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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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Kookai turns to Avery Dennison to boost supply chain and omnichannel

Inside Retail

Amelia Adey, loss prevention and compliance manager at Kookai Australia explains: “We wanted to remove any customer dissatisfaction due to out-of-stock items or missed sales due to inventory not being accurately represented in our stock file.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

Retail TouchPoints

Trend 6: Loss Prevention Enters the Design Conversation Earnings results from Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lowe’s and Target brought theft, and specifically organized retail crime (ORC), into the media spotlight. Everyday items are behind locked plexiglass, but technology will become a key driver of loss prevention efforts.

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Automation in Retail

Cisco Retail

It also allows retailers to rely on automation to address permissions for the network or online order fulfillment and notification. Using technology to monitor equipment or compare inventory changes with point of sale (POS) data are examples of the kinds of activities technology could better address.

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Facilities Management CEO: ‘Cleanliness Will Be Looked At In An Entirely Different Lens’

Retail TouchPoints

Some stores were literally in flames, and there were loss prevention issues at others. The key is that retailers need to use technology to get in front of their challenges, in areas such as loss prevention and monitoring foot traffic. Some stores were left with nothing but the walls.

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Mobile technology – serving both sides of the retail coin

365 Retail

This approach also supports stock accuracy and loss prevention, as mobile point-of-sale technology automates inventory management. Happier, more fulfilled store teams don’t simply provide better customer service and enhance the ‘theatre of retail.

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Loss Prevention & Fraud Detection in Retail

Cisco Retail

Most retailers attribute 50-60% of losses to associate actions. Increasingly, Organized Retail Crime (ORC) and Cybercrime rank at the top of the list of Loss Prevention (LP) concerns, along with associate fraud and returns fraud. Addressing Areas of Shrink at the Point-of-Sale (POS).