Tag: ORC

Since last June’s National Retail Federation (NRF) loss prevention conference, there have been a lot of changes—and not all of them have been good. Attendees to this year’s NRF PROTECT conference, June 27 - 28 in Washington DC, will be learning how to navigate in retail and loss prevention environments that are more complicated, dangerous, and mission critical than at any time in recent years.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is based on the experiences of a well-known retailer that implemented a facial-recognition security camera system. Because of the potential value...

Many of us in retail loss prevention probably think of most shoplifters as plain petty crooks. We rarely give much thought as to why...

Last month, police officers from the Berkeley Police Department in California raided a house as part of an investigation into a retail theft ring and found stolen cosmetics and other goods totaling $500,000, according to news reports.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This interview is with three long-time loss prevention industry veterans. One is a retailer, one is a solutions provider, and one started...

How many retailers think or know they have an organized retail crime (ORC) problem? Even of those that say they do, how many can...

USS recently revealed its latest product development in eyewear protection, the F-117 Nighthawk Eyewear Tag. While there are eyewear-specific electronic article surveillance (EAS) products on...

After completing the three-part series on the first fifteen years of Loss Prevention magazine, I promised to write an additional article that looks at...

In the second in a series of industry-focused benchmarking surveys, the authors present a few key findings from a new study of how some...

Over the last twenty years, the retail industry has been in a constant uphill battle to remain profitable. From online resellers to social media,...