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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%

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

Retail TouchPoints

One prime example: the retailer’s partnership with RetailNext to use in-store traffic analytics for shaping everything from staffing strategies to improving store performance and even loss prevention. I learned to collect accounts from this grumpy old dude, who is now the grumpy old dude running our collections.

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

Inside Retail

These technologies are helping retailers achieve efficiencies in operational functions including staff deployment and management, customer service, shrinkage reduction and lifecycle pricing. And that’s where your Workforce Management systems come into play,” says Bretherton. They also need clarity around what they need to do.

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Different Things to Consider Outsourcing in Your Retail Business (and Why)

Retail Focus

Order Fulfillment When outsourcing, retailers can benefit from streamlined inventory management, order processing, and shipping. Accounting and Bookkeeping Maintaining accurate financial records is crucial for the long-term success of any retail business.

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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. Remotely Manage Retail Locations.

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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. Remotely Manage Retail Locations.

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How Edge Computing Enables the Retail Store of the Future

Retail TouchPoints

Technology — specifically edge computing — provides the foundation for a better customer experience, real-time inventory management, enhanced security and loss prevention and in-store analytics. Those same cameras and sensors also are at the heart of the grab-and-go checkout system featured in Amazon Go stores.