate: employees don’t turn to statements on the company website to look for clues on how to behave; they look to each other. Read More
By The Loss Prevention Foundation
The Loss Prevention Foundation is pleased to recognize and congratulate the following individuals who have successfully completed all of the requirements set forth by the board of directors to be LPQualified (LPQ) and/or LPCertified (LPC). Read More
By Loss Prevention Media Staff
Today there are approximately 20.4 million military veterans in the United States. Hear from some of our own in the industry about their experiences as veterans or military supporters. Read More
By Loss Prevention Media Contributor
Tyco Retail Solutions recently announced the ShopperTrak list of the most anticipated holiday shopping days of 2018, and the top ten busiest days to bring in nearly half of a retailer’s seasonal shopper traffic. Read More
You are driving to work as a supermarket supply-chain manager. The hot weekend weather has continued, it’s a lovely Monday morning, yet you’re surprised when your boss calls so early. Agitated, he shares how he just discovered from the CEO that all stores were reporting a massive sales loss because Read More
As part of a 2015 civil lawsuit, an Omaha jury ordered a discount store to pay Richard “Dave” Moore, who was convicted of shoplifting from the retail store, $750,000 for injuries he received from a loss prevention officer. Read More
Two US retail chains participated in an extensive study of how to select individuals most likely to “win” as in-store loss prevention specialists (store detectives or “SDs”). Following are some of the highlights of this study. Read More
