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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. This is particularly helpful for someone bringing a new product to market, where there is no sales history.”

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How retailers can combat shrink and create an enjoyable shopping experience

Inside Retail

Retail profitability can be critically impacted through stock loss with inferior or outdated protection systems. Retailers face continual challenges with increasingly sophisticated shoplifters causing in-store ‘shrinkage’. The result is costing retailers billions in stock loss each year.

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Shrink costs retailers over $94B in 2021: NRF

Retail Dive

In response to shrinkage concerns, retailers expect to spend more on loss prevention and technology, a new NRF survey found.

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Effective Ways to Utilize Video Surveillance

Independent Retailer

According to the 2020 National Retail Security Survey , retail theft, or shrinkage, is at an all-time high. 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.

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Effective Ways to Utilize Video Surveillance

Independent Retailer

According to the 2020 National Retail Security Survey , retail theft, or shrinkage, is at an all-time high. 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.

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

Retail Focus

Security and Loss Prevention Ensuring the security of your retail store and merchandise is paramount. Outsourcing security and loss prevention services to professionals can significantly reduce the risk of theft, shoplifting, and inventory shrinkage.

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More than plexiglass: Experts weigh in on rising retail crime rate in US

Inside Retail

Factoring in the roughly US$700 million of inventory shrinkage that occurred in 2022, mainly attributed to retail crime, the company is on track to lose up to a total of US$1.2 billion due to organised retail crime over the past two years alone. It’s the best move they can make,” he noted.