Tag: shrinkage
Loss Prevention Sales Strategies
Cheryl Blake, VP of business development for Verisk Retail, Johnny Custer, chief implementation officer for Spark Resultants, and Claudia Tuttle, marketing manager for Accuride International, share their thoughts on what it takes to be a true solution provider.
Analyzing Employee Theft Statistics from a Specialty Retailer
When I was a doctoral graduate student at the University of Minnesota during the late 1970s, I began conducting research on employee theft. At...
How to Evaluate New Retail Technology Interventions
Risk Amplification: Making Offenders Think Twice, a recent study by Adrian Beck undertaken for the ECR Community Shrinkage and On-shelf Availability Group in Europe,...
A Look Inside This Edition
This issue of the LP Magazine print edition includes articles from multiple sources representing a wide range of subjects. I thought it valuable to...
ORC Is Worrisome, Worsening…And at Risk of Becoming Ignored?
Organized retail crime (ORC) is a significant source of loss for US retailers. Exactly how significant is notoriously difficult to tease out, but new...
Collaboration on Food Waste Reduction
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article first appeared in the Autumn 2017 edition of LP Magazine Europe.
In the English language, the word “set” reportedly has the...
LPM Insider’s Top 5 Inventory Shrinkage Articles of 2017
Inventory Control Job Description and Responsibilities
Functions included in an inventory control job description can vary based upon the work environment.
By Kelsey Seidler
What does a...
Boosting vs. Fencing Goods: Which Is the Direct Link to Shrink?
What is the issue facing retailers regarding boosters and fences? There seems to be confusion over whether boosting or fencing goods is the primary...
A Look Inside Hibbett Sports Loss Prevention
Scott Myers currently serves as the vice president of asset protection of Hibbett Sports. In a recent interview for the November—December 2017 issue of...
2017 Survey Reveals Organized Retail Crime’s Top Stolen Items
The 2017 Organized Retail Crime (ORC) Survey, an annual survey conducted by the National Retail Federation, continues to show the impact that organized crime...