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Kevin Morrison, CFI, LPC promoted to Director of LP, Fraud & Payments
Risk for Helzberg Diamonds
Kevin has been with Helzberg Diamonds for nearly four years, starting
with the company in 2017. Before his promotion to Director of LP, Fraud
& Payments Risk, he served as the company's Director of Loss Prevention.
Prior to that, he spent more than 15 years with Lowe's in multiple LP
roles, including Director of Field Investigations and Director of
Corporate Investigations. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly a
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Protests & Violence
The 26K Guard Troops in DC Did Not Face a Single
Inauguration Security Threat: Top General
The 26,000 National Guard troops stationed in Washington, D.C., were ready for
anything, but Inauguration Day passed without them facing a single security
problem. The scene at the U.S. Capitol, where Joe Biden took the oath of office
to become the country's 46th president, was a stark contrast to the riot on Jan.
6.
The Supreme Court did receive a bomb threat
before the inauguration ceremony Wednesday, but the building was not evacuated
because it was closed at the time, Business Insider
reported.
"Our ability to move 26,000 Soldiers and Airmen to D.C. from every state and
territory in less than two weeks would not have been possible without the
support of our governors and their adjutants general," National Guard Bureau
Chief Daniel Hokanson said. "It speaks volumes about America's investment in the
National Guard; and most importantly, the support our service members get from
their family and their employers."
He said the next step will be to ensure that federal law enforcement's security
needs are satisfied before troops begin to redeploy. The force could shrink
rapidly, but
at a minimum, the 6,200 Guard members mobilized Jan. 7 -- following the Capitol
breach -- will remain in Washington through Feb. 7,
he told reporters Tuesday. The rest were requested by federal law enforcement to
support the inauguration.
military.com
National Guardsmen allowed back into Capitol after being
'banished' to garage
 The National Guard troops who were
"banished" to a cramped parking garage amid
outrage after protecting Washington, DC, in the aftermath of the deadly riots
have been allowed back into the US Capitol.
"Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, Inauguration Task Force Commander confirms that
troops are out of the garage and back into the Capitol building as authorized by
the USCP (U.S. Capitol Police) Watch Commander and the troops will take their
breaks near Emancipation Hall going forward," the Guard said in a statement late
Thursday.
Photos of the troops hunkered down in the garage drew condemnation from
lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who called the move
"outrageous."
nypost.com
Federal lawmakers introduce bill toughening penalties for rioters
Sen. Tom Cotton is joining Rep. Ken Buck in introducing for the new Congress a
bill to strengthen federal penalties for rioters in the wake of violence from
the right at the Capitol and from the left in the West this month.
Buck, R-Colo., plans to introduce the legislation, called the
BRICKS Act, in the House on Monday. While Cotton, R-Ark., is on board to
introduce companion legislation in the Senate at a later date.
The BRICKS Act would increase federal penalties for participating in or
aiding rioting from five years in prison to ten years. If serious bodily injury
is inflicted, that penalty goes up to 25 years. And rioters could face life in
prison if a person dies because of their actions.
foxnews.com
NYPD facing lawsuit over tactics during George Floyd protests
 A coalition of attorneys filed a lawsuit against the NYPD on Thursday over the
department's handling of the George Floyd protests - in an attempt to change the
"violent protest policing tactics" that led to hundreds of "unconstitutional"
and "brutal" arrests.
The lengthy lawsuit, which was filed in Manhattan federal court, seeks
class-action status to sue on behalf of all those who experienced the "extensive
deprivation of constitutional rights during the 2020 protests."
The court filing looks to change the NYPD policies and training that have cost
taxpayers millions in payouts in the last two decades - and compares the recent
police response to the 2004 RNC protests that led to more than $36 million in
settlement payouts.
nypost.com
Seattle community leaders unhappy with city officials' response to unrest:
report
'What are we marching for?' Protesters and observers wonder alike in Portland
Judge says Amazon won't have to restore Parler web service
COVID Update
US: Over 25.2M Cases - 420K Dead - 15.1M Recovered
Worldwide:
Over 98M Cases - 2.1M Dead - 70M Recovered
Private Industry Security Guard Deaths:
267
Law Enforcement Officer Deaths:
204
*Red indicates change in total
deaths
Biden: COVID will get 'worse before it gets better,' 'take months' to vax US
President Biden unveiled a broad, 198-page plan to combat the COVID-19 crisis
Thursday in an executive order-signing event at the White House, where he
assured Americans that help was on the way but warned that things would "get
worse before they got better."
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FEMA to set up 100 federally-funded vaccination centers around the
country.
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CDC to launch a program making the vaccines available in local pharmacies
by Feb. 7.
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The federal government will "end the policy of holding back significant levels
of doses"
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Encourage state leaders to "move through the priority groups more quickly."
nypost.com
Biden Inherits a Vaccine Supply Unlikely to Grow Before April
As the Biden administration takes power with a pledge to tame the most dire
public health crisis in a century, one pillar of its strategy is to
significantly increase the supply of Covid-19 vaccines.
But federal health officials and corporate executives agree that it will be
impossible to increase the immediate supply of vaccines before April because of
lack of manufacturing capacity. The administration should first focus,
experts say, on fixing the hodgepodge of state and local vaccination centers
that has proved incapable of managing even the current flow of vaccines.
President Biden's goal of one million shots a day for the next 100 days, they
say, is too low and will arguably leave tens of millions of doses unused. Data
collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the
nation has already reached that milestone pace. About 1.1 million people
received shots last Friday, after an average of 911,000 people a day received
them on the previous two days.
That was true even though C.D.C. data indicates that states and localities
are administering as few as 46 percent of the doses that the federal government
is shipping to them. An efficient vaccination regimen could deliver millions
more shots.
nytimes.com
Fauci says Covid vaccines appear to be less effective against some new
strains
Early data shows that the Covid-19 vaccines on the market may not be as
effective in guarding against more contagious strains of the coronavirus, Dr.
Anthony Fauci said on Thursday. Even if the drugs are less effective, they
will still likely provide enough protection to make the
vaccines worth getting, he said. A dip in the vaccines' effectiveness
would be "all the more reason why we should be vaccinating as many people as you
possibly can," Fauci added.
cnbc.com
Amazon will open pop-up Covid vaccine clinic in Seattle
Amazon is opening a pop-up Covid-19 vaccine clinic at its downtown Seattle
headquarters, the company announced Thursday. The one-day clinic, which opens on
Sunday, has a goal of administering 2,000 vaccines to eligible members of the
public. It comes as
Amazon on Wednesday wrote to President Joe Biden offering to help with U.S.
Covid-19 vaccine efforts, while vying for its front-line workers to get
priority access to the vaccine.
cnbc.com
Op-Ed: Gus' Predictions - COVID-19 Long Term Impact
Predictions: Trade Shows Cut in Half - Masks Become Go-To Strategy & Mandatory
in Some Situations - Remote Work Becomes Position Specific & Individual Benefit
 Long
Term: Trade Shows will be cut in half - 50% reduction. With 2022 being the year
they mount a come back only to be smacked down by low attendance and more Hybrid
Virtual Shows, starting to get their footing with big technology and experience
improvements. Bottom line though is the trade show industry will never reach the
levels they once were and that poses a host of economic problems for cities,
convention centers, the hospitality industry, restaurants, and literally tens of
thousands of jobs.
Certainly the industry associations' trade shows will end up being the main
stays but they will consolidate as have most industries. But the smaller,
independent shows will have to deliver such relevance at reduced prices and with
such stringent safety protocols - that it may prove to be almost impossible
while actually increasing quality and guaranteeing it up front to drive
sponsors.
Continue Reading Gus' Predictions
McKinsey & Company
It'll still be around in 2023
When will the COVID-19 pandemic end?
Transition toward normalcy in the United States remains most likely in the
second quarter of 2021 and herd immunity in the third and fourth quarters, but
the emergence of new strains and a slow start to vaccine rollout raise real
risks to both timelines. We also add a perspective for the U.K.
The past five weeks have brought an array of conflicting news on the
COVID-19 pandemic, affecting our estimates about when the coronavirus pandemic
will end.
While the United States could still achieve herd immunity in the third or
fourth quarter of 2021 (in line with the peak probability in our previous
estimates), the emergence of more-infectious variants of SARS-CoV-2 increases
the risk that this milestone will not be achieved until later.
This article describes "most likely" timelines for when the coronavirus
pandemic will end. A number of other factors could delay the timelines
beyond those described, including unexpected safety issues emerging with early
vaccines, significant manufacturing or supply-chain delays, continued slow
adoption, further mutation, or a shorter-than-anticipated duration of
vaccine-conferred immunity. Herd immunity will also require vaccines to be
effective in reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2, not just in protecting
vaccinated individuals from getting sick. This is likely, but has not yet been
proven at scale.
mckinsey.com
McKinsey & Company
Top Industry Consulting Group Says COVID Will
Still Be Killing in 2023
How does that impact trade shows over the next couple of years, with 2021 and
2022 showing intimidating numbers? Is it worth it?
The Virtual World is here to stay. Even after COVID, the practice by then will
be engrained in the business world and society in general. Zooming is here to stay!
Executive Order Focuses on Workplace Safety
Biden order seeks stronger workplace safety rules,
signaling a more worker friendly approach
President Biden signed an executive order Thursday to direct federal regulators
to issue stronger safety guidance for workplaces operating in the midst of the
pandemic.
The
executive order on "Protecting Worker Health and Safety" seeks to reorient
worker safety guidelines and enforcement at the Labor Department's workplace
safety division - the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
It directs OSHA to update covid safety recommendations for businesses within
the next two weeks, review its enforcement efforts, which have been sharply
criticized during the pandemic, and study whether an emergency temporary
standard, which businesses would have to comply with under the threat of
penalties, is necessary. The agency must issued the emergency standard by
mid-March, if so.
Such a standard could mandate mask-wearing and other requirements, including
social distancing, hand-washing breaks and communication with workers during
outbreaks.
washingtonpost.com
What the CFO's are reading
COVID-19: The Risk Management Part Is Unfinished
What actions should senior risk managers and
executive management undertake to deal with the remainder of the crisis and its
aftermath?
We've had many conversations with risk managers and executives about the
short-term and immediate-term risks of COVID-19 concerning external dependencies
and conditions: e.g., the supply chain, outsourced services, access to a
flexible or seasonal labor pool. Most of our questions were met with reassuring
answers regarding what is expected, such as, "We think our supply chain is going
to be OK," or "Our offshore data center is managing well through this."
But these are answers to the wrong question. The relevant question for risk
managers to be asking in the short-term is not "What is expected?" but "What are
the risks?" The pandemic is happening at a time of tremendous global
interconnectedness. Organizations should be evaluating all of their
third-party dependencies for vulnerabilities and conducting near-term risk
assessments. This is a time when overdependence on limited supply chain
channels or specialized, single-party services in support of mission-critical
business processes is an especially acute source of risk.
cfo.com
A Small Bright Spot Amid COVID
Covid-19 Has Nearly Wiped Out the Flu - How Do We Keep It From Coming Back?
Mask-wearing & higher vaccination rates have contributed to historically low
levels of seasonal influenza
Biden signs order requiring masks on planes, buses, trains and at airports
Johnson & Johnson eyes 100M COVID-19 vaccines for US by April
Florida combats 'vaccine tourism', now requiring proof of state residency
Chobani paying workers for time off to get coronavirus vaccine
Boris Johnson says some evidence new Covid variant in the UK may be more deadly
A Return to Meetings: COVID-19 Screening and Testing
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Safeway AP Adds Signage Warning Customers About Gift Card Scams
Colorado: Douglas County Takes Steps to Fight Gift Card Fraud in Grocery Stores
Douglas County law officers and Safeway stores have unveiled a new way to fight
gift card fraud. Signs are now going up at the racks where gift cards are sold.
The message they want to get out is gift cards are for gifts - and that
businesses and government agencies do not take them for payment.
 The Douglas County Sheriff's office says it has four or five cases of fraud
involving gift card fraud, some with amounts ranging from $2,000 to $5,000.
While scammers target everyone, older Coloradans (65+) tend to get hit the
hardest. That's because of the increasing pressure on that age group and the
panic they may feel as they are told they face a warrant or a loved one out of
state is in trouble.
Because of their age, they may not be as aware of the warnings that are out
digitally and that's why those signs right at the point of purchase are so
important.
Store employees have also been trained to help recognize when customers may
about to become victims. David Montoya, Director of
Asset Protection for Safeway's Denver Division, said one
scenario of concern is when there is someone on the phone with a customer as
they are buying the gift card.
"We've had situations where our employee will ask 'May I ask who is on the phone
with you?' and the customer will say 'Well, they told me not to tell you,' or 'They've told me not to talk to you but I need to buy $2,000 worth of gift
cards," Montoya said. In some cases, stores are placing limits on the amount of
money that can be put on a gift card in a single transaction.
The grocery chain and law agencies also say it's really important to report the
fraud so they can look for patterns and prosecute suspects. Experts say victims
are often too embarrassed to report the fraud once they realize they've been
victimized.
cbslocal.com
Massive Criminal Justice Bill on ILL. Gov's Desk
Illinois poised to end cash bail and possibly set alleged criminals free
Illinois state lawmakers last week passed a massive criminal justice reform bill
that would, among other things, end cash bail. The bill came in response to the
police killing of George Floyd and others last year, which sparked a wave of
protests across the country calling for criminal justice reform.
Should it go into law, almost everyone in jail would be released while awaiting
trial unless prosecutors could convince a judge that the defendant is a threat
to public safety. In such cases, the accused would remain in jail without the
opportunity for cash bail.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, who has been accused of being too soft
on criminals, has praised the idea of ending cash bail.
"Cash bail was never about public safety," said Cook County State's Attorney Kim
Foxx. "For far too many people, their assessment was based not on their risk but
on the amount that they could afford to pay ... so eliminating cash bail makes
this about risk and not about poverty."
But others have warned that ending cash bail would do more harm than good. Ahead
of the bill's passage, the Illinois State's Attorney's Association
released a statement arguing that the elimination of cash bail would "not
only exacerbate this problem but would also put the victims of crime and their
families at great risk."
The Association noted that since the passage of a similar law, the Bail Reform
Act of 2017, the state has "seen a substantial increase in defendants deciding
to ignore the courts and simply not appear in court as ordered, thus avoiding
responsibility."
This phenomenon played out in New York last summer. Read more here:
foxnews.com
Harsh Winter on the Open Seas
Ships Losing Millions of Dollars in Cargo Due to Weather-Related Accidents
 A cargo ship operated by A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S lost several hundred containers
in the Pacific Ocean while sailing through heavy seas from China to Los Angeles,
the latest in a spate of incidents in which boxes carrying millions of dollars'
worth of goods have gone overboard.
The company said the Maersk Essen, which has capacity for more than 13,000
containers, lost an estimated 750 of them on January 16 about halfway through
its trans-Pacific sailing from China's Port of Xiamen.
Several container ships have lost large numbers of boxes overboard in recent
months in a spurt of accidents that maritime industry officials say had been
declining.
The One Apus container vessel, operated by Singapore-based Ocean Network
Express, lost around 2,000 boxes in November when it hit a storm off Hawaii on
its way to Long Beach, Calif., from Yantian, China. The ship eventually sailed
to Kobe, Japan, with hundreds of tipped-over containers sitting precariously
onboard and remains there for repairs and an investigation into the cause of the
incident.
People involved in the investigations said insurance claims from the One Apus
could reach more than $220 million.
wsj.com
Retail CEO Forum Draws Top Leaders for Virtual Experience
 The
Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) will convene the industry's top
executives January 27-28, 2021 for a re-imagined virtual
Retail CEO Forum. The CEO Forum brings together the most influential
U.S. retail and product manufacturer CEOs to share business insights, assess
trends, and tackle the critical issues facing the retail industry today and in
the future. This year's event will feature two days of executive leadership
sessions reflecting topics on COVID-19, the 2020 election, racial justice, and
other trends that are driving the retail industry today. See Speakers and
Topics here:
rila.org
Coresight Research
Weekly Store Tracker
1,678 2021 YTD Closures
1,863 2021 YTD Openings
American Eagle announces plans to close at least 200 mall-based stores
Godiva to close 128 stores in North America by end of March
Francesca's finds a buyer, 275 stores to remain open
Instacart to Cut 1,900 Jobs, Including Its Only Union Roles
Senior LP & AP Jobs
Market
Security Director job posted for Visa in New York, NY
 The
Security Director provides efficient and high-quality executive security support
to the CEO and Senior Executives. The role also has responsibility for security
programs related to Executive protection, office physical security, life safety
emergency procedures, aviation security support and others. This role manages
risk to Visa's senior executives and ensures mitigation through assessment,
monitoring, and implementation of appropriate strategies. The position is based
in New York may require travel, interaction with the company's executive team,
the ability to work well autonomously and in a team setting.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
Global Corporate Services - Business Continuity & Physical Security, Senior VP
job posted for Blackstone in New York, NY
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Johnson Controls Named "IoT Partner Ecosystem of the Year"
in 2021 IoT Breakthrough Awards
 Johnson
Controls, the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, was
awarded "IoT Partner Ecosystem of the Year" in the 2021 IoT Breakthrough Awards.
The company was
honored for its OpenBlue
digital platform and extensive work implementing a network of OpenBlue
Innovation Centers around the world.
Both are part of Johnson Controls' commitment to deliver healthy people, healthy
places and a healthy planet.
"We feel extremely honored that our OpenBlue digital strategy is being
recognized for reimagining how artificial intelligence and machine learning can
enhance building ecosystems by delivering a new level of security, comfort and
efficiency," said Mike Ellis, executive vice president and chief customer &
digital officer at Johnson Controls. "Our OpenBlue innovation centers as well as
our OpenBlue platform mark the beginning of our collaboration with leading
companies to develop breakthrough technologies that foster a more sustainable
future for generations to come."
johnsoncontrols.com
German Retailers Fined Tens of Millions for Employee Surveillance
Monitoring of Employees Faces Scrutiny in Europe;
Remote Work Adds Risks
European privacy regulators are scrutinizing how employers collect workers'
personal data and dishing out multimillion-dollar fines for violations.
 German electronics retailer
notebooksbilliger.de is
the latest company to be targeted. The seller of laptops, phones and other
electronics online and in bricks-and-mortar shops was
fined 10.4 million euros,
equivalent to $12.6 million,
for using video surveillance cameras to monitor employees, the data protection
regulator in the German state of Lower Saxony said this month.
The case reflects European authorities' growing interest in employers' use of
technology to monitor employees. In October, a different
German regulator fined fashion
retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB 35.3 million euros ($41 million) for collecting
personal data from employees,
including details about their health and religion, and making them available to
managers at a German H&M service center over at least five years.
Regulators say they have received more complaints about workplace privacy
violations in recent years. Worker surveillance appears to be increasing as
employers in the U.S. and Europe use technologies to monitor remote workers
during the pandemic, privacy and employment experts say.
Notebooksbilliger.de violated the 2018 General Data Protection Regulation, the
privacy law in the European Union's 27 countries, because video surveillance was
unnecessary to monitor employees, Barbara Thiel, the Lower Saxony privacy
regulator said in an email. "Employees are entitled to perform their
professional activities without being subject to permanent surveillance," Ms. Thiel said.
Companies using video
surveillance must justify why it is necessary to avoid violating the GDPR, and
that can be tricky for employers.
In most cases, an employee expects not to be monitored, the umbrella group of EU
data protection regulators said in guidelines on video surveillance published
last year.
wsj.com
Analysis: How Will Biden Address Cybersecurity Challenges?
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the
cybersecurity challenges the Biden administration must address.
In this report, you'll hear:
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ISMG's Mathew Schwartz outline the cybersecurity issues facing President Joe
Biden;
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Ciske van Oosten, Verizon's head of the global business intelligence, offer
payments security strategies for 2021;
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Pandemic expert Regina Phelps share her predictions for when restrictions
stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic might ease.
govinfosecurity.com
Hackers Switching from Data Hacks to Extortion Schemes
Breach Data Shows Attackers Switched Gears in 2020
Attackers focused more on ransomware, while the consolidation of data into large
databases led to fewer reported breaches but more records leaked.
The number of data breaches declined by half last year - to less than 4,000
events - yet the number of leaked records more than doubled, as did the number
of breaches that included a ransomware component, according to an annual
analysis of breach events by Risk Based Security.
The diverging trends suggests that
attackers are focusing more on ransomware, which is often not reported as a data
breach if information is not exfiltrated.
In addition, more than 80% of the at-risk records came from five events caused
by misconfigured databases, suggesting that
consolidation in the cloud may have led to more severe, if less frequent, data
breaches.
Overall, the way attackers are monetizing system compromises has changed, says
Inga Goddijn, executive vice president at RBS.
"The attackers really seem to be moving away from going after credit card data
and other personally identifiable data and going straight for the extortion
schemes to monetize their access,"
she says, "while the bigger record count is really being driven by somebody's
entire database sitting out there open, accessible, and readable to any passer
by."
Overall, publicly
reported data breaches shrank by 48% to 3,932 events in 2020,
according to the "2020 Year End Report Data Breach QuickView" report. Yet more
than
37 billion "records" were exposed, a 141% increase over 2019,
mainly due to five breaches. Those breaches each exposed more than a billion
records, while another 18 breaches exposed between 100 million and a billion
records.
darkreading.com
Cybercrime E-Commerce Platform
Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Administering Website that Catered to
Criminals
 Kirill
Victorovich Firsov, a Russian citizen, pleaded guilty in federal court today
to a cybercrime, admitting that he was the administrator of a website that
catered to cyber criminals by virtually selling items such as stolen credit card
information, other personal information and services to be used for criminal
activity.
According to the plea agreement, Firsov was well-compensated as the
administrator of DEER.IO, an online platform which catered to cyber criminals.
DEER.IO was a Russian-based platform that allowed criminals to set up cyber
storefronts and sell illegal products or services. DEER.IO started operations as
of at least October 2013, and, as of March 2020, had approximately 3,000
shops with sales exceeding $17 million.
DEER.IO offered a turnkey online storefront design and hosting platform, from
which cybercriminals could advertise and sell their products, such as harvested
credentials, hacked servers, and services, such as assistance performing a
panoply of cyber hacking activities.
justice.gov
Hackers publish thousands of files after government agency refuses to pay ransom
Ransomware gang publishes stolen data after Scottish Environment Protection
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Manipulating Online Shoppers
Online shoppers warned about hidden price rises
Algorithms used by online marketplaces could
lead to a rise in prices of goods and services, the UK's competitions watchdog
has warned.
 The
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating businesses which use
technology on selling platforms. Shoppers could be "manipulated" into buying
specific items, as search results favour certain brands, it said.
Consumers may also be shown misleading messages on these websites, suggesting
items are in short supply. Collusion between businesses on consumer spending
and browsing data could lead to "sustained higher prices for products and
services", the CMA said.
Kate Brand, its director of data science, added: "Algorithms play an
important role online but, if not used responsibly, can potentially do a
tremendous amount of harm to consumers and businesses.
"Assessing this harm is the first step towards being able to ensure consumers
are protected, and complements our wider work in digital markets to promote
greater competition and innovation online."
bbc.com
Fastest-Growing E-Commerce Shopper
Baby boomers, to retailers' surprise, are dominating online shopping
Older Americans are increasingly buying
groceries on the Internet, and those over 65 are now the fastest-growing
category of e-commerce shoppers.
 The
coronavirus pandemic has reshaped habits and behaviors of even the most resolute
shoppers as social distancing became a key line of defense against infection.
But one of the most significant and unexpected shifts, experts say, was
the almost immediate embrace of online shopping by people in their 60s, 70s
and 80s.
As baby boomers move online, retailers and consumer goods brands are
scrambling to meet them there with round-the-clock customer service,
detailed nutrition information and interactive videos aimed at simplifying
e-commerce for the uninitiated. Instacart, the nation's largest online grocery
provider, has created a service that helps older consumers set up accounts, fill
their carts and place their first orders. The program has been so popular -
helping onboard hundreds of thousands of new shoppers.
Consumers 65 and older, on average, spent a total of $1,615 online from January
through October, a 49 percent increase from a year earlier, making them
the fastest-growing cohort of online shoppers, according to NPD Group's Checkout
Tracking, which captures data from consumer receipts both online and in stores.
Frequency of purchases, meanwhile, climbed more than 40 percent.
washingtonpost.com
Walmart to begin drone delivery pilot this summer
Hudson's Bay Co. Planning to Take Saks.com Public
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$1M Employee Refund Fraud Over 2 Weeks
Duluth, GA: Kroger Associate Stole $1 Million and Bought Cars and Guns
 The
theft, by a 19-year-old who worked at a Kroger in Duluth, Ga., occurred over two
weeks when a supermarket compliance officer was away, the authorities said. A
teenage employee stole nearly $1 million from a Kroger supermarket in the metro
Atlanta area and then went on a shopping spree for guns, shoes and cars,
including a Chevrolet Camaro that he totaled, the authorities said on Thursday.
The employee, Tre Brown, 19, obtained more than 40 refunds on several credit
cards for merchandise that he falsely claimed had been returned to a Kroger
in Duluth, Georgia.
The transactions ranged in value from $75 to more than $87,000, according
to the police, who said that the fraud scheme was carried out over two weeks
in December and January while a supermarket compliance officer was away. The
fraud was later detected by corporate employees of Kroger, who the police said
had contacted them. A large sum of the money was returned after Mr. Brown's
arrest on Jan. 14 on a felony charge of theft by taking, the police said. They
said they had no further information on the amount recovered. Cpl. Collin Flynn,
a spokesman for the Gwinnett County Police Department, said in an email on
Thursday that Mr. Brown worked in the supermarket's fuel center. The
items that Mr. Brown claimed had been returned were lottery tickets.
nytimes.com
Wareham, MA: Men arrested for alleged theft of $20k worth of items from Lowe's
 Two
New Bedford men have been arrested for allegedly stealing a truck-load of items
from the Wareham Lowe's and selling them at a business in New Bedford.
Wareham Police were contacted by the Lowe's "Organized Retail Crime
Investigation Unit." Together with the Lowe's team, Wareham police
investigated and concluded that a man who had been hired to clean Lowe's was
allegedly stealing items from the store and bringing them to a business at 1407
Acushnet Ave. in New Bedford. On Thursday, Jan. 21, police executed search
warrants at 1407 and 1401 Acushnet Ave. and confiscated $20,000 worth of
stolen items. A truck had to be used to bring the items back to the store.
Oscar Ortiz, 46, and Eric Ramos, 34, both of New Bedford, were placed under
arrest. Police say that it is estimated that nearly $100,000 worth of
merchandise had been stolen from the store over the last few months.
wareham.theweektoday.com
Commerce, GA: Thieves steal thousands in clothing at Tanger Outlet stores
 An
assault on a store manager by two shoplifters Monday at Tanger Outlets in
Commerce was just the tip of a spree of thefts the past two weeks at the popular
shopping center. In three separate crimes, shoplifters took $13,000 worth of
merchandise from the Polo Ralph Lauren outlet, and authorities said thieves
stole an undetermined amount of merchandise from a Nike store. The suspects
in the thefts have not been identified, but detectives are going over evidence,
Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum said Thursday.
The assault occurred about 2:30 p.m. Jan. 18, when two employees in the Polo
store observed two women, one wearing a shower cap, enter the store, deputies
said. Because they were acting suspicious, one manager went to the exit door and
as one woman attempted to leave with merchandise, he stuck his arm in front of
her. Deputies said the women then sprayed his face with pepper spray and one
tried to punch him in the face. The women stole about $2,100 in merchandise
and fled in a black Lexus with a South Carolina tag, according to the
report.
The day before on Jan. 17, deputies responded to an alarm about 6:48 a.m. at the
Nike store and found a glass door shattered. The thieves had taken items off
racks and a table display was emptied of clothing. Deputies are also
investigating a shoplifting that occurred Jan. 11 at the Polo store, where
two women shoplifted about $3,000 worth of clothing, and another on Jan. 8,
where three men stole clothing valued at $8,268. The male thieves fled in a
blue Ford Freestyle with the license plate removed.
onlineathens.com
Park County, WY: Parolee accused of stealing $3,100 worth of merchandise from
Walmart
 Between
late November and last week, Brad Corbin, 38, is alleged to have taken drones,
cameras, a laptop and other merchandise from the Cody store. He's facing two
felony counts of shoplifting. Back in 2015, Corbin had received a six- to
nine-year prison sentence for felony counts of shoplifting and receiving,
concealing or disposing of stolen property. Court records say Corbin had sold a
$5,000 hydraulic pump that had been stolen from a Cody trucking company in late
2013 - he was a suspect in the theft - and later pilfered $1,800 worth of video
game consoles and equipment from the Cody Kmart in late 2014.
powelltribune.com
 Charlotte,
NC: Find a Fugitive: CMPD searching for Home Depot shoplifter
CMPD is searching for a woman caught on surveillance rushing out of a south
Charlotte Home Depot with a cart full of merchandise she didn't pay for. An
employee tries to stop her - and the situation escalated quickly. "When he
intervened she then pulled out a weapon which was a knife and the victim backed
off the suspect then took the items outside to a car that was waiting for her."
Said Det. Adrian Johnson of Charlotte Crime Stoppers.
fox46.com
Indianapolis, IN: Police galled on burglary in progress at gun store
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the burglary of
a gun store on the city's west side. Around 2:40 a.m. IMPD was called to 500
Guns for a burglary in progress. The report does not state if any guns were
stolen.
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Shootings & Deaths
Hickory, NC: Woman shot in head inside furniture store; 2 people wanted in
connection with her death
The U.S. Marshals are now involved in the search for two people considered to be
"armed and dangerous" following a deadly shooting inside a furniture store in
North Carolina. Marshals and the Hickory Police Department are searching for
49-year-old Tangela Parker and 61-year-old Eric Parker, who are both wanted in
the death of 51-year-old Phelifia Michele Marlow. Police said Marlow was fatally
shot in the head on Jan. 13 inside a furniture store. Additional details on the
shooting weren't immediately released. Tangela Parker is wanted for first-degree
murder and Eric Parker is wanted for accessory after the fact to first-degree
murder, according to authorities.
wyff4.com
Update: Arlington, TX: Suspect Arrested And Charged With The Murder Of C- Store
Clerk
An 18 year old male was arrested Thursday morning in connection to the death of
a store clerk at an EZ Mart early Sunday morning. Dorian Woodard,18 was taken
into custody and charged with the murder of Jordan Hightower,30. Hightower was
working at the Arlington corner store when Woodard came in the store and shot
him multiple times before stealing several items and fleeing the scene.
Hightower was pronounced dead at the scene when police arrived.
smashdatopic.com
Update: Fort Washington, MD: Four Men in Custody for Fatal Shooting at Food Mart
Detectives with the Prince George's County Police Department's Homicide Unit
identified and charged four suspects in connection with Monday's fatal shooting
in Fort Washington. The suspects are all charged with the murder of 66-year-old
John Woo Young Jang of Laurel. On January 18, 2021, at approximately 1:00 pm,
officers responded to a food mart in the 12500 block of Livingston Road for the
report of a robbery. When they arrived, they located the victim inside of the
business suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
thebaynet.com
Omaha, NE: Off-duty Police Officer shoots at suspected Home Depot
shoplifter's vehicle
 "An
Omaha police officer shopping at The Home Depot fired a shot at a vehicle driven
by a suspected shoplifter, police said Thursday. The officer, who was off duty,
was shopping at the store about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday when he was alerted to a
shoplifter, Omaha police said. The officer began to follow the man, who had a
shopping cart full of items. Witnesses said an employee had yelled that the man
was leaving with unpaid merchandise. The man got into an SUV in the store's
parking lot.
Witnesses said they heard the off-duty officer identify himself as a police
officer to the man. The officer then approached the SUV's front-passenger side.
The driver left the parking stall, almost hitting the officer, police said.
The officer, who was armed with a handgun, fired once at the vehicle, police
said. Witnesses said the officer shot at the vehicle's tire and not at the
driver. Police said they don't think the driver was injured. Detectives were
able to obtain a photo of the suspected shoplifter while he was in the store.
Police said they are working with the Omaha Police Department's burglary unit to
seek a warrant for the man's arrest.
omaha.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Update: Carencro, LA: Attempted murder suspect caught during armed robbery
investigation in Louisiana
Carencro Police arrest two people in connection to an Armed Robbery, one of them
was wanted for Attempted Second Degree Murder. Authorities say 21-year old Angel
Lopez and 21-year old Iveth Escalante robbed the the Shop Rite in Carencro
earlier in January. On January 20, 2021, Carencro Detectives with the assistance
of the Lafayette Sheriff's Deputies, went to an address within Lafayette Parish
and found the two suspects.
brproud.com
Springfield, MA: Man charged with armed robbery, biting Walmart security guard
37-year-old Chicopee man is facing armed assault charges following a disturbance
Tuesday night at the Boston Road Walmart, where he reportedly bit and slashed a
security guard with a box cutter, police said. Freddie Carrasquillo is charged
with armed robbery, assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous
weapon, armed assault with intent to rob, and two counts of assault and battery
on a police officer. Police were called to Walmart just before 10 p.m. for a
reported disturbance. Store security got into a fight during which Carrasquillo
is said to have slashed the guard with a box cutter and bitten one of his hands.
When he was taken into custody and brought to the police station for booking, he
reportedly refused to put on a mask and repeatedly coughed at officers.
masslive.com
Philadelphia, PA: Sledgehammer-wielding thieves targeting convenience store
gaming machines
Kitchener, Ontario,Canada: Man charged after $20K theft from optical stores
Memphis, TN: Police seeking 3 in $100,000 burglary of manufacturing equipment
company
Bachelor's 'Queen' Victoria Larson Was Arrested in 2012 for Shoplifting: See Her
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AmazonGo - Seattle, WA
- Burglary
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Boost - Richmond, VA -
Burglary
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C-Store - Salisbury,
NC - Robbery (3x in wk)
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C-Store - Milford, CT
- Armed Robbery
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CVS - Escambia County,
FL - Robbery
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Guns - Indianapolis,
IN - Burglary
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Hardware - Spokane, WA
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Jewelry - Downingtown, PA - Robbery
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Pharmacy - Wausau, WI
- Burglary
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Restaurant - Pierre,
SD - Burglary
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Restaurant - Seattle,
WA - Burglary (Starbucks)
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Sunglass Hut -
Michigan City, IN - Burglary
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Target - Yorkville, IL
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T-Mobile - Darien, IL
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- Armed Robbery
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Walmart - Chubbuck, ID
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