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Mike Limauro, LPC promoted to Vice President, Global Asset Protection
for Whole Foods Market
Mike has been with Whole Foods Market for more than three years,
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President, Global AP, he served as Senior Director of AP. Prior to Whole
Foods, Mike spent over a year with Alchemy Systems as VP - AP, Risk &
Safety Programs. Earlier in his career, he served as VP of AP for Weis
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Violence, Crime & Protests
'Growing Drug Epidemic' Fueling Retail Crime in
SF
Increase in San Francisco Crime Indicative of Growing Drug Epidemic, Claims
Former Security Guard and Addict
 The
recent announcement of
Target store hours being shortened
in the Bay Area was met with annoyance by customers, and there are complaints of
being inconvenienced by the schedule shifting that now required them to grab
groceries and other necessities.
However, what was unknown is the changes are
Target's way of desperately trying to mitigate the rise in shoplifting incidents
that occur in their stores. Other stores in downtown San Francisco have also
experienced an
uptick in shoplifting, spurring increases in their security measures
across the Bay Area.
The reason for this increase in crime?
Former Target security guard, Rafael Gutierrez,
attributes it to individuals who are suffering from addiction or homelessness.
The
current drug epidemic in San Francisco has fueled the
spike in shoplifting as an easy way to make money,
said Gutierrez, who has overcome addiction himself and feels sorry for those who
have resorted to committing theft. He feels that
the city made it too easy to steal.
"Changing the times didn't do anything but affect us and the customers, who are
upset about it, and the shoplifters still get what they want every day,"
Gutierrez said.
"At 9 o'clock, they're waiting for us to open."
While shoplifting is usually a non-violent crime, more and more of these
instances have resulted in dangerous situations, he said.
After 52 days of working at Target, Gutierrez resigned from his job, citing
unsafe working conditions.
This unfortunate scenario is not the responsibility of District Attorney, Chesa
Boudin. Instead, said the former security guard, it is a clear sign that
more resources should be made available for those in the community fighting
addiction, some of whom
may also be homeless.
davisvanguard.org
Philadelphia's Grim Milestone: 300+ Homicides So
Far in 2021
Philadephia shooting: 1-year-old shot in c-store as crime skyrockets
120 children have been shot in Philly since
start of the year resulting in 21 deaths
 Video
footage caught the moment a 1-year-old girl was shot in a Philadelphia
convenience store as shootings escalate in the city. The
shooting unfolded Saturday in a West Philadelphia convenience store,
with surveillance footage showing gunfire coming from both inside and outside of
the store.
The girl is expected to survive the injury, and
bullet holes are still visible at the store.
Choudary said the shooting left her fearful for her safety in the city.
The crime
comes as homicides in the City of Brotherly Love soar this year, with
304 murders logged and more than 1,200 people shot.
At least
three dozen people were shot in Philadelphia over the weekend, including
three fatally.
Earlier this month,
Philadelphia broke a decade-long record for passing the
grim 300-homicide milestone this early in a year.
Additionally, more than
120 children have been shot in the city
since the start of the year, 6 ABC's Action News Data Journalism Team reported,
with 21 of them dying.
Shootings and other violent crimes have also escalated in other cities across
the nation, including in Chicago, where the
number of shooting victims increased 70% in March alone
when compared to March 2020.
foxnews.com
'Unprecedented Number of Guns on the Streets'
Alabama's biggest city has a growing gun -- and homicide -- problem
 In
Birmingham, though, it isn't an unheard of situation. In 2020, Alabama's largest
city saw the most homicides in 25 years, with 122 people reported killed,
and murders are up 16% so far this year over the same time last year,
according to
police data.
And Birmingham isn't alone. Major American cities saw a
33% increase in homicides last year in what police chiefs, including
Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith, called a "perfect storm" -- the
civil unrest that followed George Floyd's death, the economic shutdown
and other disruptions -- including to the judicial system -- caused by the
Covid-19 pandemic.
Birmingham police said a gun is almost always involved in homicides, and law
enforcement is dealing with an unprecedented number of guns on the streets.
"It's so easy to get a gun," said Birmingham Officer Truman Fitzgerald --
easier than getting a cell phone, he said.
Smith said his officers are dealing not just with an overabundance of guns, but
of high-powered assault weapons on the street that are contributing to the rise
in homicides in the city.
According to
Everytown for Gun Safety, Alabama has the third-highest rate of gun
homicides and gun violence in the nation, and an
AL.com analysis of homicides in Birmingham found the city had the
second-highest rate of homicides per capita behind St. Louis, Missouri.
cnn.com
Businesses Shut Down Early & Beef Up Security
As Violence Spikes
'We've got a scary situation in our city'; Violence causing more Fort Wayne bars
to close early
An overnight shooting is prompting another Fort Wayne bar to close earlier.
Police say no one was injured at the Latch String Bar and Grill last night after
a shooting in the parking lot.
The co-founder of the group
Justice, Accountability and Victim's Advocacy (JAVA) Stacey Davis says she's
seen an increase in violence since the bars re-opened after the pandemic.
Davis says she lives near the Latch String and heard about eight gunshots Monday
night.
Davis says she noticed the bar hired security
and there have been officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department monitoring
the area after crowds have gotten larger.
The owner of Pedal City talked with ABC21 and said they are closing at
midnight from now on because of this violence. Management with the Latch
String told ABC21 off camera they will be closing at midnight now as well.
"Bars are struggling. COVID shut down a lot of them and the ones that are
still open, these people are causing them to lose more revenue," Davis said.
"It's a community problem. It's going to take the community coming together to
solve it."
wpta21.com
Unarmed Crisis Response Teams Instead of Police
Lynn will set up an unarmed crisis-response team, a $500,000 service to respond
to mental health calls instead of police
Lynn city officials have approved a budget that will
allocate $500,000 for an
unarmed crisis-response team that would support people during mental health
emergencies.
The funding comes after more than a year of talks between the mayor's office and
the Lynn Racial Justice Coalition, according to the
Boston Globe. A pilot program is set to begin at the start of next year.
"Those who are going through a mental health crisis, that are homeless, they
need extra help. But
because of the color of their skin, they're automatically looked at and
addressed differently,"
said Adriana Paz, president of Prevent the Cycle, a criminal justice advocacy
group that is part of the coalition. "The purpose is to provide a behavioral
health response to 911 calls when there's not a worry of either a medical
emergency or . . . of injury to self or others."
People with untreated
mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter
than other civilians,
according to
Brookings, causing the researchers to ask if the police should be involved
in these incidents.
In another greater Boston community,
Cambridge City Council
approved a plan to create a "holistic emergency alternative response team"
for mental health crises,
according to the Globe.
masslive.com
Philadelphia Mayor Kenney To Address Surge In Gun Violence Across City
As Baltimore sees surging violence, could we learn from other city's actions
Lakewood, WA: Police increase presence at city events to deter crime, violence
COVID Update
338.4M Vaccinations Given
US: 35M Cases - 625.3K Dead - 29.4M Recovered
Worldwide:
192.3M Cases - 4.1M Dead - 175M Recovered
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Private Industry Security Guard Deaths:
285
Law
Enforcement Officer Deaths: 318
*Red indicates change in total deaths
Time for a COVID Reset?
More than 91 million live in US counties with high Covid infections
With the highly contagious
Delta variant spreading, particularly among unvaccinated Americans,
it may be time to hit
the "reset button" on pandemic response and for much of the country to put masks
back on, an expert
said.
Wen, a CNN medical analyst, said
there are two
exceptions to the
occasions she thinks people should be wearing masks indoors in public:
when everyone is
vaccinated and has
provided proof or
if there is a very high
level of community vaccination.
Ideally,
mask mandates would be
in place while leaders move toward methods of proving vaccination
status to boost vaccination rates, said Wen, an emergency physician and visiting
professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University
Milken Institute School of Public Health.
But about 28% of the US population, or
more than 91 million
people, lives in a county considered to have "high" Covid-19 transmission,
according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
cnn.com
1st Major
Corp. to Delay Return-to-Work Plans Due to Delta Surge
Apple delays its return to office as the Delta variant surges
 Apple
pushed back its
return-to-office plans by at least a month in response to the recent surge in
coronavirus cases,
which has been fueled by the spread of the Delta variant.
The company told employees on Monday that
they are now expected
to return to the office as early as Oct. 1 instead of early September.
The company said that
the date could shift
further depending on
the spread of the virus, and that it would give employees at least a month's
notice before they are expected to return, according to an email Apple sent to
employees, which was viewed by The New York Times.
"As the situation continues to evolve, we're committed to the same measured
approach that we have taken all along," the email said.
Some employees, such as those who build hardware, have already returned to
Apple's offices. At the beginning of the pandemic,
Apple closed many of
its retail stores, but those have since reopened.
Apple's return-to-work
policies apply to all of its offices, including those in California, Texas and
New York.
Apple declined to comment further.
The company had 147,000
full-time employees as
of September.
Bloomberg earlier reported the changed return-to-office date.
Like many companies, Apple has delayed its employees' return date several times,
but it is
one of the first major
corporations to respond to the Delta variant spread.
nytimes.com
LA Stores Wary of Enforcing Restored Mask Rules
Wary and Weary, Los Angeles Largely Accepts Restored Mask Mandate
It was not what people expected when the previous mandate was lifted a month
ago, but
for the most part
people in Los Angeles seemed to react with resigned acceptance,
sometimes even weary approval, figuring that rising Covid-19 rates made the
policy tolerable, if not welcome.
The decision was
greeted cautiously by
some store and restaurant employees, wary of going back to having to enforce the
policies with mask-resistant customers.
Still, some seemed prepared to do it.
Anna Ituh, 50, said that her
bosses at a local
retail store had instructed her to ask customers to put on a mask
when they entered, but that
she wasn't allowed to
insist that they do so.
Still, she described one confrontation in which she asked a customer to leave
the store.
The indoor
mask mandate for all
people regardless of vaccination status
took effect at midnight on Saturday, making Los Angeles County the first major
county in the United States to reinstate such a requirement. The policy expands
beyond the current state standard and the recommendation by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention; both
require masks for
unvaccinated people but not for those who are fully vaccinated.
nytimes.com
Indoor Mask Mandates Make a Comeback in
California
Six more Calif. counties ask people to wear masks indoors as variant rages
Six more California
counties
are urging residents to
wear masks in indoor public settings amid concerning upticks in coronavirus
cases and continued circulation of the highly contagious Delta variant.
The latest recommendations from
Santa Barbara,
Monterey, Napa, San Benito, Santa Cruz and Ventura
raise to
17 the number of
counties now asking even fully vaccinated individuals to wear face coverings
as a precaution while inside places like grocery stores, movie theaters and
retail outlets.
So far, only one - Los
Angeles County - has gone a step further and mandated that masks be worn
in such settings. The
city of Pasadena, which has its own independent health department, said it would
do likewise later this week.
The new round of advisories means that roughly
56% of Californians
live in a county that either recommends or requires indoor masking for all
individuals, including
those vaccinated for COVID-19.
And, if infections continue to climb,
that tally seems likely
to grow
in the days and weeks
ahead.
latimes.com
Retail COVID Policy Reversal
Costco makes change to COVID policy as cases rise
Costco plans to keep offering an hour of shopping
two days per week for seniors, people with disabilities and the
immunocompromised.
 Costco
is reversing course on
a plan to cut hours specifically for seniors and other groups to shop its
warehouse stores
as the COVID-19
pandemic continues to be a problem and multiple states report a rise in cases.
The membership
retail chain was
planning to remove the hours aimed at seniors, those with disabilities and
the immunocompromised.
But an
update posted Monday on its website said its warehouses will be open from
9-10 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday for those members, effective this coming Monday,
July 26.
Costco says
it will continue to
follow face mask regulations that are set up by state and local jurisdictions.
In much of the country, mask mandates have been dropped for fully vaccinated
people, although there have been few reports of businesses requiring customers
to prove it.
king5.com
Another Variant Emerging?
The beta Covid variant is causing concerns in Europe. Should we be worried?
There are quiet concerns in parts of Europe about
the Covid beta variant, which was discovered in South Africa.
While the world is busy tackling further Covid-19 waves caused by the highly
infectious delta variant,
there are growing
concerns in parts of Europe about the beta variant discovered in South Africa.
Unlike those other "variants of concern,"
the beta variant
emerged around the same time as alpha did
but failed to take off in the same way, being largely confined to South Africa
and its surrounding countries where it was detected last fall.
Nonetheless, there have been cases detected all around the world. The World
Health Organization's latest weekly report on Tuesday showed that
beta has been detected
in 130 countries and seven new countries in the last week.
cnbc.com
More infectious Delta variant makes up 83% of new US coronavirus cases
Texas hospital reports its 1st case of lambda COVID-19 variant
U.S. Life Expectancy Fell By 1.5 Years In 2020 Due to Pandemic
Louis Vuitton Hit with Lawsuit Over 'Wage, Labor
Abuses'
Louis Vuitton's California Distribution Center at the Heart of New Suit Over
Alleged Wage, Labor Abuses
The operations of Louis Vuitton's distribution center in Ontario, California are
at the center of a newly-filed lawsuit, one in which
a former employee
claims that he - and hundreds of others -engaged in work-related tasks
off-the-clock, such as pre-shift temperature checks, and pre- and post-shift
security checks, but were not compensated for the time required to do so.
As a result, Troy Crossley asserts in the complaint that he filed in a federal
court in California last week, staffing agency Manpower U.S. and logistics
company Kuehne + Nagel are on the hook for violating the various labor laws,
including the Fair Labor Standards Act.
According to the complaint that he filed on July 16, as first reported by
Bloomberg, Crossley claims that he was formerly employed by Manpower U.S. and
Kuehne + Nagel at Louis Vuitton's distribution center in California as
a non-exempt hourly
factory worker. After
being hired by Manpower U.S., which is contracted by Kuehne + Nagel for staffing
purposes, Crossley alleges that he was responsible for "picking and receiving
orders ... under the supervision of Kuehne + Nagel, Inc.'s employees, who
operate the Distribution Center."
In requiring the center's employees to engage in these tasks, which are performed
in "pre-shift [and] post-shift" capacities, and "outside of scheduled hours,"
and
failing to compensate
them for "all of the time that they spend working for [the defendants'] benefit,"
Crossley claims that the defendants engaged in "unlawful patterns and practices
of failing to meet the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act [and] the
California Labor Code," among other federal and state laws.
thefashionlaw.com
Hiring Prisoners Instead of Raising Wages
Some companies are using prison labor amid claims of a worker shortage
Critics say this exploits prisoners and is a
workaround for companies to avoid raising wages.
 Some
companies have
turned to prison labor
to fill perceived worker shortages,
The Guardian reported. Examples include
candy manufacturer
Russell Stover, which
operates in Kansas, along with
restaurants in Texas,
Michigan, Delaware, and Ohio.
Though this may be an economical solution for companies,
critics say prison work
release programs are exploitative,
as prisoners are typically paid less than non-incarcerated workers and are
denied benefits and paid time off.
The Guardian reported that during a waste management industry conference,
company leaders
suggested using prisoners to fill positions
that companies had struggled to find applicants for.
"The talk about immigrant labor, prison labor, it's all about exploitation,
nothing else," Chuck Stiles, director of the Teamsters solid waste and recycling
division, told the Guardian. "There is no driver shortage.
There is a huge wage
and benefits shortage
that these waste companies refuse to give up anything on the bottom line."
Hiring people "who are at their lowest in life and then throwing them crumbs is
despicable," Parks told The Guardian.
In the early days of the pandemic,
many states used prison labor to manufacture safety essentials that were in
short supply, like sanitizer and face masks,
Business Insider reported. At the time, state prison industries paid inmates
an average of 33 cents
an hour.
businessinsider.com
Retail Wage War Remains Hot
Low-Wage Workers Now Have Options, Which Could Mean a Raise
The sharp rebound in hiring, especially in service
industries, is widening opportunities and prompting employers to compete on pay.
Restaurant workers
- burger flippers and bussers, cooks and waiters - have emerged from the
pandemic recession to find themselves in a position they could not have imagined
a couple of years ago:
They have options. They
can afford to wait for a better deal.
That's not all:
The jobs that waiters
and waitresses typically transition to
- as bartenders, hosts and hostesses, chefs and food preparation workers -
are booming, too.
Something similar is happening all along the least-paid end of the labor market.
Many employers have blamed expanded unemployment benefits for their troubles in
filling gaping job vacancies. But the sharp rebound in hiring - clustered in
urban service industries - is creating bottlenecks in sets of occupations that
are
improving prospects
across much of the nation's low-wage labor force.
And some of the changes brought about by the pandemic might create new
transition opportunities that are not yet seen in the data.
The accelerated shift
to online shopping may be a dire development for retail workers, but it will
probably fuel demand
for warehouse workers and delivery truck drivers.
nytimes.com
Retailers Feeling the Labor Shortage
Labor shortage pressures grocers to take a hard look at worker benefits
Companies are offering hefty signing bonuses, but they also need to examine
scheduling flexibility, advancement opportunities and other incentives
 The
culprit isn't pandemic restrictions, but rather the labor shortage that's
frustrating retailers across the U.S.
The current worker shortage,
driven nationwide by a
host of factors including childcare concerns and competition from reopening
restaurants, continues
a staffing challenge that stretches back years for Metcalfe's. Fewer people have
been looking for work, and the increased benefits during the pandemic from the
federal and local governments have encouraged unemployment, Metcalfe said.
Like Metcalfe's, grocers nationwide have rolled out
sign-on bonuses of as
much as $1,500 - a
staggeringly high incentive for what in many cases are entry-level positions.
Throwing money at the problem, however, offers limited ability to stand out in a
labor market where fast-food restaurants, department stores and other sectors
are all offering similar enticements, experts say.
That's pushing grocers
to take a closer look at the unique culture and benefits they offer.
hrdive.com
Victoria's Secret to test 'store of future,' updating existing stores
The lingerie brand
plans to test a "store
of the future" at three locations later this fall,
reported CNBC. One of the stores be in a strip center, a different strategy
for the mall-based retailer.
The new stores will be followed by
another 10 test
locations in 2022, the
majority of which will be off-mall.
chainstoreage.com
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FBI Issues Warning
FBI Asks Security Leaders to Prepare for Cyberattacks Ahead of Olympics
Officials warn of the potential for disruptive
cyberattacks against organizations and people associated with the upcoming
Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
 The
FBI is keeping an eye on
the potential for
cyberattacks that aim to cause problems for the upcoming Summer Olympics
in Tokyo.
FBI officials
issued
a warning this week, in which they note "cyber
actors who wish to disrupt the event
could use distributed denial of service
(DDoS) attacks, ransomware, social engineering, phishing campaigns, or insider
threats
to block or disrupt
live broadcasts of the event, steal and possibly hack and leak or hold hostage
sensitive data, or impact public or private digital infrastructure supporting
the Olympics."
Cybercrime targeted at
Olympic-related events and people
is not new. In 2018, the FBI
indicted Russian criminals in connection with an incident that disrupted the
opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Attackers also targeted
South Korean citizens and officials, Olympic athletes,
partners, visitors, and
International Olympic Committee officials
with phishing campaigns and malicious mobile applications during the 2018 event.
The FBI to date says it is not aware of any specific cyber threat against the
upcoming Olympics, but it urges awareness and vigilance. It recommends
reviewing or
establishing security policies, user agreements, and patching plans
to address threats.
darkreading.com
'Ransomware Defenses Are Failing'
Despite good defensive measures, ransomware continues to get in
Traditional ransomware defenses are failing, with
54% of all victims
having anti-phishing training and 49% having perimeter defenses in place at the
time of attack,
according to a Claudian survey of 200 IT decision makers whose organizations
experienced a ransomware attack between 2019 and 2021.
Citing this and other findings from the survey-including the widespread impact
of the attacks and the
average financial costs
totaling over $400,000-the
report calls for organizations to focus greater attention on putting systems in
place that enable quick data recovery in the event of an attack, without paying
ransom.
Many organizations
spend large portions of
their cybersecurity budget on defensive measures such as anti-malware software
and anti-phishing training for employees.
Despite these efforts, however, ransomware attacks have become increasingly
sophisticated, enabling cybercriminals to penetrate the defenses. The survey
found that:
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Phishing continues to be one
of the easiest paths for ransomware, with 24% of ransomware attacks starting
this way.
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Phishing succeeded despite the
fact that 54% of all respondents and 65% of those that reported it as the entry
point had conducted anti-phishing training for employees.
●
49% of respondents had
perimeter defenses in place prior to the successful attack.
●
Public
cloud was the most common point of entry for ransomware, with 31% of respondents
being attacked this way.
helpnetsecurity.com
Remote Work Impact: 'Old Rules No Longer Apply'
How long-term hybrid work is changing security strategies
CISOs across industries are revisiting the stopgap
security tools and the temporary policies they enacted to quickly enable remote
work
 Pam
Nigro wants to know if workers at her company are working odd hours. She wants
to know exactly where they are, too, because
such surveillance is
one of the strategies Nigro has to keep her company safe.
Nigro says her security tools
must understand and
analyze when and where employees work
so they can identify unusual access attempts that could indicate an attack.
And her
security program must
become increasingly attuned to each employee's work habits
in the years ahead, as widescale hybrid work arrangements remain the norm.
For Nigro, the experience presented new challenges, including
educating workers how
to safeguard home internet connections.
It also gave her opportunities to accelerate new security initiatives, such as
adding analytics
capabilities
to understand employee
patterns and
geofencing-based tools
to block access originating outside the United States.
Her experience is typical among CISOs, many of whom were unprepared for
widescale remote work.
A survey of 2,600 enterprise leaders for the
2021
Thales Data Threat Report supports that assertion.
Only 20% said their
security infrastructure was very prepared to deal with the pandemic-induced
disruption, including
the shift to remote work. Some 82% said they were somewhat or very concerned
about the security risks and threats that the increased remote workforce poses.
And 44% said they weren't confident that their access security systems could
effectively secure remote work.
Those figures might have been sufficient at first. But
what was conceived as a
temporary situation has now become permanent,
as organizations plan for an ongoing mix of in-office time and
work-from-anywhere options.
csoonline.com
CISO & Cybersecurity Biases
8 biases that will kill your security program
CISOs and their security teams often hold
cognitive biases that get in the way of making the right risk management and
incident response decisions.
 Here
according to Yu and other security experts are some common biases that security
leaders are prone to and need to avoid.
1. Confirmation bias
CISOs can make the mistake of assuming that the threat narrative they are
inclined to believe is always the right one. "Confirmation bias is when you
favor information that confirms your previously established views or beliefs,"
says Rick Holland, CISO at Digital Shadows.
2. Bandwagon bias
In an industry where information sharing and comparison with peers on security
practices is encouraged, security leaders can sometimes take the safe route and
adopt certain approaches just because everyone else around them has adopted it.
3. Hindsight bias
Hindsight may be 20/20, but using it to make assumptions about future cyber
risks is dangerous. Yu describes the bias as the illusion of understanding
things when you really don't. There's often not much of a way that people would
have discovered the problem until it had manifested itself.
4. "They won't let us do that" bias -
5. Anchoring bias - 6.
Business language bias - 7. "Developers don't care about security" bias - 8.
Blind spot bias
csoonline.com
Law Firm for Ford, Pfizer, Exxon Discloses Ransomware Attack
DDoS attacks increased 33% in H1 2021
Register Now for the 2021 RH-ISAC Summit - September 28-29
 Hey
LP/AP senior: If your retailer is a member you might want to consider attending
yourself or sending one of your team members who works with cybersecurity on
investigations or e-commerce fraud.
Especially now with the increased ransomware attacks and data beaches and the
corresponding increased attention from law enforcement. Cross pollinating and
building those relationships could pay off long term.
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COVID Update
Retail Workers in Canada Face Mental Health
Challenges
Pandemic Mental Health Crisis Hits the Canadian Retail Industry
As cities and communities in provinces and territories across the country
continue with
gradual progress toward a full reopening,
retailers and other businesses are busy fine-tuning their environments as they
welcome more eager shoppers back into their physical spaces.
However, as those operating within the industry prepare to ramp up their efforts
in order to provide the unique and inspiring experiences that brick-and-mortar
retail is known for, it's being suggested in many circles that special attention
ought to be paid to the
frontline retail employees
who support the execution of those experiences and the ways in which their
mental health may have been negatively impacted by the strains and pressures of
the pandemic period.
"There is no doubt that the pandemic has
taken its toll on employees working across a variety of industries, including
retail frontline workers,"
recognizes Katharine Coons, National Workplace Mental Health Specialist at the
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). "While many were able to quickly
shift to a remote work environment virtually overnight,
retail remained open which had a profound impact on employee mental health and
wellbeing.
We still don't fully understand all the factors that are at play because the
retail industry is still being impacted. We'll have to wait for research to come
out as soon as these unique and challenging times pass. The research we've seen
at the CMHA so far suggests that fears and risk of contracting the virus, job
instability and lack of permanent work, uncertainty and the unknown, isolation
and customer demands have all played a role in having a negative impact on the
mental health of retail frontline workers."
This factor, along with many others, says Suzanne Sears, President of Luxury
Careers Canada and retail staffing expert, are set to precipitate a massive
challenge and
potential conflict that retailers will need to overcome quickly if they are
going to succeed through to a post-pandemic world.
retail-insider.com
Prime Day Canceled in Canada
Report: Amazon cancels Prime Day in Canada due to COVID-19 concerns
 Canadian
consumers
will reportedly not be celebrating their own version of Amazon's annual omnichannel sales extravaganza
this year.
According to Daily Hive, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed that Prime Day
will not take place in Canada in 2021.
"Due to the impact of
COVID-19, we have decided to not move forward with Prime Day in Canada this year
while we focus on the health and safety of our employees, customers and selling
partners," the
spokesperson told the Daily Hive. Amazon partially closed three Canadian
distribution centers in Ontario in May 2021, following positive COVID-19 tests
among employees.
The official Amazon
Prime Day page on Amazon's Canadian site displays an animated image with the
words "Prime Day will
return" in large,
boldface letters.
During 2020, Amazon
postponed Prime Day in Canada from July to October
due to concerns over COVID-19, as it did in the U.S. The e-tail giant held the
2021 version of Prime Day in the U.S. June 21-22.
chainstoreage.com
The U.S.-Canada Border is Finally Opening
Canada will reopen its border with the U.S. and hopes to allow others in by
early September
Canada is poised to
welcome back fully vaccinated travelers, including Americans,
after over a year of strict controls at the border.
Beginning on Aug. 9,
citizens and permanent residents of the United States will be allowed to enter
Canada as long as they have been fully vaccinated
for at least 14 days before travel, federal government officials said on Monday.
Canada then hopes to
allow visitors from other countries beginning on Sept. 7,
a date that could change depending on conditions.
Pressure has been building on both sides of the border to reopen, to bolster
tourism and allow separated families to reunite
(though Canada has already made some exceptions for relatives). The two
countries have renewed the closure every month since the border closed to
nonessential travel on March 21, 2020. Commercial traffic was never halted.
nytimes.com
4th COVID Wave in Canada Will Impact the
Unvaccinated
Canada's 4th COVID wave will be among unvaccinated, with fewer restrictions
A fourth wave of COVID-19 within Canada could be among the unvaccinated, but
it likely won't be enough to bring back sweeping restrictions
previously seen, according to experts.
"The next wave ... is
going to be primarily experienced by unvaccinated people,"
University of Toronto epidemiologist Dr. Colin Furness said.
He explained that the
vaccines will work as a "firebreak" to prevent mass spread
of the virus and hospitalizations as seen in previous waves, and the severe
restrictions placed in response.
Instead, spread will
likely occur in a more localized manner
among the unvaccinated.
globalnews.ca
Hudson's Bay Turns Canada Store Into COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
Canada surpasses US vaccination rate as country prepares to reopen its borders
Canada set to receive 7.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week
Canadian Companies Impacted by Cyberattacks
Cybersecurity insurance rates likely to rise amid escalating ransomware attacks
Companies looking to purchase insurance against cyberattacks in which their data
is held for ransom will soon find it
more expensive and difficult to obtain,
a cybersecurity expert says.
Brent Arnold, a partner at law firm Gowlings WLG in Toronto, says the U.S.
insurance industry has already tightened its requirements for providing coverage
for criminal ransomware attacks.
The cyber insurance industry has become a prime target for criminals seeking its
customers' identities and scope of coverage.
Knowing what victims can afford to pay can give them an edge in ransom
negotiations.
Arnold says he hasn't seen any examples of
Canadian insurance companies that have been hit by cyber attacks,
but he expects higher rates and stricter conditions for clients who want cyber
insurance, following a trend that's already emerged in the United States.
An index from the Marsh McLennan insurance group registered
a 35 per cent year-over-year increase in U.S. rates in the first quarter of this
year, following a 17
per cent increase in the previous quarter.
canadiansecuritymag.com
Digital Fraud Rising in Canada
Digital fraud on the rise as online shopping & banking increases
According to credit reporting agency TransUnion,
as more consumers do their banking and financial transactions online,
fraudsters are also ramping up their efforts.
Comparing the last four months of 2020 to the first four months of 2021, the
company said it found the percentage of suspected digital fraud attempts in
financial services
coming from Canada increased 218%.
Globally, the rate of financial services
fraud attempts increased 149%.
Across industries, the rate of suspected digital
fraud attempts globally rose 24%
when comparing the first four months of 2021 with the last four months of 2020.
The percentage of suspected digital fraud attempts coming from
Canada increased 23% during the same time period.
canadiansecuritymag.com
Winnipeg Retail Vacancies Drop to Lowest in Decade
Ren's Pets Expanding in Canada with Multiple Store Openings
Mall Parking Lot Shooting
Montreal police investigate overnight shooting in West Island
 Montreal
police are investigating an
overnight shooting in a Pointe-Claire shopping mall parking lot.
At around 10:30 p.m. Sunday night, a 911 call alerted police to a shooting in
the Fairview Pointe-Claire parking lot.
According to witnesses,
the suspect's vehicle approached another car and opened fire.
Both vehicles then fled the scene. A parked car near the attack sustained
damages after being hit by the car being shot at, said SPVM spokesperson
Caroline Chèvrefils.
Police found one bullet casing on the ground and are continuing to interview
witnesses.
There were no reported injuries
and no suspects have been identified.
globalnews.ca
$27,000 Grocery Store Burglary
Marystown grocery store break-in was an inside job, judge says as he sentences
woman for her role
A Marystown-area woman has been sentenced to house arrest for her role in a
break-in at the grocery store where she worked.
Police arrived at the store when the security alarm sounded just after 5 a.m.
last Oct. 24, finding the door had been kicked in and a safe, which had held
about $27,500 in cash, was open and empty.
Surveillance footage revealed the theft was an inside job,
since the thief had been captured using the safe's six-digit code to open it.
Terri Mayo was soon suspected, as
she had been overhead complaining about being short of cash
and had also been captured by surveillance cameras in the days leading up to the
break-in, taking pictures of the safe.
saltwire.com
London, ON: Trio charged in alleged armed robbery at downtown c-store
Three London men are facing multiple charges after police allege
a convenience store on Richmond Street in the downtown core was robbed Monday
morning by three men wearing face masks.
It happened around 6:24 a.m. at a store in the 300-block of Richmond Street,
police said. The three demanded cash and merchandise, and
one of the suspect allegedly threatened an employee with a hammer,
police said.
globalnews.ca
Two men wanted in a robbery and kidnapping in Scarborough
London, Ont., man charged after c-store robbery, weapon waved at police
Peterborough police seek 2 suspects following armed robbery at c-store
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Amazon Winding Down COVID Safety Measures
Amazon to stop testing warehouse workers for COVID amid rising case rates
 Amazon
told employees it plans to
stop offering onsite COVID-19
tests for its warehouse
workers on July 30,
The Information reported Monday.
In a note sent to employees via an internal app, Amazon said
past safety measures had put
the company on a "path to normal"
and that "free COVID-19 testing is now widely available and our employees have
many options available to them, including through health providers and public
testing sites," according to The Information.
Amazon first rolled out a
pilot of its testing program around May 2020, eventually
expanding it to
around 650 locations
in November as case counts rose.
Amazon told Insider it's
starting to scale back testing
because of the progress it had observed among its workforce and the general
public, that it's
continuing to evaluate temporary safety measures rolled out during the pandemic
to ensure they're aligned with guidance from public health officials, and that
it's prepared to resume testing as needed.
But Amazon's decision to wind down testing now comes despite COVID-19
case counts rising again in the US, the
Delta variant continuing to spread, and
less than 50% of the public being fully vaccinated in more than half of US
states - all of which Amazon has operations in.
An Amazon worker in Minnesota told The Information
the company has already
started rolling back other safety measures as well, including routine
temperature checks,
though it's still requiring unvaccinated workers to wear masks.
Amazon has required warehouse, delivery, and other logistics workers, deemed
"essential," to
continue working in person
throughout the pandemic
to help the company keep up with surging demand, while many
corporate employees have been able to work from home.
businessinsider.com
One Downside of Using Robots Over Humans
3 robots collided at a UK grocery giant's warehouse, starting a fire that
delayed thousands of orders
UK grocery giant Ocado was
forced to delay or cancel thousands of orders
this weekend after a fire broke at one of its London warehouses, the BBC first
reported. The company said in a statement Monday that
three of its robots collided.
Thousands of robots zoom along a grid at its
automated warehouses, collecting groceries and taking them to picking stations
where employees pack orders. According to the BBC, this warehouse handles up to
150,000 orders a week.
As Insider's Charlie Floyd previously reported, the grid uses an air traffic
control system intended to prevent any crashes. Ocado said the damage from the
fire was limited to 1% of the grid, and that
no employees were injured, but that 800 staff were evacuated.
businessinsider.com
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Mansfield, NJ: Off-Duty Morris County Cop Chases Down Routine Shoplifter Found
With Nearly $8K In Stolen Items
An off-duty Morris County police officer chased down an alleged routine
shoplifter who ran into the woods after he was found with nearly $8,000 in
stolen merchandise. Police in Mansfield received a call from an off-duty officer
from Roxbury who recognized a 34-year-old Middletown, NY man wanted out of
several jurisdictions for high dollar thefts on July 16, the department said.
The Roxbury officer saw the man loading merchandise from Home Depot into a
garbage can that was inside his shopping cart before leaving without paying,
police said. The alleged shoplifter then ran into the woods behind the store
after being confronted by the officer, who chased him down and took him into
custody, police said. Further investigation showed that the man, whose name was
not released, had stolen $3,762.89 worth of merchandise from Home Depot in
Mansfield and $4,107.14 worth of merchandise from the Riverdale location, police
said. The man was charged with third-degree shoplifting, resisting arrest and
possession of stolen property before being taken to the Warren County Jail
pending a court appearance. The man was also wanted out of Newton and Honesdale,
PA on NCIC warrants, police said. "Great job by the off duty Roxbury officer!"
Mansfield Township police said.
dailyvoice.com
Pasadena, CA: Burglars Flee With $40,000 Worth of Alcohol, Cigarettes, Cash
Following Liquor Store Break-In
A trio of burglars stole alcohol, cigarettes and cash valued at $40,000 during
an early-morning break-in at a Pasadena liquor store on Monday, officials said.
A burglary alarm went off about 4:40 a.m., drawing police to A-1 Liquor at Los
Robles Avenue and Woodbury Road, Pasadena police Lt. Sean Dawkins said. The
officers discovered the thieves had managed to open the business' roll-up
security door and smash through the glass front door, he said. An estimated
$40,000 worth of merchandise and cash was taken, primarily in the form of
alcohol and cigarettes, Dawkins said.
pasadenanow.com
Northborough, MA: Police Say Theft Ring Behind $14,000 Dick's Sporting
Goods Robbery
 Two
men from out-of-state have been arrested on felony larceny charges by
Northborough Police after they were caught sneaking unpaid clothes out of a
Dick's Sporting Goods store and into a car parked outside. Police say the two
men, a 33-year-old man from New York, and a 37-year-old man from New Jersey came
up from New Jersey Thursday and stole from numerous Dick's across New England.
In a Facebook post, Northborough Police say the two men are part of an organized
retail crime theft ring, targeting numerous Dick Sporting Goods locations.
On Friday, an employee from a Northborough Dick's Sporting Goods says they saw
the New Jersey man walk into the store, place unpaid clothes into a bag and walk
out without paying. The store employee was able to track the man down and catch
the license plate of the car he got into, which prompted Northborough Police to
pull the car over on Route 9. Acting Lt. Brian Griffin said the bag used to take
the clothing was a "booster bag," that a lot of theft rings use to prevent
security devices from going off, according to an article from the MetroWest
Daily News. When police searched the car, they found $1,500 worth of clothes
from the Northborough Dick's alone.
facebook.com
Rochester Hills, MI: Repeat Offender apprehended at Meijer on charges of
Retail Fraud / Theft
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Shootings & Deaths
Update: Alpine, AL: 17-year-old arrested in murder of Talladega grocery store
owner
The Talladega County Sheriff's Office has announced the arrest in the death of a
grocery store owner back in June. According to TCSO, arrested a 17-year-old
Tuesday and charged him with capital murder. Lakenderick Jamal Jones is being
held at the Talladega County Jail without bond. Jones is accused of killing
73-year-old William Gerry Taylor on June 29. Taylor was found shot to death
behind the counter of Four-Way Grocery.
More arrests are expected to be made in this case, according to TCSO.
cbs42.com
Update: Zebulon, NC: 17-year-old dies after being shot outside vape store;
man charged
A teenager has died from his injuries after being shot outside a Zebulon vape
store on Tuesday night. Officers were called to the 400 block of West Gannon
Avenue for a report of a shooting, just after 6 p.m. When they arrived, they
found Carlton Lamont Damon Jr., who had been shot in the upper body, inside a
vape store. Police said Damon, 17, ran into the shop after being shot. He died
at WakeMed. Javion Whitfield of Wendell was arrested and charged with murder in
connection with the shooting. Whitfield, 19, has three previous charges of
larceny and one previous charge of assault on a female.
wral.com
Springfield, OH: Man accused in deadly Gas Station shooting indicted on 11
charges
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Pine Bluff, AR: $15,000 bond set for man involved in robbery at Walmart
A $15,000 bond was set Monday for a Pine Bluff man currently on parole who was
accused of aggravated robbery at Walmart on Friday. Pine Bluff District Judge
John Kearney set the bond for Herbert Pam, 43, who was identified as the driver
of a vehicle that a second man got into carrying a stolen television.
deltaplexnews.com
Gulfport, MS: Woman attacked in restroom stall at outlet mall
Shoppers at a south Mississippi outlet mall helped detain a man accused of
attacking and sexually assaulting a woman in a restroom stall, police said. The
assault and robbery happened early Monday evening at the Gulfport Premium
Outlets outdoor mall, Gulfport police said. Andrew Malik Jones, 28, was charged
with sexual battery and robbery, The Sun Herald reported. He's jailed on a $1
million bond.
miamiherald.com
Redwood City, CA: Suspect arrested in Jewelry store robbery;
Two firearms were recovered
Police on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of robbing a Redwood
City jewelry store at gunpoint. The incident was reported July 13 at Adriana's
Joyeria the Redwood City Police Department said in a statement. Police said a
man entered the store, threatened a person with a black semiautomatic handgun,
and demanded the safe and items from the display case. He then racked the
firearm and tried to pull the trigger, but it appeared to malfunction and
ejected two live rounds. After smashing a glass countertop with his right hand,
the suspect ran out the door, got into a waiting vehicle at Hancock Avenue and
left the area, police said.
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Auto - Cleveland, OH -
Burglary
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Bikes - Santa Monica,
CA - Burglary
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C-Store - Neosho, MO -
Robbery
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C-Store - Idaho Falls,
ID - Burglary
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Gas Station - Bossier
City, LA - Burglary
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Jewelry - Cerritos, CA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Arlington, VA - Burglary
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Jewelry - West Jordan, UT - Robbery
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Jewelry - Pittsburgh, PA - Robbery
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Jewelry - National City, CA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Redwood
City, CA - Armed Robbery
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Liquor - Pasadena, CA
- Burglary
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Marijuana - Seattle,
WA - Armed Robbery
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Pharmacy - Vernon, FL
- Burglary
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Restaurant - Keen, NH
- Burglary
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Tattoo - Keene, NH -
Burglary
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Tobacco - Prescott
Valley, AZ - Robbery
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7-Eleven - Hampton, VA
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