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ORC Theft Trends and Impact
Loss prevention has traditionally focused on shortage reduction through an emphasis on internal theft, external shoplifting, and operational controls. Resources to prevent these losses have been spent...
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9 Emerging Retail Technology Trends You Need to Know
Loss prevention practitioners have a long track record of investing in a wide range of technologies to help control the various losses retailers experience. The extent to which they do this has...
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As 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,...
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Organized Retail Crime Associations: The Complete List
The number of organized retail crime associations (ORCAs) has grown steadily in recent years, with a primary emphasis on assisting law enforcement, retail investigators, and prosecutors with the...
View ArticleJust a Low-Level Shoplifter? The Cost May Be Higher Than You Think
Sponsored by the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention LP has turned much of its attention in recent years away from petty shoplifters to crooked store associates and organized retail...
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A Root-Cause Analysis May Help Reduce Shrinkage
Most retailers have adopted omni-channel strategies to meet consumers’ demand to browse or buy whenever and wherever they choose. But enabling everything from mobile point of sale (POS) to in-store...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: November 13, 2017
Retail fraud tip leads to several arrests, drugs, stolen handguns Six people were arrested in St. Clair County, Michigan, last week after a retail fraud tip led police to finding $4,500 worth of...
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State Retail Associations: The Complete List
State retail associations offer a valuable resource for retailers across the nation and can prove to be an important advocate. With rosters that include all types of retailers and other retail...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: November 14, 2017
LP Worldwide: Watch as Apple’s flagship London store is targeted by moped gang in front of shocked bystanders [Video] This is the moment thieves on mopeds targeted Apple’s flagship London store before...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: November 15, 2017
Forty credit card fraud victims linked to gas pump A warning today for Gilroy, California, residents who may be victim’s of a scam. Police say a credit card skimmer device was found hidden inside a gas...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: November 16, 2017
Agents seize $1 million in knockoff sound systems at Minnesota border US Customs agents confiscated nearly $1 million of counterfeit home theater sound systems that were being imported into the country...
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Savvy 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 ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: November 17, 2017
Shoplifter pulls knife when confronted by LP Warwick Rhode Island Police Chief Col. Stephen McCartney reports Donald Morgan, 35, with no permanent address, arrested Friday by the Rhode Island Violent...
View ArticleOrganized Retail Crime On the Rise, According to Annual NRF Study
Organized retail crime is continuing to grow, with 67 percent of retailers surveyed reporting an increase in the past year, according to the 13th annual ORC study released today by the National Retail...
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2017 Survey Reveals Organized Retail Crime’s Top Stolen Items
The 2017 Organized Retail Crime (ORC) Survey, an annual survey conducted by the National Retail Federation, continues to show the impact that organized crime is having on the business of retail. Each...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: November 20, 2017
Suspect arrested in retail theft ring Officials have arrested a suspect in connection to a large-scale retail theft ring in Sullivan, Indiana, involving over $4,500 of stolen goods. The suspect has...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: November 21, 2017
Eight indicted for $3.5 million in gas station credit card fraud in Kentucky Eight people have been arrested in connection with credit card skimming fraud investigations spanning multiple states...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: November 22, 2017
Woman bit LP associate after shoplifting attempt Police said a 53-year-old Youngstown, Ohio, woman bit a loss prevention associate during a shoplifting investigation. Sherry Gordon was arrested...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: November 28, 2017
Two police chases and three shoplifting cases later, suspect is arrested by police Perhaps the third time’s the charm for Livonia, Michigan, police when it comes to catching this particular...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: November 29, 2017
UPDATE: Texas mall shoplifting suspect may have been suicidal We reported in yesterday’s LP Insider that there had been a shooting inside an Arlington, Texas, mall over the weekend. Today, police say...
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