Tag: ORC
Building Kirkland’s Loss Prevention Program
Founded in 1966 by its namesake Carl Kirkland, Kirkland's admittedly fills an odd niche in the retail world, although it has become more mainstream...
Free Webinars by StopORC.org to Combat Organized Retail Crime
Rancho Cucamonga, CA – February 12, 2013 – StopORC.org, a major source of information, education and collaboration in combatting organized retail crime (ORC), will...
Weis Markets: 100 Years of Innovation
It's no small feat to be in business for 100 years, much less thrive and grow, but Weis Markets has done just that. From...
BJ’s Wholesale Club
BJ's Wholesale Club represents a novel way of doing business for a large warehouse type store. Headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, and endowed with a...
Crime Control in Singapore
During this past fall semester, I was on an academic sabbatical. This is a time when professors are temporarily relieved of their everyday teaching...
2010 National Retail Security Survey Executive Summary
The final report of the 2010 National Retail Security Survey (NRSS) recently has been released in its nineteenth edition and has been posted on...
The Evolution of Data Sharing in Retail’s Battle Against ORC
Over the past decade, much has changed in loss prevention. As we look back at the transformation that has occurred...even to this magazine...we see...
Building a Loss Prevention Career: The Winding Road from Store Detective to VP
Stan Welch, LPC is the vice president of loss prevention for JCPenney. Prior to joining the company in 2007, Welch held a wide range...
Analyze, Alert, Act – Chico’s Technology-Based Approach to Attacking Shrink
After over thirty-five years in specialty retail loss prevention, there is not a lot that surprises Leo Doran. The two long-running “themes” of his professional life have...
The U.S. Navy Exchange—Loss Prevention with a Family Touch, Global Reach
Here is a quick quiz—Name a multi-billion-dollar global retailer that is consistently profitable, has had only one owner in 200 years, offers attractive wages and benefits (medical/dental/life...