We know that your week can get busy, and the time you have to catch up on the news from around the retail loss prevention industry is often stolen away by other things. That’s why the LPM team sifts through headlines from all over the country to bring only the most relevant LP news to you here, in our special weekly news round-up—the perfect bookend to a productive week.
Here’s What You May Have Missed
Gov. Gavin Newsom Doubles Down on Opposition to Prop. 36
California Gov. Gavin Newsom doubled down on his opposition to Proposition 36, the newly enacted statewide anti-crime initiative, and claimed that recent progress cracking down on retail theft can be attributed to his support for the California Highway Patrol organized retail theft task force.
Top 10 Loss Prevention Stories of 2024
We are collectively barreling into 2025, and while it may feel like the last year went by in the blink of an eye, there was much that happened within the loss prevention industry. Take a look at the top ten stories on our site from the year.
Fraudulent Returns Cost Retailers $103B in 2024
Total merchandise returns for the year reached $685 billion, representing 13.21 percent of total retail sales.
23 Arrested in Southern California Retail Theft Bust
Twenty-three suspects were arrested during a massive retail theft bust over Black Friday weekend in Ventura County.
‘I Couldn’t Stop Shoplifting and Taking Drugs’
James Kelly, 38, from Birmingham, spent more than two decades addicted to drugs and shoplifting before a West Midlands Police rehab program helped him get his life back on track.
Man Arrested in Shooting of 2 Security Guards Outside a Los Angeles Target
Two security guards at a downtown Los Angeles shopping plaza were wounded in a gunfight with a man as they tried to stop him from making off with more than $1,000 of stolen merchandise, police said Tuesday.
