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Sensormatic Solutions and MTI Add New Loss Prevention Tools for High-Value Devices

Retail TouchPoints

Sensormatic Solutions has extended its partnership with MTI to offer additional loss prevention and liability offerings for high-value electronics, including smartphones, tablets and cameras. The solutions are designed to safeguard these devices while still letting customers interact freely with them.

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Exclusive: How Daniel’s Jewelers is Using Vision AI to Better Serve its Customers

Retail TouchPoints

Daniel’s Jewelers has been at the center of it all, although from the perspective of Sherwood’s grandson David, who now runs the company, the things that matter most have changed very little over the decades. His father and uncle, who were running the company at that time, were ready to retire, so David was brought in to help find a buyer.

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How smart new technologies are improving sales and reducing costs for retailers

Inside Retail

Retailers worldwide may be facing challenging times right now, but the evolution of technology – including the deployment of AI – is opening the way to dramatic improvements in productivity at all stages of the retail business model. You are optimising the value of that product by discounting at the right time, rather than too early.”

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

Retail TouchPoints

The Amazon Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU), established in June 2020 , stopped more than 700,000 attempts by bad actors to create fake selling accounts in 2023. That’s down from 6 million would-be fake account attempts that were thwarted in 2020, the year that the CCU launched — an 88% decrease in less than four years.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Typically, ORC is reliant on a single entity, like an address, credit card or store account that connects a complex crime ring across retail stores. As ORC continues to make headlines, many retail executives are taking a closer look at their business models, seeking better methods for stopping these criminal activities.

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Cybersecurity Best Practice: Check Your Physical Security Devices

Retail TouchPoints

The Akamai 2023 State of the Internet report revealed that retail continues to be the most targeted industry for cyberattacks, accounting for over 14 billion observed incursions. Risks from cyber threats including fraud, account takeovers, malware, ransomware, compromised business emails and data breaches all begin with an initial breach.

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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

That’s why it’s important to understand the most common forms of theft and the measures you can take to prevent loss without deterring valued customers. External Theft According to the NRF, shoplifting and other forms of external theft, including burglary, accounted for 37% of reported shrink in 2022.