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Retailers Seek Greater Productivity  The Bureau of Labor Statistics has tracked grocery store productivity since the 1970s, noting a steep decline in productivity around the 2008-2010 labor crises. For the last decade, retail and grocery have moved to a demand-based labor scheduling model that has ...

You’ve seen the pictures of brazen thefts in retail stores, from violent flash mobs to the Walgreens’ bike-riding shoplifter. Does increasing the felony threshold become a deterrent, or is there more needed? 

As retailers regain momentum in a post-COVID environment, winning retailers now take a hard look at the bottom line. What investments are they making to ensure they thrive in a challenging business environment? The newest survey by IHL Services, Retail's Digital Journey: How Winning Retailers are ...

The National Restaurant Association estimates that 75% of restaurant inventory shortages are due to internal theft, and QSRs will lose a whopping 7% of sales due to employee theft. Cash-skimming and register voids continue to plague restaurant owners, but new schemes, like loyalty point fraud, are ...

From Store Cop to Strategic Advisor Not so long ago, Security Teams  oversaw the protection of goods, watching for both shoplifters and employee theft. Often staffed by retired cops, they used rudimentary tools and manual processes that provided clues to investigate. The Security Team was ...

Retail crime has been rising throughout the US for the past few years, with organized retail crime (ORC) and internal theft leading the way.

Mount Laurel, NJ -- Drive Research today published a report that finds Agilence, the leader in Loss Prevention Analytics, delivers an average of 3318% Return on Investment (ROI) for its customers, with an average payback period of 38 days.