Breaking News in the Industry: January 25, 2018
Ten burglars stole $500K in luxury items from California store San Diego police say 10 burglars pried open a door at the Hermès store in Fashion Valley in the predawn hours early Saturday and made off...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: January 26, 2018
Florida man sold millions in counterfeit luxury goods A man was arrested after police say they found more than $9.6 million in counterfeit luxury goods he was selling out of his West Miami...
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Case Preparation: The Key to Successful Shoplifter Prosecutions
The loss prevention associate finally caught them red-handed. For three months, he had been trying to catch these shoplifters in the act. This time, he saw it happen. The male removed the frying pan...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: January 29, 2018
Store clerk charged in theft of $1 million lottery ticket Prosecutors say a New Jersey convenience store employee has been charged with theft of a million-dollar winning lottery ticket from its...
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The Secret to a Winning Loss Prevention Team Culture
What is the secret to a winning loss prevention team culture? This is a pretty lofty question. Before you ask, I’m not about to say there is a magic recipe or secret sauce, but there are certainly LP...
View ArticleRetailers Increasingly Worried about ORC Activity
Organized retail crime (ORC) has been a serious concern for retailers for many years—but the problem isn’t going away. Recent data from the National Retail Federation puts the loss from ORC in 2017 at...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: February 8, 2018
DOJ charges 36 alleged scammers for $530 million cyber-fraud scheme The Justice Department has charged 36 individuals with connections to a cyber-fraud ring that claimed more than $530 million in...
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People on the Move: February 2018
Professional advancement and building a successful loss prevention career can mean many things to many different people. For some individuals, it may mean reaching a top leadership position at a...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: February 19, 2018
Police arrest 3 in connection with theft of 291 card numbers at gas pumps You pay for a tank of gas with plastic, stick your card back in your wallet and, next thing you know, somebody has used that...
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Flash Mob Robbery and the Retail Threat
What started out a few years ago as a phenomenon that used social networking sites to gather a group of people in a public place to dance or perform another innocent form of entertainment has since...
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LPM Insider Survey: Should the Loss Prevention Industry Do More to Support...
Last week, LP Magazine was in Fort Lauderdale to support the 2018 Innovision Conference where leaders and decision-makers working in the loss prevention industry came together to network, learn, and...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: March 2, 2018
Pennsylvania men ran pet supply business by stealing inventory from other pet stores The first heist happened in Colonial Heights, near Petersburg, Pennsylvania, according to court documents. From...
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LPM Survey Results: Readers in Favor of More Regional Conferences
In last week’s LPM survey, we discussed loss prevention industry conferences, which bring together professionals from across the industry to network, learn, and share best practices amongst peers....
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Why Point-of-Sale Activation Technology Has Been Heralded as a Kingmaker
If connectivity in today’s digital world represents “everything,” then surely the opposite must be true of disconnectivity. As we immerse ourselves in the 21st century and the Internet of Things—the...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: March 8, 2018
Organized retail crime ring targeted home improvement stores Four people were arrested Tuesday in relation to an organized retail crime ring, which had been targeting home improvement retailers such as...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: March 9, 2018
Off-duty officer arresting shoplifting suspects shoots at driver who hit him An off-duty officer in Missouri was arresting two suspected shoplifters when a hidden occupant of their cargo van drove off,...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: March 12, 2018
Organized retail crime $1.3M investigation nets 2 arrests at business park A criminal complaint filed in Houston federal court outlines a retail theft operation accused of stealing, repackaging and...
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People on the Move: March 2018
Professional advancement and building a successful loss prevention career can mean many things to many different people. For some individuals, it may mean reaching a top leadership position at a...
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Exactly What Is a Shoplifter and How Much Do You Know?
When asked “What is a shoplifter?”, most readers of the LPM Insider probably have a pretty good idea of how to respond. I do too, but it’s interesting what you learn (or re-learn) when you actually do...
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Is ORC on the Rise? Just Ask Your Store Associates.
If organized retail crime (ORC) continues to plague retailers as recent studies indicate, why are some retailers cutting their ORC investigative staff and seemingly losing their focus on preventing...
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