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Hurricane Florence's Retail Impact
Continues
Stores Activate Command
Centers, Announce More Closures
More stores, malls on the Atlantic coast announce hurricane closures
Retailers bracing for $700M financial hit
 One
mall that has already closed is the Independence Mall in Wilmington, N.C., a
city with a population of 119,045. The mall has 1 million square feet of retail
space, anchored by Belk, Dillard's and J.C. Penney.
In Myrtle Beach, S.C., population 32,240, the closures include Coastal Grand
Mall, the state's second-largest shopping center. It has around 172 stores
including Old Navy, H&M and Dick's Sporting Goods. Myrtle Beach Mall, which
has 80-plus stores including Penney's, Victoria's Secret and Foot Locker,
is also "closed until further notice" due to Hurricane Florence.
Walmart Inc. said some of its namesake stores and Sam's Club doors
will close or adjust hours of operation, while a spokesman for Penney's added
that its has closed seven stores so far - three in North Carolina and four in
South Carolina - and will be monitoring events closely.
Hudson's Bay Co. has closed its Saks Off 5th in Charleston, S.C., and
will be closing its Saks Fifth Avenue store in Raleigh, NC tonight. It was a
similar story for department store chain Macy's Inc.
Weather-analytics company Planalytics has estimated a potential economic impact
of $700 million from lost sales, defined as consumer and retail purchases
that will not occur and will not be made up.
The impact, however, pales compared to last year's storms. Some $2.75 billion in
consumer and retail sales (including restaurants) were lost to Irma, in addition
to costs incurred by the damage caused directly by the storm,
according to Planalytics. Hurricane Harvey cost businesses $1 billion,
Planalytics said in an email to Retail Dive last year.
wwd.com
Hurricane Florence prompts Waffle House to activate storm center
FEMA tracks Waffle House closures as indicator of storm severity
As Hurricane Florence, a Category 2 storm, drives toward the East Coast, Waffle
House is monitoring the impending dangerous weather by activating its storm
center. The popular Georgia-based diner chain renowned for its 365-day 24-hour
service has an emergency routine that's so well-regarded, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency unofficially uses the restaurants' status as an
indicator for the severity of a natural disaster.
 After
several Waffle House locations closed or were serving only a limited menu in
2004 when Hurricane Charley hit Florida, FEMA officials noted the severity of
the storm damage based on the fact that the chain never closes.
When a storm strikes, local officials will put out a call to the nearest Waffle
House and find out what's on the menu. The "Waffle House Index" has three,
color-coded levels: green means the restaurant is open and serving a full
menu; yellow indicates the menu has been scaled back and there may be water but
no power; and red indicates the restaurant is completely shut down-and the
area is likely in need of serious assistance.
The restaurant tweeted a photo Wednesday of employees at the corporate office in
Norcross siting around a table monitoring the storm's path as they determine if
any locations will need to close.
The company has a fleet of response units, complete with Waffle
House-branded trucks and vans, that transport generators, communication
technology and other items that can help local stores reboot quickly during
most emergency situations.
foxnews.com
The Home Depot Activates Hurricane Command Center in Response to
Hurricane Florence
 As
hurricane season ramps up and the East Coast prepares for Hurricane Florence and
Hawaii for Hurricane Olivia, The Home Depot has activated its Disaster Response
Command Center at the Store Support Center in Atlanta.
There, the company works around the clock to ensure it is supporting coastal
communities, with combined efforts by the merchandising, supply chain and
operations teams.
Click here to learn more about Home Depot's Command Center.
homedepot.com
Target Teams are Preparing for Hurricane Florence;
Command Center Monitoring 130 Stores in Storm's Path
 As
Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast, teams from across Target are
working to help team members, guests and communities prepare for the storm, with
more than 130 stores in its path and nearly 20,000 team members in the area.
Target's Corporate Command Center was activated earlier this week and is
supporting stores and distribution centers by monitoring weather conditions,
shipping much-needed products to the area, and putting plans in place to protect
teams, facilities and operations.
target.com
Walmart Deploying Mobile Pharmacy to areas impacted by Hurricane Florence
Walmart's Mobile Pharmacy is getting preparing to be deployed to the areas most
impacted by Hurricane Florence.
Click here
to see the list of Walmart store closures near the Atlantic coast.
walmart.com
Lowe's activates 24/7 emergency command center in North Carolina
Lowe's activated its 24/7 emergency command center in Wilkesboro to track the
storm, and shipped more than 325 truckloads of product to the North and South
Carolina coast in anticipation of the storm.
charlotteobserver.com
Hurricane Florence Won't Be as Disruptive for Retailers as 2017 Storms
Fewer Stores in Florence's Path Than Harvey and Irma
 Dillard's
Inc. has good reason to be anxious about Hurricane Florence: About 9 percent of
its stores are in the storm's path.
Even so, the potential impact pales in comparison to last year, when a third of
the department-store chain's locations were disrupted by hurricanes Harvey and
Irma, according to data from Bloomberg Intelligence. Those storms, which
hammered Texas, Florida and other southern states, kicked off one of the
most-intense and costly hurricane seasons in U.S. history.
That's why -- unless another major storm hits the U.S. -- the financial impact
on retailers in the third-quarter is expected to be much less than last year.
bloomberg.com
Furious customers accuse Amazon of raising price of water ahead of hurricane
Third-party sellers charge more as demand surges
 Amazon
is being criticized for appearing to inflate prices as residents of North and
South Carolina prepare for Hurricane Florence to make landfall.
Many local grocery and warehouse stores have sold out of basics like cases of
water, so some locals have turned online to buy goods to prepare for the storm.
What they've found is water cases that cost over $20 for a few dozen bottles
- far more than their usual cost.
As Amazon's own stock and third-party sellers' lower-priced stock has sold out,
the price of the water has appeared to creep up. When Business Insider checked
the prices for a 40-pack of Deer Park water on Wednesday morning, it was listed
for as much as $29.99 by a third-party seller.
An Amazon spokesperson told Business Insider that it has taken action against
some of the sellers listing unusually expensive water. Unless a product is
being sold by Amazon, the company does not set the prices itself. Still,
many customers don't make the distinction between Amazon and its third-party
sellers.
businessinsider.com
Anheuser-Busch sending 300,000 cans of water to Hurricane Florence victims
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RLPSA Announces LPRC Partnership, RLPSA CONNECT at Domino's
and Upcoming Webinar Calendar
 NASHVILLE,
September 13, 2018 - The Restaurant Loss Prevention & Security
Association (RLPSA) is proud to announce its new partnership with the
Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC), designed to bring even more
value to RLPSA's members. The RLPSA is also announcing its latest
schedule of upcoming events including membership discussions and
webinars, as well as the next RLPSA CONNECT event.
RLPSA is holding its next RLPSA CONNECT event November 15 at Domino's
World Headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This free, one-day
powerhouse workshop includes sessions on partnering with local and
federal law enforcement, how to discover the truth from your employees,
training on active shooters, and more.
Click here to see the complete list of events and full press release
here.
prweb.com
Webinar - Sept. 18 at 1:00pm
STANLEY IntelAssure: Service Assurance & New Features Preview
In today's evolving digital environment, protecting your company from
vulnerability is easier said than done. It takes collaboration from both
IT and Physical Security teams to detect failing security devices that
protect your network core and company's employees.
Join our upcoming webinar on Tuesday September 18 at 1pm EST to learn
more about our latest innovation -
STANLEY IntelAssure powered by Viakoo - that will be
featured at our trade show booth later this month at GSX 2018 in Las
Vegas.
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The Loss Prevention Foundation Announces Newest Diploma Level Partners,
Alto Assurance and ClickIt
 The
Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) announced its newest diploma level
partners,
Alto Assurance and
ClickIt. The Diploma level partnership
secures numerous certification course scholarships for Alto and ClickIt
to distribute to industry professionals.
Headquartered in Miami, FL, Alto Assurance is a comprehensive
collaboration program that combines technology, marketing and
intelligent prosecution, bridging the gap between retail and law
enforcement to create safer environments. They support almost 7,000
stores in more than 100 cities in Latin America, Europe and the United
States. ClickIt Intelligent Video Solutions, headquartered in Hauppauge,
NY, is a development and manufacturing company specializing in digital
video management systems.
"We are excited to announce our new partnership with Alto and ClickIt,"
said Terry Sullivan, LPC, President of The Loss Prevention Foundation.
"By partnering with the LPF, they are demonstrating their commitment to
the loss prevention and asset protection industry.
yourlpf.org
The 2018 New England LP Expo Kicks Off in Worcester, Mass.
Bob Moraca, VP of LP for the National Retail Federation kicked
off the 2018 New England LP Expo in Worcester, Massachusetts on
Thursday. The 2019
NRF Protect Conference will take place from June 11-13 in Anaheim,
Calif. Stay tuned for a full recap of the New England LP Expo!
Party City is Hiring 86 LP Specialists
Party City is hiring 86 Loss Prevention Specialist for temporary
positions during our peak season of Halloween. The position is an entry
level LP position with full time and part time openings from October 1st
- Oct 31st. Typical hours would be nights and weekends. A great
opportunity for college students and CJ majors to get some Loss
Prevention experience. Metro Atlanta, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago,
Dallas, Houston, LA, San Francisco, DC. and other cities across the USA.
Text to 51893 the word Party or go to partycity.jobs.net.
linkedin.com
Returns To Reach a Trillion Dollars in 10
Yrs.
Lax Return Policies On Steroids - Try-Before-You-Buy
Retailers must prepare for the increasing consumer demand of
try-before-you-buy programs
One-fourth of retailers could adopt some form of try-before-you-buy by
2019. And for good reason: Two-thirds of retailers with 250-499
employees say this behavior has grown in the last year - especially
among shoppers between the ages of 25-34.
 Still, it is not an easily mastered approach. Shipping costs threaten to
cut into an already tight margin. Other perils await in areas like
fraud and inventory. "While benefits of try-before-you-buy have been
widely covered, we believe that the effect hasn't. Retailers are already
reaching a crisis point with returns being squeezed. This will only squeeze
margins even further."
"Consumers are demanding this," "It's really competitive out there, and
companies are doing everything they can to capture the mindshare of the
consumer. One of those is offering really lax customer return policies.
Try-before-you-buy is that approach on steroids."
Despite the numbers, "retailers are thinking about how they deal with
their incoming sales demand," Press says. "None of them are thinking
about how they deal with the returns process. They have systems in place
to handle omnichannel selling but are not thinking about omnichannel
returns. Try-before-you-buy is going to triple return costs. That
is a serious concern for retailers, and the vast majority are
drastically unprepared."
B-Stock's belief, is that within a decade, returns will approach a
trillion dollars.
stores.org
Purdue University Creates Real-Time Social
Analytics Tool for PD's
& 1st Responders
Tracking Potential Emergencies at Large Events
Designed for possible use during major events such as speeches or
during natural disasters. It could even be used for tracking traffic
patterns. David Ebert, the director of Purdue's Visual Analytics for
Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE), said the
technology mixes social media analytics, particularly keyword tracking,
with broader emergency planning-pinpointing narrow needs within a much
broader scope.
"Police departments and first responders can use the social media posts
to reach people in need of assistance, including medical emergencies,
disaster emergencies, or criminal activity,"
Ebert said in a news release.
associationsnow.com
Unmanned Convenience Stores Coming to
U.S.
Supermarket chain iFresh to distribute biometric automated retail
technology in the Americas
"iFresh is planning to open unmanned convenience stores in the United
States in the future. We hope to develop a franchise system and
use this technology to transform gas station convenience stores across
the United States so that they benefit from reduced labor costs.
Further, iFresh has started to incorporate retail smart technology services and
smart technology across the value chain."
The retail technologies use palm prints, facial recognition, artificial
intelligence and smartphone apps to replace traditional labor with
automated checkout machines and provide a seamless customer experience,
according to the announcement.
biometricupdate.com
The Death Of Retail In NYC
Vacant Retail Space in NYC Nearly Triples Since 2016
The New York Times recently set out, panoramic camera in hand, to
capture the retail wasteland in New York City, and more warning signs
about the US economy.
"When you walk the streets, you see vacancies on every block in all five
boroughs, rich or poor areas - even on Madison Avenue, where you used to
have to fight to get space," said Faith Hope Consolo, head of retail leasing for
Douglas Elliman Real Estate, who said the increase in storefront vacancies
in New York City had created "the most challenging retail landscape in my 25
years in real estate."
Consolo said a recent survey conducted by the firm found that
approximately 20 percent of all retail space in Manhattan is currently
vacant, compared with 7 percent in 2016. As the commercial real
estate crisis continues to engulf New York City, this is contradictory
to the era of soaring prosperity maintained by the administration.
safehaven.com
Macy's Hiring 80,000 Total For Holidays -
E-Comm Up 23% to 23,500
1,000 people will be hired across the country to support the 92nd annual
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Santalands and other iconic holiday
events.
chainstoreage.com
Target to add 20% more holiday hires &
Double E-Comm. hires
Stores keep closing. Bay Area retailers
still can't find workers
7-Eleven rolls out Apple Pay, Google Pay
to all US stores
Hudson's Bay to Merge Two Department
Store Chains -
Galeria Kaufhof & Kastadt - Now Europe's 3rd Largest
RetailNext Forecasts Strong 4 to 4.5 Percent Holiday Growth for Retail
Sector
Arizona Limits Liability for Hiring Ex-Offenders
Quarterly Results
Kroger Q2 comp's up 1.6%, sales up 1%
HBC Q2 comp's down 0.4%, sales down 2%
Saks Fifth Ave comp's up
6.7%
DSG (Hudson's Bay, Lord & Taylor, Home Outfitters) comp's
down 3.8%
Saks Off Fifth comp's down 7.6%
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West Virginia suspect found guilty
of
selling stolen Apple devices on eBay
United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a federal jury sitting
in Charleston returned unanimous guilty verdicts following the trial of former
Logan County Schools Superintendent Phyllis Doty, 68, of Logan.
The scheme began in 2011 when the Logan County Board of Education regularly
purchased Apple iPods and iPads for Logan County Schools staff. The jury found
that between 2011 and 2015, Doty stole at least 20 of these devices, and either
sold them on eBay for profit, or gave them to family members as gifts. Doty
directed the purchase of the devices or purchased them herself, and then sold
them online or gave them away to her family.
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All-Tag Releases Two New Premier Solutions
Q-Tag: A New Higher ROI Hard Tag
 Q-Tag
will deliver a higher ROI than any other EAS hard Tag on the market.
"The Q-Tag is an EAS and RFID solution that combines high security,
versatility, efficiency, safety, and marketing/promotion," commented
ALL-TAG's Vice President of Sales, Andy Gilbert.
"It is very challenging to create a revolutionary EAS hard tag these
days, but I can honestly say we have done it with the Q-Tag. It is by
far the most secure and attractive hard tag on the market, and it's the
only one that can come equipped with AM, RF, and RFID technologies all
in the same tag," Gilbert continued. "Due to the custom printing of
brand logos, promotional messages, QR codes, etc., even
marketing/merchandising departments will love the Q-Tag."
Read more here
Q-Wrap: A New EAS Clear Cover Label
 The
Q-Wrap is the premier solution for protecting high-shrink, high-value
retail products that cannot be protected with traditional EAS tags or
labels. The Q-Wrap provides a new, simple, quick, and effective way to
protect articles from shoplifting such as small cosmetics, perfumes, and
other high-value packaged or standalone items.
"Loss Prevention Executives had simply given up on protecting certain
hard to protect merchandise such as cosmetics and other health and
beauty products, but now they can circle back to those with the Q-Wrap,"
explained ALL-TAG's Vice President of Sales, Andy Gilbert.
"It is the only product on the market that will secure those high-value,
high-shrink products without destroying them when customers remove the wrap from
the products at home."
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 NRF
Cybersecurity Forum
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION | WASHINGTON, DC
September 24, 2018 | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm Eastern
The event will consist of two sessions: a general forum open to all NRF retail
member executives immediately followed by an NRF IT Security Council (ITSC)
meeting.
Retailers will be able to learn about cyber risks they face during NRF's
Cybersecurity Forum, which is scheduled to be held Sept. 24 in Washington.
Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Christopher Krebs and former DHS
Secretary Michael Chertoff will speak at the NRF members-only event. NRF's IT
Security Council will also discuss third-party risk management and cyber-attack
modeling.
See
Agenda
nrf.com
CISO is the C-suite role every retailer needs
 Companies
in every sector today are "always on" with links throughout the supply
chain. Always on connectivity means that businesses are also always
vulnerable to cyberattacks. This is why all type of businesses, especial
those in the retail ecosystem, need to establish the role of Chief
Information Security Officer (CISO) - and why the role must be part of
the C-Suite.
This role must integrate with all aspects of the business, from product
development, to marketing and the sales floor - whether that's in a
physical store or on a web site. A retailer's website is the sales floor
of the digital environment and potential vulnerabilities are everywhere.
In the retail sector, an online presence is a major, and sometimes the
only, conduit for service delivery, so the role of the CISO in building
trust in the retailer's community is of great value to the business.
 Each company's risk tolerance is different, as is each company's crown
jewels, depending upon its type of businesses and organizational goals.
This is why it is critical to have a CISO at the leadership table: to
understand the business and risks to business operations, and to be a
part of the conversation of any business strategy from the beginning.
retailleader.com
4 Trends Giving CISOs Sleepless Nights
IoT attacks, budget shortfalls, and the skills gap are among the problems
keeping security pros up at night.
1. Attacks involving IoT are increasing, resulting in a call for
increased IT security budgets.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the next great frontier in the business
world, and it's making its way into people's homes as well, in the form
of smart thermostats, refrigerators, and even complete home control
systems. IoT is a high-growth industry that is looking to cross the $1
trillion mark sooner than later.
2. The security skill-set gap continues to widen due to talent
scarcity, leading more companies to adopt AI and machine learning
technology to detect and manage attacks.
Like everyone else in IT, security organizations have to search for
efficiencies. Throughout 2018, we're continuing to expect much of those
efforts to come from either outsourced services or machines.
3. Security orgs are prioritizing risk-reducing solutions and
consumption-based services in an attempt to relieve sagging budgets.
It's not just talent that the security industry is struggling to find
enough of, it's also dollars. In response, CISOs are having to get
inventive. One of the top emerging trends we're seeing in 2018 is the
continued maturation of security-as-a-service models.
4. More enterprises are relying on CISOs to devise strategies and set
provisions for security requirements that abide by GDPR standards.
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) recently kicked into
gear, and noncompliance carries the potential for significant penalties.
Globally, organizations have been actively assessing the impact of GDPR
on their business and data privacy and management operations.
darkreading.com
New Study: The Business Case for Biometric
Authentication - Goode Intelligence
How Methods of Identifying & Authenticating
Customers can be Improved
The Business Case for Biometric Authentication, sets out the qualitative and
quantitative basis for the return on investment from the use of biometric
authentication in new customer registration and ongoing customer authentication
across a number of business channels, commercial units and usage scenarios.
The study concluded the following benefits can be derived from biometric
authentication:
● Better customer engagement contributing to Net Promoter Score (NPS)
with 45 percent of survey respondents expressing 'very high' agreement with the
statement.
● Lower customer acquisition costs
● Operational cost efficiencies with 56% of survey respondents seeing
reduced call centre call volume benefits as a result of deploying biometrics,
leading to a calculated cost saving for a five million customer bank of
US$6.25MM annually
● Security and compliance benefits, including PSD2, with 78% of survey
respondents seeing increased compliance as a result of deploying biometrics,
particularly addressing Open Banking/PSD2 Strong Customer Authentication
● Consistent customer experience across channels that can lead to a cost
benefit of multiple millions of dollars annually by replacing numerous
authentication systems with a single authentication platform that supports all
channels.
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Before It Was Hacked, Equifax Had a Different Fear: Chinese Spying
After Going to the FBI, the Investigation Stalled
Two years before Equifax Inc. stunned the world with the announcement it
had been hacked, the credit-reporting company believed it was the victim
of another theft, only this time at the hands of Chinese spies,
according to people familiar with the matter.
 In the previously undisclosed incident, security officials feared that
former employees had removed thousands of pages of proprietary
information before leaving and heading to jobs in China. Materials
included code for planned new products, human-resources files and
manuals.
At one point, Equifax grew so worried it began building a way to
monitor the computer activity of all of its ethnic-Chinese employees,
according to people familiar with the investigation. The resource-heavy
project, which raised legal concerns internally, was short-lived.
Some investigators believed Equifax's intense focus on the matter
contributed to a delay in the company's understanding the extent of the
2017 hack of consumers' information, an event that hammered Equifax's
stock, cost some executives their jobs, including Mr. Smith, and damaged
the company's reputation.
Ultimately, the previously undisclosed investigation undertaken by the
FBI stalled. The FBI wanted to pursue a criminal case, believing the
theft of trade secrets costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a
year, with China the leading offender, said people familiar with the
investigation. Equifax began to worry about legal exposure and how
onerous the inquiry could become, according to these people, and
eventually reduced its cooperation with law enforcement.
wsj.com
Woolworths warns 11M customers could be at risk from rewards scheme scam
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Joan Sparks tells us about some new solutions coming out of Tyco's development
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interactive video displays.
MCs Joe LaRocca & Amber Bradley - Quick Take 3
"It's not if you get breached, but when you get breached."
Joe and Amber discuss the new challenges facing retailers when it comes to cyber
security, brand reputation, and the growing scope of what LP/AP departments are
challenged to protect.
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Jail time for review fraudsters:
TripAdvisor heralds landmark legal ruling in the fight against paid review fraud
TripAdvisor, the global leader in online review fraud prevention, today
commended the result of a pivotal legal ruling in Italy which saw a persistent
online review fraudster sentenced to jail.
In one of the first legal cases of its kind, the Criminal Court of Lecce ruled
that writing fake reviews using a false identity is criminal conduct under
Italian criminal law. The owner of PromoSalento, which sold fake review packages
to hospitality businesses in Italy, was sentenced to nine months in prison and
ordered to pay approximately 8,000 Euros in costs and damages.
Paid review fraud - when companies or individuals 'sell' fake reviews to
business owners - is a violation of the law in many jurisdictions, but this is
one of the first cases of enforcement resulting in a criminal conviction.
pilotonline.com
Juul Gets Restraining Order on Fake Chinese
E-Cigarettes
The company filed trademark claims against 30
entities in China for selling counterfeit Juul-brand devices and nicotine pods
on EBay Inc., according to a
statement Tuesday. Juul was granted a temporary restraining order late last
month by a judge in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, who froze the PayPal
accounts of those businesses.
Juul, which has more than two-thirds of the U.S. e-cigarette market, said
there's reason to believe the fake products could be harmful since the sourcing
and ingredients are unknown.
"The scale of counterfeit Juul products is alarming," Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Burns said in the statement. "These counterfeiters also drive a black
market where there is no age verification."
Juul has made
recent efforts to limit the sale of its products to minors, a response to
backlash from public health groups and government agencies over the appeal of
its devices to young adults and teens.
Juul has also teamed with online platforms to take down unlawful sales of its
product, which are only legally available through authorized dealers. The
company has worked to remove more than 16,000 listings from online marketplaces
since January.
bloomberg.com
Online holiday sales to increase 15% & Amazon
to Take 40% of ALL Sales
NetElix's 2018 Holiday Forecast projects that Amazon's holiday sales will
translate into $38.8 billion dollars, up $29.4 billion from last year. All
other retailers combined are projected to make an additional $3.6 billion in
holiday ecommerce sales this year.
chainstoreage.com
Amazon Growing Their Fashion Lines - Files
Trademark App.'s for 8 Apparel Lines
Alibaba reportedly enters e-commerce deal in
Russia
Prime members ready to buy Rx from Amazon
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Lower Saucon Township, PA: Traffic stop turns up
metal-lined purses, $10K in stolen clothing recovered
Authorities allege two Queens, NY woman lined their purses with metal and duct
tape so they could shoplift thousands of dollars of merchandise. Angie Sanches-Saenz
and Julie J. Acevedo, face theft and conspiracy charges. District Judge Antonia
Grifo arraigned the pair Wednesday morning, setting bail for Sanches-Saenz at
$25,000 and at $35,000 for Acevedo. About 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Pennsylvania State
Police pulled over a white van on eastbound Interstate 78 for traffic
violations. When the trooper asked for the vehicle's registration, Sanches-Saenz
told authorities that she borrowed the van. State Police asked for permission to
search the vehicle, which Sanches-Saenz denied.
Police brought in a K9 unit and the dog "gave alert behavior," prompting the
trooper to conduct a probable cause search. A search of several large laundry
bags behind the driver's seat allegedly turned up clothing from American Eagle,
Express, Gymboree and Hollister along with bras and underwear from Victoria's
Secret. Police said all the plastic security tags were all still attached to the
clothing. Police allege they also found empty purses that were particularly
heavy. The purses were lined with thin metal and duct tape that authorities
allege succeed in blocking the sensors in security tags. The searched turned up
about $10,683 in stolen merchandise.
wfmz.com
 Queensbury,
NY: Repeat Walmart shoplifter headed to prison for 1 to 3 years
A Glens Falls woman who has been arrested repeatedly for shoplifting at local
Walmart stores is headed to state prison for her latest arrest. Valerie A. Hess,
46, pleaded guilty to felony attempted burglary for a July 2 arrest. She was
charged with burglary because she was banned from the store, so she entered the
building without permission to commit a crime. She was on probation at that
point for a guilty plea less than a month earlier for an attempted burglary
conviction in connection with a June 2016 shoplifting bust at the same store.
Warren County Judge John Hall agreed to impose a 1.5- to 3-year prison term for
the new guilty plea and for violating probation in the earlier case, with the
terms to be run concurrently.
poststar.com
Mandeville, LA: 4 Mississippi women arrested
after shoplifting $5K in clothing
 Video
surveillance from the Old Navy store in Mandeville showed the suspects
concealing items inside of large purses before leaving without paying.
Mandeville police responded to a report of shoplifting Tuesday night at the Old
Navy store and obtained a description of the suspects and their vehicle. While
canvassing the area, officers found the vehicle and the women and took them into
custody. In the vehicle, investigators found stolen items from the Old Navy in
Mandeville, as well as Victoria's Secret, JCPenney and Maurice's stores, police
said. Investigators are trying to determine which stores the items came from.
nola.com
Orland Park, IL: ID Thief Pawns Jewelry Purchased
With Stolen Credit Card; Woman purchased $4,600 of jewelry at JC Penney using a
stolen ID and pawned it for fraction of value
According to the charges, LaTasha Reid went to JC Penney around 2:30 p.m. Aug.
20, where she purchased a bracelet, earrings and a ring totaling $4,639. The
prosecutor said she took the jewelry and pawned it at a local pawn shop, where
she received $525. Reid went back to the store a few days later where she
allegedly used the same credit card to buy $1,398 worth of clothing. The
prosecutor said the information on the credit card and Reid's ID did not match,
so the sale was declined. The cardholder soon received credit cards with Reid's
name on them, who had allegedly added herself on the account as an authorized
user. The prosecutor said that JC Penney and pawn shop employees identified Reid
in a photo array.
patch.com
Wheelersburg, OH: Couple accused of Burglarizing Car
Washes in 4 States arrested in Ohio
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Shootings, Assault & Deaths
San Antonio, TX: 7-Eleven Theft turn to Officer
Involved Shooting;
suspect shot and killed
 The
41-year-old man who was shot multiple times by a San Antonio police officer
early Thursday morning reached for a handgun and drove his vehicle at the
officer before being shot. Officers were responding to a report of a theft
around 1:30 a.m. Thursday at a 7-Eleven on the corner of Culebra Road and North
Zarzamora Street. There, two SAPD officers found the man, Augustine Gutierrez,
standing near the driver's side of his 2012 Hyundai, which matched the
description of the thief's vehicle. According to the report, Gutierrez ignored
the officers' commands to move away from the vehicle and instead got inside and
started revving the engine.
Flavin said that's when Gutierrez yelled at the officers, "Go ahead and kill
me!" The police report said an officer fired his Taser gun twice after Gutierrez
refused to get out of his vehicle. When officers tried to pull Gutierrez out of
the vehicle, one officer said she saw Gutierrez reaching for the the backside of
a handgun that he had in his waistband.
ksat.com
Bakersfield, CA: Six killed in shooting rampage;
began outside a Trucking Company
 An
unidentified gunman shot and killed five people in a series of shootings on
Wednesday in southern California before taking his own life, Reuters reports,
citing local police. The shootings began shortly before 5:30 p.m. local time in
Bakersfield. According to the Kern County Sheriff, the man first killed his wife
and a man at a trucking company in Bakersfield. He then chased another man from
the trucking company before he shot and killed him in front of a nearby sports
store. The gunman later killed two men at a residence. He then commandeered a
vehicle from a woman and her child before he killed himself when he was
confronted by a sheriff's deputy.
abc7.com
Ada, OK: Dollar General Employee helps save a
female victim of rape, kidnapping and assault
An Ada man was held without bail in the Pontotoc County Justice Center Wednesday
on allegations he raped and assaulted a woman he held captive for days. James
Jay Jordanoff IV, was arrested Monday evening after police said a woman he was
with tried to signal a Dollar General clerk for help.
Police were summoned to the Dollar General Store in Ada around 7:45 p.m. Monday
by a clerk who reported Jordanoff had just left the store with a woman. The
clerk told police the woman whispered "help me," before leaving the store. "The
clerk reported the woman was visibly shaken and distraught." Records indicate
the woman returned to the store while police were actively searching the area
for her and Jordanoff.
The woman told police she had been "kept by the man against her will for ...
about a week," during which, the woman said, "he physically beat her and
sexually assaulted her multiple times in the previous days," threatening her
with a large knife and a gun. Police located Jordanoff at a garage apartment in
Ada, where the woman said she was held. Records indicate when officers arrived,
Jordanoff was inside the apartment yelling the woman's name. After a brief foot
pursuit, Jordanoff was taken into custody.
theadanews.com
Minneapolis, MN: Update: Teen Charged in Fatal
Convenience Store Shooting
A 19-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting one of two victims at a
Minneapolis convenience store. Demerio Davis is accused of killing 23-year-old
Samuel Abron-Yeager during a confrontation at Emerson Food Market early Sunday.
wjon.com
Rossville, GA: Motorcycle Dealership and Computer Store
hit by bullets
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
 Roseville,
CA: Third Apple Store Robbery This Week In Roseville Leads To Crash; 3 Arrested
Three suspects are under arrest for a grab-and-go robbery at the Apple store in
the Roseville Galleria, following a high-speed police chase and crash. The
robbery Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. was the third in just the past four days
at that particular Apple store. Police took all three suspects who were wanted
in the robbery into custody. Wednesday's robbery targeted $15,000 in Apple Store
merchandise. The same store was robbed of $5,000 of merchandise Monday, and
$15,000 on Sunday. Combined, that's $37,000 in stolen Apple items in four days.
cbslocal.com
Beaver Creek, OH: Ohio Highway Patrol arrest 3
for Jewelry Store Robbery
Glendale, AZ: Trio caught in 9 West Valley Circle K
Robberies
Mobile, AL: The Mobile Police Department's Cyber
Intelligence Unit posted a video to Facebook showing C-Store Armed Robbery
DeBary, FL: DNA on baseball cap solves 8-month-old Circle
K Armed Robbery; Terrified employee held at knifepoint
New Orleans, LA: Man jailed following robbery spree that
targeted Walmart, Winn-Dixie
Oklahoma City, OK: OKC Police Asking For Help Identifying
Serial Armed Robber
Sentencings, Indictments & Charges
Denver, CO: No charges for Police Officer in
fatal shooting of a C-Store Armed Robbery suspect
Corpus Christi, TX: Man pleads guilty to 2 counts
of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon; sentenced to 12 years
Baltimore, MD: Queen Anne's County Couple Pleads Guilty to
Multi-State Crime Spree; 8 ATM's and 4 vehicles
Selma, AL: Spider-Man sentenced to 20 years for Save-A-Lot
and ABC Store Armed Robberies
10 Members of Northern Manhattan Robbery Crew & Street
Gang "200" Indicted
Wreaked Havoc For Years on Businesses, Injured Robbery Victims & Killed Innocent
Man
Serial Robber Gets 32 Yrs Fed Prison For Over 20 Armed
Robberies of Retailers in Broward & Miami-Dade Counties
Fort Lauderdale Resident Sentenced to 92 Years in Prison
for Violent Armed Retail Robberies & Carjacking
Washington, D.C. Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal
Prison for Robbing a Prince George's County Retailer at Gunpoint
Miami-Dade County Resident Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison
for Multiple Robberies of Retailers
Erie Convenience Store Owner Sentenced to Probation,
Ordered to Pay $46k Restitution for Food Stamp Fraud Scheme |
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AT&T - Indianapolis, IN - Robbery
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Apple - Roseville, CA - Robbery
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Boost Mobile - Columbus, GA - Burglary
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CBD store - Oklahoma City, OK - Burglary
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C-Store - Carmel, IN - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Klamath Falls, OR - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Mobile, AL - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Tulsa, OK - Armed Robbery
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C- Store - Moss Point, MS - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Marion, IN - Armed Robbery
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Circle K - Glendale, AZ - Robbery
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Circle K - El Paso, TX - Armed Robbery
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Cricket Wireless - Dellwood, MN - Robbery
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Gas Station - Madison, WI - Armed Robbery (2nd in 9 days)
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Gas Station - Powder Springs, GA - Burglary
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Jewelry - Pittsburgh, PA - Armed Robbery
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Jewelry - Beaver Creek, OH - Robbery
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Valero - San Antonio, TX - Armed Robbery
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Verizon - Grosse Point, MI -Robbery
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7-Eleven - Nanakuli, HI - Armed Robbery (2nd this wk)
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7-Eleven - Denver, CO - Armed Robbery
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Michael Seltenrich named Asset Protection as the Manager of Inventory
Control for Five Below |
Dan Helmick named Regional Asset Protection Manager for Five Below |
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