Tag: shoplifting

To the average consumer, a loss prevention manager might once have been perceived as a “security guard”: a reactionary presence in a retail establishment whose primary responsibility is to apprehend shoplifters.

Couple indicted in $1.5M CC scam

LPA threatened... twice

Employee embezzlers charged

Romanian CC fraud ring

New policing methods

Brazen shoplifter gets 2 years

Police in Waco, Texas, say that two people were arrested and a third is being sought after a Monday shoplifting call turned violent and...

Amazon Go, the company's first revolutionary store without a cashier, opened on January 22, 2018. It's been six months. So, how's it going?

Baby formula ring busted: $180K

knife wielding shoplifter collared

Car thief caught on retailer's video

Mom shoplifting high... with kids

Chicago's last Sears store

C-Store robber gets 9 years

BOPIS fraud up 250%

Football players CC fraud

Family of footwear bandits

Shoplifter's dog rescued

Manager re-hired

So successful, it failed

Employee steals $100K

Shoplifting spree ends

Shoplifting ring on video

Sixth time's the charm

Kids taken on high-speed pursuit

Shaming shoplifters on Facebook

At a time when store margins are under intense competitive pressure, retail shrink can make or break a retailer's bottom line. But retail shrink numbers are vulnerable to blind spots and imprecise metrics.

Suspect assaults AP team

Bomb threatening shoplifter

PD and LP sued for grudge

Fraudster gets 54 months

Pawn shop sting

Serial toothpaste caper

For this benchmarking survey, the authors looked at how some of the biggest retailers in the US are experiencing shoplifting, violence associated with these incidents, and the shoplifting policies and procedures put in place to manage these issues.