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Organized Retail Crime is on the Rise, but AI Can Stop This Troublesome Trend

Retail TouchPoints

Common examples of ORC include when merchandise is stolen and returned for profit or sold through online auctions or in-person sales. For example, one delivery address can be the source of 20 online returns across 20 different names, email addresses and credit cards. increase in ORC incidents between 2021 and 2022.

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Retail Returns Increased to $761 Billion in 2021

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Retailers expect more than $761 billion in merchandise sold last year to be returned by consumers, according to a report released today by the National Retail Federation and Appriss Retail. retail sales, which soared to $4.583 trillion in 2021. “As The 2021 total rate of returns (16.6 to return fraud. billion (10.6

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Is the Retail Crime Wave a Tsunami or a Ripple?

Retail TouchPoints

billion in 2021 retail shrink could be attributed to ORC. That kind of makes sense as well: employees know how a retailer’s loss prevention systems work, so the unscrupulous among them would have a better understanding of how to game the system for their own benefit.) Additionally, definitions remain vague.

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Zebra Technologies releases 16th Annual Global Shopper Study

Mass Relators

–   Zebra Technologies Corporation  has announced the findings of its 16 th Annual Global Shopper Study that confirmed retailers are feeling the omnichannel squeeze, particularly with managing online returns and reducing shrink caused by theft, fraud and other contributing factors.

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An Overview of how the BOPIS Retail Strategy is Transforming the Industry (2021)

Retalon

A retail fulfillment process that is known as BOPIS — Buy Online, Pickup In-Store. Adopting BOPIS can be challenging so we’ll explain how you can successfully merge your online and physical store operations. BORIS (Buy Online Return In-Store): Concentrates on reverse logistics. Payment, return, and exchange policies.

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These Were the Top Retail Stories of 2022

VMS

W ITH THE WORLD adjusting to Covid a few years later as less of a threat and more a part of everyday life, retailers sought to return to business as usual. But backrooms filled up, investment money dried up, inflation cut into consumable income, workers sought to organize and loss prevention became a top-of-mind concern.