Tag: retail loss prevention
Mall Security and LP—Communication Is the Watchword
With people's focus drawn to the economy, they are naturally looking around for something to laugh at, and mall security is handy. But security...
Six Steps to a Successful Loss Prevention Program, Part 4
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in a series of articles discussing a strategic approach to formulating a targeted loss prevention program. The first part appeared...
Benchmarking Your Performance on Shrinkage
The session took place on the second day of the conference and used an established technology that enabled individual delegates to “answer” questions in real time put...
Challenging Assumptions—Putting LP under the Microscope
Doctors do it, so do engineers, and police officers...even farmers. More and more professions are using rigorous data to create, refine, and measure what they do....
Managing Asset Protection at SUPERVALU
EDITORS NOTE: Carol Martinson isvice president, asset protection group, forSUPERVALU, where she oversees retail lossprevention operations, operations safety, foodsafety and quality assurance, and corporatesecurity....
Surviving the Star Trek: How to Plan a Safe and Successful Celebrity Event
As a retail loss prevention manager, enjoying a sports figure on ESPN is one thing; hosting that sports figure at the department store where...
Considerations for Evaluating EAS Source-Tagging Programs
While electronic article surveillance (EAS) has become pervasive in the US retail market, there are still a large number of retailers that have yet...
Growth: The New Shrink
United Kingdom clothing chain New Look is to retail what Madonna is to contemporary music—a brand that is successfully reinventing itself as an iconic...
MGM MIRAGE: Roll the Dice, Bad Guys Lose
Aspiring shoplifters should be advised that the odds for getting away with shoplifting at one of MGM MIRAGE’s 105 Las Vegas retail shops are...
Turning LP Personnel into Retail Business Professionals
EDITOR'S NOTE: Samuel J. Rowell is vice president of loss prevention for Pep Boys. His department is responsible for the development of shortage reduction...