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Michael Ibarra, CFI promoted to Senior Leader of Investigations for Rite Aid

Michael started with Rite Aid in July 2019 as an Asset Protection District Leader before his latest promotion to Senior Leader of Investigations. Before his time at Rite Aid, he spent 12 years at Big Lots as an Area Asset Protection Manager. Earlier in his career, he served as a District Loss Prevention Investigator for TJ Maxx for over a year and held various AP roles during a 14-year stretch with Target. Congratulations, Michael!

Matt Dowling promoted to Senior Leader of Investigations for Rite Aid
Matt has been with Rite Aid for over five years. Before his latest promotion to Senior Leader of Investigations, he served as an Assets Protection District Manager for over five years. Prior to joining Rite Aid, he spent more than three years at Sears, starting with the company as a Territory LP Manager and working his way up to District Loss Prevention Manager. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly 11 years with Target in various AP roles. Congratulations, Matt!


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Leading Australia and New Zealand retailer, Kathmandu, deploys ShopperTrak Analytics from Sensormatic Solutions

Outdoor adventure destination uses shopper traffic counting solution to make better informed decisions

Johnson Controls today announced that Sensormatic Solutions, its leading global retail solutions portfolio, is deploying the ShopperTrak retail traffic solution with advanced analytics to help Kathmandu make data-driven decisions in everything from marketing campaigns to managing staff schedules to operational effectiveness.

A market leader with over 160 stores across Australia and New Zealand, Kathmandu offers innovative outdoor apparel and gear designed for rugged landscapes and adventure-seeking consumers. As retailers today are reimagining their businesses with advanced technologies that present meaningful customer engagement opportunities and create a direct path toward higher profit margins, Kathmandu is no exception. sensormatic.com


Retail sales expected to climb between 3.5% and 4.1% in 2020, unless coronavirus derails growth, NRF says
Retail sales in 2020 are forecast to rise between 3.5% and 4.1%, topping $3.9 trillion, despite the headwinds of a lingering trade war, the coronavirus outbreak and an upcoming presidential election, the industry’s trade group said Tuesday.

“The nation’s record-long economic expansion is continuing, and consumers remain the drivers of that expansion,” National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay said in a statement.

NRF said its 2020 forecast assumes the coronavirus does not become a global pandemic.

“We are not seeing any deterioration in the financial health of the consumer,” NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said. “Consumers are in better shape than any time in the last few years. Most important for the year ahead will be the ongoing strength in the job market, which will support the consumer income and spending that are both key drivers of the economy. The bottom line is that the economy is in a good place despite the ups and downs of the stock market and other uncertainties. Growth remains solid.” nrf.com


 



Coronavirus Update


Coronavirus is Officially Here With 1st "Community Spread" Case in Sacramento

CDC warns to prepare for spread of coronavirus symptoms, cases
U.S. health officials issued what appears to be a strong warning about novel coronavirus on Tuesday - it is not a matter of if, but when it will spread in communities in the U.S. and that Americans should prepare for "significant disruption" to their lives as a result of the virus.

"Ultimately, we expect we will see community spread in this country," Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said at a coronavirus news conference.
Messonnier added that Americans should channel their concern about the virus, officially called COVID-19, into preparing for its arrival.

Coronavirus Symptoms: abc7ny.com

Trump Requests $1.8 Billion for Coronavirus Response
The request includes $1.25 billion in new spending for the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the ability to use $535 million in previously appropriated funds set aside to fight the Ebola virus. The spending request would give HHS flexibility in its response, but much of the funding would be used for vaccines and vaccine development. associationsnow.com

San Francisco declared a state of emergency over coronavirus
San Francisco Mayor London Breed recently declared a state of emergency in preparation for a possible coronavirus outbreak. businessinsider.com

ASAE Provides Issue Roundup: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-2019) Resources

Key Resources:

NAFSA Coronavirus Critical Resources
United States Travel Association Emergency Preparedness and Response: Coronavirus Toolkit
U.S. Chamber of Commerce “Understanding the Coronavirus” webinar
World Health Organization Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Summary
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Travel Notices

How coronavirus could force the work-from-home movement

U.S. Companies Discussing It Skyrockets

In February so far, 77 public company transcripts mention “work from home” or “working from home,” according to financial data platform Sentieo. That’s up from just four mentions of the phrase in the same month a year ago. The vast majority of those documents also mention coronavirus.

Remote workers make up anywhere from about 5 percent (those who typically work from home) to nearly two-thirds (who sometimes work remotely) of the workforce, depending on the measurement. What’s certain is that the trend has been ticking up and a pandemic like coronavirus has the potential to fast-track the move by making it more universally accepted and prominent. redcode.com

CSO: A security guide for pandemic planning: 7 key steps

Poll: Most Americans Concerned There Will Be a Major Coronavirus Outbreak in the U.S.

Zebra Donates Technology to China Hospitals to Assist in Epidemic Prevention Efforts

New York: Coronavirus concerns land 83 in voluntary isolation in Nassau County

Stay up to date on the CDC’s website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov
 



Clearview AI Facial Recognition
Hacked - Sued - Getting Grilled by Congress
 

Clearview AI, the world’s scariest facial recognition company, can’t even keep its own data secure

Clearview AI has recently attracted criticism from Congress for its cavalier use of facial recognition technology.

Clearview AI, the controversial and secretive facial recognition company, just experienced its first major data breach — a scary prospect considering the sheer amount and scope of personal information in its database, as well as the fact that access to it is supposed to be restricted to law enforcement agencies.

According to a memo sent to its customers which was obtained by the Daily Beast, an intruder gained “unauthorized access” to the company’s client list, its number of user accounts, and a number of searches its customers have conducted. That client list might be particularly sensitive, as Clearview claims it works with hundreds of federal and state law enforcement agencies. (A BuzzFeed News report said those numbers are inflated.)

The good news is that there is no evidence that Clearview’s database of 3 billion photos was hacked. But the fact that the company could be breached at all is worrisome enough. Clearview says it obtained these photos by scraping publicly available images from all over the internet. The company’s software uses proprietary facial recognition technology to help law enforcement agencies identify suspects by matching their images with those in the database. redcode.com

Clearview AI Facial Recogniton Database Hacked

Entire Client Files Stolen

A new facial recognition company, which claims to be used by over 600 law enforcement agencies, has suffered a data breach, according to the company.

Clearview AI confirmed with Fox News that its entire client list was stolen in the breach. According to the company, someone gained access to a list of all of Clearview’s customers, the number of accounts used by those customers and the number of searches they have conducted.

The software, first outed in a New York Times investigation earlier this year, claims to identify anyone with just a single image by instantly running an image through its database of over 3 billion internet photos. Law enforcement agencies had been using the app in secret, and have reported how accurate and helpful the technology has been in identifying suspects.

This breach is significant in that privacy advocates, and some law enforcement officials, have voiced cybersecurity concerns about the brand new app’s potential vulnerability to hacking. Clearview AI stopped short of calling this incident a hack.

Gurbir Grewal, the attorney general of New Jersey, has temporarily banned the application in the state's police departments, citing cybersecurity and privacy concerns, despite the fact that the application already has been used by one department to help identify a pedophile. Article continues here.

Clearview AI Class Action Lawsuit Over Privacy Concerns - Willful, Reckless & Negligent
Scraping Internet Images isn't Facial Recognition

Clearview facial recognition app may pose 'chilling' privacy risk, senator says

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Payroll Scrutinized Drug Store Industry Scandal in the News Again
Walgreens embroiled in a stressed-out pharmacist scandal

Deleting Bullet Points - Removing Slides From Audit Presentation

Walgreens pharmacists have complained of being overwhelmed with work to the point of making errors, but a report seems to indicate that this was a message the retailer wanted to keep hidden from the public.

Last year, business consultancy Tata Consulting Services, which was working with Walgreens, discovered stressed-out, overworked pharmacists who attributed their mistakes to unreasonable workplace expectations at the stores, according to a New York Times article. Emails and chat logs, however, reveal that consultants were advised to keep that information out of a report that was presented this month.

Amy Bixler, director of pharmacy and retail operations at Walgreens, directed the consultants to delete a bullet point in a presentation that addressed how pharmacists ignore proper procedure in order to meet corporate metrics. One of the slides which directly addressed pharmacists making stress-related errors was also removed.

The retailer is not alone among pharmacies, however, in facing accusations of putting the public at risk due to the pressure they put on pharmacists, according to the Times. CVS and other major chains have drawn similar heat, with pharmacies described as “understaffed” and “chaotic.”

Walgreens worked last year to disentangle itself from a different scandal — its erstwhile partnership with fraudulent medical testing startup Theranos. In May of 2019, the chain faced a shareholder lawsuit over a perceived failure to vet Theranos, according to Bloomberg Law. Walgreens called for the lawsuit to be thrown out. retailwire.com

Reputation Lost Business for Scandalized Nygard Brand

Dillard's, with nearly 300 locations, has cancelled all orders with company founded by Canadian fashion mogul

Dillard's cutting business over recent sexual assault allegations against the company's founder, Peter Nygard.

The women are accusing the clothing company founder of raping them at his mansion in the Bahamas and operating what they say is a "sex trafficking ring."

"In light of the serious allegations concerning Peter Nygard, which are in direct opposition to our core values, Dillard's has refused current deliveries, cancelled all existing orders and suspended all future purchases from Nygard," Dillard's said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. cbc.ca

4 Best Practices for Second-Chance Hiring

How to successfully hire candidates with criminal records

Today, two-thirds of HR professionals surveyed reported that their companies have hired people with a criminal record, with only 14 percent of respondents saying they would be unwilling to hire such an applicant.

Here are strategies that can help organizations make the best hires with the best outcomes.

Make second-chance hiring part of your corporate culture. Second-chance hiring is less likely to work if an organization is doing it for the wrong reasons.

It's also important to note that—for those companies that have hired second-chance candidates— 82 percent of hiring managers said the quality of those candidates is as good as, if not better than, someone without a criminal record, said Richard Bronson, CEO of 70 Million Jobs, a job-search site dedicated to this population.

Provide training and work support.

Establish mentoring. Fewer than 3 in 10 companies have a formal mentoring program, but research has shown that it can improve employee retention rates and boost employee satisfaction. The practice is even more beneficial for second-chance candidates since it can help those employees feel like part of the organization more quickly and help them avoid common job pitfalls,

Default to transparency—but keep employee details confidential. You might think that it's important to let managers and executives know which new hires have prison records, but this is a very bad idea, Martin said. "The HR team should treat that information like a medical condition. Very rarely should anyone know about it," she said.

That doesn't mean you don't talk about the initiative, though, Bronson said. While people have a right to privacy, you still need to let current employees know that you're embracing second-chance hiring and why you're doing it. The facts regarding hiring those with records are much different than the widely held negative biases. Educate your workforce on why you're accessing this pool of talent. Let them share ownership [and] they'll also be sharing pride." shrm.org

SHRM's Workplace Violence Resource Center
The Society of Human Resources provides resources and educational programs for a host of subject as one might expect.

Certainly, all of which discuss the subjects from the HR prospective. An important channel to the organization and to the LP and AP efforts. And the SHRM is one of the strongest specialty trade associations in the U.S. So they have the resources to produce great content. Content that can benefit our community. Just a thought. -Gus Downing
 


 

Stage Stores Cuts Jobs HQ & Closing 60 of Gordman's stores

National Restaurant Association Releases 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry Report


Quarterly Results
*Carvana Q4 Units sold 50,370 up 82% YoY, Q4 Revenue up 89% YoY, Full Yr. Units sold 117,549 up 89% YoY, Full Yr. Revenue ($3.94B) up 101% YOY
Fastest organic growth of any automotive retailer in U.S. history (+83,441 retail units)

*MedMen Q2 revenue $44.1M - up 50% YoY

Best Buy Q4 comp's up 3.2%, Domestic comp's up 3.4%, Inter. comp's up 1.6%, Domestic online up 18.7%,
Best Buy Full Yr. comp's up 2.1%, Domestic comp's up 2.3%, Inter. comp's down 0.5%, Domestic online up 17%

L Brands Q4 consolidated comp's down 2%, sales down 2.8%, full yr. comp's down 1%, sales down 2.4%
   Victoria's Secret comp's down 10%, full yr comp's down 7%, sales down 8%
   Bath & Body comp's up 10%, full yr comp's up 10%, sales up 12%

J.C. Penney Q4 comp's down 7%, net sales down 7.7%, full yr. comp's down 7.7%, net sales down 8.1%

* Carvana reports selling used cars as units and doesn't break it down by location obviously.
* MedMen, a marijuana manufacturer, distributor and retailer does not provide a complete store breakdown of sales yet.
 


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RSA Conference - Day 3 Recap

Keynote Highlights, Early Stage Expo, Launch Pad, and More

Another exciting day at RSAC in the books! We’ve learned a lot in the past few days and shared some incredible moments, from hearing the exciting tales of sailing around the world and travels in space to witnessing many fantastic speakers discuss the latest in cybersecurity. We’re officially past the halfway mark, but the fun isn’t over just yet. Let’s see what took place on Day 3.

Nine keynotes took the South and West stages. The day opened with Hacking Exposed: Global Threat Brief, where attendees heard Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder of Crowdstrike, discuss the most novel attacks in the current global landscape, including the cyber strategies of various nation states. “Policy is the next frontier,” shared Alperovitch. “Norms are established by government inaction or action, and in the coming years, government regulation, like GDPR, CCPA, Section 230 and national data breach laws, among others, establishes what sort of attacks we tolerate and which we do not.”

The Genomics: A New Frontier for Privacy and Security panel featured a wide-range of experts representing the healthcare, security and genetic testing industries. They explored the opportunities and challenges of genomics for individuals, companies and law enforcement, all with unique privacy implications.

Sharon Terry, President and CEO of Genetic Alliance, said, “Consumers must be the central focus and rewarded for sharing this information,” while Kathy Hibbs, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer of 23andMe, noted that the company’s customers “spend the most time on the privacy page of our website.” Mike Wilson, SVP and Chief Security Officer of Molina Healthcare, wrapped up the discussion by saying that “privacy is largely a philosophical discussion and should continue as this technology evolves.”

In an afternoon keynote, Navigating Privacy in a Data-Driven World: Treating Privacy as a Human Right, Jules Polonetsky, Chief Executive Officer at the Future of Privacy Forum, discussed why privacy is a basic human right in the ever-evolving technology industry. Jules explored how society is at a tipping point because new high-tech products like drones or biometric clothing are integrating themselves in our lives and, as the world around becomes more advanced, society must adjust. To protect consumer privacy, he argued, new legislation needs to be created because “if we mess up the same way we messed up with cookies” it will be similar but worse. rsaconference.com
 



NIST Releases Roadmap to Creating Partnerships to Build the Cybersecurity Workforce

Partnerships to Build the Cybersecurity Workforce

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) released a report outlining best practices in building the cybersecurity workforce through regional partnerships.

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) is addressing the critical issue by energizing and promoting a robust network and ecosystem of cybersecurity education, training, and workforce development. Supporting this mission, objective 3.3 of the NICE Strategic Plan emphasizes guiding career development and workforce planning by facilitating state and regional consortia to identify cybersecurity pathways addressing local workforce needs.

According to NIST, "This publication was created for those seeking guidance on how to organize and facilitate regional efforts to enhance cybersecurity education and workforce development. While this document explores some elements for consideration when forming alliances, it is not intended to be a how-to guide that gives specific instructions. NIST believes that this is best left to the local or regional experts who are familiar with the needs of their specific community."

(NIST) is pleased to announce the NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8287: A Roadmap for Successful Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Build the Cybersecurity Workforce.

Click here to access full report. nist.gov

Modified Draft CCPA Regulations: How They Impact Businesses

A Privacy Expert Sorts Through the Clarifications of Law's Requirements

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra recently issued modified draft regulations to carry out the California Consumer Privacy Act that are designed to help businesses take a more pragmatic approach to privacy. The proposed regulations clarify, for example, that businesses are not obligated to search for personal information in response to a consumer's request if certain conditions are met, says Caitlin Fennessy, research director at the International Association of Privacy Professionals. govinfosecurity.com

Ensure Your Cloud Security Is as Modern as Your Business
After speaking with CISOs, CTOs, and chief data officers, it's clear to me that we're still not speaking the language of cloud security in a way everybody can easily understand.

In addition, clarity is missing on who owns what part of cloud security and who is doing the necessary work to maintain it throughout the organization. It doesn't help that there is hidden or abstracted complexity in cloud platforms that's difficult to account for at all times. Combined with the rapid pace of technology change in general and the pressure that comes from the "push to production" in typical organizations, these factors all add to the overall risk we face in the cloud.

Here are three steps to consider that will make sure your cloud security is as modern as your business:

1. Converge Your People
Align your IT decision-makers and your IT organization around an end-to-end view of infrastructure security and information protection that includes cloud environments. Start by standardizing the language used to discuss cloud and data security. It's the first step in furthering your organization's collective understanding.

2. Converge Your Services and Tools
On the cloud development side, there has been an explosion of tools and services being built for specific purposes. While many of these are consumed as managed services, they introduce a new demand on resources and potentially can increase risk. This is likely to continue until we see simplification and convergence.

3. Plan for a Data-Fluid Future
Adopting the cloud means your organization's data moves between users, apps, and cloud environments in more dynamic ways. All of this requires a data-centric approach to security protocols. Deciding to migrate workloads or adopt new cloud applications is the easy part; maintaining the right level of corresponding permissions and policies won't happen without a clear cloud security and information protection strategy.

There's no magic bullet for getting cloud security right. Take a comprehensive approach to better protect your organization. Security hygiene is still a must, but also look at your risk posture through a data protection lens and implement DLP and behavioral analytics. darkreading.com

Insider Threat & The Cloud
Cloud-based collaboration tools are a major driver of data exfiltration

Cloud-based collaboration technologies and workforce turnover have become major drivers of data exfiltration as insider threat programs fail to keep pace with today's digital workplace, a Code42 survey reveals.

"When it comes to data loss, leak and theft, for too many companies, the inside is their blindside," said Joe Payne, Code42's president and CEO. "Insider threat programs are not keeping up with today's collaborative work culture. People and data are on the move now more than ever. Workers are switching jobs, and company files are being uploaded to the web, emailed as attachments and synched to personal cloud accounts."

Workers opt for unsanctioned collaboration tools to share company files

Cloud-based collaboration tools have changed the workplace. As part of their regular work routines, employees are emailing, airdropping, messaging and slacking from desktops, mobile devices, on the road and in coffee shops.

According to the report, workers routinely use both authorized and unauthorized cloud-based platforms to share files and ideas with colleagues. They sidestep sanctioned tools because they believe they are too complicated, restrictive and slow-or don't have enough features.

Thirty-seven percent (37%) of workers use unauthorized apps daily while 26% use them weekly to share files with colleagues

Collaboration tools rated among top vectors for data exfiltration

While technology has made it easy for employees to share files legitimately via personal email and the cloud, it's also made it easier for them to exfiltrate - or even infiltrate - data like product ideas, source code and customer lists.

The risk of insider threat incidents is heightened because the very tools that workers use to collaborate are some of the most popular vectors for data exfiltration.

Insider threat programs earn a failing mark as workers change jobs

The simple act of changing jobs can tempt employees to take company data - and workers are changing jobs more frequently than ever. Security teams continue to grapple with how to effectively deal with data theft and misuse - whether accidental or intentional - when employees depart.

As workers move from company to company, they admit that they have not only taken data with them, they have done it more than once. The consequences of this behavior are even more damaging to a business when workers take data from a former employer and go to work for a competitor.

Two-thirds (63%) of respondents who said they have taken data are repeat offenders

One-third (32%) of respondents who had infiltrated data were encouraged by their new employers to share it with new colleagues. helpnetsecurity.com

New York City Bill Aims to Regulate AI Hiring Tools

Decathlon, the world’s largest sporting goods retailer exposes employee, customer data


 
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Leak of 30,000 cannabis customer records heightens need for effective data security
A recent leak of 85,000 cannabis dispensary files, including 30,0000 customer records, has put dispensaries and other industry stakeholders under pressure to fortify their systems and processes to comply with data privacy regulations and laws.

Cybercriminals are increasingly infiltrating third-party partners and supply chains as a means to gain a foothold in an organization’s networks and systems. Threat actors look for weak links to gain access to sensitive data, and once they do, they can restrict access to critical data in a ransomware attack or disrupt the business from an operations perspective. As cannabis enterprises move from siloed, manual processes to connected technologies and more sophisticated automated operations, they open themselves to these and other types of attacks.

Though we do not know at this time if the recent breach resulted in any malicious behavior, it presents a good opportunity to review cybersecurity concerns for cannabis businesses throughout the supply chain and the internal policies and procedures that can help address them. cannabisbusinessexecutive.com

Cannabis store robberies prompt retailers to remove legislated window coverings

“Nobody should be in jeopardy at their work.”

A series of cannabis store robberies in Alberta has led some retailers to tear down window coverings initially erected to satisfy federal legislation. Those visual obstructions were meant to adhere to the Cannabis Act to keep cannabis products and accessories out of the view of minors.

But retailer Nathan Mison said those window coverings compromise the safety of staff by making it easier for robbers to commit their crimes.  calgaryherald.com



 



Cannabis Around the World, Part II: The Common Era

By Tony Gallo, Managing Partner & Katharine Baxter, Lead Technical Writer for Sapphire Risk Advisory Group

The beginning of the Common Era saw a focus on cannabis as a medicinal aid from many societies. In ancient China, one of the oldest official medical texts ever discovered, the Shennong Bencao Jing (The Classic of Herbal Medicine), describes cannabis use for pain relief. The text dictates that cannabis, which had become a major crop in the region, should be ground into paste and could be consumed topically and orally. The Chinese continued to utilize cannabis in medicine, with physicians eventually using the plant for anesthesia as well as for a variety of other disorders.

An emphasis on cannabis for medical purposes also became popular throughout the Roman Empire by the Common Era. Roman medical texts from this period explain the plant’s use for external wounds, tumors, abdominal pain, and inflammation. Writings also depict cannabis’ use recreationally as an intoxicant in the ancient Roman culture.

Cannabis also became widespread in the Middle East for its medicinal and recreational uses. Medicinally, cannabis and hemp were used to cure skin diseases, alleviate pain, and treat parasitic worms among other internal ailments. The plant also become popular as hashish, which was frequently smoked recreationally because Islam forbid alcohol, but did not explicitly ban cannabis.  Read more

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How FIs Can Win The Battle Against ‘Smarter’ Payments Fraud
With the evolution of fraud, the detection and prevention efforts also change. As Lerdal told PYMNTS, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to fighting attacks. When establishing the foundation of an effective FI cybersecurity program, though, he said it’s important to have a culture in place with a set of rules for different modes of transactions.

Before eCommerce truly took root, much of fraud mitigation centered around what he termed “velocity counters.” Five transactions made in a short period of time would have raised red flags for merchants at one time. Today, however, that velocity is fairly commonplace.

In looking for activities that can point to anomalous behavior at a specific point of transaction, governed by a set of rules, Lerdal pointed to ATM-slamming. This is when an ATM that typically does five transactions per hour from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., then three transactions per hour after 5 p.m., suddenly shows 50 to 100 transactions in a burst of minutes.

For the FI that has such a compromised machine in the field, he said, “you want to make sure you have the tools to identify that activity and shut it down.” pymnts.com

Target, Eschewing Amazon’s Open Marketplace, Is Making Strides In E-Commerce

- Target surpasses three competitors to crack top 10
- Amazon, Walmart & eBay lead the pack


Today, eMarketer reported that Target has surpassed three competitors to become the eighth-largest retailer in the U.S. in terms of e-commerce sales, up from 11th place just one year ago.

While Amazon and Walmart rely heavily on a marketplace model for e-commerce growth, Target appears to be focusing more on its first-party assortment, which can be fulfilled by stores.

Target's e-commerce marketplace (known as Target+ or Target Plus) assortment is highly curated, as opposed to Walmart and certainly to Amazon. Amazon in particular has an open-door policy for new sellers. It’s straightforward to set up a new Seller account and start listing products almost immediately. Walmart has some additional screening requirements to validate the capabilities of new sellers. But Target is on a whole new level: Brands can only start selling on the marketplace if they are invited to do so. And those invites are definitely exclusive. The invite-only marketplace started with 30 merchants, and six months later has grown to just 60 merchants and 115,000 products as of the end of 2019, according to Marketplace Pulse data. forbes.com

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Hobart, IN: Five Men accused of shoplifting punched Macy’s LP, led police on chase
Charges filed Tuesday against five people allege they worked together to shoplift items from a store at Southlake Mall, punched two loss prevention officers who attempted to stop them and hit two cars during a police chase. The five men, all of Chicago, are accused of attempting to steal items Feb. 23 from the Macy's store in Hobart. Thomas, London and Bradley began grabbing items while Upshaw acted as a lookout and coordinator. Video surveillance showed the four men met back at an exit, where Thomas allegedly made a call to Branchcomb to pick them up in her SUV.

The four men bull rushed a loss prevention officer who attempted to stop them from exiting a set of double doors, and London punched the officer in the face. Thomas punched a second loss prevention officer, who was attempting to help the first officer. The first officer was struck several more times in the head, face and body before the men piled in the SUV, with Thomas driving, and fled. The driver hit two vehicles at an intersection Police continued to chase the SUV north on I-65, and Merrillville police deployed a tire-deflating device on a ramp from I-65. The driver of the SUV hit the Stop Sticks and lost control. The SUV rolled over onto its roof and came to rest on its wheels. All five defendants were taken into custody. The two loss prevention officers suffered possible concussions and soreness as a result of their injuries.  nwitimes.com

Wyandotte, MI: Accused shoplifter fakes illness to avoid arrest; pulled stunt three times on same day
Police are accustomed to arrestees faking illness to avoid arrest, but one man took his acting skills to a whole other level. The incident began shortly after 5:30 p.m. Feb. 7 when three officers were sent to Rite Aid, in regards to a shoplifting incident that had just occurred. Officers found a man matching the suspect’s description walking down the street. An officer asked the 60-year-old Detroit resident what he was up to. The man put his hands in the air and stated he “stole some stuff.” Police said bulky items were sticking out from the back of his jacket. As he was patted down, a toothbrush fell out of his jacket. Police informed the man he was being arrested for retail fraud. As an officer attempted to place him in handcuffs, the man said he needed to go to the hospital, and then he started to pass out. An officer returned the items to Rite Aid. A receipt of the items totaled over $390.

Before paramedics began transporting the accused shoplifter to the hospital, a paramedic told police that once he was inside the ambulance, he opened his eyes and asked if police were gone. Hospital staff informed officers that earlier in the day he was admitted to the hospital after another retail fraud, but then stated he was fine and didn’t need medical attention. thenewsherald.com

Evansville, IN: Police Officer struggles with a shoplifter in a moving car, man said, 'I'll kill us both'
A shoplifting incident at Eastland Mall ended with a man and Evansville Police officer struggling in a moving car through the parking lot as the man screamed, "I'm going to kill us both." On Wednesday night, a uniformed officer was at Dillard's when a loss prevention employee told him she saw a man and woman take items and head toward the exit without paying. Spencer continued resisting arrest and ran to a car in the parking lot and opened the door on the passenger side, police said. The officer stood in front of the open passenger door and tried to arrest Spencer, who continued to shove the officer, and at one point, the officer fell backward into the vehicle while holding onto Spencer, according to the police report. Both Spencer and the officer were laying across the front seats of the car struggling when Spencer managed to start the car, police said.

When the car began to speed up again and the engine sounded louder than it had at any other point before, the officer said he feared for his life and drew his gun. At that point, Spencer released the gas pedal and said, "I give up; I'm sorry," according to the report. The car came to a stop, and Spencer was arrested. When the officer checked Spencer's driver's status, it came back as suspended with a prior. The clothing Spencer and the woman had left in the parking lot were collected by Dillard's employees. The total value of the merchandise was $1,231.  courierpress.com

UK: Blackburn, England: Shoplifter stole 'expensive' Gaviscon to send to parents in Romania

Update: St Louis County, MO: Man arrested after $100,000 worth of rare video games stolen from South County store

Chicago, IL: Three charged with stealing items worth $6000 from Elmhurst Kohl's
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Shootings & Deaths

Five Co-workers killed in Milwaukee Molson Coors attack; shooter dead
Five people and the attacker died in a shooting at the MillerCoors campus in Milwaukee, officials said at a Wednesday evening news conference. The shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted wound, according to Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales. Molson Coors Beverage Company owns the MillerCoors campus in Milwaukee. Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley posted a statement on Twitter saying the shooter was an active brewery employee. Officials confirmed the five people killed were also employees. "This is an unspeakable tragedy for our city," said Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. More than 1,000 employees were working at the MillerCoors campus on the city's west side when the shooting occurred. Police do not yet have a definitive accounting of all the company's staff. wkow.com

Cleveland, OH: One dead, another injured in Gas station shooting
Police said the suspect tried to get into the gas station and pulled out a gun when employees didn’t let him inside. As the suspect was leaving, a 53-year-old man inside the store got his own handgun and followed him. Cleveland police said that’s when the suspect turned and fired multiple shots, hitting two others. A 37-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and died. A bullet grazed the chest of a 55-year-old. fox8.com

Update: Madison, WI: 3 Arrested following shots fired at Walmart
A $1 million bond in connection with shots fired during a shoplifting incident at Walmart late last week has been set for a Jackson man. Paul C. Barnett, 37, of Jackson, has been charged with felony shoplifting, simple assault by threat, discharge of a firearm, resisting arrest and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. MPD has two others in custody. Stephanie A. Collom, 27, of Jackson, will be charged with accessory to felony shoplifting and Conerly Chapman, 33, of Jackson, has also been charged with accessory to felony shoplifting. The trio had tried to make off with roughly $2,000 in Walmart merchandise. All three suspects remain in the Madison County Detention Center.

Newman said that on Thursday, Feb. 20, at approximately 5:28 p.m., the Madison Police Department received information from Loss Prevention employees of Walmart that there was a male subject shoplifting in the store. As the male subject approached the grocery exit of the store the loss prevention employees identified themselves in an attempt to stop him at which time the male subject exited the store into the parking lot, produced a handgun and fired two shots in the air. onlinemadison.com



Robberies, Incidents & Thefts

Tampa, FL: Body cam video captures arrest of woman accused of making bomb in Tampa Walmart
An off-duty Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officer had his body-worn camera recording when he took into custody the woman accused of building a homemade bomb with supplies from a Walmart. 8 On Your Side is the first station to obtain the new video from the Jan. 11 arrest of 37-year-old Emily Stallard at Walmart . “So the reason you’re in handcuffs right now is for the mason jar filled with nails and kerosene that you constructed,” Officer Reece Alvis tells Stallard after she’s taken outside the store. “That wasn’t mine,” Stallard said. “If there’s something like that it wasn’t mine.” “Well they have video of you putting that together,” the officer said. When Officer Alvis approaches Stallard and identifies himself, Stallard is with her son and seen holding a lighter in her right hand. “Well go ahead, put your phone down, purse down the lighter,” Officer Alvis tells Stallard before putting her in handcuffs.

According to the criminal report affidavit: “The defendant used a shoelace as a wick and attempted to light the shoelace with a lighter, intending to cause damages by means of fire to the Walmart store and citizens.” In the body camera video, deputies arrive shortly after the FWC officer escorts Stallard and her son out of the store. He later returns to the store’s security room and takes photos of a shopping cart with mason jars, denatured alcohol and nails. Deputies arrested Stallard for attempted arson of a structure, fire bombing, child Aabuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. wfla.com

North Miami, FL: Police standoff with a man shouting from a McDonald’s roof is over
A man who was throwing items off the roof of a McDonald’s just south of North Miami was taken into custody early Wednesday, ending an hours-long standoff with police. It began around 4 a.m. at the McDonald’s on Northwest Seventh Avenue. Restaurant employees told WSVN and Local 10 that their appliances suddenly turned off shortly before the man was spotted climbing onto the roof. They called 911, thinking it was a possible burglary, said Miami-Dade police. When officers arrived, the man began shouting and throwing objects at them from the roof, police said. One of the items was a hammer. While he was “distracted,” special unit forces snuck up onto the roof using another entrance and took him into custody shortly after 6:30 a.m., a police spokesman said. miamiherald.com

Seattle, WA: Man shoplifts, stabs employee in leg, tracked down by K-9 in Seattle

Update: North Olmsted, OH: Police Officer hit by fleeing car thanks colleagues for tracking down shoplifting suspect

Oklahoma City, OK: Shoplifting suspect assaults loss prevention officer at Kohl's

Kingston, ON, CN: Walmart store security officer assaulted, threatened with knife

Owasso, OK: Lowe’s Shoplifter leads Police on high-speed chase into Tulsa

Bismarck, ND: Restaurant Employee charged with stealing $50,000 from employer, gambling it away

Scarsdale, AZ: Woman Uses Stolen Credit Card Info to Fraudulently Purchase $1K Gibson Guitar; tied to several other transactions

Mesa, AZ: Man arrested after stealing electric shopping cart, merchandise at Safeway

Akron, OH: Police ID suspect in string of robberies; Walgreens, CVS, Family Dollar and Little Caesars


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Barnes & Noble – Upper Arlington, OH - Armed Robbery
Boost – Toledo, OH – Burglary
Boost – Toledo, OH – Burglary
C-Store – Woodbridge, VA – Robbery
C-Store – Fresno, CA – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Westport, MA – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Kissimmee, FL – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Pitt County, NC – Armed Robbery
Dollar General – Erie, PA- Armed Robbery
Dollar General – Macon, GA – Armed Robbery
Dollar General – Pinson, AL – Armed Robbery
Dollar General – Edinburg, TX – Armed Robbery
Gas station – Murfreesboro, TN – Robbery
Grocery – Burlington, SC – Armed Robbery
Guns – Coxsackie, NY - Burglary
Jewelry – Cedar Park, TX – Robbery
Jewelry – New Orleans, LA – Robbery
Jewelry – Columbia, SC – Robbery
Jewelry – Braintree, MA – Robbery
Jewelry – Gwinnett County, GA – Robbery
Liquor – Murfreesboro, TN - Robbery
Pawn – Winsted, CT – Robbery (Inside job)
Restaurant – Decatur, IL – Burglary (Starbucks)
Shoe Store – Troy, MI – Armed Robbery

Daily Totals:
• 21 robberies
• 3 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed



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