Tag: supply chain security program
From Security to Loss Prevention to Retail Asset Protection to Profit Enhancement
The retail loss prevention industry has seen a pronounced evolution through the years. It is very different today than in the past, and it will...
Controlling Retail Shrinkage in the Specialty Environment
Retail shrinkage stems from a handful of causes that are rarely unique to a single retailer. Theft, whether internal or external, and operational error...
Comparing Policies and Practices on Managing Shoplifting
While the annual shrinkage surveys covering retail loss prevention go some way in offering an oversight as to how the industry is thinking about...
From Supermarket Store Detective to Director
EDITORS NOTE: Scott Ziter is director of asset protection for Price Chopper Supermarkets based in Schenectady, New York. He began his career as a...
Breaking the Retail Shrinkage Life Cycle
For those of who have been in the loss prevention business for a number of years, you are surely familiar with the retail shrinkage...
Recognize Your Resume as a Personal Marketing Strategy
In an increasingly competitive job market, the importance that having a well-constructed resume can have on your loss prevention career cannot be overstated. The...
A Formula for Fighting Organized Retail Theft
What started out as a small meeting in Houston to discuss the problem of infant formula theft led to arguably one of the most...
Advanced Crisis Response Training is Required to Handle Protests
In the past, retailers considered public demonstrations to be a police matter and relinquished the development of response plans to the local level. Retailers...
The Benefits and ROI of Online POS Exception Reporting
According to industry surveys as well as industry buzz, it’s one of the hottest technologies in the retail loss prevention industry, with users swearing...
