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The Post-COVID Surge of In-Store Violence and Evolving Loss Prevention Policies

Retail TouchPoints

The Changing Landscape of Retail Crime With this shift in crime, store owners and managers are facing new challenges. This increased risk has forced retailers to reconsider their loss prevention strategies. But now, we’re seeing a worrying trend toward more violent behavior.

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Turn Your Store Associates into Superheroes with These Four POS Capabilities

Retail TouchPoints

Prepping click-and-collect orders, picking and packing ship-from-store orders, managing store-to-store transfers, etc. — Follow evolving protocols as they relate to loss prevention. the fulfillment scenarios really are endless. And don’t forget that they need to sell stuff! And process returns of stuff people don’t want!

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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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Has retail’s focus on cutting costs boosted retail crime?

Inside Retail

In our recent report , we asked loss prevention managers the most common tactics used, and the most common are still very simple tactics that require no planning,” Townsley said. I think it’s the case where [retailers] really didn’t think shoplifting would increase with self-checkout, but it’s made it really easy.”

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Sick of hearing about AI? The key is understanding how to make it work for you

Inside Retail

Inventory management Predictive analytics: This helps optimise your stock levels, preventing overstocking and stockouts. Loss prevention: Employs advanced surveillance techniques to detect and prevent shoplifting. Automated checkout experiences: Retailers such as Apple are pioneering checkout-free shopping.

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Keeping Stores Safe Amid the Autonomous Retail Revolution

Retail TouchPoints

Autonomous retail technology is on the rise, with innovations like Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” technology already leapfrogging past yesterday’s self-checkout solutions. Network cameras can be implemented to monitor entrance points and sales areas, including standard and self-checkout stations. Future-Proof Security.

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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.