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Britain has become the shoplifting capitol of Europe, with
crime increasing by 12% in the last
year alone.
Because of these statistics, Channel 4 has released a new
documentary titled "Secrets of Shoplifters" that brings to
light both sides of the cat and mouse chase. When the show
aired on Monday night, it had over 2 million viewers, making
it the highest viewed show in the 10 p.m. slot for a while.
There will be a repeat showing on Wednesday at 11:20 p.m. in
Channel 4.
(Source
channel4.com)
Police say shoplifting in Buckhannon, WV is "out of
control."
In December alone, there were 15 shoplifting incidents and
between January 3 and 10 officers responded to three
shoplifting calls. Of the 15 calls Police responded to in
December, 14 of them were at the local Walmart. (Source
therecorddelta.com)
Zappos.com, an online shoe retailer, has announced that a
recent hacking of their website has left some customers
vulnerable.
They are asking their 24 million customers to reset their
passwords following the attack. Although full credit card
information was not accessed by the hacker, they did have
the ability to obtain information such as customer names,
email addresses, billing and shipping addresses, phone
numbers, encrypted passwords and the last four digits of
credit cards. (Source
cnn.com)
An employee from a Sprint cell phone store in Brooklyn was
stabbed to death while working over the weekend.
The incident occurred following a dispute with a man who
might have been a former Sprint employee. The victim was
stabbed three times in the chest and once in the leg.
Another employee was stabbed in his left arm. As of Saturday
night, the suspect had not been caught. (Source
nytimes.com)
According to a new study, retail workers in New York City
earn a median of $9.50 an hour.
The study also found that most were part-time or temporary
and just 30% receive health insurance through their jobs.
The study largely found poverty wages and highly unstable
schedules for the retail employees. In fact, less than a
fifth of them have a set schedule each work week. (Source
nytimes.com)
Although retail sales barely rose in December, the gain was
enough to put sales at a record level for 2011 and make it
the largest annual increase in more than a decade.
For all of 2011, sales totaled a record $4.7 trillion, a
gain of almost 8 percent from 2010, making it the largest
percentage increase since 1999. (Source
yahoo.com)
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) earnings jump 20% for fourth quarter.
They earned a record $4.11 billion in the fourth quarter.
The bank achieved its increase in fourth-quarter earnings
despite a drop in revenue to $20.61 billion from $21.49
billion a year earlier. (Source
emailwire.com)
UK: Burberry records 21% hike in Q3 sales.
Luxury fashion brand Burberry today attributed a rise in
third-quarter sales to strong growth in key markets like the
UK, France and China. (Source
just-style.com)
With the holiday season now over, retailers are struggling
to convince their customers to pay big bills.
During the big shopping season, retailers were able to lure
shoppers in with offers of discounts, specials and other
promotions. Now, stores like Target are coming up with other
creative ideas to keep customers coming back now that the
shopping season is over. (Source
nasdaq.com)
Kenshoo 2011 U.S. Online Retail Holiday Shopping Report:
Search Advertisers Grew Revenue 22 Percent.
Kenshoo, a global leader in digital marketing software,
today released its full Kenshoo 2011 U.S. Online Retail
Holiday Shopping Report. The report presents aggregate
holiday search engine marketing data and analysis culled
from an aggregation of more than 28 billion total search
advertising impressions, 350 million clicks and eight
million online sales transactions. The online Retail Holiday
Shopping Report identified seven key insights: (source
prnewswire.com)
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U.S. consumers
used the Internet more often for holiday purchases
and they're spending more |
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Heavy retail
competition drove costs up but return on ad spend
remained strong |
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Thanksgiving
cemented its position as a major online shopping day |
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U.S. retailers
saw less chances for advertising exposure but
higher response rates when exposure occurred |
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U.S. consumers
trusted search ads more; retailers ran more savvy
paid search campaigns |
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Last-minute
shoppers still purchased online the week before
Christmas |
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Deal-seeking
and gift card redemption drove higher post-Christmas
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Former President Bill Clinton spoke at the National Retail
Federation's annual convention on Monday at the Javits
Center in New York City.
He spoke about the importance of globalism and discussed
both the housing crisis and the economic crisis. Shocked by
the size of the crowd, Clinton joked that it made him feel
like he was president again. (Source
globest.com)
Since fall of 2011, Burger King has been testing out the
idea of home delivery at four of its Washington, D.C.
restaurants.
With the increase in technology that allows places like
Amazon.com to deliver books the same day they're ordered and
retail stores like Sears and Target to offer home delivery
of fresh-cut Christmas trees, Burger King could change the
industry-if it can master the art of packaging to prevent
soggy fries and limp burgers. (Source
wkyc.com)
Disney Store Expands Newly-Designed Store Concept to 12
Countries in 2012.
The city of Sendai recently held the grand opening of its
first newly-designed location in Japan as thousands of
guests shared in "the best 30 minutes of a child's day."
(Source
marketwatch.com)
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Doug Marker
Vice President
LP, Risk and Audit
Michael Stores, Inc.
Stephen O'Keefe
Vice-President
Loss Prevention and
Risk Management
Wal-Mart Canada
Coming in January
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Vice President LP
PETCO
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Mistakes
Successful people tend
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about mistakes than most
ordinary people. Not
only are they more
tolerant of them, but
they often embrace them.
Follow the belief that
if you are not making
mistakes, you are not
trying hard enough.
(Don't
fear being wrong)
"No" is the New "Yes"
Prioritizing requires
reflection, reflection
takes time, and many of
the executives I meet
are so busy racing just
to keep up that they
believe they don't have
time to stop and think
about much of anything
Too often, they default
to "yes."
(Carpe
Diem)
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