Tag: store management
LPM Insider Survey Results: Readers Want More Training to Defuse Violent Situations
Incidents of violence in the retail setting have become an ongoing and consistent problem. Nearly every day there are occurrences that result in violent...
Flash Mob Robbery and the Retail Threat
What started out a few years ago as a phenomenon that used social networking sites to gather a group of people in a public...
Shopping Mall Security and LP
Shopping mall security is not a replacement for retail loss prevention programs. Mall security and LP have supporting missions, but they’re different missions.
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Start with a Good Cause: Loss Prevention Strategy Examples
In today's retail business environment, everyone is seeking a competitive advantage. It could be in technology, people, business practices, or newly developed programs. The...
Closing a Retail Store: Loss Prevention’s Role
In recent years, senior loss prevention executives throughout retail have had to come to grips with a different type of promotional sale events—the all-too-frequent store-closing sale.
It...
Woman Bystander Shoots Suspected Shoplifter
An active investigation is underway after police said a shoplifting suspect was shot in Knightdale, North Carolina, Monday evening.

 Police said they were investigating...
Las Vegas Man Dies after Being Struck by Car of Suspect in Convenience Store Theft
A man who may have been trying to intervene in a convenience store theft Sunday morning in North Las Vegas was struck and killed...
Retailers Respond with Major Rescue Efforts in the Wake of the Hurricane Disaster
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has been a disastrous one. Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas as a Category 4 storm on August 24. One...
Nationwide Mall Theft Ring Accused of Shoplifting $20M of High-End Merchandise
Nationwide mall theft ring accused of shoplifting $20M of high-end merchandise
For at least the past decade, Tijuana vendors put in special orders for designer...
Suspect Assaults Good Samaritan With Ax at Convenience Store
Authorities say a Good Samaritan was wounded early Saturday morning when he was attacked with an ax while offering to pay for a shoplifting...