Tag: organized retail crime
Organized Retail Crime Gangs Targeting Optical Goods
Reports indicate that security in the United States has worsened in many arenas since September 11, 2001. Many crime-fighting resources are being focused specifically...
People on the Move: March 2016
Professional advancement and building a successful loss prevention career can mean many things to many different people. For some individuals it may mean reaching...
Rethinking Loss Prevention and Shrink Management
The pace of change in the retail industry has accelerated dramatically over the past few years. The move to online shopping, emergence of mobile...
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...
Data Analysis: The Key to Good Loss Prevention and a Great Career
Technology is amazing. It has changed our personal lives, the way we do business, and is changing the loss prevention profession in every way....
In Terms of Professional Development, Relevance is a Product of Evolution
In the digital space, the concept of evolution is a frequent topic of conversation. Naturally this makes a great deal of sense, as we...
Outplaced: Committing Loss Prevention Suicide?
This year I will turn sixty-six years old and intend to retire after over thirty-six years in academia, including thirty-three years at the University...
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...
How a Public-Private Partnership Can Change Community Policing
How can the quality of the law enforcement services provided not be impacted during these hard economic times? For the Albuquerque (NM) Police Department,...