In a World of Evolving Threats, Restaurants Receive a Much-Needed Assist
Sponsored by the Restaurant Loss Prevention and Security Association Facing rapidly evolving threats and coming off a year ending with weak sales, loss prevention, safety, and risk practitioners in the...
View ArticleIs Your Approach to Network Device Security Sufficiently Middle of the Road?
Sponsored by Axis Communications Attitudes toward the cyber risk posed by network devices can vary substantially. Some organizations don’t give it much thought. They plow ahead, adding this or that...
View ArticleRamifications of Retail’s Upheaval
Sponsored by the National Retail Federation Since last June’s National Retail Federation (NRF) loss prevention conference, there have been a lot of changes—and not all of them have been good. Attendees...
View ArticleHave You Built the Relationships Necessary to Manage Crisis Events?
Sponsored by American Public University Retailers’ crisis management programs have matured over the last decade. Nonetheless, wishful thinking continues to plague their disaster planning, according to...
View ArticleHow Can LP Manage Shoplifting More Effectively?
Sponsored by Crime Accountability Partnership All loss prevention departments have an existing system to handle shoplifting incidents. And with everything new on LP’s plate—technology, threats, retail...
View ArticleBrand Protection Requires a High Bar for LP’s Business Partners
Sponsored by The Zellman Group Many characteristics comprise a retailer—products, price, customer service, store design, and more. Nothing, however, has a more profound impact on potential customers...
View ArticleLessons from a Technology Upgrade—And One Regret
Sponsored by Nedap After establishing a new standard for electronic article surveillance (EAS) technology for its North American stores, Under Armour does have one lingering regret. “I could kick...
View ArticleDoes AI Hold the Secret to Stopping Employee Theft?
Sponsored by Appriss Retail Companies are promising to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to eliminate cyber threats and diagnose cancer. Other companies describe how it will be used to predict...
View Article5 Recent Cases of Retail Robbery and Theft—And the Safe Technology to Thwart...
Sponsored by FireKing At any given time, even the most casual Google search for “retail robberies” will return pages and pages of recent news items—some recounting thieves’ success; others, their...
View ArticleAs Help Fighting Shoplifting Wanes, Where Should Retailers Turn?
Sponsored by Crime Accountability Partnership Retailers are losing their traditional allies in the fight against shoplifting. Once part of a multi-prong crime control effort—which included courts,...
View ArticleSavvy Retailers Find Value in New Benefit-Denial Technology
Sponsored by Avery Dennison Benefit denial, which has a long history as an effective loss prevention strategy, is now taking an even more central role in stopping retail theft. Aided by advances in...
View ArticleNew Ways to Analyze SRAs Today Instead of Suffering Disappointing Shrink...
Sponsored by Appriss Retail The retail industry is on the cusp of a transformation in its use of data to protect profits and to identify and overcome sales barriers. We’ve been here before. First, with...
View ArticleBystander No More: Today’s Best Solutions Are Being Developed through LP...
Sponsored by Checkpoint High-Theft Solutions Loss prevention practitioners need not assume the role of spectator in the development of theft prevention solutions. With the right vendor partner, you now...
View ArticleRise of the Robots? Futuristic, Sure, but the Technology Is Also Here and Now
Sponsored by Knightscope Robots in retail are a bit of a dichotomy—simultaneously ‘one day’ and ‘right now.’ We are, certainly, just scratching the surface of what mobile, autonomous machines will do....
View ArticleWhere Do We Go from Here? In the Wake of a Legal Setback, One Pre-Charge...
Sponsored by the Crime Accountability Partnership Program What should the retail industry and loss prevention pros make of a San Francisco court finding that Corrective Education Company’s (“CEC”)...
View ArticleLoss Prevention, Stress, and Building a Resilient LP Workforce
Sponsored by American Public University In loss prevention’s desire to improve solutions and enhance performance, it can be easy to forget about the dangers personnel face, especially those non-acute...
View ArticleReady for the Revolution? New Skills, Focus Are Key to Thriving Under New...
Sponsored by the Retail Industry Leaders Association. Asset protection practitioners need to accept and respond to the sea change taking place in the retail industry to avoid being engulfed by it,...
View ArticleEnough is Enough: Consecutive RILA Conference Sessions Aim to Put Shoplifting...
Sponsored by the Retail Industry Leaders Association The cooperative effort to fight shoplifting is in desperate need of a reboot-and the industry is hoping that sessions at the upcoming Retail...
View ArticleImpressed by an LP Solution? Product Capability is Just the First Consideration
Sponsored by Checkpoint Systems It’s conference season—the time of year when loss prevention executives get to touch and admire the latest advances in new loss prevention technology. But whether you’re...
View ArticleNew Problems, Fresh Opportunities—LP Readies to Rise to the Occasion
Sponsored by NRF PROTECT As retail undergoes broad transformation, it’s not surprising that loss prevention is embroiled in a sea change of its own. Bob Moraca With essential shrink challenges as...
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