Tag: shoplifting
When Tragedy Strikes the Loss Prevention Community
On the evening of April 10, 2016, a shoplifting suspect was attempting to steal three flatscreen televisions from a metro Atlanta Walmart when he...
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up – August 2016
Shoplifter Runs over Employee with Electric Scooter
Watching somebody roll through Walmart on an electric scooter looking for bargains on oversized containers of cheese balls...
2016 National Retail Security Survey Results Released
Results from the 25th annual National Retail Security Survey (NRSS) were recently released at the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) PROTECT Conference, which was held...
The Debate Over Restorative Justice Programs
A recent article by the American Bar Association’s ABA Journal posed the question, “Are private education programs for shoplifters a second chance or extortion?”
The...
8 Tips to Protect Profits during the Back-to-School Rush
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When asked which shopping season brings the highest amount of theft, most retailers identify the time around the winter holidays—no surprise there....
Retail Theft Statistics: Staying Focused on What’s Really Most Important
There are many different ways that retail theft statistics can be applied in order to show how the many different ways that shoplifting, employee...
Juvenile Shoplifting Rings Use Social Media to Discuss Retail Theft
In April 2014, a Tumblr user published a list of Tumblr accounts operated by what she called "Tumblr's Bling Ring." The juvenile shoplifting rings were...