Tag: pos management
Access Control and the Case of the Missing Camera
When I first approached this writing assignment on access controls, I brainstormed the usual items on the topic. I realized quickly that a 3,000-word...
Brick-and-Mortar Is Not Dead; Amazon Just Proved It
Brick-and-mortar didnt die, and Amazon just confirmed it with its purchase of Whole Foods. Unless you live under a rock, you have seen the...
Using Video Surveillance Systems to Perform Audits
Throughout my career in retail loss prevention, I’ve seen some pretty outrageous behavior captured by video surveillance systems. From performance and productivity issues –...
An Update on Major Subjects Affecting Retail LP
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...
Cashing In on Security
It is possible for cash to be an afterthought. Shoppers are using it less, and it doesn’t command attention like new mobile payment methods...
Emerging Technologies
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...
Leveraging Your Surveillance Camera System to Boost Total In-Store Performance
Retail organizations have been using surveillance video as a valuable tool to combat shrinkage, which can account for more than 1.38 percent of retail...
From Security to Loss Prevention to Retail Asset Protection to Profit Enhancement
The retail loss prevention industry has seen a pronounced evolution through the years. It is very different today than in the past, and it will...
Fifteen Years of Loss Prevention, Part 3
Here we are at the third and final installment of the first fifteen years of Loss Prevention magazine. I had indicated in the first...