|
|
|
  |
|
|
Retailers to Pilot RFID for Loss Prevention
 Sensormatic
Solutions' TrueVUE system now includes
shrink management as part of its
software-as-a-service stack, enabling
retailers to begin identifying items that are removed from a store, and thereby
ensuring inventory can be replaced.
Six retailers worldwide will begin piloting a new feature from
Sensormatic Solutions
(a Johnson Controls company) early next year, using passive UHF RFID for shrink
management. The solution is part of the company's platform designed to bring
intelligence to electronic article surveillance (EAS).
Read more in today's Vendor
Spotlight below.
Securitas Electronic Security Purchases Customer Contracts of iVerify
Securitas Electronic Security (SES) announces the acquisition of customer
contracts and certain select assets of iVerify. Terms of the transaction were
not disclosed. The acquisition supports SES's strategy of building its
electronic security business in North America, the announcements states.
"We are excited to welcome iVerify's clients to the SES client portfolio in
North America. These clients align very well with our existing business
operations and strategic focus, enabling us to bring our SES services and
operational excellence to best serve these clients coast to coast in the U.S.
and Canada," says Tony Byerly, president and CEO, SES.
securitysales.com
Across the Pond - Same Trends in UK
Decriminalization & Lack of Police Response Impacting UK Retailers As Well
'Shop theft penalties decline by 95% in past decade'
 The
number of penalty notices issued for shop theft under £100 ($130 U.S.) has
significantly declined over the past 10 years, official figures reveal.
The Ministry of Justice statistical bulletin, covering the year ending June
2019, found a 95% decline since 2009 from 49,445 penalty notices issued
for shop theft offences under £100 to 2,279.
ACS chief executive, James Lowman, said: "The policy of giving fixed penalty
notices to shop thieves - relegating these offences to the status of a
parking fine - has failed. Not only has this approach prevented proper
interventions to deter future offences and support perpetrators with addiction
and other problems, but the police are now saying that this system isn't
workable.
"Shop theft must be taken seriously as an offence in its own right and because
it is the top trigger for violent incidents that occur in local shops.
Figures from our Crime Report show that in the convenience sector alone, there
were almost 10,000 incidents of violence and abuse last year.
"Over three quarters of offenders stealing from local shops are repeat offenders
who are not deterred by fines or cautions. The government must undertake an
urgent review into how.
ACS' Crime Report 2019 found that retailers are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with
the response they receive from police to crime against their business: 86% were
dissatisfied with the sanctions issued to offenders and 85% were dissatisfied
with the consistency of police response.
talkingretail.com
More Biometrics Coming
Amazon patents technology that ID's shoppers hands
 Today, visitors to
Amazon Go cashierless stores need to scan an app to get in.
In the future, Amazon may instead ask to just scan their hands instead.
The US Patent and Trademark Office published a
patent application from Amazon on
Thursday for a touchless scanning system that would identify people not by their
faces but by characteristics associated with the palms of their hands, including
wrinkles and veins.
The inventors also describe the placement of scanners at entrances or exits of a
given location, and associating a scan with a person's account so that "if the
user picks an item from an inventory location and leaves the facility, their
account may be billed for that item."
Amazon has opened 24 Amazon Go locations in the US since debuting the
first one
on the ground floor of Amazon's Seattle headquarters nearly two years ago. An
illustration associated with the patent application shows a person scanning
their hand at an entrance gate that resembles the one in Amazon Go stores.
vox.com
FAA Proposes Remote ID Technology for Drones
 The Federal Aviation Administration this week issued proposed rules for the
remote identification of drones in the U.S. The "next exciting step in safe
drone integration" (their words) aims to offer a kind of license plate analog to
identify the some 1.5 million drones currently registered with the governmental
body.
The document is currently available online through the Federal Register in a
kind of draft form, as part of a 60-day comment period. The FAA is using the two
months to solicit feedback from drone operators, enthusiasts and general
aviation safety wonks.
techcrunch.com
SVP Tech Ops & Engineering for Rakuten Marketing a Global Internet Marketing
Company Pleads Guilty To $6M Fraud
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: "As he admitted today, Hicham
Kabbaj of Long Island, defrauded the company for which he worked by arranging
for payment of fraudulent invoices to a shell company he created. Kabbaj now
awaits sentencing for his $6 million deception."
justice.gov
9 Retailers Make Fortune's 2019 Best Workplaces for Diversity List
Publix is ranked No. 23 on Fortune's 2019 Best
Workplaces for Diversity list
Fortune research partner
Great Place to Work
compiles this annual list of U.S. companies that create inclusive cultures for
women and people of all genders, people of color, LGBTQ people, employees who
are Boomers or older, and people who have disabilities. In addition to diversity
numbers, the ranking is based on surveys of employees, who rated the level of
camaraderie they experience at work, the effectiveness of their leaders, and
other factors that inspire trust in an employer.
#23 - Publix
#26 - Wegmans Food Markets
#28 - REI
#40 - The Cheesecake Factory
#43 - Car Max
#62 - Foot Locker
#66 - T-Mobile
#77 - Burlington Stores
#90 - QuickTrip
fortune.com |
|
Retailers led job cuts in 2019
U.S. employers closed out the year with the lowest number of monthly job cuts in
December since July 2018, but cut 592,556
jobs from their payrolls in 2019, 10% more than in 2018.
Retail led the downsizing, with 77,475 job
cuts in 2019, 21% lower than 2018 - 48,753
of them due to bankruptcies, according to the report, which was emailed to
Retail Dive. In fact, job cuts due to bankruptcy, which overall were 10.5% of
total cuts last year and the highest since 2005, were dominated by retailers,
the firm said.
Companies cited restructuring for most of the total - 137,968 - with another
130,728 due to closures of operations. Trade difficulties accounted for 11,688
job cuts, and tariffs for 5,881.
Retailers also announced 886,515 new jobs
in 2019, the vast majority of them
(789,781) seasonal.
retaildive.com
Three Trends in 2020
The Rise of the Mega Project
The Contractors Need Something to Build
In October, American Dream, the 3 million-sq.-ft. retail and entertainment
complex at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J. opened phase one. Before the
holiday, the Miami Herald
reported that the country's largest shopping center is
coming to Miami-Dade in 2025.
Mega-projects are rising all over the country and
changing the retail landscape and experience.
Recent mega-projects' immediate impact goes far beyond the single project. From
Hudson Yards to Essex Crossing to the Boston Seaport, these massive developments
drive traffic from locals to tourists and their buzz keeps getting louder. Placer.ai expects
2020 to bring about a variety of new
projects and openings to recreate this
magic across the country.
Store Closures: Retail Apocalypse Vs. Correction
Market Correction will Continue
Coresight Research published their report "Weekly
US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2019" which found "In the US,
9,302 store closures
have been announced year to date, compared to 5,844 closures for the full year
2018;
4,392 store openings
have been announced year to date, compared to 3,258 openings in 2018."
Nic(h)e & New: Filling the Retail Vacuum
Direct-to-Consumer is Hot
A rising number of product-oriented companies are focusing on expanding their
branded retail footprint and they expect it to continue. Stores like Nike, Puma,
Lululemon, and Levis are all focusing on their relationships with consumers and
using brick and mortar to strengthen online sales.
"New direct-to-consumer brands are
grabbing attention with big advertising budgets."
chainstoreage.com
The Amazon & Online Impact
Across the Pond in the UK - Mirroring the US
Some 16,073 stores shut down in 2019 with 140,000 staff axed
- the most in 25
years.
The high street has suffered its worst year of job losses for a quarter of a
century with more than 140,000 workers axed, a report has revealed. An average
of 2,750 retail jobs went every week in the past 12 months, researchers said, up
by more than a fifth on 2018.
The Centre for Retail Research, which conducted the study, warned the "crisis"
could see 171,000 go in 2020.
The Government last night named the first towns that will be helped by a
£1billion taskforce aimed at reviving town centres.
Jobs on the high street have plunged by almost 300,000 since 2011,
hitting women
hardest, a report shows. The number of retail cashiers and check-out operators
fell by 75,500, or 32%, due to the combined effects of austerity and online
shopping.
While around
80% of the 289,000 axed high street jobs were held by women, 90% of
the 100,000 new van drivers that have been hired to deliver internet orders are
men. "The carnage on the high street has hollowed out many jobs traditionally
held by women. "This is having a profound effect on individuals, families and
society."
mirror.co.uk
Going to NRF's Big Show in NYC?
Here's their suggestions for "10 Must-See New
York Stores"
With NRF 2020 Vision: Retail's Big Show in New York, we're surrounded by the
future of retail - all the
innovation, creativity and technology that comes
together
to make the Big Apple a retail destination.
We've made it easy to see some of these retail superstars with
two self-guided
store tours, available through the
NRF 2020 mobile app, and developed by Accenture with store research provided in partnership with the Retail Design
Institute. The latest technology-integrated store tour features 20 stops
encompassing grocery, luxury, fashion, beauty and electronics, while New York
City's best-designed new stores includes 20 showstopping retail spaces.
 From Central Park South to Wall Street and Brooklyn, you'll want to find time to
visit at least a few of the stores on the list. We've compiled some of our
favorites to get you started - if you want to stretch your legs, you can walk
from the Javits Center to SoHo and stop at all 10. Check out the NRF Events App
for the full experience.
The Retail Design Institute and
Nordstrom showcase the year's
best designed new
stores of New York.
nrf.com
ISCPO 360 Security Podcast
Episode 9 - Conversation with Henry Bonner and Mark Russo of Riskpulse
Henry
Bonner is Chief Product Officer and
Mark Russo is SVP of Weather Operations at Riskpulse, a
supply chain risk analytics company that helps its clients and their partners
increase the predictability and stability of their financial and physical
operations globally. Many of the largest food shippers, consumer packaged goods
manufacturers, automakers, and retailers trust the Riskpulse
Score (RpS) and the Riskpulse suite of cloud-based software applications to
standardize their quantification of risk and guide their operational planning.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, Riskpulse is rapidly becoming the standard way for
members of the supply chain to get the signals they need to optimize for risk.
iscpo.org
Senior LP & AP Jobs
Market
National VP, Child & Club Safety for Boys & Girls Clubs of America in Atlanta,
GA
 Under
the general direction of the Chief Operations Officer and in close collaboration
with the President/CEO and Senior Vice President & General Counsel, the National
Vice President, Child & Club Safety (NVP) will provide strategic leadership and
direction for Boys & Girls Clubs of America's (BGCA) child safety strategy and
advocacy agenda, both nationally and with local BGC organizations. This position
will represent BGCA as one of its national spokespersons on child safety. Advise
local organizations on risk management, loss prevention, emergency management,
and insurance practices. Lead, prepare and develop assigned staff.
icims.com
Loss Prevention Director for Rent One in St. Louis, MO
 The Loss Prevention Director is on the front line of defense to identify and
prevent theft of cash and merchandise. A great Loss Prevention Director is
driven, has outstanding analytical skills, and isn't afraid to dig in and find
the truth. This position is never boring and requires extensive travel
throughout the nation's Heartland. Responsible for the investigation and
detection of coworker and vendor activity that would cause a loss to Company
assets; Assist in implementing and maintaining awareness programs or audits
relating to shortage, theft prevention, inventory control and safety; Document
and report company policy and procedure violations perpetrated by coworkers in a
formal written report; Monitors all Rent One safety policies and procedures; and
more.
indeed.com
VP, Information Security for Tractor Supply Co. in Brentwood, TN
 This position is responsible for establishing and maintaining a company wide
information security management program to ensure that information assets are
adequately protected. This position is responsible for identifying, evaluating
and reporting on information security risks in a manner that meets compliance
and regulatory requirements, and aligns with and supports the risk posture of
the enterprise.
linkedin.com
H&M California Workers Claim They're Owed for Time in Security Screenings, Move
Forward in Class Action
Lowe's to hire 53,000 in its more than 1,700 stores for spring
The most expensive purchase on eBay during 2019 was...
First Ever 'National Use Your Gift Card Day' Jan 18th
|
All the News - One Place - One Source - One Time
Thanks to our sponsors/partners - Take the time to thank them as well please.
If it wasn't for them The Daily wouldn't be here every day for you.
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
Retailers to Pilot RFID
for Loss Prevention
Sensormatic Solutions' TrueVUE system now includes shrink management as
part of its software-as-a-service stack, enabling retailers to begin identifying
items that are removed from a store, and thereby ensuring inventory can be
replaced.
Six retailers worldwide will begin piloting a new feature from
Sensormatic Solutions
(a Johnson Controls company) early next year, using passive UHF RFID for shrink
management. The solution is part of the company's platform designed to bring
intelligence to electronic article surveillance (EAS).
 RFID
for Loss Prevention is an expanded line of RFID-based shrink-visibility
solutions that leverages the company's TrueVUE software-as-a-service (SaaS)
retail analytics solution, using Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Companies can pay
a subscription price for multiple solutions, ranging from RFID as EAS to
inventory management and smart fitting rooms using RFID or other Internet of
Things (IoT) technologies. Pilots are slated to begin during the first quarter
of 2020.
Sensormatic designed TrueVUE to provide an affordable solution for stores to
automate the management of merchandise, better enable accurate unified commerce
sales and "buy online, pick up in store" (BOPIS) models and improve the customer
experience. The company launched the system approximately eight years ago as an
on-premises solution to help track inventory, and it provided analytics
regarding theft detection using EAS acousto-magnetic or RF technology.
Earlier this year, Sensormatic released a cloud-based version of the solution
thay provides the Google-based stack of SaaS features for shrink visibility, as
well as other features and functions as customers move toward other
capabilities. The SaaS version offers a feature dedicated to capturing RFID tag
reads at store exits, whether at the store front (as customers remove goods) or
at the back door (where shrinkage can also take place). The feature can be added
to an existing TrueVUE deployment, or it can be operated as a new service for
which other functionality could be added as needed.
This feature signals the maturity of RFID technology for EAS as UHF tags, says
Brent Brown, Sensormatic's VP of global inventory intelligence and general
manager, and readers are achieving greater read accuracy and reliability than in
previous years. In parallel, he says, there is a growing presence of RFID tags
on garments and other products in stores. Many retailers are finding RFID tags
attached to their merchandise by brands and suppliers, Brown reports, and many
are applying or using existing RFID tags for their own inventory-management
purposes. Using those tags for EAS, however, has posed a challenge. Without the
proper software managing such a system, he notes, false or nuisance alarms can
be commonplace, and the data coming from the readers is often difficult to
manage.
Read more at
rfidjournal.com |
|
 |
|
|
|
Cybercriminals latest retail target? Loyalty programs
Per the
Forter Fraud Attack Index report, loyalty fraud has increased by 89% in
only one year. Failing to protect such incentives is not only a financial
headache for customers, retailers and financial services, but it can also drive
consumers to more secure competitors, experts said.
While consumers may be on high alert for suspicious credit and debit card
transactions, consumers do not check their loyalty rewards as often as they
might examine their other financial accounts. It thus delays discovery when
points have been stolen.
Travel-related loyalty programs such as those that offer rewards for
hotels and flights, as well as other high-value incentives, as higher risk
for attracting hackers.
As for which online channel is most vulnerable, Sutherland said fraud
attacks of mobile browser sites are more successful than attacks on
mobile apps, because mobile apps tend to be more frequently embedded with
security updates.
Where retailers fall short in securing their loyalty programs is securing the
input platforms for signing up for rewards programs. At a minimum, retailers
need to make sure they have an SSL certificate to encrypt consumer data
transmitted from the consumer to the retailer.
retaildive.com
Will the US Get a Federal Privacy Law?
Another Year Will Go By?
Some Legislative Experts Don't Expect
Progress Soon
Democrats and the Republicans introduced a number of proposed bills in 2019
designed to create a federal privacy law. But will Congress be able to reach a
compromise in 2020?
"A federal privacy bill is unlikely until the framework of state privacy
laws becomes so complex and burdensome for businesses that it forces Congress to
take action to clarify the regulatory landscape," Hirsch says.
In the latest attempt at building a consensus, the House Energy & Commerce
Committee recently unveiled a
preliminary draft of a bipartisan consumer privacy bill. The committee is
now seeking comments from privacy experts, trade associations and companies.
The draft side-steps several of the most divisive issues, including whether a
federal law should override state privacy laws and whether individuals
should be empowered to sue companies over privacy violations.
"The dispute over certain points is more or less what is holding up any
real progress on establishing a federal regulatory standard for data privacy,"
Tomaschek says.
Perhaps the most contentious issue, some observers say, is whether to give
individual consumers the right to sue for privacy violations.
With Congress embroiled in impeachment proceedings, along with the looming 2020
presidential election, I do not see anything happening before the end of next
year." govinfosecurity.com
What Does California's New Data Privacy Law Mean? Nobody Agrees
Consumers Right to See Specific Details - Tricky Impact on LP?
'Give me everything you've got about me.'
Stopping the sale of personal data is just one of the new rights that people in
California may exercise under the new state privacy law. Yet many of the new
requirements are so novel that some companies disagree about how to comply with
them.
Even now, privacy and security experts from different companies are debating
compliance issues over private messaging channels like Slack.
The provision about selling data, for example, applies to companies that
exchange the data for money or other compensation. The issue of selling consumer
data is so fraught that many companies are unwilling to discuss it publicly.
"Companies have different interpretations, and depending on which lawyer they
are using, they're going to get different advice."
The new law has national implications because many companies, like Microsoft,
say they will apply their changes to all users in the United States rather than
give Californians special treatment. Federal privacy bills that could override
the state's law are stalled in Congress.
The California privacy law applies to businesses that operate in the state,
collect personal data for commercial purposes and meet other criteria like
generating annual revenue above $25 million. It gives Californians the right to
see, delete and stop the sale of the personal details that all kinds of
companies - app developers, retailers, restaurant chains - have on them.
 "Businesses will have to treat that information more like it's information
that belongs, is owned by and controlled by the consumer," said
Xavier Becerra, the attorney
general of California, "rather than data that, because it's in possession of
the company, belongs to the company."
LP Impact? Below:
Companies are wrangling with a part in the law that gives Californians the
right to see the specific details that companies have compiled on them, like
precise location information and facial recognition data. Residents may also
obtain the inferences that companies have made about their behavior, attitudes,
activities, psychology or predispositions.
The wide variation in companies' data-disclosure practices may not last.
California's attorney general said the law clearly requires companies to show
consumers the personal data that has been compiled about them.
"That consumer, so long as they follow the process, should be given access to
their information," Mr. Becerra said. "It could be detailed information, if a
consumer makes a very specific request about a particular type of information
that might be stored or dispersed, or it could be a general request: 'Give me
everything you've got about me.'"
- The catch. The burden is largely on consumers to ask companies how
their information is being used, and it's up to you to opt out of practices
you're uncomfortable with.
nytimes.com
CCPA Kickoff: What Businesses Need to Know
GDPR Probes to Go After More Sophisticated Technology
In the past year, European privacy regulators have fined companies over basic
security missteps and failure to protect data. In 2020 and beyond, they appear
poised to investigate how businesses use sophisticated technologies, such as
artificial intelligence and facial recognition.
Businesses were issued penalties totaling hundreds of millions of euros in 2019
for breaking the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, which took
effect in May 2018. In their first full year enforcing the law, authorities
issued some of the largest fines for problems such as weak data-security
measures and failure to get consumers' consent to process their information.
By their own account, regulators are just warming up.
There are signs that European privacy regulators will soon turn to investigating
more complex issues. Artificial intelligence and facial recognition are on their
radar.
wsj.com
Time for Insider-Threat Programs to Grow Up
Immature programs attempting to protect against damaging attacks by insiders
run the risk of alienating employees.
The vast majority of companies have embarked on establishing an insider-threat
program, but most struggle to create mature processes for detecting and
responding to employee-created risk.
In its Insider Threat Report published last year, for example, Crowd Research
Partners found that while 86% of organizations had embarked on creating a
program, most were still developing the policies and programs, and only a third
of all companies considered their insider-threat program to be mature.
In a
research paper published this week, Forrester Research found that many of
the current insider-threat programs may violate new privacy laws and the
more draconian programs may undercut employee performance, says Joseph
Blankenship, vice president of research for Forrester.
"If you get the response wrong, and that employee goes out and gets a lawyer,
you open yourself up to a world of hurt," he says. "So finding the right
response and protecting employee's privacy are the most important aspect of an
insider threat program."
Blankenship sees 2020 as the year that many companies will get insider-threat
protection right by focusing not only on risk reduction, but privacy,
transparency, and employee experience.
darkreading.com
FBI Issues Private Industry Alert For LockerGoga & MegaCortex Ransomware
Both LockerGoga and MegaCortex are ransomware infections that target the
enterprise by compromising the network and then attempting to encrypt all
its devices.
According to the alert, the actors behind LockerGoga and MegaCortex will gain a
foothold on a corporate network using exploits, phishing attacks, SQL
injections, and stolen login credentials.
When a network is compromised, the actors will be resident on the network for
months before they deploy the LockerGoga or MegaCortex ransomware
infections.
bleepingcomputer.com
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Webinar:
How accurate inventory benefits from goods receiving by RFID
Join our webinar on how accurate inventory benefits from goods receiving by RFID.
During the webinar, we will show you how to improve your Goods Receiving process
fast and simple by using our !D Cloud inventory management platform. You will
learn how it works and how it eliminates manual, time consuming checks on
received goods, while at the same time ensuring all items have been received.
We will answer the following questions:
●
Why RFID-based goods receiving?
●
What will the in-store process look like?
●
How do I integrate the feature with existing IT systems?
Register Here
Going to the NRF Big Show in January?
Meet Nedap's Team at Booth #5963
|
|
|
 |
|
|
.jpg) |
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
  |
|
|
ICE HSI arrests Chinese national in $23.8M fraud selling counterfeit laptop
computer batteries on eBay & Amazon
A San Gabriel Valley man was arrested today on federal criminal charges that he
participated in a $23.8 million scheme to manufacture and ship counterfeit
laptop computer batteries and other electronics from China to the United States,
where the bogus batteries were sold to unsuspecting buyers in online
marketplaces. Zoulin Cai, a.k.a. “Allen Cai,” 28, of La Puente, was arrested at
his residence on 12-19-2019.
Cai, a Chinese national who moved to Los Angeles County in 2012, worked for
Shenzhen Theseus Technology Co. Ltd., a China-based company. Theseus
Technology, which was owned and operated by Cai’s relatives, manufactured
counterfeit lithium-ion batteries, some of which were designed for laptop
computers.
Cai and his co-conspirators sold and shipped the counterfeit batteries to
unsuspecting individual buyers via eBay and Amazon, falsely advertising them as
brand-name new, genuine, original, or OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
products. The batteries allegedly bore counterfeit trademarks of companies such
as Apple, Dell, HP, and Toshiba, as well as counterfeit certification marks of
UL.
From 2014 through June 2019, Cai and his co-conspirators fraudulently
obtained at least $23.8 million from the sale of counterfeit laptop
batteries through eBay and Amazon. They laundered those funds, including more
than $18 million wired directly to Chinese bank accounts in the name of
Theseus Technology as well as other Chinese businesses involved in the
conspiracy.
ice.gov
1 Out of 4 Package Theft Victims End Up Buying a Video Doorbell
Two reports were recently released examining how residents react to
package thefts, as well as which states see the most and fewest break-ins.
It’s
no secret that package deliveries spike during the holidays, but with that spike
comes the looming possibility that packages either won’t arrive at all or will
be stolen right in front of a home.
“Porch pirates,” as they are often called have hashtagged their way into the
social media spotlight yet again this year, which may present the perfect
opening pitch for security integrators.
According to C + R
Research, a market research company based in Chicago, 36% of the 2,000
Americans surveyed have reported having a
package stolen, and a whopping 44% have had a package stolen twice or more.
As if this wasn’t concerning enough, 31% have learned of a neighbor’s package
being stolen.
Based on the available research, those who have had an item stolen tend to take
swift and varied measures to provide package peace of mind. The most common
approach is to install a video doorbell camera, followed by an additional
security camera and motion lights. In fact, 82% of those surveyed believe
doorbell cameras provide peace of mind.
securitysales.com
Amazon Overtakes Walmart as America's Most-SHopped Retailer for
Apparel
Amazon reports 'record-breaking' holiday sales
Top 10 e-commerce trends for 2020
Study: Retailers to up investments in e-commerce in 2020 |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Fresno, CA: Car detail shops loses more than $30,000 in products after robbery
Just days after their store was ransacked and burglarized, the team at Detail
Garage Fresno is restocking shelves with the limited supply they have left.
Gonzalez took video after her store alarm was tripped, which showed deputies
collecting evidence among the car care products that dropped as thieves tried to
escape. Detail Garage Fresno is one of a few authorized distributors of
"chemical guys" detail products. "If you see someone selling this out of the
back of a van or back of a truck on Instagram, Facebook or any type of social
media, just don't buy it," Gonzalez said. "It's probably stolen, and it probably
came from our shelves." The thieves made multiple trips to empty shelves and a
clearance table filled with products, totaling upwards of $30,000. That's not
including the computer they swiped and the cost of repairs.
abc30.com
Sioux City, IA: Texas man pleads guilty to using stolen credit card numbers to
buy $24,000 of goods
Yuniel Sanchez, 35, of Grand Prairie, Texas, entered his plea in U.S. District
Court in Sioux City to single counts of conspiracy to transport interstate
stolen property, interstate transportation of stolen property, wire fraud and
aggravated identity theft. Eleven additional charges of wire fraud and 10 other
counts of identity theft will be dismissed as part of a plea agreement. He and
Shannon Marlowe were arrested June 11 after employees at Sioux City's Scheels
store at Southern Hills Mall noticed the two, who fit a description of a couple
traveling across Iowa and Minnesota making suspicious purchases on a credit
card. Police searched a van in the parking lot and found merchandise, a credit
card embossing machine and 15 forged credit cards. Marlowe and Sanchez were
charged with using stolen credit card numbers to produce credit cards and make
purchases totaling at least $24,198 in June at Harbor Freight Tools, Pier 1
Imports and Scheels in Sioux City and at stores in Clinton, Dubuque and Mason
City in Iowa, and Rochester, Minnesota. Sanchez pleaded guilty to a charge
alleging the unlawful purchase at Bed, Bath & Beyond in Dubuque. Marlowe, 35, of
Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty last month to the same charges as Sanchez and
awaits sentencing.
siouxcityjournal.com
Lufkin, TX: Police searching for suspects accused of stealing $5,000 worth of
electronics from Target
Authorities are searching for three suspects in connection to an early Thursday
morning robbery at a store in Lufkin. According to the Lufkin Police, around
2:01 a.m. officers were sent to an alarm call at Target. Upon arrival, Target
security reported two men had broken into the store and stole electronics before
leaving. Police found the front door and an Apple electronics display case
shattered. Police say the suspects stole more than $5,000 worth of electronics
including an iPhone, Apple TV sticks, iPads, and numerous Apple accessories.
cbs19.tv
UK: St Albans, England: Warner Bros. Studio employee stole 1,400 Harry Potter
Wands and Ties to sell on eBay
 A former Warner Bros Studio employee stole $48,000 worth of Harry Potter
merchandise to sell on eBay. Adam Hill, 35, stole Harry Potter items to order,
including wands, ties, badges and key rings, from the Warner Bros Studio
stockroom between December 2017 and March 2018. Hill advertised the stolen
merchandise on his personal eBay account, posting it to buyers from a local post
office, then later using his company’s franking machine to send it from his work
post room. The thefts were discovered in March 2018 after colleagues noticed
Harry Potter stock appearing and disappearing from under Hill’s desk, and
reported him to their bosses. On 28 November Hill pleaded guilty to theft by
employee and has today been sentenced to 14 months in prison suspended for 18
months and 250 hours unpaid work at St Albans Crown Court.
mylondon.news
Sacramento, CA: Witnesses help thwart Home Depot $3,000 Power Tool thieves
 Thanks to the help of a pair of ‘very observant shoppers’ three residents of
Sacramento were arrested after allegedly stealing a cart full of merchandise
from Home Depot last weekend. The witnesses alerted Placer County Sheriff’s
Office deputies they saw two people run out of the back of the Home Depot on
Willow Creek Road just after 9 a.m. Dec. 29 with a cart full of power tools. The
shoppers also reported they saw the suspects throw the tools into the back of a
Silver Chrysler 300, which was waiting for them. The car had a Safeway bag
hanging out of the truck shielding its license plate, witnesses said, and then
they watched the car drive off. The driver, 18-year-old Londasha Chaney, told
deputies she “does this for a living.” More than $3,000 worth of power tools
were recovered from the suspect’s vehicle and returned to Home Depot.
goldcountrymedia.com
Utica, MI: Police searching for pair caught on camera in $1,900 shoplifting
spree
Berlin, VT: Woman stole 6 laptops from Walmart |
|
|
 |
|
|
 
|
|
|
Shootings & Deaths
Liberty, MO: Police shoot and kill man suspected of stealing gun from Academy
Sports, shooting employee at car dealership
 Clay County Sheriff's Office confirms that a 28-year-old man is dead following a
crime spree Thursday morning. According to authorities, the man first stole a
gun from Academy Sports + Outdoors in Liberty, Missouri. This incident happened
before 11:30 a.m. No shots were fired and no one was injured. The sheriff's
office said after stealing a gun, the suspect drove to Independence where an
employee at Landmark Dodge Chrysler Jeep RAM was shot. Independence police said
the man was a customer, and they are not sure whether he had previous
interaction with the employee. After the shooting, the 28-year-old headed north
where he was eventually shot and killed in an area just off of I-35.
fox4kc.com
Colorado Springs, CO: Shooting at Citadel Mall, one person injured
One person was shot and injured in a shooting at the Citadel Mall in Colorado
Springs late Thursday afternoon. A spokesman with the Colorado Springs Police
Department reports the call initially came in as a drive-by shooting, although
officers on the scene have not confirmed that report. It happened on the East
side of the mall, which is anchored by a Hooters Restaurant. The person who was
shot was taken to the hospital, but no further information is available
regarding their injuries.
fox21news.com
Norfolk, VA: Police investigating officer’s actions after shooting during arrest
outside Wawa
Officials are investigating an officer involved shooting that happened early
Thursday morning. Around 2 a.m., officers responded to Wawa for a report of an
armed woman who was accused of threatening store employees. Police said this was
the third time officers responded to Wawa about the woman since 10 p.m., on
January 1. The woman allegedly fled before police got there in those instances.
Following the third call, officials said the woman was found in her vehicle
parked on E. Princess Anne Road. The officers confronted the woman and while
ordering her from the vehicle an officer shot into the woman’s vehicle. The
woman was taken into custody without further incident. Neither the woman or the
officers involved were injured during the arrest.
wtkr.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
York, SC: Teen arrested after Armed Robbery, SWAT situation at Hair & Beauty
Supply Store
The situation began at a hair and beauty supply store on S. Congress Street. A
person attempted an armed robbery at the business, but someone inside the
building was able to escape the store, lock the suspect inside, and call 911.
SWAT teams were called in due to the fact that police were unsure if the robber
was still inside the store.
wbtv.com
San Antonio, TX: Fireworks Prank at Ingram Park Mall Made Shoppers Think They
Were in Midst of a Shooting
 San Antonio police are searching for two teenagers who set off fireworks inside
Ingram Park Mall, leading to panic for shoppers who thought it was a shooting.
The fireworks were set off inside Dillard’s Wednesday afternoon and shoppers
began to self-evacuate, police said. The two teenagers who ignited the fireworks
then fled. No injuries or damage were reported, but shoppers remained on high
alert.
ksat.com
Loudon, TN: Serial burglary suspect arrested; connected to 40 C-Store incidents
Police officials said Thursday that a “serial burglary suspect” had been
apprehended following the coordination with several law enforcement agencies.
Burglary suspect Deshawn Rudd is in police custody and is believed to be
connected to around 40 convenience store burglaries that occurred between June
and late December 2019 in East and Middle Tennessee.
wate.com
Pittsburgh, PA: Two Ohio Men Admit Robbing multiple CVS and Rite Aid Pharmacies
in Western PA
Hillsborough County, FL: Serial robber arrested after allegedly robbing 4 gas
stations in 8 days
Kokomo, IN: Indianapolis man charged in November Armed Robbery of CVS
Fort Smith, AR: Police Officer Catches Parents Shoplifting in Walmart With Kids,
Pays for Their Groceries
|
|
 |
|
|
|
●
AT&T – Crawford
County, PA – Burglary
●
Auto Supply – Fresno,
CA – Burglary
●
Boutique – Fresno, CA
– Burglary
●
C-Store – Topeka, KS –
Armed Robbery
●
C-Store – Reidsville,
NC – Robbery
●
CVS – Pinellas County,
FL – Armed Robbery
●
Clothing – Stevens
Point, WI – Burglary
●
Cricket Wireless – San
Antonio, TX – Burglary
●
Cricket Wireless – San
Antonio, TX – Burglary
●
Dollar General – Sioux
Falls, SD – Armed Robbery
●
Family Dollar –
Pontiac, MI – Armed Robbery
●
Gas Station – Orion
Township, MI – Armed Robbery
●
Gas Station – Macon,
GA – Burglary
●
Gas Station – Jackson
County, WI – Burglary
●
Jewelry – Wayne, PA –
Burglary
●
Jewelry – Port Charlotte, FL -Robbery
●
Jewelry – Maumee, OH – Robbery
●
Jewelry – Toledo, OH – Robbery
●
Jewelry – Central Valley, NY – Robbery
●
Gas Station – DeKalb
County, IL – Armed Robbery
●
Grocery – Escambia
County, FL – Robbery
●
Pet Shop – Omaha, NE –
Burglary
●
Pharmacy – Salt Lake
City, UT – Robbery/ Assault
●
Restaurant – Seattle,
WA – Robbery / Assault
●
Restaurant – San
Diego, CA – Armed Robbery
●
Restaurant – Columbus,
OH – Armed Robbery
●
Sam’s Club – Las
Vegas, NV – Burglary
●
Verizon – Tallahassee,
FL – Burglary
●
Verizon - Davenport,
IA – Armed Robbery
●
Vitamin World – Pismo
Beach, CA – Armed Robbery
●
7-Eleven –
Victorville, CA – Armed Robbery
|
Daily Totals:
• 18 robberies
• 12 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed |
Click to enlarge map
Stay tuned for our Special
Report on
Robberies & Burglaries over the holiday period coming soon!
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
Jameson
Lawrence named Territory Loss Prevention and Safety Manager for Goodwill
Industries of Central Florida |
 |
Joshua
Stewart named Regional Loss Prevention Manager at Family Dollar |
 |
Eduardo
Flores named Regional Loss Prevention Specialist for El Super |
 |
Mark
Anthony Kidd named District Loss Prevention Manager for Ocean State Job
Lot |
 |
Willie
Oliver promoted to District Asset Protection Manager for Lowe's
|
 |
Andrew
Trader named District Loss Prevention Manager for Giant Eagle |
 |
Danielle
Robinett named District Loss Prevention Investigator for The TJX
Companies |
 |
Ricardo Hernandez II named Asset Protection Manager at JCPenney
|
 |
Mahi Balan M promoted to Business Risk Analyst for
Amazon (India) |
 |
Neil Roberts named Loss Prevention
Investigator for The Range (UK) |
|
|
|
|
|
Submit Your New Hires/Promotions
or New
Position
See all the Industry Movement |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 
Feature Your
Job Here For 30 Days -
70% Aren't On The Boards
Post your job listing |
|
Featured Job Spotlights
|
NEW
Region Asset Protection Manager
Jacksonville, FL
Responsible for managing asset protection programs designed to minimize
shrink, associate and customer liability accidents, bad check and cash loss, and
safety incidents for stores within assigned region. This position will develop
the framework for the groups’ response to critical incidents, investigative
needs, safety concerns and regulatory agency visits...
Asset Protection Investigator
Scarsdale, NY
The Asset Protection Investigator (API) shall consistently identify internal and
external theft opportunities, prepare AP case reports and testifies in criminal
court proceedings when necessary. The API will also develop internal case leads
and actively participate with the investigation...
Regional Asset Protection Manager
Seattle, WA
The Regional Manager of Asset Protection drives Asset Protection programs and
supports Luxottica Brands to safeguard the assets of merchandise, money,
property and the welfare of customers and associates. Responds and investigates
situations of known or suspected internal/external dishonesty...
Regional Asset Protection Manager
Denver, CO
The Regional Asset Protection and Safety Manager will lead the Region in shrink
reduction and profit maximization efforts. The position will proactively seek to
bring economic value to the company, promoting profitable sales and world class
customer service while ensuring a safe place to work and shop...
Regional Asset Protection Manager
(Northern California)
Emeryville, CA
The Regional Asset Protection and Safety Manager will lead the Region in shrink
reduction and profit maximization efforts. The position will proactively seek to
bring economic value to the company, promoting profitable sales and world class
customer service while ensuring a safe place to work and shop...
|
Featured Jobs
|
JOB TITLE |
COMPANY |
CITY/STATE |
DATE
ADDED |
Vice President |
|
VP Risk Management |
Delaware North |
Buffalo, NY |
Oct. 1 |
|
VP, Asset Protection, North America |
Ralph Lauren |
Nutley, NJ |
Oct. 30 |
Director |
|
Dir. Corporate Security |
ADT |
Boca Raton, FL |
Dec. 12 |
|
Dir. Loss Prevention |
B-Mart |
Eugene, OR |
Nov. 7 |
|
Dir. Internal Audit |
Cracker Barrel |
Lebanon, TN |
Aug. 27 |
|
Dir. Organized Retail Crime |
Family Dollar |
Chesapeake, VA |
Nov. 5 |
|
Dir. Risk & Analysis |
Genesco |
Nashville, TN |
Nov. 5 |
|
Dir. Loss Prevention |
Lovesac |
Stamford, CT |
Aug. 12 |
|
Dir. Internal Audit |
Michaels |
Irving, TX |
July 12 |
|
Dir. of Asset Protection |
MobileLink/Cricket Wireless |
Sugarland, TX |
Nov. 12 |
|
Program Dir. LP & Security |
Peloton Interactive |
New York City, NY |
Nov. 12 |
|
Cybersecurity & Privacy Protection Dir. |
PwC |
Seattle, WA |
Nov. 5 |
Dir. Security
& AP |
Rent The Runway |
Secaucus, NJ |
Dec. 12 |
|
Dir. Security/Risk |
Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits |
Las Vegas, NV |
Sept. 25 |
|
Dir. Loss Prevention |
Surf Style Retail Management |
Hollywood, FL |
Nov. 15 |
|
Dir. Enterprise Security |
US Cellular |
Chicago, IL |
June 13 |
|
Dir. Compliance Investigations |
Walgreens |
Deerfield, Il |
Dec. 12 |
Corporate/Senior Manager |
|
Sr. Loss Prevention Manager |
Carvana |
Phoenix, AZ |
Oct. 30 |
|
Sr. Loss Prevention Manager |
Gap Inc. |
San Francisco, CA |
Oct. 29 |
|
Information Security Strategy Manager |
Gap Inc. |
San Francisco, CA |
Nov. 5 |
|
Mgr. Risk Management |
Harvest Health & Recreation |
Tempe, AZ |
Oct. 30 |
|
Sr. Manager of Investigations - Asset Protection |
JCPenney |
Plano, TX |
Nov. 8 |
|
Corporate Security Mgr. |
VF Corporation |
Denver, CO |
June 18 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
  |
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
  |
|
|
Sometimes it's not what you say that's important as much as it's what they feel
six months after the conversation. Being a good wordsmith is a skill, but
ensuring that what you say leaves the right impression long term is a true art
and one that is only reached by reflection and intention.
Just a Thought,
Gus
 |
|
|
|
Post Your Tip or Advice!
(content subject to approval) |
|
|
|
|
See More Events |
Recruiting?
Get your job e-mailed to
everyone... everyday
Post on our
Featured Jobs Board! |
|
|
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
|
|
 |
36615 Vine Street, Suite 103
Willoughby, OH 44094
440.942.0671
copyright 2009-2019
all rights reserved globally |
%20V2.png)