Tag: merchandising systems
Cyber Crime’s ORC Connection
Retailers struggle with cyber crime and organized retail crime (ORC) on a regular basis. But how do these illegal behaviors relate to one another....
Cyber Security Experts Discuss the Challenges of Dealing with Data Breaches
A 2014 panel of four cyber security experts discussed evolving data security threats to the retail industry and the challenges of dealing with data breach...
When Tragedy Strikes the Loss Prevention Community
On the evening of April 10, 2016, a shoplifting suspect was attempting to steal three flatscreen televisions from a metro Atlanta Walmart when he...
LPM 2016 Readership Survey: We Need You!
It's that time of year again -- where we ask our readers like YOU to tell us how we're doing. No matter how little...
The BID Movement and Its Link to Retail Crime Prevention
History has shown that less is more in terms of reducing centralized control and complexity. In the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron tried—but failed—to...
2016 National Retail Security Survey Results Released
Results from the 25th annual National Retail Security Survey (NRSS) were recently released at the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) PROTECT Conference, which was held...
Why LPQ Certification is Vital for Recent Grads
The latest installment in LP Magazine’s series of interviews with working LP professionals appears in the July-August 2016 issue and features a conversation with...
LPM Annual Meeting Set for Late September in Fort Myers, Florida
Over 100 of the industry’s top retail and solution provider executives will meet at the Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort September 27 – 29 in...
Advanced Crisis Response Training is Required to Handle Protests
In the past, retailers considered public demonstrations to be a police matter and relinquished the development of response plans to the local level. Retailers...
Should You Record an Investigative Interview with an Employee?
Should investigative interviews of potentially dishonest employees be recorded? Loss prevention executives offered a variety of opinions in the most recent Interviewing column in...