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2019 GLPS - Group LP Selfies
Your Team - Your Pride - Our Industry
Building Industry Pride - One Team Selfie at a Time
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Helzberg Diamonds Loss Prevention Team
"Embrace innovation
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customer our integrity and passion" |
Back Row, left to right: Kevin Morrison (Dir of LP), Jon Dalton (Reg. LP
Mgr.), Michael Beaber (SSC Security Operations Specialist), Timothy Lapinski
(Div. VP - Enterprise Risk Management)
Middle Row, left to right: Steve Adkison (SSC Asset Protection Mgr.),
Jennifer Rueckert (Sales Audit Mgr), Susie Browning (Sales Audit Assoc.), Dyana
Bishop (SSC Security Operations Specialist)
Front Row, left to right: Bradley Genz (Finance Loss/Sales Audit),
Jessica Smith (Reg. LP Mgr.), Lori Jacobs (LP Ops & Support Coord.), Shelly
Albrecht (Reg. LP Mgr.)
Not Pictured: George Jasper (SSC Security Operations Specialist), Patrick
Short (SSC Security Operations Specialist), Annelene Caruso (Sales Audit
Assoc.), Cassandra Bond (Loss Prevention System Administrator)
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January 10th
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'Inside the LPRC IMPACT Conference' 2018
An Eight-Episode Series Presented by
Sensormatic
Assessing The Real-World Impact of LP Efforts
The LPRC Delivers Evidence-Based Solutions and Actionable Results
New Solution Providers' Expectations
The Value - Expectations - Benefit
Discussing the Expectations and Reasons for Joining LPRC
Mark Ebersbach , Sales Director, Retail, FaceFirst
Phil Thomson, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Auror
In our 4th episode, hear from two relatively new members of the LPRC, who share
their perspective on why they joined, what their expectations are, and how they
measure success.
Phil Thomson, Co-Founder & Co-CEO,
Auror - a new
solution provider to the U.S. market specializing in ORC software - tells us
what motivated the New Zealand-based company to join the LPRC and how it fits
their industry approach of seeing themselves as part of a larger ecosystem of
retailers, solution providers, and products.
Mark Ebersbach, Sales Director, Retail,
FaceFirst - the leading
facial recognition solution provider for retailers in the U.S. - explains how being able to meet with
other LPRC members and participate in working group projects helps FaceFirst develop a better product and
ultimately puts more technology in
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Rick Munoz promoted to Senior Vice President
of Asset Protection
for Brosnan Risk Consultants
 Formerly
the Vice President of Retail Loss Prevention for Brosnan Risk Consultants, Rick
has held numerous positions in retail such as Regional Loss Prevention Manager
for BCBG MaxAzria, in the US & Canada, Group Assets Protection Team Leader for
Target, Security Manager and Corporate Investigator for Bloomingdale's, among
other roles in the industry. Rick holds a Masters of Science in Business
Leadership and Strategic Management, and a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal
Justice.
In his new role, Rick will now assume responsibilities for the following areas
of Retail Risk Management: Luxury Retail Accounts, Specialty Retail Accounts,
Retail Loss Prevention Programs, Corporate Risk Management,
Distribution/Fulfillment Center Risk, ORC and Retail Asset Protection Innovation
& Technology. Congratulations, Rick!
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Montgomery, AL Goes Live with Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) for Faster,
More Accurate Emergency Response
Users
of monitored home and business security alarms in Montgomery, Alabama will
benefit from faster, more accurate emergency response as the city becomes the
latest municipality to implement Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), a
technology designed to automate communication between alarm monitoring central
stations and public safety dispatch/911 centers.
Electronic data transmission results in the following benefits for residents and
first responders:
● Less phone calls to emergency response centers. Alarm center data is
passed to public safety dispatch/911 operators electronically within seconds and
then provided to first responders upon dispatch.
● Quicker processing times. Data doesn't have to be input manually or
communicated verbally, resulting in reduced hold times, less chance of human
error, and faster responses.
● Greater accuracy of information transmitted. Electronic transmission of
data reduces chances for errors.
Vector Security residential and commercial alarm customers in Montgomery will
benefit from improved emergency response times via ASAP. Vector Security
assisted the city by helping to perform extensive testing prior to the system
going live.
vectorsecurity.com
 ISCPO Announces New Chairman, Board Appointments
and a
Focus on Ecommerce Security
Byron
Smith, CFI and LPC who has served as Vice-Chairman for the past two years, will
assume the Chairman role.
Presently Corporate Asset Protection Manager at
7-Eleven Byron is a veteran asset protection professional with 29 years'
experience building LP and Risk Management teams for various retailers including
Eckerd Drugs, Office Depot, Circuit City and 7-Eleven.
 His
experience has specialized in directing regional and corporate asset
protection/loss prevention, distribution/logistics, risk management, as well as
safety and corporate security. Byron has been an active member of other
organizations including the LPRC where he serves as a Board of Advisors, RILA
where he is involved with the Asset Protection Steering Committee, and he has
also held board member positions with The Houston Crime Stoppers and The Texas
Retailers Association.
iscpo.org
Vermont: House Bill 0012 prohibiting organized
retail theft introduced by Representative Martin LaLonde (D)
 An
act relating to the Monetary Thresholds applicable to theft related
crimes and prohibiting Organized Retail Theft. This bill proposes to
amend the monetary thresholds applicable to larceny and certain theft related
crimes and to create a new crime of organized retail theft. An act
relating to the monetary thresholds applicable to theft related crimes and
prohibiting organized retail theft It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Vermont: Sec. 1. 13 V.S.A. § is added to read: MONETARY
THRESHOLD; MISDEMEANORS AND FELONIES Whenever a section of Vermont Statute
contains a provision referring to this section for purposes of establishing a
monetary threshold for determining the appropriate penalty for the violation,
the monetary threshold shall be: (1) $2,000.00; or (2) $3,000.00.
ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT (a) A person commits the offense of organized retail
theft when he or she commits the offense of retail theft pursuant to section
2575 of this title and: BILL AS INTRODUCED H.12 2019 Page 9 of 9 VT LEG #336185
v.1 1 (1) he or she acts in concert with one or more persons on one or more 2
occasions within a period of 180 days; and (2) the aggregate value of the
merchandise obtained has a retail value of not less than $2,000.00. (b) A person
convicted of organized retail theft of merchandise having an aggregate retail
value of not less than $2,000.00 and not more than $4,000.00 shall be imprisoned
for not more than three years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. A
person convicted of organized retail theft of merchandise having an aggregate
retail value greater than $4,000.00 shall be 10 imprisoned for not more than
five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. Sec. 12. EFFECTIVE DATE
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2019. Representative Martin LaLonde (D)
can be contacted at
mlalonde@leg.state.vt.us.
vermont.gov
Background Check Bill Marks Gun Control as a
Priority for House Democrats
Emboldened House Democrats, unveiled legislation on Tuesday to expand background
checks to nearly all firearms purchases.
nytimes.com
Customer Complaints: How To Avoid Discrimination Claims From Your Clientele
The story of two African-American men arrested for trespassing at a Starbucks
while waiting for a friend made national headlines last summer. But the incident
did not surprise many African Americans.
"Shopping while black"
is a phrase coined to describe the mistreatment African Americans routinely
encounter in retail establishments, including being followed by store security
while shopping, being questioned about their ability to pay, being forced to
wait longer than white customers, and generally being treated disrespectfully
when seeking customer service. In fact,
in a 2016 Gallup poll, 25 percent of African Americans reported being
treated unfairly in a retail setting in the previous 30 days.
 No retailer wants the reputation of treating customers differently on account of
race or other protected categories such as gender or religion. The in-store
customer experience is critical to maintaining traditional shoppers, especially
given the fierce competition of online sales. In a country with an increasingly
diverse population of consumers, becoming known as a store that treats minority
customers poorly is a surefire way to lose business.
The stakes of these incidents of mistreatment are also rising; attorneys appear
to have begun to focus on discriminatory treatment of customers as a source of
claims. As publicity about these types of events increases, you can bet the
number of lawsuits will also increase. Retailers need to understand the basis of
how these claims can come about so that they can focus on preventing the
underlying issues.
jdsupra.com
Workplace Harassment Is an Epidemic, and It's Time to Treat It That Way
Research indicates that the incidence of workplace harassment has
reached epidemic proportions.
And given the broad impact of harassment on the health and well-being of
survivors, organizational cultures, and business outcomes alike, the urgency to
act is needed. It's critical that we all work to help our organizations prevent
damaging incidents such as sexual harassment from occurring in the first
place-even if these incidents stem entirely from behaviors and attitudes rather
than viruses or contagions.
Get the Training Right
Traditional harassment prevention training focuses on the wrong symptoms.
Historically, harassment prevention training has been used as a defense
mechanism against legal action, designed to discourage harassment by informing
managers and nonmanagers of its illegality and how to report it. In other words,
traditional training viewed lack of knowledge about what harassment looks like
as what ailed workplaces.
Because those who harass are often repeat offenders, and their abusive actions
generally get more severe over time, the need to stop this behavior early is
imperative. However, single training sessions on the definition and consequences
of sexual harassment have been shown to be largely ineffective at changing
attitudes and actions, and this may be particularly true for those who are
engaging in the most harmful or problematic behaviors. Given the outdated nature
of the current training model, a more effective approach is to focus on
workplace culture and, specifically, unhealthy norms in our workplaces that may
be fostering harassment.
shrm.org
Loss Prevention Meeting to Focus on Human Trafficking
Annual LPN conference to discuss human trafficking, food safety,
cybercrime and more
The conference is hosted by the Loss Prevention and Safety Networking Group (LPN),
Chandler, Ariz.,
a share group for c-store professionals in loss prevention, safety, security
and risk management.
The 16th Annual Loss Prevention and Safety Networking Meeting is
taking place Feb. 20-22, 2019, in Dallas at the Marriott Suites.
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. This month,
CSP has partnered with NACS and other convenience-retailing media groups to
help raise awareness of how communities can combat human trafficking.
cspdailynews.com
France Extends Measures to Help Retailers Cope With Protest Disruptions
On the eve of the winter sales period, French officials said they will extend
measures to help retailers recover from protests that have disrupted business
across the country during the crucial holiday season.
Following a meeting with associations representing retailers and other
businesses, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, a deputy to the French Finance Minister
Bruno Le Maire, said the government has extended measures including allowing
more stores to stay open Sunday into the new year, extending deadlines for
payments of social charges and pushing banks and insurance companies to speed
assistance to businesses needing extra help. Pannier-Runacher stressed the
government's priority is for business to return to normal.
wwd.com
AutoNation drives in new direction with headquarters restructuring
Eyeing a weaker market for new vehicle sales this year, AutoNation announced a
restructuring plan and layoffs "to improve efficiency and profitability." Fort
Lauderdale-based AutoNation, the nation's largest auto retailer, said Monday it
plans to reduce costs by about $50 million as it realigns its operating
structure.
Four top executives were affected by the move, with a total of 20
layoffs, according to spokesman Marc Cannon.
He said AutoNation also closed its Dallas office. AutoNation has about 700
employees at its headquarters in Fort Lauderdale and 28,000 in total across the
country.
sun-sentinel.com
Alibaba Purges 200,000 Tax-Avoiding Vendors as Nations Crack Down
Alibaba has blocked 200,000 vendors globally since September in response to
governmental pressure for the Chinese e-commerce giant to crack down on tax
avoiders using its platform.
The purge comes as India cracks down on e-commerce platforms tolerating sellers
that refuse to pay tax and the U.K. and Germany jump ahead of sluggish EU
efforts to tax sales on e-commerce platforms, despite expert's predictions that
doing so could prompt some vendors to flee to Alibaba.
bloombergtax.com
Dark store suits bring havoc to municipal budgets
Retailers and consumer packaged goods manufacturers operating warehouse
facilities across the country are using so-call dark store lawsuits to try and
get municipalities to reduce their property tax rates. The suits, many of which
were brought successfully in states across the U.S., argue that a store's
property valuation should be based on its worth if it were to close. Retail
property sale prices have fallen in recent years as more business has shifted
online.
retailwire.com
Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert to work on a higher bid to keep Sears alive
Zebra Mobile Computers Help Enable Walgreens to
Bridge the Digital and Physical Store Experience
Calif. Bill Would Mandate Digital Receipts
J.C. Penney to Announce Store Closings Feb. 28th
(3 scheduled)
Holiday Results
J.C. Penney nine week season comp's down 3.5%
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Feds Urge Private Sector 'Shields Up' Against Hackers
Trump Administration Warns
of Economic Espionage Risk From China, Russia, Iran
The Trump administration has launched a public awareness campaign for the U.S.
private sector, urging businesses to better defend themselves against online
attackers who may be trying to steal their sensitive data or wage supply chain
attacks.
The effort, being run by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center,
aims to improve the minimum level of information security practices in place at
businesses.
At a minimum, NCSC is urging all organizations to review supply chain security,
safeguard against spear-phishing emails, beware of social media deception and
expect that, when traveling abroad, their equipment will be subject to
surveillance or interference.
The NCSC has branded the effort as "Know the Risk, Raise Your Shield," and
released a range of
videos, posters, brochures and flyers via its website that promulgate
strategies to help protect data, assets, technology and networks. The materials
were previously distributed to the federal workforce.
"To enhance private sector awareness, we're arming U.S. companies with
information they need to better understand and defend against these threats,"
says NCSC Director William Evanina.
govinfosecurity.com
Neiman Marcus to pay $1.5M settlement over 2013 data breach
Neiman Marcus will pay $1.5 million to 43 states over a 2013 data breach that
exposed customer credit card data,
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday.
The breach, which was disclosed to the public in Jan. 2014, occurred over a
three month period the year prior. Roughly 370,000 Neiman Marcus credit cards
used at 77 stores nationwide were accessed by an unknown third party. At least
9,200 of them were used fraudulently, according to a statement from Paxton's
office.
As part of the settlement, the Dallas-based luxury department store retailer
must implement new procedures to protect customers' personal information and
ward off future attacks. It also must obtain an information security
assessment from a third-party professional.
retaildive.com
The Ghosts Are Listening in the UK
Letting investigators lurk secretly as 'ghost' participants in chat and
messaging conversations
 Law enforcement authorities in many countries have pushed for access to
encrypted communications to help investigate crimes. Intelligence officials
at the U.K.'s GCHQ have been thinking about the problem and are floating what
one observer calls a crazy idea: Rather than break encryption, how about
technology firms let investigators lurk secretly as 'ghost' participants in chat
and messaging conversations?
GCHQ says it's not a formal proposal but they want to spark conversation.
Overcoming the impasse with the technology industry, which objects to handing
authorities keys to unlock encrypted data, is the goal, according to the British
officials.
Australia recently passed a law requiring companies to create tools to
circumvent encryption upon authorities' demand. U.S. authorities are also
pushing for companies to create ways for authorities to access encrypted
communications. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said during a speech in
November: "We cannot accept a culture in which technology companies consider
it part of their responsibility to defeat legitimate law enforcement."
cybersecurity.cmail20.com
New 'Crypto Dusting' Attack Gives Cash, Takes Reputation
A fraction of a bitcoin anonymously dropped into your cyberwallet may seem like
a bit of good fortune, but opinions can change rapidly when you're labeled a
likely criminal. That's the situaton companies and individuals are finding
themselves in when they're the victims of "crypto-dusting" - one of the newer,
and more challenging, hacks involving popular cryptocurrency.
darkreading.com
2019 Security Industry Forecast: Offering Cloud, IoT Services to Be Imperative
More than a dozen experts weigh in for SSI's annual forecast, expounding the
importance of providing offerings in wireless, smart home, video analytics,
managed services and so much more.
securitysales.com
Walmart taps startup Udelv to test autonomous grocery deliveries in Arizona
60% of Organizations Experienced Container Cyber Security Incidents in 2018
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Questions raised over retailers who shame shoplifters with photos
Sparked by Newfoundland store posting images on social media
 A
Newfoundland sex store's social-media shaming of an alleged
shoplifter has raised ethical questions over retailers who display
security footage to catch thieves. Provincial privacy commissioner
Donovan Molloy has reportedly encouraged businesses to take the
footage to police, rather than share images of people who have not
been found guilty of a crime.
Privacy lawyer David Fraser said reasonable, ethical judgment should
be used in these cases, especially online where images can spread
quickly. Fraser said taking footage to law enforcement is probably
legally safer than businesses sharing it on their own, but pointed
out police can also get caught up in the grey area.
A woman recently sued Ottawa Police Services Board and Ottawa
Capital Area Crime Stoppers for defamation and negligence over
shared mall security footage alleging she "stole" a purse when she
had actually taken it to a lost and found.
In 2015, a store stopped posting bulletin board pictures of
suspected shoplifters after Canada's privacy commissioner found the
practice "not permissible" under the federal Personal Information
Protection and Electronic Documents Act, according to the
commissioner's web site.
globalnews.ca
Stop posting videos of shoplifters, N.L. privacy commissioner says
Toronto, ON: LCBO thefts surge, often as staff stand and watch
'They're literally just walking away'
The sobering numbers look like this: more than 9,000 thefts at
LCBO outlets in Toronto in the past four-and-a-half years (Jan.
1, 2014 to June 26, 2018), according to a crunching of Toronto
Police Service data obtained by the Star. That makes the Liquor
Control Board of Ontario far and away the most targeted retail
entity in the city. And though retailers as a whole have reported a
major spike in shoplifting incidents in the city - 11,010 thefts in
2014, versus 16,667 in the first 10 months of 2018 - the spike in
liquor theft appears to be the single biggest driver.
LCBO theft stings especially deep in Toronto, where some suggest
overlapping policies - the LCBO's "hands-off" instruction to
staff never to intervene with thieves while they are in the building,
coupled with the Toronto Police Service's policy to rarely, if ever, dispatch
officers to a low-priority theft scene after the thieves have left - has opened a pathway to friction-free larceny.
thestar.com
Union leader concerned about rash of thefts from LCBO stores
Edmonton pot shop owner allowed to use smoke security system
Alberta regulator reverses ban for the shop
 Alberta's
cannabis regulator has reversed its decision to not allow smoke security
at an Edmonton cannabis store. The owner of Alternative Greens had installed
tens of thousands of dollars' worth of security equipment, including so-called
SmokeCloak devices worth about $20,000. During an inspection, he was told
the equipment - which blankets the premises in smoke during a suspected crime -
violated the rules, since security cameras cannot see through the smoke.
Days after initial reporting by Global News, AGLC reversed its decision,
approving smoke security at Alternative Greens. Going forward, however, any
cannabis store wishing to use smoke security will need to have it approved
during a physical inspection, Holmen said.
globalnews.ca
More than a dozen illegal cannabis stores still operating in Toronto
Shoppers Drug Mart launches medical cannabis e-commerce sales portal
Canadian Cannabis May Generate A Quarter-Billion In Fourth Quarter Sales
Canadian pot shortage could last up to three years, industry executives say
Toronto Crime Stoppers App Leads to 234 Charges
Sean Sportun, Manager of Security & LP at Circle K, Leading the
Charge
 Toronto
Crime Stoppers has partnered with Global iFind to launch a safety
app. The Keep Your Community Safe app focuses on building safer
communities by leveraging bluetooth technology that allows citizens
to locate stolen high-value assets or missing persons and pets
through their network.
"Their app will now offer citizens the opportunity to report
anonymous information directly to Crime Stoppers within their mobile
app," said Sean Sportun, the chair of the Toronto Crime Stoppers
Board at the launch to International Crime Stoppers Month at
police headquarters on January 3.
With support from Cellflare, Toronto Crime Stoppers also unveiled
its new 222tips.com website at the conference. The tips received
last year led to 76 arrests, 234 charges and $137,225 in property
seized. A total of $231,359 in drugs were also seized last year.
tpsnews.ca
Town Shoes, Jean Machine and Multiple Other Retail Stores Are
Closing Throughout Canada This Month
Jean Machine and Town Shoes are shutting down all of their
stores within the next two months. All 38 Town Shoes locations will
be closed by the end of January, while all 24 Jean Machine stores
will also be shut down by the end of February.
Lowe's is also among the list of stores that are slowly
starting to fade. By the end of January, Lowe's Canada will close 27
underperforming stores throughout Canada. The Lowe's locations in
North York and Sault Ste. Marie will be closing down. The rest of
the stores closing will be one Reno-Depot in Calgary and 24 RONA
stores across Canada.
In Toronto, the Hugo Boss on Bloor Street West is set to
close on January 20 and the J.Crew in the Toronto Eaton Centre
will be closing in just a few days, on January 6.
Click here to see more store closures expected in 2019.
narcity.com
Canada Store Openings & Expansions
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Baskin Robbins Pushes Ahead with Canadian Store Expansion
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Uniqlo Ramps Up Canadian Expansion with 2 Store Announcements
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Third legal cannabis store in Vancouver to open today
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Fendi Opens Beautiful Mink Mile 'World Of' Boutique
P.E.I. Human Rights Commission offering online course for retailers
to help prevent racial profiling of customers
Hand-held self-checkout getting mixed reviews at Canadian retailers
Couche-Tard, CrossAmerica enter deal to buy, sell US c-stores
Convenience factor to fuel Canada's retail change in 2019
How Hudson's Bay Company looks to pay off its debt and revitalize its stores
 London,
ON: Thieves steal booze after smashing vehicle into liquor store; $100,000 in
damage
Police said they were called to an east-London LCBO around 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday,
where officers discovered a vehicle had been driven into the side of the
building. Police say a group of thieves are believed to have repeatedly driven a
vehicle into the store's windows, shattering a hole in the building. They then
entered the store and stole an amount of liquor. "Significant" damage, estimated
at $100,000, was done to the store, according to police.
ctvnews.ca
Calgary, AB: Thief targeting ATM causes an estimated $150K in damage to
Crossfield business
In the early morning hours of Monday, January 7, a suspect gained access into a
convenience store in Crossfield outside business hours. "The robbery happened
around 4:40 in the morning," explained Khair Alghebari, the store's owner. "He
broke the front door, he went to the ATM, strapped it, dragged it and then
basically he damaged the whole front area."
ctvnews.ca
Mississauga, ON: Male victim suffers 'life-threatening' injuries in strip-mall
shooting
Ottawa: Police with rifles take down armed man at Billings Bridge Shopping
Centre
Richmond, BC: Man injured in shooting outside Lansdowne Centre shopping mall
Ottawa: Man charged as shoplifting incident escalates into armed robbery, car
theft
Calgary, AB: Armed robbers targeting Circle K stores in holiday season crime
spree
Group of alleged thieves treating LCBO stores 'like an ATM machine,' police
warn; $200K in goods stolen between August and December
Police recover car which reportedly hit several people in Hertfordshire
supermarket's car park
Peterborough, ON: Man accused of stealing $150 in items from store
Cranbrook RCMP makes arrest in multiple robbery and theft investigations
Airdrie, AB: RCMP Seek Liquor Store Theft Suspects
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The surge in online-shopping returns has boosted
the warehouse sector
The warehouse sector is booming as online shopping, particularly during the
holiday season, boosts the amount of items returned to retailers every year.
Warehouses have experienced surging demand since 2012 as e-commerce continues to
grow. Construction in the sector is thriving. Now, "reverse logistics," a fancy
term for dealing with e-commerce returns, is the No. 1 new user of warehouse
space in the United States, taking up to 700 million square feet nationally,
according to commercial real estate services and investment firm CBRE.
Consumers will return close to $100 billion worth of holiday gifts,
according to Optoro, a tech company that works with retailers on returns.
While in-store shoppers return about 8 percent of the goods they buy, online
shoppers return close to 30 percent. Much of that ends up in warehouses, where
reverse logistics teams must unpack the items, check them for damage and send
them wherever the retailer needs them to go. That needs to be done quickly and
efficiently, because consumers want their money back or their item exchanged as
soon as possible.
That is why reverse logistics requires much more labor and more space - at least
20 percent more space than regular shipments from suppliers. An inbound
truckload of goods from one supplier takes about two to eight hours to process,
because the goods usually arrive on large, electronically scannable palettes. A
truck filled with returns could take 48 hours to process, because each item has
to be checked and processed.
Warehouse construction is surging, especially near large cities and
transportation hubs, while the national vacancy rate is 4.3 percent, the lowest
in 20 years, according to CBRE. That benefits big warehouse REITs like Prologis,
Eastgroup Properties and STAG Industrial.
cnbc.com
Amazon brings delivery to the garage
As part of a new set of options for its Amazon Key "smart entry" program, Amazon
is enabling Prime members in 37 select cities to accept deliveries in their
garage. Amazon is integrating MyQ connected garage door opener technology from
Chamberlain Group (CGI) with Amazon Key to create Key for Garage.
Using Key for Garage, eligible Prime members will be able to monitor and accept
Prime deliveries to their home from the Amazon Key app by selecting "In-garage
delivery" at checkout. On delivery day, customers receive notifications via the
Key app during every step of the delivery process, from when the package is en
route, to the when garage door opens for the driver to deliver the package and
then securely closes.
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Walworth County, WI: Home Depot thefts allegedly
exceed $100,0000
Walworth County prosecutors are charging two suspects with felonies in
connection with more than $100,000 in alleged thefts of power tools from Home
Depot stores in Lake Geneva and elsewhere. The criminal complaints against
Harley B. Menard, 25, of Lake Villa, Illinois, and Kendra N. Goebel, 25, of
Spring Grove, Illinois, allege that they and their accomplices earned about
$35,000 selling stolen merchandise to pawn shops.
lakegenevanews.net
Davenport, IA: Victoria's Secret shoplifter charged with
$8,000 theft
A woman has been arrested on charges alleging she stole more than $8,000 worth
of merchandise from Victoria's Secret in NorthPark Mall over the course of five
incidents during October and November. Willshanique Lashauna Lashay Evans, 18,
is charged with five counts of 2nd degree theft. The charge is a Class D felony
that carries a prison sentence of up to five years on each count.
qctimes.com
Greenville, SC: 4 Women wanted for $8,000 theft spree at
Haywood Mall
Greenville police have asked for help identifying four women suspected in a
shoplifting spree at the Haywood Mall in which $8,000 worth of merchandise was
stolen.
foxcarolina.com
Scarsdale, NY: Suspect Caught Stealing $2,400 In Cosmetics
at CVS
Springfield, PA: Target employee busted for theft of
$1,800 in Apple products; active warrant for Drug Offense
Concord, CA: Police pursuit ends in crash; Home Depot
shoplifter hospitalized following $1,100 theft of power tools
Hamden, CT: Police search for women accused of stealing
over $500 of clothes from Marshalls
Summerfield, FL: Facebook followers credited with
identifying Walmart thieves; 2 arrested in $1,500 theft
New Orleans: ORC Team targets Laundry Detergent at
discount store
Springfield, PA: Woman charged with $600 theft from
Victoria's Secret at Springfield Mall
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C-Store - Hartsville, SC - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Manchester, NH - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Macon County, GA - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Pueblo County, CO - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Hartsville, SC - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Las Vegas, NV - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Greensboro, NC - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Blackfoot, ID - Robbery
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Circle K - Jacksonville, FL - Armed Robbery (2nd x in a
week)
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Costco - West Bloomfield, MI - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General - Davenport, FL - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General - Coweta County, GA - Burglary
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Dollar Store - Manteca, CA - Burglary
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Dollar Store - Alexandria, LA - Armed Robbery
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Grocery - Beaumont, TX - Armed Robbery
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Liquor Store - Carpinteria, CA - Armed Robbery
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Liquor Store - Manhattan, KS - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Greensboro, NC - Armed Robbery (Subway)
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Restaurant - Greensboro, NC - Armed Robbery (Church's)
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Rite Aid - Willingboro, NJ - Armed Robbery
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Thrift - Manteca, CA - Burglary
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0 killings
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Stan Berger II named Sr. Asset Protection Operations & Safety Manager
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Robert Saylor named Area Loss Prevention Manager for Ross Stores,
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Asset Protection Director, Analytics & Fraud Management
Pataskala, OH
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New Year, New Leadership
Role? Here's What New Leaders Need to Know
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When you're a new leader among experienced colleagues, one of the best things
you can do is to learn from those who have been in your shoes. Here are some
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Five Ways New Managers Can Learn Leadership On
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With new jobs being added all the time, more managers are needed in order to
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with enough confidence to lead their teams effectively is to provide coaching
opportunities that will help them be better at their jobs.
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For new leaders who inherit a team, or are trying to maximize results for their
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to success, so here are ten leadership communication strategies that can help
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Memory management
New managers, here's how to run your first team
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Your first team meeting as a new leader can be a daunting event. You're
concerned with setting expectations or your introduction speech, and how to make
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The speed of the day and today's economic pressures often tempts even the most
defined professional to take shortcuts and risk exposures that ultimately they
have to mentally deal with and occasionally have to face the consequences for.
There is no better use of the adage, It's the Tortoise vs. the Hare, and the
tortoise always wins, that applies here. Staying grounded in your principals,
committed to your mission and being a professional is what should drive every
executive every day - remembering that long term actions speak louder than words
and the tortoise always wins will hopefully rule the day.
Just a Thought,
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