EAS Solutions: Maximizing Your Technology Investment
Today’s loss prevention executives have access to a wider, more robust array of technologies. Along with the technology selection, the procurement process is changing at many retail chains. A recent LP...
View ArticleStretching Our Perspective Takes Career Development to Another Level
Today is the first day of FMI’s 2016 Asset Protection Conference in Tucson, AZ! The agenda kicked off at 7:00 a.m. with a golf tournament at the Westin La Paloma Golf Course. First-time conference...
View ArticleLoss Prevention Essentials: Electronic Article Surveillance Technology Helps...
Sponsored by Electronic article surveillance, or EAS, systems have long been a staple in the battle to curb shoplifting. Retailers over the years have collectively spent millions of dollars to protect...
View ArticleHelping LP Move at the Speed of Business
Sponsored by NRF PROTECT Shelley Row has performed extensive research on executive leadership, including conducting 77 in-depth interviews with top executives. What she discovered was entirely...
View ArticlePart I. Oh, the Places You’ll Go…
Could it be that creating an effective awareness campaign begins with your own awareness?As someone who has been directly involved in creating, promoting, and managing internal communication programs...
View ArticlePart II: Oh, the Places You’ll Go…
Creating an effective awareness campaign begins with raising your own awareness. In Part I of this series, our focus was on the importance of being aware of the corporate culture in which your...
View ArticlePart III. Oh, the Places You’ll Go…
Just as you would any important project, you’re about to invest time, allocated budget, and other resources into building what you hope will be an effective awareness program – one that will surely...
View ArticlePart I. The Future of ORC Management
Sponsored by The Zellman Group Houston had a problem. For that matter, so did the rest of Texas and neighboring states. Boosters were hitting retailers hard, “waltzing in…and brazenly walking out with...
View ArticlePart II. The Future of ORC Management
Sponsored by The Zellman Group Imagine you’re a retailer with a major theft problem of a product at one of your stores (probably not hard to do). You start to poke around and discover the product is...
View ArticleEverybody Wins: A Fresh Way to Manage the Scourge of Shoplifting
Sponsored by Turning Point Justice It is certainly provocative, but perhaps not completely untrue, to say shoplifting prevention in the US is a dismal failure. Yes, there have been significant...
View ArticleTechnology, ROI Driving CA Partnership Program Participation
Sponsored by Turning Point Justice A teenager with more than $100 in hand nonetheless pockets an $18 audio cable. Stopped by the store’s loss prevention agent he says he doesn’t know why he did it....
View ArticleHow Sears Holdings Changed Its View on First Offenders and Earned ‘Gushing...
Sponsored by Turning Point Justice The asset protection department at Sears Holdings faces a unique set of security challenges, but it’s similar to many others in one way—it is gravitating toward a...
View ArticleLoss Prevention Technology That’s Expanding Our Video Solutions
Sponsored by BSI Technology has changed the face of retail in many ways in recent years. From the way that we shop and purchase goods to the way that we manage the temperature control in the stores, we...
View ArticleEverybody Wins: A Fresh Way to Manage the Scourge of Shoplifting (FULL VERSION)
Sponsored by Turning Point Justice It is certainly provocative, but perhaps not completely untrue, to say shoplifting prevention in the US is a dismal failure. Yes, there have been significant...
View ArticleThe Evolution of the Vendor-Client Relationship
Sponsored by Security100 Summits Retail Everyone loves a good party. For that reason alone the traditional trade show will always have a place in our industry. But a need has also arisen for more...
View ArticleIncrease ROI and Uncover Issues through Video-Based Operations Audits
Sponsored by March Networks Throughout my career in retail loss prevention, I’ve seen some pretty outrageous behavior captured on surveillance video. From performance and productivity issues – like...
View Article8 Tips to Protect Profits during the Back-to-School Rush
Sponsored by BSI When asked which shopping season brings the highest amount of theft, most retailers identify the time around the winter holidays—no surprise there. But what may cause a raised eyebrow...
View Article5 Key Control Best Practices in Retail
Sponsored by InstaKey Security Systems It is essential for retailers to have an effective key control system in place at their stores. This will help standardize security of the facility, assist with...
View ArticleAdvice for Prepping Systems Now for the Upcoming Holiday Shoplifting Season
Sponsored by BSI To eliminate stress in the final days before gift giving, some shoppers hit the stores early. While many last-minute shoppers are waiting in long lines, they are home, relaxing, cocoa...
View ArticleHave You Done Your Part, To Get Workers to Do Their Part, To Reduce Cyber Risk?
Sponsored by LPM Media Group Profit protection goals are achievable when everybody thinks about and reacts to security threats, but are nearly impossible to attain if security rarely crosses their...
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