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Beef Up Perimeter Security to Enhance Loss Prevention and Safety

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increase in ORC (a loss of roughly $700,000 for every $1 billion in sales), retailers are increasingly concerned about the violence often associated with ORC incidents. Increased prevalence of firearms and other weapons used in retail crime puts the safety of consumers, employees and communities at risk.

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Federal Policies, AI and Supporting Law Enforcement: Retailers Fight Back Against ORC

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billion in losses, up from $93.9 billion in 2021, according to a retail security report from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC). Retailers and their loss prevention teams can’t tackle the problem alone. In 2022, shrink caused retailers $112.1

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Holiday Store Experience Survey: Consumers Prioritize Safety Over Immersive Shopper Journeys

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But supply chain pressures and ongoing uncertainty surrounding the pandemic means that consumers are focusing less on how immersive and entertaining in-store shopping experiences are and more on how safe and efficient they are. Despite these reservations, 47% of consumers plan to shop in-store this holiday season, an 8% increase from 2020.

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Rethinking Hard Tag Removal: How RFID Technologies are Complementary to EAS Hard Tags

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Still, as intelligence-led loss prevention (ILLP) systems that rely on radio frequency identification (RFID)-supported inventory insights to help retailers get ahead of organized retail crime become more common, retailers are considering a change in approach.

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Three Design Tips for Fighting Shrink

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How can we better integrate the latest anti-theft technologies and loss-prevention research into our store designs from the outset? The good news: Skills developed on the consumer side can be flipped around and used to fight retail crime. What are the most customer-friendly ways to protect high-value items from smash-and-grabs?

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What to Consider When Incorporating AI into Your Retail Business

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Virtual try-on technologies that allow consumers to see themselves wearing an item before making a purchase are interesting but complicated. In brick-and-mortar stores, retailers have implemented contactless checkout features that use facial recognition and other physical data to identify consumers and charge their payment method.

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Sensormatic Solutions Offers Expanded Insights with Sensormatic IQ Platform

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The solution provider aims to meet the needs of modern, digitally connected retailers by offering solutions across shopper experience, inventory intelligence, loss prevention and operational effectiveness. Sensormatic Solutions has launched an enhanced Sensormatic IQ platform and transformative services.