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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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Sensormatic Solutions and MTI Add New Loss Prevention Tools for High-Value Devices

Retail TouchPoints

Sensormatic Solutions has extended its partnership with MTI to offer additional loss prevention and liability offerings for high-value electronics, including smartphones, tablets and cameras. The solutions are designed to safeguard these devices while still letting customers interact freely with them.

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Sensormatic Debuts Loss Prevention Labels Designed for Metal Products

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Sensormatic Solutions has introduced an acousto-magnetic metal label designed to protect high-risk products with metal surfaces like cookware, canned foods and power tools. The new label helps retailers protect previously unprotectable items, while also reducing the labor demand associated with tagging and monitoring these products.

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Woolworths South Africa Rolls Out RFID Solution to 200+ Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Premium retailer Woolworths will deploy the iD Cloud RFID solution from Nedap to 217 Fashion, Beauty and Home stores across South Africa as it seeks to improve inventory accuracy and in-store replenishment. We are excited to start this journey with them.

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Kohl’s Taps Tuesday Morning CEO as New Director of Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Kohl’s has hired a new Senior EVP and Director of Stores to help improve brick-and-mortar sales and productivity. Fred Hand, who has deep experience with discount and department store brands, is now overseeing the retailer’s 1,100+ stores, store operations and experience, loss prevention and store experience and design functions.

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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. Some insurance companies have loss control or loss prevention professionals who can help. Throughout his retail career, loss prevention has been a consistent focus. Additionally, the U.S.

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Computer Vision-Enabled App Helps Home Depot Improve On-Shelf Availability

Retail TouchPoints

Home Depot is on the leading edge with this type of tech usage: the 2023 Retail TouchPoints Store Operations Benchmark Survey revealed that just 28% of retailer respondents’ associates use mobile devices to audit visual merchandising and displays.