 |
|
.jpg)
.jpg)
|
|
|
New Tech Hitting U.S.
Impacting the U.K.
Auror Presents at Finals of International Loss Prevention Startup Competition
 Auror, a retail crime
intelligence platform, was a finalist in the
2018 ECR
Shrink Group Retail Loss Challenge for startup businesses. Auror's Co-CEOs
Phil Thomson and Tom Batterbury traveled to London to present Auror as an
anti-shoplifting solution to a panel of judges and retail industry leaders.
The international competition selected five finalists companies from more than
200 entries, inviting the winners to pitch their solution to a panel of five
judges from Europe's largest retail companies.
 Judges
have the option to arrange pilot solutions from the finalists in their stores.
"This was an incredible opportunity for us to present our capabilities and
results to major retailers and build awareness for our solution in another
market," says Phil Thomson, Co-CEO of Auror. "It was humbling to be selected
from such a large pool of other companies, and we're thrilled that there was so
much interest in our platform."
In evaluating the entries, judges looked for solutions to five retail loss
prevention challenges across the industry. Auror was the only Finalist to
address
Challenge 5, which sought to find ways for retailers and law enforcement to
collaborate and reduce crime and violence.
A panel of industry experts then evaluated the entries, looking for particularly
innovative and scalable solutions with real potential to tackle retail loss.
Competition organisers were pleased to have such a diverse range of solutions
and entrants, and Auror proved a great example of this breadth.
"We congratulate Auror on their selection as a finalist, and thank them for
travelling such a distance to take part in the competition," says Colin Peacock,
Group Strategy Coordinator, ECR Shrink Group. "As their presentation showed,
retail loss prevention is an area prime for disruption, and we've been pleased
to see so many exciting new technologies offering promising solutions in this
field."
Auror was also recently named as a Finalist in two categories of the 2018
Australian Fraud Awards: Best Newcomer and Best Collaborative Solution.
They have also won several other awards previously, including the
New Zealand Innovator Awards.
 About
Auror
Auror is a crime intelligence platform that helps retailers and police work
together to prevent and solve crime. Auror makes it easy for retailers to
capture information about crime events, connect the dots on offending to provide
actionable intel for store teams, and collaborate with other stores and police
to build strong cases. Headquartered in New Zealand and operating around the
world, Auror seeks to help everyone make their community safer. Learn more at
www.auror.co.
 About the ECR Community Shrink & OSA Group
The ECR Community Shrink & OSA Group is a retailer-manufacturer working group
focused on creating imaginative new ways to better manage the problems of
on-shelf availability, shrink and food waste. The Group is part of the broader
ECR Community that is made up of ECR working groups in 10+ countries across
Europe. The ECR Community Shrink & OSA Group is also connected to similar
organisations in USA and Australia, and for the Food Waste topic, the Consumer
Goods Forum, based in Paris.
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
NRF in new retail training program
Workplace Safety/Store Safeness Gets Training Focus
The National Retail Federation is teaming up with Penn Foster, a global provider
of skills development and training, to launch a partnership with the NRF
Foundation to deliver Retail Industry Fundamentals, a training and credentialing
program. The new program is part of the Foundation's Rise Up (retail industry
skills & education) initiative. Penn Foster will deliver the training and
credential using self-paced, mobile learning technology.
The new Rise Up program, which includes training in customer service,
sales and merchandising, and workplace safety, is designed to give
entry-level workers a strong foundation for future success in the industry.
Developed with the support of leading retailers across the country, the
10-hour curriculum includes interactive exercises designed to engage
learners and enable self-assessment through flashcards and self-check questions.
Editor's Note: Hopefully Loss Prevention is incorporated in the
training. Especially as it relates to workplace violence and critical incident
management, and should make a significant impact.
chainstoreage.com
SHRM takes heat from members over support for
White House jobs initiative
HR professionals last week took to social media to voice their opposition to the
Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) perceived ties to the White
House, with some of the professional organization's members threatening to allow
their memberships to lapse.
The outcry came in response to SHRM CEO Johnny C. Taylor Jr.'s
appearance with President Donald Trump last week at an event featuring
several large employers and trade associations to unveil a new White House jobs
initiative.
SHRM signed on to the effort and highlighted its involvement, quoting Taylor
as saying that "SHRM enthusiastically pledges its support for an investment in
lifelong education and workforce training."
HR professionals - several of them SHRM conference speakers and SHRM bloggers -
took to Twitter and other outlets in the hours that followed Taylor's appearance
to call on SHRM to rethink its involvement with the administration.
"We have a legal and ethical responsibility to provide an appropriate workplace
for everybody," Victorio Milian, an HR consultant who was among the most vocal
critics, told HR Dive. "If the White House has indicated this is not their
alignment, why should we involve ourselves directly with them?"
hrdive.com
Train Robbery Capital of the World
Growing Headache for Corporate Mexico: Robberies of Cargo Trains
Four hours north of Mexico City is the town of Acultzingo which ) is not only
the train robbery capital of Mexico but, arguably, of the world.
Over the past year alone, there were 521 crimes committed against cargo
trains in the town. And a chunk of those incidents bore no resemblance to
the run-of-the-mill petty crime seen in the bigger cities of northern Mexico -
vandalizing a train car or stealing railway signs. No, these were massive,
choreographed affairs that often started with a low-tech trick that dates back
to the days of the Wild West - piling rocks up high on the tracks - and involved
small armies of thieves who descended on the derailed cars in waves to cart off
the loot.
Security forces are so overwhelmed by the sheer number of attackers, says
political-risk analyst Alejandro Schtulmann, that a sense of impunity
prevails in the area. "The problem is getting worse all the time," says
Schtulmann, who heads Mexico City-based consultancy EMPRA.
The phenomenon only really took off recently after federal authorities managed
to crack down on another crime wave - in the fuel market - that had swept over
the same section of the country. As soon as some of the huachicoleros, as the
gangs are known, were driven out of the stolen-fuel business, they shifted into
train robbery, giving the whole thing a certain whack-a-mole feel.
insurancejournal.com
International LP
- The challenges of doing
business in Mexico
Jim Carr,
Sr Dir-Global AP, Rent-A-Center
 Over the last six years, Jim Carr, Senior Director,
Global Asset Protection, Rent-A-Center Inc., has managed the roll-out of 190
locations in Mexico for Rent-A-Center, leading their international and U.S. LP
efforts. With this background, he has had the entire retail life cycle of
experience in Mexico, from market entry to managing successful locations to
closing stores down. Jim shares some of his invaluable international experience
and the challenges of doing business in Mexico. *Episode filmed at "Live
in DC" at NRF Protect 2017
Talk About Third Party Risk!
Rooms To Go Supplier's CFO & Worker Accused
Manufacturing & Selling Knockoff Beds to Rival
A Texas furniture manufacturer that sells exclusively through Rooms To Go has
accused two of its employees of stealing trade secrets and designs and using
them to sell knock-offs of its bunk beds to a rival retailer.
Canyon Furniture Company claimed that Daniel Rueda Sanchez and Julio Alfonso
Rodriguez Valdez founded two companies to manufacture and sell duplicates of
Canyon products to Bob Mills Furniture, a competitor of Rooms To Go.
"Apparently - in breach of the duties they owed to Canyon - the individual
defendants viewed Canyon's 2016 decision to stop selling the Creekside Line to
Bob Mills Furniture as a business opportunity to exploit for their own gain,"
Canyon wrote. "Defendants have been using (and continue to use) confidential
information, including Canyon's trade secrets, to compete with canyon for
approximately two years, while both [Sanchez] and [Valdez] served Canyon and its
Affiliates." The CFO had been with the company over 20 years. law360.com
Equifax Former Software Developer Mgr. Pleads
Guilty to Insider Trading on Data Breach Stock Impact
Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu was a software development manager for Equifax's Global
Consumer Services team in August 2017. In that role, he was entrusted with
information that resulted in him concluding that Equifax was the victim of a
data breach. On August 25, 2017, Bonthu and other Equifax employees were asked
to assist in responding to the breach. Bonthu was informed that the target date
for announcing the breach publicly was September 6, 2017. On September 1, 2017,
Bonthu bought 86 put options in Equifax stock that expired on September 15,
2017. Equifax publicly disclosed the data breach on September 7, 2017, and its
stock fell the next day. Bonthu then exercised his put options, realizing a
profit of more than $75,000.
justice.gov
Nike announces pay increases for 7,000 employees
Nike also changed its bonus structure. Bonus determinations used to be based on
a combination of company, team and individual performances. Now they'll be based
solely on company-wide performance.
And stock-eligible employees will now have a choice as to how they'd prefer to
receive annual stock awards: as stock options, restricted stock uses, or a
mixture of both.
cnn.com
A 4-Day Workweek? A Test Run Shows a Surprising Result
A New Zealand firm that let its employees work four days a week while
being paid for five says the experiment was so successful that it hoped
to make the change permanent.
Employees reported a 24 percent improvement in work-life balance, and
came back to work energized after their days off. "Supervisors said
staff were more creative, their attendance was better, they were on
time, and they didn't leave early or take long breaks," Mr. Haar said.
"Their actual job performance didn't change when doing it over four days
instead of five."
In Sweden, a trial in the city of Gothenburg mandated a six-hour day,
and officials found employees completed the same amount of work or even
more. But when France mandated a 35-hour workweek in 2000, businesses
complained of reduced competitiveness and increased hiring costs.
nytimes.com
DNA tests ID notorious 'Pink Panther' thieves 15 years after French
jewelry heist
Between 1999 and 2015, these criminals are thought to have carried out
at least 380 armed robberies, targeting high-end jewellery stores
and snatching US$391 million worth of loot. They believed they
were safe but a few blood drops betrayed them: 15 years after a daring
robbery at a French jewellery store, the four alleged perpetrators have
been found - in Serbia.
 The Belfort job had all the hallmarks of a "Pink Panther" operation, the
modus operandi used by an international jewel thief network of Serbs and
Montenegrins responsible for some of the most audacious robberies of the
past two decades.
Police later managed to arrest their Serbian fences, one of whom had a
stolen watch on his wrist. But the thieves themselves were never caught.
Nor were they identified until 2013, following progress in a forensic
investigation into traces of blood on one of the glass cabinets, on a
cupboard and on a Cartier box. By analysing the DNA, they identified
two Serb nationals who were unknown in France but wanted in Austria:
"Zica" and "Boka", both of them 41 years old. And by cross-checking
their phone records, they also found the other two suspected of
involvement in the robbery: "Sasa", 37, and "Luka", 48.
Even though they have been identified, the four remain out of reach for
the French justice system because Serbia does not extradite its
citizens.
scmp.com
Toymakers continue to battle counterfeiters
'Operating Much Like Drug Cartels'
As trade between the United States and China has risen sharply - imports soared
60 percent to nearly half a trillion dollars in the 10 years leading up to 2016
- counterfeiters have taken advantage of an
overloaded system, operating much like drug cartels. Counterfeiters
send their products through in multiple shipments, sometimes filling a
container with both legitimate and counterfeit products.
An issue many U.S. toy companies are facing: China-based websites
that advertise discounted versions of sought-after toys, when the sites
are really schlepping cheaply made counterfeits or knockoffs,
slightly altered versions that still amount to a theft of their
intellectual property.
In 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 495 shipments of
counterfeits, with a list-price value of $26 million. Two years later,
agents made 175 seizures, the lowest number in about a decade. Since
then, though, seizures have climbed back up, with agents making 449
seizures, valued at $12 million, in 2017.
thegazette.com
Ivanka Trump is shutting down her fashion company
CA Governor Signs Tougher Looting Law During
State-Ordered Evacuations
Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 1 Westfield
Century City
|
Axis Retail Leadership Forum's greatest advocates are its
attendees.
Get a firsthand account of the valuable opportunities ARLF provides retailers
and hear why they'll be joining us again on August 13-15.
 |
|
|
|
All the News - One
Place - One Source - One Time The D&D Daily respects your time & doesn't
filter retail's reality
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
Are You Taking this Seriously With Your Team?
Protecting Your Traveling Executives
Travel Risk Management Program
One of the most effective ways companies can mitigate cyberattack risks is to
use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access data remotely. Organizations can
implement VPN's for their employees as part of its travel risk management
program. Those traveling for pleasure can also implement VPN's as a
precautionary measure to prevent theft of personal information.
Use of screen protectors, storing data in a cloud instead of on a laptop,
encrypting files on a hard drive, and removal of unnecessary files on devices,
are also great precautionary measures to ensure cybersecurity. If possible,
businesses should encourage travelers to avoid connecting to non-secure networks
such as public Wi-Fi hotspots and to disable their Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
capabilities while traveling. By not using a secure network, company data is put
at higher risk and online accounts are more vulnerable, also putting employees
at risk for identity theft.
Over the last year, concerns about information security while traveling for
business or on assignment have increased. In 2017, reports predicted that
corporate information theft will cost businesses between $2.1 trillion in 2019
and $6 trillion by 2021. This serves as proof that business travelers are
more and more vulnerable to cyber and physical information security threats.
It is crucial for organizations to implement preventive programs to teach their
travelers and expats how to identify potential cyber and information security
threats, and how they can reduce exposure to risk of data theft, within their
travel risk management programs.
securitymagazine.com
Two-Thirds of Organizations Hit in Supply-Chain
Attacks
New global survey by CrowdStrike shows the average cost of a software supply
chain attack is $1.1 million.
Less than 40% of organizations in the US, UK, and Singapore have
vetted all of their external suppliers in the past 12 months, according to a
new survey, and most organizations worldwide have been victims of a software
supply chain attack.
While two-thirds say their organizations suffered a supply chain attack in the
past year, 71% say they don't consistently require the same security
requirements of their third-party suppliers as they use internally.
Attackers are increasingly using an "indirect route" to hit their targets, says
Dan Larson, vice president of product marketing at CrowdStrike. "They now
inject malicious code into legitimate software," he says. "It's mostly
invisible, which is why these attacks are becoming more common."
darkreading.com
Store scanning robots will get AI, object
recognition boost with recent acquisition
Bossa Nova, the
company behind the shelf-scanning robots that Walmart has been experimenting
with in select retail locations, just acquired artificial intelligence company
HawXeye.
A Carnegie Mellon spinoff, HawXeye has a library of 52 patents around face
detection and object recognition, increasingly important technologies as robots
in a variety of fields begin working with diverse object sets, such as SKUs in a
store or logistics facility.
Savvides is charged with advancing Bossa Nova's product recognition capabilities
at scale and identifying out-of-stock and misplaced products.
Bossa Nova's robots rove stores scanning shelves and alerting managers to any
issues with inventory, including misplaced or low-stock items. As I've written,
the
robots are also Big Data mining machines writ small, able to track product
performance practically in real-time.
zdnet.com
Simbe Robotics Brings RFID to Computer Vision
Robot
The robot, known as Tally, captures images and RFID tag reads from store
fronts and back rooms, in order to track inventory levels and collect data
regarding store displays and their effectiveness related to sales.
California technology company
Simbe Robotics has
released an RFID-enabled version of its Tally robot. This, according to the
company, makes Tally one of the few robots on the market that leverages both
computer vision and RFID-based data, as well as having built-in machine-learning
capability.
rfidjournal.com
Three Top FBI Cybersecurity Officials to Retire
Three of the top cybersecurity officials at the Federal Bureau of
Investigation are retiring from government service, according to people
familiar with the matter-departures that come as cyberattacks are a
major concern for the country's security agencies.
 The FBI confirmed the departures. One U.S. official said more people are
expected to leave soon, declining to provide additional names.
Some former FBI officials said the pull of leaving was especially strong
within the cyber division, which must compete with lucrative salaries
and flexible lifestyles offered by technology firms in Silicon Valley
and elsewhere. With one joining Charles Schwab as SrVP and another
joining Accenture, who is expanding their cybersecurity portfolio.
Others cited bureaucratic frustrations. "There's an internal tension in
terms of how to staff cyber properly," said a former official. "We
constantly have new people in leadership reinventing the cyber program."
Several cyber and law-enforcement experts said they were confident the
work of the FBI's cyber division would remain high but that turnover
takes a toll.
wsj.com
Human Error Strains Security Teams
How Can Companies Nip Employee Negligence in the Bud?
Employee negligence continues to be a top information security risk for
key figures in the enterprise, especially IT security professionals who
rely on internal threat reports to do their jobs. This risk can take the
form of genuine human error, a lack of security awareness or even
deliberate attempts to steal corporate data for personal gain.
According to the 2018 State of the Industry report from document
destruction company Shred-it, 96 percent of Americans said they view
employee negligence as at least a minor cause of data breaches against
U.S. companies. Some were even more convinced: Eighty-four percent of
C-suites see it as one of their biggest information security risks -
and 51 percent of small-business owners agree.
Reflecting this viewpoint, the majority of U.S. businesses revealed that
they're struggling to keep pace with modern workplace trends. In
particular, 86 percent of C-suites, and 60 percent of small-business
owners said they believe the risk of a data breach is higher when
employees work remotely.
How Companies Can Minimize the Effects of Human Error
Organizations can counter negligence among their workforce by
integrating data protection measures, such as resiliency backup and
other disaster recovery tools, into their business practices.
Companies should also continuously evaluate the effectiveness of their
security strategies and ensure that internal protocols are keeping pace
with the increasingly sophisticated threat landscape. These policies
should include ongoing security awareness training for the entire
company and provide employees with incentives to report potential
threats.
securityintelligence.com
Amazon's New Patents Including RFID Driven - Product-Chucking Robots
Robotic tossing of items in inventory system
The patent, titled
"Robotic Tossing of Items in an Inventory System," further
described how a robot configured with arms and/or manipulators could be
equipped with a "sensor package" that could detect attributes of an
item, such as weight size, RFID-encoded serial numbers and a range of
other details. A controller device could then access a database to
come up with the best strategy for tossing the item, and send
instructions to the grasping robot to toss it accordingly.
retaildive.com
Bluetooth security: Flaw could allow nearby
attacker to grab your private data
A cryptographic bug in many Bluetooth firmware and operating system drivers
could allow an attacker within about 30 meters to capture and decrypt data
shared between Bluetooth-paired devices. Fortunately for macOS users, Apple
released a
patch for the flaw in July.
zdnet.com
HR Services Firm ComplyRight Suffers Major Data Breach
More than 7,500 customer companies were affected, and the number of
individuals whose information was leaked is unknown.
ComplyRight, a company that provides human resources functions to
businesses, has begun notifying individuals of a data breach that may
have exposed names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and
Social Security numbers taken from employee tax forms the company
processed.
darkreading.com
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Why You Should Keep Your
Computers
and Mobile Phones up to Date
It may seem like a pain to keep
updating your phone or computer. But one of the best ways to protect your
devices is by having the latest version of the operating system running. Turn on
automatic updates so you receive the newest fixes as they become available. This
is one of the best ways to stay safe while surfing the web. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GOLD SPONSOR
Retail Security Landscape
in 2018
ADT/P1 Perspective
|
|
ADT/Protection 1 is a national leader when it comes to delivering retail
business security that does more for you. They've built their reputation by
providing outstanding security, differentiated by careful attention to detail -
from installation through ongoing services, including same day/next day service
and its Tech Tracker program. Rex Gillette, Vice President of Retail Sales,
tells us about the new technologies ADT/Protection 1 is bringing to the market,
how their company merger is going, and what he sees for the future of retail. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
President
Trump Launches Fresh Round Of Attacks On Amazon
President Donald Trump is once again outraged at Amazon, and is once again
complaining that the eCommerce giant is using the U.S. Postal Service as its
"delivery boy."
The president than re-raised the possibility of pursuing anti-trust claims
against Amazon.
The president's animus against both the online retailer, its CEO Jeff Bezos and
the newspaper he owns (The Washington Post) is longstanding, dating back
to the 2016 campaign when Trump first floated the possibility that Amazon should
be examined in the context of
antitrust regulations.
In the latest round of Twitter attacks this morning, the president claimed
The Washington Post has "gone crazy" in its negative coverage of the Trump
administration in the last few months. Trump further noted that the paper's
coverage was a form of retaliation after Amazon "lost the Internet Tax Case in
the U.S. Supreme Court."
"... In my opinion the Washington Post is nothing more than an expensive (the
paper loses a fortune) lobbyist for Amazon. Is it used as protection against
antitrust claims which many feel should be brought?" the president tweeted this
morning.
pymnts.com
How security concerns are hurting your
ecommerce sales
In today's tech driven-world, we're shopping on our computers and devices
constantly-ordering from our favorite restaurants, stocking up on household
necessities, and making the occasional impulse purchases (hello, novelty
pool float).
Despite all that, a 2016
study by the Department of Commerce found that half of American internet
users are "deterred" from buying things online because of fears over privacy
and security.
Unfortunately for ecommerce business owners, that study was not a one-off.
Over the past few years, tons of data has come out showing how consumers are
turning away from ecommerce because of worries about their security.
You can see it in the
19% of people who abandoned their cart because they "didn't trust the
site with [their] credit card information", according to a 2017 Baymard
study.
Or the 62% of consumers who have started to purchase an item online only to
abandon the purchase because of security concerns, according to a
TrustedSite 2018 survey.
All of these abandoned carts and "deterred" shoppers cost your business
money. BusinessInsider estimates that globally, it is a $2.75 trillion
dollar opportunity for businesses!
So what can you do about it?
At the bottom of these concerns is a lack of trust.
If a customer doesn't trust you or your website, they won't buy from you.
But it's not all bad news. In fact, it's an opportunity to build trust-and
claim your piece of the $2.75 trillion dollar opportunity.
Step 1: Strengthen your site's
security
Step 2: Market your security
knowtechie.com
Amazon announces plans for Spokane, WA warehouse
Walmart Looks To Influencers To Boost eCommerce
ACH Alert Experiences Tremendous Growth as
Payments Fraud Rises, Prevents More Than $388 Million in Fraudulent Transactions |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Head of $21M online fraud gang & 14 members
arrested in six year pan-European operation
15 suspected members of a network responsible for online fraud causing 18 ($21M
U.S.) million euros in losses, including the head of a criminal organization,
have been arrested in a huge operation by the German Prosecutor's Office of
Dresden, the Saxon State Office of Criminal Investigation the Lithuanian Police
and the Lithuanian Prosecutor's Office.
Since 2012 more than 35,000 cases of online fraud had been detected.
Fraudulently obtained credit card data was used to purchase high-quality goods
from various mail order companies through a network of merchandise agents.
'Package mules' receive the illegally obtained goods, mostly in Germany,
then sent the packages to new addresses, primarily in Eastern Europe.
Operation Warenagent has taken six years of preparation and coordination. During
June 31 house searches were carried out in Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Germany,
Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. On the action
days the head of a criminal organization was detained in Cyprus,
alongside four criminals in Latvia and Finland respectively, two in the United
Kingdom, and one each in Estonia, Lithuania, Switzerland and Ukraine. Over the
course of the investigation itself, four individuals were detained in Germany.
brica.de
Former Online Survey Worker Sentenced to 18
Months
Stealing $492,000 in Unclaimed Amazon Gift Cards
A Lexington, Kentucky man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on
Monday, the Department of Justice
wrote in a press release, for a data heist in which he abused his status as
an employee of online polling company IntelliSurvey Inc. to snatch up
nearly half a million dollars in unclaimed Amazon gift cards.
Both local police and the Secret Service participated in the investigation,
concluding that Taylor had been privy to the existence of the database of
unredeemed cards and-in what seems to have been a fairly glaring flaw in his
burgeoning criminal scheme-credited them to his personal Amazon account,
ordering thousands of items for his own use or to resell to others. Despite
the suspicious volume of IntelliSurvey-purchased Amazon gift cards credited to
his account, the DOJ said Taylor was able to get away with this plot for
nearly six years.
gizmodo.com
Franklin Township, NJ: Prosecutor Busts Retail Theft Ring;
Six Suspects Arrested, $14,000 of merchandise seized
 A
seven-month investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office has
resulted in the arrests of six suspects, all charged with operating an organized
retail theft ring and knowingly purchasing stolen merchandise for resale at a
Hamilton Street storefront and on the Internet, according to Somerset County
Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.
During their investigation, detectives determined that the defendants were
knowingly buying stolen merchandise from shoplifters who targeted stores such as
Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond and others. The
investigation revealed that the shoplifters exchanged the stolen merchandise for
cash at Everything Wireless, at 665 Hamilton St. The defendants then offered the
stolen merchandise for resale to the public, either at Everything Wireless or
over the Internet.
On June 4, members of the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Burglary Task
Force and Crime Scene Unit, the Franklin Township Police Department, and
investigators from the New Jersey Division of Taxation and the United States
Postal Inspector's Office executed search warrants at Everything Wireless and
the residence of Everything Wireless owner, David Rubin. Police were assisted in
the execution of the search warrant by loss prevention investigators from Home
Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond and Target Stores. The search warrant yielded numerous
items of suspected stolen retail merchandise, valued in excess of $14,000.
tapinto.net
San Antonio, TX: Woman charged with pawning $56,000 worth
of stolen jewelry
Isabel Corrales, 57, taken into custody and was charged with theft after she was
caught pawning stolen jewelry. According to an arrest warrant affidavit,
employees at a Northwest Side jewelry store noticed items missing from the
store. Police said Corrales had pawned more than $56,000 worth of jewelry over
two years. The affidavit said only some of the jewelry has been recovered.
ksat.com
Peachtree City, GA: $20,000 in merchandise stolen
from Victoria's Secret
Peachtree City Police said of all their high-end retailers, one store has had
more thefts than any other: Victoria's Secret. Just this year, shoplifters had
made off with more than $20,000 in underwear and clothing. Surveillance video of
what police said was a recent shoplifting spree at the Peachtree City Victoria's
Secret store showed women gathered at the trunk of a car in the parking lot of
The Avenue shopping center and taking out empty shopping bags. Police said those
big bags were not empty when the women came out of the store. On July 17 alone,
police said the store lost $6,000 in merchandise. "Just in the last six months,
we are seeing $20,000 in reported losses from Victoria's Secret," Lt. Odelia
Bergh-Peachtree City Police.
fox5atlanta.com
Morrow, GA: DTLR Store Manager Arrested for theft
of nearly $12,000 in cash
and merchandise
Thomas S. Poston, 26, was charged Friday with 7 counts of felony theft and 3
counts of misdemeanor theft. Hobart police were contacted in May to investigate
theft allegations at the DTLR clothing store in Southlake Mall. A Loss
Prevention officer told authorities she learned May 16 the store was short $800
on its deposit. She reviewed surveillance footage, which showed Poston, a store
manager, allegedly placing money from the store's safe into his backpack during
a May 13 shift. Loss Prevention said she also learned Poston rang himself up for
thousands of dollars in merchandise and then manually changed the price of the
items so they cost almost nothing. He also substantially reduced the price of
merchandise for three other employees. Altogether, the store lost $11,788 in
merchandise and cash through Poston's alleged thefts, records state.
nwitimes.com
Chattanooga, TN: Manager Of Boost Mobile Charged
In Connection With $3,100 Armed Robbery
The business manager of Boost Mobile has been charged in connection with an
armed robbery at the store. During the holdup on July 5, a man held a gun on two
customers and a clerk, then cleaned out two registers. Eurika Latoya Garth, 36,
was charged with aggravated robbery. Facing the same charge are Timothy Byrd
Jr., Charles Rizer III and Lendell Davis. Ms. Garth told police she went outside
to smoke, then went to the bathroom after going back inside. She said the
robbery was carried out while she was still in the restroom. Police said she
"reacted in a surprised and upset manner" when she found the holdup had taken
place. The clerk said a gunman with his face covered came in and told the two
customers to lie on the floor and not use their phones. He said the man held a
gun on him as he followed him to a back room and told him to open the safe. He
said the safe was already open and did not have any money in it. The robber then
took about $3,156 from both registers.
chattanoogan.com
Broward County, FL: Shoplifter with distinct beard steals
$740 worth of razors
Broward Sheriff's Office detectives are asking for the public's help in
identifying the shoplifter captured on video stealing 15 electric razors from
the Walgreens on Bonaventure Blvd. in Weston just after 9:30 p.m. on June 18.
miamiherald.com
Westfield, NJ: Same woman, different accomplices hits a
Downtown Shop multiple times for over $2,200 in merchandise
Roseburg, OR: Marshall's Shoplifter arrested after pushing
out $1,000 of merchandise
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shootings & Deaths
Los Angeles, CA: Update: Trader Joe's Manager Killed in
Shootout Was Struck by LAPD Gunfire
According to this morning's LAPD briefing, the Initial Ballistic testing
indicates the single shot that accidently killed Melyda Corado was one of the 8
rounds fired by 2 Police Officers during a gun battle with the Armed Suspect.
ktla.com
Polk County, FL: Man shot by convenience store
owner dies; stole 3 packs of beer
 An
alleged beer thief who was shot last week by a store owner has died from his
injuries, and the owner now faces new charges. Rennie Defoe, Jr. died this
weekend at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, according to the Polk County
Sheriff's Office. Mehedeun Hasan, the convenience store owner accused of
shooting Defoe, has now been charged with second-degree murder. He remains in
the Polk County Jail without bond.
Deputies said Rennie Defoe, Jr., 43, walked into the store and picked up three
18-packs of Natural Ice beer, valued at $36, and then left without paying.
Mehedeun Hasan, 22, the co-owner of the store, grabbed a 9mm handgun and ran
after Defoe to confront him.
baynews9.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Uptick in San Francisco Retail Theft
Retail theft is on the uptick in San Francisco, and while luxury goods were
once the focus, now it seems as if those stealing are going for lower end
merchandise.
 Police
confirm retail theft is on the uptick specifically in parts of North Beach,
Fisherman's Wharf, and Union Square. While luxury goods were once the prime
target, groups of people are now expanding to drug stores. Viewer video sent to
KRON4 shows a robbery at the Walgreens on Columbus and Bay streets last week.
But it's not just Walgreens. The CVS Pharmacy at Stockton and Sutter was hit
back in June. People are seen taking what they want with apparently no care in
the world. And there is a video of another robbery at the same store this
weekend. Once again, people are seen rifling through merchandise and sticking it
in their bag before heading out the door. A spokesman for CVS says it takes the
matter of organized retail crime seriously and it partners with law enforcement
and other retailers with a goal of preventing this activity and bringing to
justice those responsible for it.
kron4.com
Nashville, TN: Metro Police find AK-47, 100
rounds of ammunition following standoff; possible connection to Kroger Armed
Shoplifting incident
 Metro
Nashville Police say a man who barricaded himself in a residence Monday morning
was found with an AK-47 and over 100 rounds of ammunition. Police say
35-year-old Forrest Broderick refused to exit his apartment Sunday night
following domestic assault allegations. As a precaution, apartments near the
residence were evacuated and the SWAT team called in. The standoff continued
until 4 a.m. Monday morning when he surrendered to police. Police say the
situation started after his ex-girlfriend reported he pinched her repeatedly and
bit her leg before leaving the scene. Broderick is also a possible suspect in a
South Nashville Kroger theft Sunday night in which a store employee says he was
threatened by a man with a rifle in the store parking lot. He's facing three
charges of assault and one charge of aggravated assault.
fox17.com
San Francisco, CA: Black store owner accused of
"breaking in" to own business
 A
San Francisco lemonade business owner is blaming racism for a call to police
that saw him questioned outside his own store on suspicion of burgling it.
Gourmonade owner Vicktor Stevenson told CNN that the police officers were not
rude and were doing their job but that the experience left him feeling
vulnerable and disrespected. Stevenson said he was standing outside his Mission
District shop, on the phone to his security company, around 6:45 a.m. last
Tuesday when two police cars pulled up. Four officers approached him, one with
his hand on his hip -- as if it were on his weapon, Stevenson said. Initially,
Stevenson thought he'd set off his security alarm by accident and that police
were responding, but the officers told him that they'd been called by someone
who had said he was breaking into the business. "I laughed and said, 'That's
funny, this is actually my business'," Stevenson said.
cnn.com
Shadle, WA: Bank Robbery suspect arrested inside
Walmart
Timothy J. Lamere, 53, was taken into custody at about 6 p.m. in a Walmart at
the Shadle shopping center. He was identified by a Loss Prevention officer who
called police. Lamere is accused of robbing the Washington Trust Bank as well as
the US Bank inside Albertsons.
spokesman.com
Newport Beach, CA: A Telsa Crashes through window of
Planet Beauty store
A woman was hospitalized after being struck by a Telsa that ended up crashing
into a Planet Beauty store while trying to park at a strip mall in Newport Beach
on Monday morning, police said.
ktla.com
New Delhi, India: Amazon Employee and Fake
Delivery boy arrested
in Return scheme
A current Amazon employee was allegedly providing the accused details of
customers who wished to return products. The accused ex-delivery boy would
collect the items from customers before the authorised delivery boy could
arrive. The duo would then sell the stolen products in New Delhi's Gaffar market
and split the money.
inc42.com
Cleveland, OH: Three Gun shops in Northeast Ohio targeted
by thieves in five days, may be related, according to ATF
Shreveport, LA: Police Arrest suspect in Dollar General
Armed Robbery
Burleson County, TX: Four Arrests From Snook C -Store
Burglary And Arson
Singapore: Apple iTunes fraudulent charges: Banks continue
to assist victims as more cases come to light
Jared in the Park Plaza, Little Rock, AR reported a
Grab & Run on 7/19, item valued at $1,100
Kay Jewelers in the Green Ridge Square, Grand Rapids, MI reported a Grab & Run
on 7/22, items valued at $21,597
Kay Jewelers in the Parkway Place Mall, Huntsville, AL reported a Grab & Run on
7/22, item valued at $14,999
Kay Jewelers in the Hagerstown Premium Outlets, Hagerstown, MD reported a Grab &
Run on 7/17, item valued at $2,699
Kay Outlet in the Napa Premium Outlets, Napa, CA reported an Attempted Burglary
on 7/20, store damage, no merchandise loss
Peoples Jewellers in the Scarborough Town Centre, Scarborough, ON CN reported a
Distraction Theft on 7/10, items valued at $16,496
Peoples Jewellers in the White Oaks Mall, London ON. CN reported a Grab & Run on
7/21, item valued at $2,209
Piercing Pagoda in the Wheaton Mall, Wheaton, MD reported a Grab & Run on 7/21,
item valued at $2,319
Fire & Arson
Jacksonville, FL: Beer safe after Bud Light truck catches
fire in Florida
No beer, firefighters or drivers were injured when a Bud Lite semi-truck caught
fire in Jacksonville on Monday. Interstate 95 southbound was down to one lane of
traffic Monday morning due to the fire. Crews were able to put out hot spots on
the truck to assure the cargo was unharmed. "Good news beer fans!" The
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department tweeted. "No beer was hurt in this
incident..."
wate.com
Sentencings & Charges
Stafford, VA: Female Inmate charged with Credit Card Fraud
A woman in jail for felony larceny is facing even more charges after her husband
discovered stolen credit cards in her apartment. A deputy responded to the
apartment of 34-year-old Tracey Swett on July 16 after her husband found several
stolen cards in her purse and dresser drawers - including a card in the
husband's name that had been maxed out. Swett is now charged with four counts of
credit card theft, credit card fraud, identity fraud, and obtaining money by
false pretenses.
nbc12.com
Piscataway Township, NJ: Coach Ash waiting on charges in
Rutgers Football Credit-Card Scam
Milwaukee, WI: Man gets 7 months in jail for stealing Baby
Tortoises from West Allis Pet World
Fargo, ND: Casey's General Manager sentenced to 3 years
probation for $2,500 deposit theft |
| |
|
|
•
C- Store - Schenectady, NY - Burglary
•
C-Store - Zebulon, GA - Burglary
•
CVS - Chapel Hill, NC - Armed Robbery
•
Dollar General - South Abilene , TX - Robbery
•
Gas Station - Allegan County, MI - Armed Robbery
•
Gas Station - Tuscaloosa, AL - Robbery/ Assault
•
Gun Store - St Mary's County, MD - Burglary
•
McDonald's - Wake Forest, NC - Armed Robbery
•
Pawn Shop - Huntsville, AL - Burglary
•
Pawn Shop - New Orleans, LA - Robbery
•
Restaurant - Miami, FL - Burglary
•
Restaurant - Beal City, MI - Burglary
•
Tobacco Shop - Spring Hill, FL - Armed Robbery/Shooting
•
7-Eleven - East Patchogue, NY - Armed Robbery
•
7- Eleven - Bayport, NY - Armed Robbery
|
|
|
Daily Totals:
•
9 robberies
•
6 burglaries
•
1 shooting
•
0 killings
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
None to report. |
|
Submit Your New Hires/Promotions or New Position
|
|
|
|
_2.jpg) |
|
|
|
|
|
Featured Job Spotlights
 |
Vice President, Asset Protection
Columbus,
OH
Oversees and directs all Asset Protection
related functions for a Corporate Office, multi-state distribution centers and
large retail store network. Responsible for enterprise direction and strategy as
it pertains to Asset Protection with a goal of minimizing shrink, reducing loss
and maximizing security and associate safety...
|
 |
Director of North America Digital Risk & Control
Beaverton, OR
As the Director of North America Digital Risk & Control, you will
provide leadership for payment risk mitigation in our digital business including
fraud risk management. You will be responsible for ensuring our resources and
capabilities are properly aligned to the execution of key priorities, as you
develop and implement ecommerce risk management strategies to appropriate
tolerance levels based on advanced data analytics and trends...
|
 |
Director of Data Privacy and Security, Legal
Los Angeles, California
As Netflix continues to grow and expand, we are looking for a talented team
member to join the Data Privacy and Security Legal team to provide support on
privacy and data security compliance matters. The position will report to the
Global Director of Data Privacy and Security, and will work in an ongoing and
collaborative way with relevant Legal, Security and Public Policy groups in
carrying out her or his responsibilities...
|
 |
Financial Analyst (Internal Fraud)
Anaheim, CA
This role is responsible for investigating internal
fraud and Cast Privilege abuse at the Disneyland Resort, across all lines of
business including but not limited to: merchandise, food & beverage, rooms,
ticketing, and employee privileges. Specific investigative tasks will vary but
may include: reviewing exception reporting to identify potential fraud trends,
conducting in-depth point-of-sale research, reviewing camera surveillance,
performing integrity shops and observations, interviewing employees,
representing the Company at grievances and unemployment hearings, and partnering
with law enforcement as needed...
|
|
 |
Regional Safety & Loss Prevention Specialist
Baltimore, MD
The Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist is a subject
matter expert responsible for partnering with both our corporate TUSA stores and
franchise store operations to improve the safety and training processes... |
 |
Area Loss Prevention Specialist
Boston/Springfield
We are currently
looking for an Area Loss Prevention Specialist to join our team in the Boston /
Springfield area. This position is responsible for conducting employee
investigations, responding to and providing guidance during critical incidents,
and assessing new/current retail store locations...
|
|
Area Loss Prevention Specialist
Jacksonville, FL
We are currently looking for an
Area Loss Prevention Specialist to join our team in Jacksonville, FL. This
position is responsible for conducting employee investigations, responding to
and providing guidance during critical incidents, and assessing new retail store
locations...
|
|
Area Loss Prevention Specialist
San Francisco Bay Area
We are currently looking for an
Area Loss Prevention Specialist to join our team in San Francisco Bay Area. This
position is responsible for conducting employee investigations, responding to
and providing guidance during critical incidents, and assessing new/current
retail store locations...
|
Featured Jobs
To apply to any of today's Featured Jobs, Click Here
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Today's
Daily Job Postings from all around the net - Appearing today only
To apply to today's Internet Jobs, Click Here
|
|
Sponsor Today's Internet Jobs |
|
|
|
Submit Your Group LP Selfie and Group Vendor
Selfies Today!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Great Leadership: Learn from
Horses, Noble Traits
You Need, Amazon's "Day 1" Philosophy
|
|
New Perspectives on Leadership Learned from a
1,200 Pound Animal
We can learn a lot from animals, especially horses. This beautiful creature can
also provide some wonderful insights from their own behaviors and mannerisms as
to how we all can become better leaders. Here's what this equine coach learned
from horses that can also apply to leadership.
People will follow when they trust you
4 Traits of Leaders that Employees Will Happily
Bend Over Backwards For
When you really look at the best servant leaders and the traits they embody and
display, you'll find that employees thrive and are happy under this type of
leadership. Here's the noble traits of great leaders everyone should have.
Love in action |
If You
Want to Be a Great Leader, You'll Need 1 Simple Attribute
If you're already a leader, or aspire to become one, you might look to former
leaders to find out what qualities lend a hand to successful and great
leadership. However, in order to have these qualities of a great leader, you'll
need this simple attribute first. Once attained, you can practice these six
leadership skills.
Courage
Leadership Lessons from Amazon: Jeff Bezos' "Day
1" Philosophy
Great leaders stay true to a 'first-day' mindset, which is what Amazon's CEO,
Jeff Bezos, does. Here's how you can apply Amazon's "Day 1" philosophy to boost
your own leadership skills and be a great leader.
Move fast |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
The difference between success and failure is in the planning
and the execution. Taking something from a thought or idea to a reality can be a
long and painful process lined with failures and detractors. But a great idea is
only as good as the plan you have to bring it to life and the execution everyone
delivers to give it a life. Because without the two the great idea never
existed. As one "C" level executive once told me- He never saw a bad great idea
as it was always the failed plan to roll it out and the poor execution that
killed it.
Just a Thought,
Gus
 |
|
We want to post your tips or advice... Click here |
|
|
|
|
|
Not getting the Daily? Is it ending up in your spam folder?
Please make sure to add d-ddaily@downing-downing.com to your contact list,
address book, trusted sender list, and/or company whitelist to ensure you
receive our newsletter.
Want to know how?
Read Here |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
