Tag: retail industry
Shoplifting Methods and Designing Out Crime
Booster bags, or so-called “magic bags,” continue to be one of the more popular shoplifting methods used by professional thieves. These foil-lined carriers work...
Fundamental Loss Prevention Skills for Establishing a Professional Brand
In the 1970s and 1980s, service in local, state, and federal law enforcement was the required foundational experience for most loss prevention leaders. Today,...
Is ORC on the Rise? Just Ask Your Store Associates.
If organized retail crime (ORC) continues to plague retailers as recent studies indicate, why are some retailers cutting their ORC investigative staff and seemingly...
LPM Insider Survey Results: Readers Want More Training to Defuse Violent Situations
Incidents of violence in the retail setting have become an ongoing and consistent problem. Nearly every day there are occurrences that result in violent...
Longtime Industry Icon Bob MacLea Passes at Age 75
Bob MacLea, one of the retail industry's longest-tenured and most-respected loss prevention executives, lost his battle with cancer last Thursday, March 1. Beginning his...
All Together Now
The giant course correction hitting retail now appears pointed squarely in one direction—toward technology. It was the sum and substance of presentations at the...
RILA’s Asset Protection Leaders Council
In an industry as dynamic as retail, asset protection leaders have long been faced with the daunting task of keeping pace with the changing...
Why Amazon Go is a ‘No-Go’ for Most Retailers
As Nick Wingfield, technology correspondent for the New York Times describes in his vivid, firsthand account of shopping at the Amazon Go store "Inside...
Day 1 of the Innovision 2018 Conference
The Innovision 2018 conference is now in full swing in Fort Lauderdale, launching the event with messages of creativity and innovation while overcoming our...