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Beef Up Perimeter Security to Enhance Loss Prevention and Safety

Retail TouchPoints

Loss Prevention Technology is Key. A growing number of retailers are increasing their budgets to implement new technologies in order to prevent theft before it takes place. fashion store was traveling in a shopping district that contains the same store.

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Lost Goods or Lost Sales? How Connected Systems can Help Solve Retail’s Most Persistent Dilemma

Retail TouchPoints

As such, there are many factors to consider when implementing new loss prevention tactics. At the top of that list is the effect locks and cases can have on well-intentioned shoppers when not deployed as part of a holistic, data-led loss prevention strategy.

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Planning to Prevent Workplace Violence in Retail

Retail TouchPoints

My 35-plus years of experience in retail, most of that time being in loss prevention, has taught me a lot. Now, as the retail consultant at Acuity Insurance, I work with retail customers – from large multilocation retailers to small mom-and-pop shops – to help manage risks like this. Additionally, the U.S.

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JD Sports Powers Digital Transformation to Spur Growth in Canada

Retail TouchPoints

includes cloud technology solutions with rich mobile functionality for omnichannel, POS, merchandising, ERP, warehouse management, analytics and loss prevention. The Retail Management Suite from Jesta I.S.

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

Inside Retail

Keeping staff connected on the shop floor Bretherton says Zebra Technologies’ tablets and touch computers – connected to new-generation communications software – are resulting in an 8 per cent reduction in employee turnover – and a similar rate of improvement in customer feedback scores. “If

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Effective Ways to Utilize Video Surveillance

Independent Retailer

The good news is that retailers can use video surveillance in tandem with a dynamic loss prevention program to address this complex problem. Video surveillance, for example, gives store managers the tools they need to track shop traffic and activity with remarkable precision and consistency. Remotely Manage Retail Locations.

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During the Holidays, Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Feel the Impact of Retail Crime

Retail TouchPoints

If big box stores with significant resources at their disposal are struggling to implement effective security measures, how can local retailers hope to keep their locations safe? They’re mom and pop shops — the local businesses that form the lifeblood of countless communities throughout the country.