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Sandy Kennedy, president and CEO of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), retired effective December 31, 2019. During her seventeen-year tenure, the industry has changed dramatically. Kennedy shared her thoughts with LP Magazine on the retail industry, RILA as it stands today, and the asset protection profession.

This term the Tennessee Supreme Court will decide whether the state of Tennessee can use its burglary statute to prosecute serial shoplifters who have...

There is little consensus on what constitutes “loss” within the retail world nor how it should be measured. The terms “shrinkage” and “shortage” have been loosely applied to encapsulate some of the areas that generate loss, but they are not terms enjoying a clear and agreed-upon definition across the sector.

The APLC provides a platform for industry leaders to come together to address challenges and issues in asset protection.

Employee scams $66K

Jewelry heist on video

Consider loss differently

Garbage can receipt scheme

LPA chased and pepper sprayed

ORC bill put on hold

2019 is in high gear, and we're just getting started. Let LPM help you find your next networking opportunity, retail technology expo, or training course.

While omni-channel was indeed a significant point of discussion throughout the conference, loss prevention and risk management issues were hardly mentioned. Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was.

Stinde was most recently vice president of asset protection at Dallas-based 7-Eleven.

Solutions to address theft and loss are often led from the retailer side of the partnership, but manufacturers do face responsibilities when it comes to product protection. From manufacturer to retailer, product protection is everyone's job.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) recently recognized Profitect, a leader in prescriptive analytics software, as a valuable strategic partner to the Association and...