Tag: retail industry
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...
Loss Prevention Lawsuits: The Expert’s Role
Contemporary loss prevention policies in the retail industry are a consequence of the so-called “litigation explosion” that dates back to the early to mid-1980s....
Fraud Detection Techniques Using Big Data
Deep inside the data warehouses of companies across the world, billions of dollars are trapped in the subtle variations between the binary 0s and...
Tyco Retail Solutions Surpasses More than 63 Billion Consumer Products Tagged to Date
Tyco Retail Solutions recently announced it has surpassed 63 billion consumer products source tagged to date. Reportedly setting a retail industry milestone with Sensormatic...