Tag: return fraud
Don’t Get Stung by Fraudulent Returns This Holiday Season
While e-commerce merchants typically have a return rate of around 20 percent, it can reach 30 percent during the holidays. So, too, rises fraud.
Organized Retail Crime Losses Reach All-Time High
Organized retail crime (ORC) is continuing to grow, with nearly three-quarters of retailers surveyed reporting an increase in the past year, according to the...
Cyber Security and Brand Protection Are Team Sports (Fortalice)
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As this holiday season approaches, are you ready to stand with your IT security counterparts and protect the brand? How many of...
RESEARCH: Retail Theft and Loss Prevention Analytics
Who shoplifts? There is no typical profile of a shoplifter. Based on our experience of interviewing offenders, shoplifters can be male or female, of any race, as young as five or well into their seventies.
Why Do People Steal… And Does It Matter?
Why do people steal? LP looks at the opioid crisis as a driving motivator of theft and considers the many angles and approaches to the issue.
Machine Learning and the Evolution of Exception Reporting (Appriss)
Recent years have seen an explosion of consumer products that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI). Self-driving cars, Alexa, Siri, chatbots, Google search, and smart traffic...
Are Gift Card Scams Funding ORC?
As professionals in the retail space, it's our responsibility to keep up with the methods and tactics used by thieves when it comes to organized retail crime (ORC). These days, improving technologies equal potentially increased profits in the eyes of theft groups.
AI Helps Retailers Root Out Fraud in Online Order Fulfillment
To retail customers on couches—if they were to give it a second thought—virtual shopping might seem magical. With a few mouse clicks or screen touches, they can conjure up just about anything to appear on their doorstep.