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Planning to Prevent Workplace Violence in Retail

Retail TouchPoints

million nonfatal workplace violence incidents between 2015 and 2019. My 35-plus years of experience in retail, most of that time being in loss prevention, has taught me a lot. Some insurance companies have loss control or loss prevention professionals who can help. A 2022 U.S. Additionally, the U.S.

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How Amazon’s Anti-Counterfeit Unit Keeps Fake Products off its Site

Retail TouchPoints

Using Machine Learning and LLMs to Detect Infringements As with many other types of loss prevention, much of the activity takes place behind the scenes. Amazon has been fighting counterfeiters since at least March 2019 , which saw the launch of its “Project Zero” anti-fraud initiative.

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Effective Ways to Utilize Video Surveillance

Independent Retailer

In fact, in 2019, shrinkage accounted for an average rate of two percent of inventory, calculated at retail, costing the industry a record $62 billion. The good news is that retailers can use video surveillance in tandem with a dynamic loss prevention program to address this complex problem.

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Effective Ways to Utilize Video Surveillance

Independent Retailer

In fact, in 2019, shrinkage accounted for an average rate of two percent of inventory, calculated at retail, costing the industry a record $62 billion. The good news is that retailers can use video surveillance in tandem with a dynamic loss prevention program to address this complex problem.

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Retail crime: Why foiling shoplifters takes a team effort

Inside Retail

The study reveals a worrisome trend: All major categories of retail crime have increased since the previous study conducted in 2019. However, what’s particularly alarming is the substantial rise in the costs attributed to customer theft, which have surged by 20 per cent between 2019 and 2022.

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Retail x Fintech: The Importance of Security in Retail’s Adoption of BOPIS and Payment Installment Plans

Retail TouchPoints

compared to June 2019, as consumers continued to take to the web to shop for items for their patios and gardens, outdoor recreation, work-from-home needs, arts and crafts and more. Prior to Entersekt, Bledsoe was a solution architect and sales engineer at VMware, working extensively on security and data loss prevention products.

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Walgreens expands partnership with ALTO US

Mass Relators

. – Walgreens announced Monday it is broadening its effort to address theft and organized retail crime across more than 2,200 stores nationwide in partnership with ALTO US, a provider of innovative loss prevention and tech-enabled security services.