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Loss Prevention & Fraud Detection in Retail

Cisco Retail

Increasingly, Organized Retail Crime (ORC) and Cybercrime rank at the top of the list of Loss Prevention (LP) concerns, along with associate fraud and returns fraud. Losses can occur through theft, breakage/spoilage, administrative errors, supplier fraud (shorting orders), returns fraud (artificially inflating inventory), and more.

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What Is Phantom Inventory? Here’s How to Spot It

Wiser

ShrinkageShrinkage occurs when a product is lost due to employee theft, shoplifting, or another unknown reason. . Employee errors – Store associates may make an error when entering data, processing returns, or picking inventory to fulfill an online order. . How Phantom Inventory Hurts Retailers .

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Inventory management for efficiency and experience

I Vend

Reduce spoilage and shrinkage – carrying excess stock of perishable or seasonal items risks those goods becoming unsaleable (except, perhaps at a large discount). Mis-recorded, mis-counted or misplaced inventory accounts for just over 25% ++ of shrinkage. Smart retail technology for inventory management can reduce both these risks.

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The Future of Retail: How Top Brands Choose In-Store Tech

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Create value across the business: Effective retail technology delivers returns across the entire business. Many retailers see a 4x return on their initial investment within a few months, thanks to broad applications spanning store operations, supply chain, e-commerce, and vendor relationships.

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Inventory Management Challenges for Growing Retailers

Retail Assist

Challenge 3: Returns and Reverse Logistics Efficiently handling returns, and recapturing value through reverse logistics , is essential for both customer satisfaction and business profitability. This includes tracking, restocking, refurbishing, and in some cases, disposal of returned products.

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Zebra Technologies releases 16th Annual Global Shopper Study

Mass Relators

–   Zebra Technologies Corporation  has announced the findings of its 16 th Annual Global Shopper Study that confirmed retailers are feeling the omnichannel squeeze, particularly with managing online returns and reducing shrink caused by theft, fraud and other contributing factors.

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Avoiding Stockouts: 5 Preventable Causes of Out-of-Stocks and What to Do About Them

Retail Times

Between shipment variances, misplaced products, returns, and stolen goods, retailers find that the inventory numbers they have on paper (or on screen) often don’t match what they have in their stores. For more information on how to reduce shrinkage, see our previous post on beefing up security and preventing loss in your store.