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Chris Rodriguez named Director of Loss Prevention for MedMen
Chris was previously the Director of Loss Prevention and Safety for Guitar
Center before taking this new role. He's held a variety of loss prevention
positions for various retailers including Goodwill Southern California as
Director of Security and Loss Prevention, Corporate Loss Prevention Manager and
Loss Prevention Investigator, Sears, Roebuck and Company as District LP Manager
and Guitar Center as District Operations/LP Manager. Congratulations Chris!
Vincent Carranza named Facilities Project Manager - Physical Security for Penske
Truck Leasing
Vincent was previously the Manager, Asset Protection Corporate Operations for HD
Supply for over four years before taking this new role. He's also held other
loss prevention roles including Corporate LP Manager and Area LP Manager for
Duty Free Americas, Loss Prevention Supervisor and Lead Detective for Macy's,
Loss Prevention Supervisor for JC Penney and Asset Protection Specialist for
Target. Vincent earned his Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice from Florida
International University. Congratulations Vincent!
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Supreme Court declines to hear 'Making a
Murderer' case
Interviewing Technique Stands Up in Courts
 Wisconsin
officials had urged the Supreme Court not to take the case, telling the court it
shouldn't second-guess Wisconsin courts' determination that Dassey's confession
was voluntary. Prosecutors noted that Dassey's mother gave investigators
permission to speak with him, that Dassey agreed as well and that during the
interview investigators used only standard techniques such as adopting a
sympathetic tone and encouraging honesty.
Dassey's attorneys, however, say he's borderline intellectually disabled and was
pressured into a false confession. They wanted his confession thrown out and
a new trial.
While Wisconsin courts ruled Dassey's confession was voluntary, a federal
magistrate judge and a three-judge appeals court panel disagreed, saying he
should be retried or released from prison. Then, in late 2017, the full
appeals court ruled 4-3 that the state courts' determination that Dassey's
confession was voluntary was reasonable, meaning no release or retrial. The
Supreme Court's announcement it wouldn't take the case left that decision in
place.
Editor's Note: The case that put industry-wide and globally taught
interviewing techniques under the legal microscope shows the courts supporting
the technique by virtue of the full state appeals court ruling the confession
was voluntary and reasonable and the Supreme Court declining to hear the case.
That legitimizes the technique and process.
clickondetroit.com
Leveraging Loss Prevention Solutions to Boost the
Bottom Line
How C-stores Can Leverage Loss Prevention Solutions
By Catherine
Walsh, Tyco Retail Solutions - 06/25/2018
The implementation of an integrated security approach can help c-stores reduce
shrink with more actionable insights into the sources of shrink.
 The cornerstone of current convenience store security, video surveillance, can
have a lot more functionality and improve operational efficiencies when
connected to other new or existing systems, including fire and intrusion
security systems, remote monitoring, and traffic-counting analytics.
Digital video technology allows retailers to recognize and record shelf-sweep
activity, while identifying facial images of suspects to provide superior image
quality in real-time. Following theft incidents, the video can be used in
forensic analysis while dealing with incidents and investigations big or small,
like a late-night armed robbery at a store located on a dimly lit street. The
technology can connect with exception-based reporting and case management
systems to collect data on committed crimes and further assist law enforcement.
Read full article csnews.com
The New Blue Light Zone
LPRC in the News & Making a Difference
Retailers experimenting with blue lights to deter drug use
Colored bulbs cast an eerie blue glow in the restroom of a convenience store
where people who inject heroin and other drugs have been seeking the
relative privacy of the stalls to shoot up.
The blue lights are meant to discourage drug users from
shooting up in store bathrooms because the blue glow from the light bulbs
makes it harder for someone to see their veins when trying to inject a drug.
 Read
Hayes is a University of Florida researcher and director of the
Loss Prevention
Research Council (LRRC), a retail industry-supported group. The LRRC
conducts research to develop crime and loss control solutions for the industry.
LRRC is now looking at the lights' effectiveness.
"The hardest-core opiate user still wants to be accurate. They want to make sure
the needle goes in the right spot," said Hayes. The whole purpose of the blue
light bulbs is to "disrupt that process" and force drug users to go somewhere
else to use their drugs, he added.
 One
retailer participating in the experiment is Turkey Hill Minit Market, a
260-store chain based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It's one of two convenience
stores and a supermarket chain working with LRRC to field-test the blue bulbs.
Hayes says the while the field-testing is still in its infancy, the initial
feedback from stores has been very positive, reports
ABC News.
Questions over the use of blue light bulbs
According to
CNBC, some earlier studies questioned the deterrent effect of blue light
bulbs. People who use opioids told researchers they'd shoot up in blue light if
it meant avoiding withdrawal symptoms.
Early results of experiment are encouraging
Since Turkey Hill began using the blue light bulbs in 20 of its stores six
months ago, "we're not finding hardly anything anymore," said Matt
Dorgan, the chain's asset protection manager. "It's a pretty dramatic
reduction. We haven't had a single overdose."
digitaljournal.com
abcnews.go.com
Lack of Testing Hampers Crisis Preparedness
Companies that think they are prepared to respond to a crisis may not be as
ready as they believe, according to a survey released Wednesday by Deloitte
Global.
While 90% of the respondents expressed confidence in their organization's
ability to address major trouble, the survey of 523 senior executives involved
in risk, crisis management and business continuity found just 17% said their
organization tested its crisis planning. Sixty percent said their organization
faces more crises today than 10 years ago.
Lack of testing could be a matter of resources, management focus or a failure by
the board to ask management whether they examined the assumptions made in their
crisis planning.
"In many cases boards focus on what management tells them to focus on," said Mr.
Dent. "The board may not be spending sufficient time evaluating or even asking
questions around crisis preparedness."
"It's not the plan itself that is important, it's the process of planning that
is important because it educates the management team in how to respond to a
crisis no matter what that crisis is," said Mr. Dent.
wsj.com
The boycott-Trump movement has resurged
An anti-Trump movement is calling for the boycott of these 24 retailers
More than two years into Trump's presidency, the movement to boycott retailers
that do business with the president's family is going strong.
Retailers such as Nordstrom and Gilt dropped Ivanka Trump's fashion line as the
movement to boycott gained momentum last year.
However, 24 companies - including Macy's, Amazon, and TJ Maxx - still sell
Trump-branded products.
Shannon Coulter, a brand and digital strategist, started the
#GrabYourWallet hashtag in October 2016 to encourage people seeking a way to
take concrete action against Donald Trump to boycott companies - large and small
- that do business with his family.
While Coulter has remained steadfast in her quest to encourage the other 62
retailers, nonprofits, and even a movie produced by Harvey Weinstein to ditch
Trump products, the issue has peaked once more among consumers and activists.
In June, the shoe retailer DSW sent an email to a shopper that claimed it would
end its partnership with Ivanka Trump shoes,
Racked reported. The Ivanka Trump brand denied this.
Now, 24 retailers remain, spanning from huge names like Amazon and Macy's to
smaller companies like Wegmans and Filene's Basement.
businessinsider.com
Here's the list:
| Macy's |
Hudson's Bay |
Dillard's |
HSN |
Walmart |
Filene's Basement |
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Bloomingdale's |
Marshall's,
TJ Maxx, and Winners |
6pm |
Overstock.com |
Belk |
Wegmans |
| Zappos |
Lord & Taylor |
Bluefly |
Ross |
Century 21 |
Perfumania |
| Amazon and Whole Foods |
Bed Bath & Beyond and
Buy Buy Baby |
Burlington Coat Factory |
Saks Off Fifth |
Build.com |
Stein Mart |
NRF's Global SmartBrief Today & U.S. Smart Brief Friday
"What the world could be with facial recognition technology"
The Key: Setting Best Practices
Technology experts say facial recognition could someday replace the chip in
credit cards, likes and dislikes could be analysed by complex biometric
algorithms and individualised pricing would be the norm. That's also a world
where the system could go wrong, identifying even Mother Teresa as part of a
vast criminal conspiracy.
Read best practices.
stores.org
Editor's Note: It's critical for LP/AP and IT Security executives to
be aware of what the various media outlets, especially the NRF and RILA, are
publishing for their industry-wide and global readers. Understanding their
position and how they're presenting a particular subject or technology and how
often, is vital to know during the adaptation phase of any technology
industry-wide. And while facial recognition is the hot topic right now, we're
very much in the infancy stages of its acceptance and possible wide usage. Stay
informed and use every piece of evidence you can find. Just a thought GD.
Police in 31 Sates - Use Facial Recognition With
License Databases - Spurring Privacy Concerns
Thirty-one states now allow law-enforcement officials to access license
photos to help identify potential suspects.
Police in the small Maryland city of Hagerstown used a cutting edge, facial
recognition program last week to track down a robbery suspect, marking one of
the first such instances of the tactic to be made public.
In the process of identifying a possible suspect, investigators said they fed an
Instagram photo into the state's vast facial recognition system, which quickly
spit out the driver's license photo of an individual who was then arrested.
This digital-age crime-solving technique is at the center of a debate between
privacy advocates and law-enforcement officials: Should police be able to use
facial recognition software to search troves of driver's license photos, many of
which are images of people who have never been convicted of a crime?
Thirty-one states now allow police to access driver's license photos in
facial-recognition searches in addition to mug shots, according to the Center on
Privacy and Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center. Roughly one in
every two American adults-117 million people-are in the facial-recognition
networks used by law enforcement, according to a 2016 report by the center.
wsj.com
Amazon Contractors Pay $1.9M - Settles Warehouse
Conditions Lawsuit
in Los Angeles
Employees at a Los Angeles-area facility used by several retailers alleged
unpaid work, unsafe conditions and retaliation.
A leading logistics contractor and a group of staffing companies agreed to pay
as much as $1.9 million to resolve allegations of wage-and-hour violations and
retaliation at a Los Angeles-owned storage facility that houses Amazon.com
products, among others. bloomberg.com
DG GO in 10 Stores Going to 100 in Q2
Dollar General Pilots Mobile Checkout App
Reducing Labor Costs - Add-On Purchases - Real-Time Interaction
DG Go, according to its description on the Google Play store, is a shopping
app that lets users scan and pay for products they select directly from their
phone, allowing them to skip the checkout line altogether. It's available for
both Android and iOS devices.
Although multiple grocers have introduced or expanded mobile checkout within the
past year, reaction from consumers has been a mixed bag. While both
Kroger and
Meijer have rolled out scan-as-you-shop technology in stores, Walmart
has pulled back: Following
launch and
expansion of its Scan & Shop technology earlier this year, the Bentonville,
Ark.-based mega-retailer
pulled the plug on the initiative last month.
Macy's expanded its program and Urban Outfitter is testing the technology
at its New York City flagship.
progressivegrocer.com
retailwire.com
Amazon has already begun automating its
white-collar jobs
"Hands Off the Wheel" & Amazon Market Place Eliminating White-Collar Jobs
The company launched a pilot project called "hands off the wheel" that automated
demand forecasting and negotiating prices with vendors, and the rise of the
Amazon Marketplace, where vendors can bypass Amazon's buyers and sell their
wares directly on the site on their own.
"Computers know what to buy and when to buy, when to offer a deal and when not
to," Neil Ackerman, a former Amazon executive who now manages the global supply
chain at Johnson & Johnson, told Bloomberg. "These algorithms that take in
thousands of inputs and are always running smarter than any human."
qz.com
Cal-OSHA Issues Warning
Flash Report: Red Flags All Over
California
Summer is officially here and with it comes warnings from authorities that
workers could be in danger if employers don't take proactive steps to prevent
heat illness.
The National Weather Service has issued heat warning for many parts of
California starting today, and excessive heat warnings for some areas.
Temperatures are expected to rise to 110ºF in some parts of the Sacramento
Valley, for instance. In the desert areas of Imperial and San Diego counties,
they will soar as high as 114.
 NWS
also has issued red flag warnings for fire danger in the East Bay hills and the
North Bay mountains in the Bay Area, where memories of last October's
devastating wildfires are still fresh.
The advice to employers is simple: If you have employees working outdoors,
you should have an effective heat illness prevention plan in place and train
your workers on it. Make sure those toiling outside have plenty of fresh, cool
water - workers need to drink at least a quart an hour. You must encourage
employees to drink water.
Additionally, you must provide shade when the temperature reaches 80 degrees, or
when employees request it, and if an employee is in danger of developing heat
illness, they must be allowed to take a rest in the shade until their symptoms
disappear.
Other important elements of the heat illness standard are having emergency
procedures, including effective communication with workers in remote areas;
designating employees at each worksite to call emergency medical services if
someone starts to develop heat illness; and keeping a close eye on workers who
have been on the job for two weeks or less.
oshatoday.com
Las Vegas, NV: 24 hours no more: Some Las Vegas
stores closing early
Las Vegas has always been considered a quintessential 24-hour city, a place
where anything done at 3 p.m. can also be done at 3 a.m. But in recent years,
some round-the-clock discount stores, supermarkets and pharmacies have been
cutting back their hours and closing overnight. The reason, according to
retailers and analysts: Fewer late-night customers, an increased threat of
shoplifting and competition from online retailers such as Amazon.
lasvegassun.com
Japan: Yahoo Auctions joins National Shoplifting
Prevention Organization
Yahoo Auctions, the pioneer of inter-individuals online trade in Japan, is
collaborating with non-profit national shoplifting prevention organization
Manboukikou.jp to prevent transactions of stolen goods. Initially, the
marketplace will glean information on burglaries of high-priced books from major
bookstores, verify them against the listings on the platform and report theft
incidence to the police, according to a news statement. In future, it will
expand this cooperation to other products, study shoplifting tactics and conduct
research on trends of theft products on the Internet. Yahoo Auctions (or Yahuoku,
as it is known in Japan) is the second marketplace to join the anti-shoplifting
organization after Mercari.
aimgroup.com
Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, New York, is
America's favorite grocery retailer
Publix, Trader Joe's, Aldi, H-E-B round out the top five of annual survey.
chainstoreage.com
The newest episode of LPRC's CrimeScience
covers investigations & interrogations
 The
8th episode of the Loss Prevention Research Council's podcast,
CrimeScience, is now available. This episode features co-hosts Dr.
Read Hayes (LPRC) and Tom Meehan (CONTROLTEK), along with featured
guest David Thompson (Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates) as they discuss
investigations, interrogations, false confessions and much more!
Access all episodes so far through the "Podcasts" app on your iPhone or through
Google Play Music!
iOS:
https://apple.co/2GEFlvV
Android:
http://bit.ly/2rWVVno
If you would like to provide feedback or get involved with the podcast, please
contact
kevin@lpresearch.
New VPLP to be named this week
Director of Safety & Compliance - Sam's - Walmart
Division - Bentonville, AR Asset Protection
NACS State of the Industry Report of 2017 Data
Now Available
Orlando airport first to use face scanners for
all international flights
Last week's #1 article --
Theft Lockers
Some Walmart locations make customers lock bags, purses before shopping
Some Walmart stores in Kansas have a new policy requiring customers to lock up
your larger bags in lockers before you're allowed to shop.
 Walmart's
corporate office confirms it's a new policy at the Pawnee and Broadway Walmart,
and it left customer Cherie Powell-Shields shocked when an employee approached
her.
"I walked in, and an employee came up to me and said ma'am for you to shop here,
you have to put your purse in a locker, and I told her no, I wasn't going to
shop here then," said Powell-Shields. She left, and she says she won't be back.
"It's a trust issue, and two I didn't stop to see if anybody else was being
asked to put their bags in lockers, and is it profiling? I don't know,"
said Powell-Shields.
Her bag was a large purse, and she says she's concerned if she left it in the
locker someone would see her locker code and steal it.
Walmart's corporate office confirmed the Pawnee location put the lockers in
Monday as a way to prevent theft. Corporate said store managers decide
whether they want lockers at their locations.
kwch.com
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Former police officer suspected of selling $300k worth
of stolen goods on eBay
 A
former Wichita Falls Police Department officer is suspected of spearheading a
theft and money laundering ring, enlisting family members to help peddle stolen
goods as far away as South Korea.
Scott Bradley Higgins, 54, of Wichita Falls has been charged with organized
retail theft over $300,000, a first-degree felony, and money laundering over
$300,000, also a first degree felony, in connection with incidents from Jan. 1,
2017, through June 18, 2018.
The crime ring deployed drug addicts to swipe expensive vacuum cleaners, power
tools, hot water heaters, wifi devices and more from retailers in Wichita Falls
and the Dallas-Fort Worth area to be peddled on eBay and Amazon, according to a
detailed arrest affidavit written by a Wichita County District Attorney's Office
investigator.
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From Spotting Terrorists to Preventing Shrink
StopLift Founder Shows How Artificial Intelligence Helps Stop Shoplifters
CAMBRIDGE (CBS) -
Theft is a huge problem for retailers, particularly in grocery stores where
customers use self-checkout lanes. According to the
Loss
Prevention Foundation, stores that operate on a thin margin, have to sell
dozens of items to make up for just one that was stolen.
In
an effort to solve that problem, Malay Kundu tapped into his knowledge of visual
technologies. "I used to develop facial recognition systems to look for
terrorists in airports," he told WBZ-TV.
But instead of terrorists, Kundu is now looking for un-scanned items at
grocery checkouts and other retail stores. His Cambridge Company is called
StopLift and the owner
of Vicente's grocery store in Brockton is a big fan.
"It has saved us a good amount of money," said Brian Vincente. Vicente's store
has a loss prevention room filled with dozens of cameras watching every checkout
aisle and the entire store. It would be impossible for the human eye to keep a
close eye on all of them at once. That's where the computers come in.
"Our software is analyzing the video and it is also looking at what's actually
being rung up on the checkout. It's comparing those and it can tell when you are
trying to give yourself a deal," Kundu said.
The program can catch a number of different ways both self-checkout customers
and cashiers cheat the system. Kundu pointed to video of a woman ringing up
bags of potato chips using the produce lookout system, paying just the price of
loose carrots, which is considerably cheaper than the chips.
According to Kundu, when stores spot an issue they will approach the customer
and politely ask if they need help using the self-checkout system. StopLift
is used at hundreds of checkouts in stores across Massachusetts and thousands
around the world.
Read the full story by WBZ-TV (CBS Boston) here.
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Study Exposes Employee Negligence as Top
Information Security Risk to U.S. Businesses
Vendors Cause 28% of Data Breaches
With one-third of working adults in the U.S. admitting to potentially risky
behavior at work, employee negligence poses major security concerns for U.S.
businesses. That is according to Shred-it's
State
of the Industry Report, which exposes information and data security
risks currently threatening U.S. enterprises and small businesses and includes
survey findings from the Shred-it Security Tracker, conducted by Ipsos.
When assessing the cause of data breaches, the report found that employee
negligence or accidental loss is a main cause. Nearly half of C-Suite Executives
(C-Suites) (47 percent) and Small Business Owners (SBOs) (42 percent) reported
that human error or accidental loss by an employee was the cause of a data
breach. Additionally, one in four C-Suites (28 percent) and one in five SBOs
(17 percent) reported human error or accidental loss by an external vendor
caused their organization to suffer a data breach.
"The study's findings clearly show that seemingly small habits can pose great
security risk and add up to large financial, reputational and legal risks," said
Monu Kalsi, Vice President, Shred-it. "For companies looking to better protect
their data, smart information security begins with giving employees access to
smart information security practices and training. Through consistent training
and education, businesses of all sizes can take back ownership of information
security and create a more security-minded work culture among their employees."
securitymagazine.com
Losses due to BEC scams are escalating
Despite falling down on the list of most often reported Internet-facilitated
crimes, Business Email Compromise/Email Account Compromise is still the type of
crime that results in the biggest losses.
 In
fact, according to the numbers
released by
the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the victims of those crimes
lost over $676 million in 2017. Compared to the
2016 numbers (over $360 million), that's an increase of nearly 88%.
"Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a scam targeting businesses working with
foreign suppliers and/or businesses regularly performing wire transfer payments.
Email Account Compromise (EAC) is a similar scam that targets individuals," the
IC3 explains the difference between the two.
But, since these scams are carried out by fraudsters compromising email accounts
through social engineering or computer intrusion techniques to conduct
unauthorized transfer of funds, and the techniques used in the BEC and EAC scams
have become increasingly similar, the organization tracks these scams as a
single crime type.
$1.42 billion of reported losses.
helpnetsecurity.com
Major funding round underscores growth of
aisle-scanning bots
Bossa Nova Robotics, a developer of robots designed to scan aisles for
out-of-stocks and to measure sales performance, has raised $29 million in new
funding. This brings the company's total funding to $70 million.
The company said the capital will be used for software research and
development, hiring and international expansion.
"Dozens" of Walmart stores began testing Bossa Nova robots last fall,
according to CNBC. Bossa Nova says it's working on customizing its systems to
work with a variety of different retailers.
Walmart hasn't disclosed whether or not Bossa Nova's aisle-scanning helpers are
saving it money. But the company has
expanded the robots to additional stores, which is a good indication they're
benefiting the retailer.
Bossa Nova isn't the only robot to make its way down the grocery aisles. For
example, Schnucks Markets has Tally, created by Simbe Robotics, while
Food Lion has deployed Marty. Like Bossa Nova's technology, these
"assistants" also sweep the aisles to identify out-of-stock items.
retaildive.com
Big Data in the Cloud: Avoiding Vendor Lock-in
More enterprise application and big data vendors are pursuing a cloud-agnostic
strategy -- supporting AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. Big data platform
provider Hortonworks is taking that strategy one step farther.
Avoiding vendor lock-in has become a major concern in the cloud era. If you
deploy your infrastructure in one vendor's public cloud, say Amazon AWS, what
will you do if the service fails to meet your standards or if the prices
increase? What if the features you need are no longer supported?
Sure, there are a couple of other big public cloud providers -- Microsoft Azure
and Google Cloud. And more vendors are making sure that their technologies are
supported across multiple public clouds. But it can be complicated and time
consuming to move your applications and data from one cloud to another. Don't
expect the public cloud vendors to make it easier. They don't want to lose your
business to a competitor.
"We've kind of joked that it's easy to get data into the cloud, but really
hard to get it out."
informationweek.com
Massive CIA Hacking Tool Leak: Ex-Agency Employee
Charged
In March 2017, one of the biggest leaks in the history of the CIA came to light
when WikiLeaks began releasing thousands of agency secret documents, revealing
the CIA's offensive malware tools and practices. WikiLeaks called the document
dump the
"Vault 7" archive.
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice charged a former CIA officer, Joshua
Adam Schulte, 29, with stealing the attack tools in 2016 and giving them to
WikiLeaks.
govinfosecurity.com
China increases its surveillance state
China plans to add bio-recognition technology to subways and to install RFID
chips in vehicle windshields.
Apparently, China doesn't believe it has enough surveillance yet to count as a
dystopian hell, as there are plans to add bio-recognition technology to subways
and install RFID chips in vehicle windshields.
This goes beyond a person having their
face scanned in order to be issued toilet paper at a historical park because
visiting the Temple of Heaven is a choice; most people cannot choose to simply
stop going to work. People living in Beijing and commuting to work via the
subway are about to be subjected to bio-recognition tech. It is estimated that
over 10 million people ride the Beijing subway every work day.
The bio-ID system coming to the Beijing subway system will include facial
recognition cameras and palm scanners, according to
China Daily. The purpose of deploying the technologies is theoretically to
speed up passenger flow.
Reuters added that the face scanner would recognize people's faces,
"potentially allowing them to bypass normal ticketing channels, while the palm
scanner would enable some people to swipe their hands to get through ticket
turnstiles."
csoonline.com
Kroger ranks among nation's top employers for
tech pros
1.7 Million Phishing Emails Blocked in June:
Barracuda Networks
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Change Management
From Jobs to
Teams to Realignments & Initiatives
Mike Lamb, VP of AP, Kroger
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While managing change has always been a critical function for every executive,
in today's retail environment, it has never been more critical. Change is
guaranteed, and how you manage it will determine how far you go and how far you
get.
Over the last five years, Mike Lamb, Vice President of Asset Protection
for Kroger, has successfully navigated and managed the change process at three
of the biggest AP positions in the industry. He's done it with skill, finesse,
political savvy, and a touch of humility that everyone can learn from. In this
LPNN interview, he shares some of his thoughts on managing change. |
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Quick Take #9
Morgan Harris, Senior Director of Enterprise Solutions for
ADT/Protection 1, chats with Amber and Joe about ADT's "Owners
Club", the evolution of the industry, and why understanding the human
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The Fashion Law
Is Amazon an Antitrust Lawsuit Waiting to Happen?
This spring Ella Moss sued Amazon. Not only was had Amazon allegedly infringed
its trademark by way of its Ella Moon private label due to the similarity of the
two names and their respective offerings,
the Los Angeles-based fashion brand argued in its complaint that Amazon was
doing something else: It was actively prioritizing Ella Moon products over Ella
Moss ones in its website's search results - and based on Moss's allegations,
Amazon is likely doing this for countless other brands' products, as well, in
regards to the nearly 7,000 private-label products it is currently offering.
By creating brands that are offering goods that not only look alike but are
similarly named and priced, Ella Moss alleges that Amazon is banking on the
likelihood that consumers will be confused as to the source of Amazon's Ella
Moon products and will likely think that the Ella Moon wares are connected to or
otherwise endorsed by Ella Moss. But even more problematic,
as the New York Times pointed out this weekend, is Amazon's careful
practice of "optimizing word-search algorithms, analyzing competitors' sales
data, [and] using its customer-review networks - to steer shoppers toward its
in-house brands and away from its competitors."
thefashionlaw.com
How Amazon Steers Shoppers to Its Own Products
The company now has roughly 100 private label brands for sale on its huge online
marketplace, of which more than five dozen have been introduced in the past year
alone. But few of those are sold under the Amazon brand. Instead, they have been
given a variety of anodyne, disposable names like Spotted Zebra (kids clothes),
Good Brief (men's underwear), Wag (dog food) and Rivet (home furnishings).
Furthermore, in an effort to incentivize shoppers to sign up for the Amazon
Prime program certain of Amazon's private-label products, such as its
Goodthreads men's khakis or Wag's salmon-and-lentil dog food, can be purchased
only by Prime customers.
nytimes.com
Counterfeit products popping up on Amazon, eBay
Customs Stepping Up Inspections
At ports and maritime terminals around the country, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection officers spend each day inspecting shipping containers boxes and
looking for counterfeit goods.
Clothing, electronics, shoes, jewelry and purses are counterfeiters' favorites.
In the Northeast, officials use one of four giant warehouses -- each nearly the
size of two football fields -- as staging areas to go through daily shipments.
Nationally, the number of seizures by customs has risen every year since 2007
and jumped by 25 percent in 2015. According to a
recent report, USCBP officers seized $1.2 billion worth of counterfeit goods
in 2017, down slightly from
$1.38 billion worth of goods in 2016. The bulk of the fake items come from
China and Hong Kong. Once counterfeit products are found, the seized shipments
are destroyed.
clickorlando.com
A Rough Map To The New World Of Online Sales
Taxes
U.S. Supreme Court e-commerce tax ruling is bad
news for 'mom-and-pop', not Amazon
Shopify to run ecommerce cannabis sales within BC
Destination Maternity e-commerce sales up 43% in
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Anchorage, AK: 14 arrested in Fred Meyer Retail
Detail Operation
 On
6/22/18, officers with the Patrol Division, Community Action Policing (CAP) and
the Investigative Support Unit (ISU) partnered with Fred Meyer (7701 Debarr Rd.)
for another undercover Retail Detail operation in tandem with Operation Midnight
Sun. Officers arrested 14 people for various felony and misdemeanor charges.
More than $570.00 in stolen merchandise was recovered by the team. The arrests
included outstanding felony and misdemeanor warrants as well as misconduct
involving controlled substances, misconduct involving a weapon, and resisting
arrest.
alaska-native-news.com
 Holton,
KS: Suspects arrested in third Holton Walmart theft in three months
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said they have three suspects in custody
Saturday morning in the third theft at the Holton Walmart in three months.
Following the report of the June 15 theft, Sheriff Tim Morse released photos of
the suspects taken at the Walmart, as well as a black Ford car believed to be
used in the theft. Two previous theft arrests of five Missourians total were
made a week apart from each other in March and April, in a suspected theft ring
where the group allegedly ran an eBay store selling stolen electronics from the
Holton Walmart.
ksnt.com
Norwood, MA: Police seek 2 suspects in $2,000 theft from
Stop & Shop
Police in Norwood are asking for the public's help in identifying two suspects
who allegedly stole from a Stop and Shop. The suspects have been accused of
stealing $2,000 worth of merchandise from the grocery store on June 10.
whdh.com
Nashville, TN: French, Romanian Men Arrested For ID Theft
In Tennessee; 32 fake debit cards recovered
The men, identified as Dragos Diaconu (who had a French passport) and Daniel
Gargarita (who had a Romanian passport), were charged with identity theft
trafficking, felony theft, and criminal simulation. Detectives said they believe
the two used debit-type cards encoded with information of innocent people to
steal money from bank accounts. Police said $5,224 in cash and 32 debit-type
cards were found in their vehicle.
newschannel5.com
 Lakeland,
FL: Shoplifting suspect stuffs $2,790 worth of Victoria's Secret underwear down
his pants
Two thieves stolen almost $3,000 in underwear from a Lakeland Victoria's Secret,
police said. On June 2, the man and woman duo were seen in surveillance video
entering the store at Lakeside Village, located at 1479 Town Center Drive,
between 7:40 p.m. to 9 p.m., according to the Lakeland Police.
In the video, it appears the female suspect was the lookout, as the male suspect
empties a drawer full of underwear by sticking it down his pants. Then, they are
seen exiting with $2,790 worth of undergarments, police said.
fox13news.com
Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia: Three women work
together to hit a small Boutique for hundreds in merchandise
The Store's Owner urges other retailer to share video/ information to combat
thieves. To the thieves the Owner says, "get a real job".
yahoo.com
South Africa: 'Shoplifter' pulls tin after tin out of her
trousers - revealing nearly 11lbs in hidden baby formula
Woman was caught shoplifting the incredible haul from a shop in South Africa.
Stuffed six 1.7 pound tins of baby formula and six packs of cheese down
trousers. Some have criticized decision of security guard to shame woman for
stealing.
dailymail.co.uk
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Shootings & Deaths
 Baton
Rouge, LA: One woman arrested in connection with Cortana Mall shooting
Blanca Marisol Munoz, 39, was charged with (principal to) Aggravated assault
with a firearm after asking her husband to bring a gun to the scene. Officers of
the Baton Rouge Police were dispatched to a shooting incident at Cortana Mall
Sunday June 24. According to officials, the call came in around 6:30 p.m. that
evening regarding two people who opened fire at one another. Witnesses say the
gunfire stems from a confrontation inside of the Dillard's between two customers
in the check out line. BRPD says there are no known injuries and both suspects
fled the scene before officers arrived.
brproud.com
Orland Park, IL: 2 dead in apparent
murder-suicide outside suburban PF Chang's
Orland Park Police said a 59-year-old man shot a 45-year-old woman as she sat in
the driver's side seat of an SUV. He then turned the gun on himself. Police said
the pair is not from Orland Park; they were not married.
wgntv.com
Holdenville, OK: Deadly drive-by shooting outside
Grocery Store
One man is dead after a Sunday drive-by shooting in front of a grocery store in
Holdenville. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation say the shooting
occurred in front of Pruett's Grocery store. One person was injured during the
drive-by and another person was killed.
okcfox.com
7-Eleven Store Owner shot twice during Armed Robbery;
critical condition
Miami Gardens, FL: Police Name Suspect In Shooting Outside
Family Dollar
Robberies & Thefts
Aurora, IL: Burglars crash vehicle into Versace store at
outlet mall
The "smash-and-grab" burglary occurred around 3:40 a.m. Monday in the 1600 block
of Premium Outlet Boulevard. A white, newer model sedan and a red SUV drove
through the courtyard area of the outlet mall and the sedan drove through the
front doors of the Versace store, police said. Several people exited the
vehicles, entered the business and stole an unknown amount of items, police
said.
chicagotribune.com
Bakersfield, CA: Good Samaritan helps stop attempted
robbery at Valero gas station
UK: Manchester: Man used scissors to rob McDonald's, KFC
and Wilko during violent four day crime spree
Arson & Fire
Chicago, IL: Man charged with arson at three stores, damaging $1M in
clothes; Walmart & Walgreens hit
A man damaged $1 million worth of clothes in one of three fires he set
at stores in the span of three weeks on the North and Northwest Sides.
Miller, a convicted arsonist, is accused of using a lighter to
start the fires at a clothing store in Avondale, a Walmart
in Hermosa and a Walgreens in Lake View, prosecutors said at his
initial court hearing Sunday. Officers arrested Miller three days later
at another Walmart. He had a light-blue "Bic" brand lighter with
him, the report says.
suntimes.com
Eastlake, OH: Terminated Walmart Employee starts
a Fire as he leaves the Store
On June 23rd Eastlake Police and Fire Departments were dispatched to Walmart for
a fire inside the store. A store manager used two fire extinguishers and
extinguished the fire which started in the fabric aisle. Upon arrival, smoke was
observed inside the store. The store was then evacuated and Eastlake Fire
Personnel made sure the fire was out. An investigation revealed that an employee
had just been terminated and was suspected of starting the fire. The ex-
employee had left the store prior to officers arriving on scene. Walmart Loss
Prevention assisted officers with obtaining video surveillance of the suspect
and the subsequent fire. The suspect later came to the Eastlake Police
Department and turned himself in. The suspect will be charged with Aggravated
Arson.
facebook.com
Philadelphia, PA: Firefighters Battle Blaze At Burger King
Restaurant In Northeast Philadelphia; no reported injuries
Chippewa Falls, WI: Wow Distribution Center reported
$10,000 in smoke and fire damage; electrical fire
Milton, WV: Major Fire Reported at Milton Flea Market
Counterfeit
 Santa
Barbara County, CA: Traffic stop leads
to alleged counterfeit ring bust
Deputies found drugs and counterfeit materials in her car, including:
methamphetamine, a stack of washed U.S. currency, partial forged, and
fully-forged $100 bills, as well as items used to make counterfeit
bills. During the investigation, deputies learned that she was on her
way to a hotel in Thousand Oaks. They alerted the Ventura County
Sheriff's Office. When deputies arrived at the hotel, they found Lauren
Freeman, 31 of Santa Ana, and Jordyn Naona, 35 of Dana Point. Freeman
was found to be on probation. Deputies searched the room and found
several partial and fully-forget bills, as well as a computer and
printing materials.
ksby.com
 Sentencings, Arrests & Charges
Muskegon County, MI: Robber suspected of terrorizing string of store
clerks sentenced
San Diego, CA: Man Believed to be "Skinny Bandit" Arrested and Charged
Jackson County, MO: 19-year-old charged with murder after shooting near
gas station
Cayman Islands: 12 years for robbery at Mitzi's Fine Jewelry
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Bakery - Tulsa, OK - Burglary
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Casey's General - Lincoln, NE - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Youngstown, OH - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Detroit, MI - Burglary
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C-Store - Joplin, MO - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Bloomington, IN - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Charlotte, NC - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Phoenix, AZ - Robbery
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Dollar General - Darlington County, SC - Robbery
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Dollar Tree - Glenmont, NY - Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar - Portsmouth, VA - Armed Robbery
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FedEx Office - Brentwood, MO - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Fairfield, CT - Robbery
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Ice Cream Shop - Tulsa, OK - Burglary
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Little Caesar's - Carlisle, PA - Armed Robbery
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Mighty Taco - Buffalo, NY - Armed Robbery
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NAPA - Shreveport, LA - Burglary
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Pet Store - South Beloit, IL - Burglary
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Skate Park - Sacramento, CA - Burglary
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Tavern - Granada, MN - Burglary
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T-Mobile - Lincoln, CA - Robbery
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Valero - Bakersfield, CA - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Philadelphia, PA - Armed Robbery/Shooting
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7-Eleven - Springfield, MA - Armed Robbery
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