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Turn Your Store Associates into Superheroes with These Four POS Capabilities

Retail TouchPoints

Follow evolving protocols as they relate to loss prevention. Your POS system needs to account for that. And process returns of stuff people don’t want! They likely need to host events, too, since store events are all the rage. Keep the stores tidy. Personalize the experience. Sales associates need robust POS solutions.

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Investing in Security: How Physical Barriers Protect your Bottom Line

Retail TouchPoints

billion to theft, with organized retail crime (ORC) accounting for 37% of these losses. They enhance loss prevention. For businesses managing substantial inventory, gates and grilles play a crucial role in loss prevention. The stakes for facility security have never been higher. In 2023, U.S.

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The Role of Communication in Streamlining Retail Security Operations

Retail TouchPoints

Effective communication systems ensure loss prevention and security can quickly rule out suspicious activity. Clearer accountability: When something occurs, security can use documented recorded channels and logs to trace steps taken during the incident.

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Retail Risk is Serious Business – and it’s Time we Acted Like it

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers invest heavily in loss prevention personnel, surveillance devices, electronic sensors and other security measures designed to make stealing as difficult as possible and they mostly succeed. Even on its own, customer data can reveal quite a bit.

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Retail is the Most Common Location for Gun Violence, but There’s More to the Story

Retail TouchPoints

Despite the slightly less nefarious nature of these kinds of incidents, gun violence still accounted for 1,642 fatalities and 3,295 injuries in 2024; 551 of those fatalities happened at retail. The most common gun-related incident is a personal dispute that escalates , followed by a weapon being discovered but not used and shooting threats.

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Understanding What a Data Breach Is and How to Protect Yourself

Small Biz Trends

Identity theft can create significant issues for you and your customers, resulting in unauthorized transactions or new accounts opened in someone else’s name. Fraudulent transactions can drain funds from bank accounts, and rectifying these issues takes time and effort. What cybersecurity measures should businesses implement?

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Smash-and-Grab Is Only One Part of a Retailer’s Loss Prevention Story

Retail TouchPoints

Yet despite the growing frequency of ORC, retailers would be remiss to focus their loss prevention efforts solely on these brazen, smash-and-grab scenarios. In fact, according to the 2023 National Retail Security Survey conducted by NRF, Appriss Retail and the Loss Prevention Research Council, 68.8% Similarly, 57.8%