Tag: retail loss prevention
The Importance of Randomized Controlled Trials in Retail Loss Prevention
Scientists have been wrong. It happens all the time. Randomized controlled trials have produced results that don’t get replicated in full-scale rollouts. The argument...
Loss Prevention Managers: How Do You Deal with Problem Employees?
You hate confrontations with employees. They only seem to make things worse. Sometimes you even end up firing an employee. For these reasons, you generally avoid giving...
A New LINK between Technology and Interview and Interrogation Training
To really consider yourself a professional and a craftsman at any skill, practice is a must. We benefit from practice by applying knowledge through...
Brand Protection Requires a High Bar for LP’s Business Partners
Many characteristics comprise a retailer—products, price, customer service, store design, and more. Nothing, however, has a more profound impact on potential customers than how they feel about a retailer.
How to Land Jobs in Loss Prevention
Whether you’re starting a new career or just getting out of school, your search for jobs in loss prevention might be more successful if...
The Evolving Impact of Return Fraud and Abuse
The concept of the retail return is a relatively new phenomenon. In the mid- to late-twentieth century, retailers began accepting returned merchandise as an...
LPM Excellence Program Recognizes Gene Smith for Leadership
Excellence in Leadership
Gene Smith, LPC, (Former) President, Loss Prevention Foundation
With almost forty years of experience, Gene Smith, LPC, has been a key leader in...
Evolving Security Cameras and Video Technology
In a recent series of aricles, Bill Turner, contributing writer, has looked at the evolution of loss prevention since the inception of LP Magazine...
Solving AccessÂ-Control Challenges by Engaging with Retailers
Our products are commonly used by retailers to help prevent shoplifting by helping control how customers exit stores, to help deter internal theft at receiving back-room doors, and to help prevent burglaries when stores or distribution centers are closed.
Revisiting Timeless Topics, Exploring New Ones
This edition of the magazine has a wide-ranging selection of feature articles—from product protection to restaurant security to loss prevention professionals of the future...