Tag: organized retail crime
The 10th Annual New England Loss Prevention Expo Recap
The 10th Annual – and recently rebranded – New England Loss Prevention Expo was held Thursday, September 15, 2016 at the DCU Center in...
The Organized Theft “Sales Cycle”
Forty years ago, organized theft (now called organized retail crime, or ORC) plagued the East Coast. Gangs of professional thieves from various countries in...
Social Media Monitoring for Brand Threats and Suspicious Activity
The statistics are in, and the results boast resounding numbers. According to Eric Qualman, author of Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We...
ORC and Diverters
Organized retail crime (ORC) has been in the crosshairs of shrink reduction efforts for a long time now. But for many retailers, battling ORC...
Walking the Walk, But Talking the ORC in Europe
According to Wikipedia, the orcs in Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy Lord of the Rings are “a race of creatures used as soldiers and henchmen by...
Thanks for Fifteen Great Years
Fifteen years has gone by quickly—until I look at my photo in our first issue compared to my current photo. When we started the...
Fifteen Years of Loss Prevention
Based on another project, I have spent two months combing over every issue of Loss Prevention magazine. Being a reader from the very beginning...
Seventh Annual Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail (C.L.E.A.R.) Conference
In today’s world, quality training and partnerships between law enforcement and retail loss prevention is essential in combatting the ever changing landscape of Organized...
Organized Retail Crime Associations Network with Law Enforcement at Fusion Center
The 2016 National Retail Federation (NRF) PROTECT Conference, which convened in Philadelphia in June, marked the seventh time that eBay’s Global Asset Protection (GAP)...
Please Join Us at the Premier Conference of the Carolinas Organized Retail Crime Alliance
The Carolinas Organized Retail Crime Alliance (CORCA) will hold its first Annual Conference of September 8, 2016 in Charlotte, with a Welcome Reception hosted...