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RILA Retail Supply Chain Conference 2017 Preview
Supply-chain executives from retailers throughout the world will meet in Orlando, FL this month for the 2017 Retail Supply Chain Conference, hosted by the...
EyeOnLP: Predictive Analytics and RILA Student Mentorship Program
Over the course of four months, students in the UT MSBA program worked closely with asset protection professionals at 7-Eleven to fully understand the organization’s business model and develop hypotheses about how analytics might be used to identify fraudulent activity.
Fifteen Years of Loss Prevention, Part 3
Here we are at the third and final installment of the first fifteen years of Loss Prevention magazine. I had indicated in the first...
People On the Move: January-February 2017
Steven L. Jacson II, Ted Johnson, and Phillip Rice are now Regional AP Managers, and Mario Perez is now DC/Supply Chain AP Manager at...
Happy New Year
This column is about things I may have said before in January, favorite things I heard said in 2016, and some issues for 2017.
Things...
LP Insider’s Top Five Professional Development Articles of 2016
Changing Roles and Challenges Inside Home Depot Loss Prevention
A discussion on professional development and career growth.
Stacie Bearden is the director of asset protection, field...
LP Insider’s Top Five Inventory Shrinkage Articles of 2016
How to Calculate Shrinkage in Retail
Understanding how to calculate shrinkage in retail is a fundamental but critical concept within the loss prevention profession as...
Using Inventory Analysis to Untangle Fraud at 7-Eleven
According to the most recent data, the US retail industry loses nearly $60 billion annually due to shrinkage. As part of an increased focus...
People on the Move: November 2016
Professional advancement and building a successful loss prevention career can mean many things to many different people. For some individuals it may mean reaching...
Predictive Data Analytics
In the 2015 US Retail Fraud Survey, retailers across the country identified analytics and monitoring as the number one area of need. With the...