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Organized Retail Crime is on the Rise, but AI Can Stop This Troublesome Trend

Retail TouchPoints

What’s more, these scenarios are also becoming more blatant in recent months as fraudsters have raided and ransacked department stores. The same retail security survey from NRF found that most retailers experience a shrinkage rate of around 1.4%, which is most often attributed to shoplifting, employee theft and ORC.

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“It’s taking a toll”: How retail theft is changing, and what to do about it

Inside Retail

In the US, for example, department store Target recently blamed a US$593 million reduction in its gross profit on organised retail crime, with shrinkage causing its profit margin to fall by around US$400 million. “We Worse still is that the figures reported to management and associations are likely just the tip of the iceberg.

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Kmart MD talks Target merger, shrinkage, and adapting to customer behaviour

Inside Retail

This is the message put forward by Wesfarmers’ CEO Rob Scott, and Kmart Group managing director Ian Bailey, to investors last week. Two brands, one model The business announced in July that it would be merging the two department stores’ backends , with the anticipation of increasing efficiencies across the group.

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Retail’s Last-Mile Challenge

Retail TouchPoints

Yet as pundits ponder the death of the department store, the industry is racing to reimagine where and how it sells goods. Competitive companies rely on focus and understanding their core competencies, solving tasks such as shrinkage and stock-out, and then taking those savings to tackle larger AI projects. In the U.S.,

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In pictures: The 12 best store openings of 2024

Retail Gazette

Sephora UK managing director Sarah Boyd said: Weve once again harnessed the power of listening to our customers to shape our expansion plans around the UK, and the appetite that our beauty community in Birmingham had was profoundly powerful.”

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