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Mike Jordan promoted to Director,
Distribution Safety & Security - USA, Canada, Netherlands for Michael Kors
Mike
has been with Michael Kors since March of this year, when he started as
Director, Distribution Safety & Security - USA. Before that, he spent six months as Regional Safety
Manager (USA) for NRI Distribution Inc. Prior to that, he served as West
Coast Safety Manager for Burlington Stores for three years. Earlier in
his career, he was a DC Asset Protection Manager for Home Depot (3
years) and
LP Supervisor for Kohl's (3 years). Congratulations, Mike! |
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Filmed in January 2017 at the Daily's 'Live in NYC at the NRF Big
Show 2017' event
Network surveillance technologies continue to revolutionize the way retail
professionals work with not just loss prevention, but also with store
optimization, operational efficiencies, and enhancements to the overall customer
experience. Hedgie Bartol, LPQ, Retail Business Development Manager for
Axis Communications, tells us how the global leader in network video can
help retailers can bring together their video surveillance, physical access
control and now audio systems to create a full solution that goes beyond
security and helps grow the business.
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Coronavirus Update: April
15
US:
Over
619K
Cases - 27K Dead - 47K Recovered
Worldwide:
Over 2M Cases - 131K Dead - 504K Recovered
U.S. Retail Sales Suffer Biggest Plunge on
Record:
Commerce Department reports retail sales dropped 8.7% in March
U.S. retail sales suffered a record drop in March as mandatory business closures
to control the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak depressed demand for a
range of goods, setting up consumer spending for its worst decline in decades.
The Commerce Department on Wednesday said retail sales plunged 8.7% in March,
the biggest decline since the government started tracking the series in 1992,
after falling by a revised 0.4% in February.
The drag on sales in most retail categories from social restrictions far
outweighed a surge in receipts at online retailers like Amazon, and grocery
stores and pharmacies as consumers stocked up on household essentials such as
food, toilet paper, cleaning supplies and medication.
cnbc.com
NRF’s calculation of core retail sales show March sales were up 1.7%
NRF’s
calculation of retail sales – which excludes automobile dealers, gasoline
stations and restaurants in order to focus on core retail – showed March was
up 1.7 percent seasonally adjusted from February and up 4.5 percent unadjusted
year-over-year.
The difference between the Census Bureau and NRF numbers is because the
categories NRF excludes saw some of the biggest hits. In addition to bars
and restaurants being closed, gasoline sales were affected both by fewer people
driving and lower gas prices while auto dealers were among those affected by
stay-at-home orders.
nrf.com
NRF: Retail industry leaders inform President Trump’s advisory group on
reopening the US economy
NRF Foundation now offering free online skills training during health crisis
What the C's Read
Coronavirus Has Pushed A Rapidly Growing List of Retailers to the Edge
With consumers’ heightened awareness of the danger of being in confined places
with strangers, it is highly unlikely they will flock to stores and malls even
once they reopen. Anxiety and a healthy paranoia are likely to linger – possibly
for a long time.
Neil Saunders of GlobalData Retail estimates more than 190,000 stores
have been closed, accounting for nearly 50 percent of U.S. retail square footage.
That effectively closes down the nation’s roughly 1,200 malls and most
stores in strip shopping centers and on America’s Main Streets.
With little or no revenues coming in for these non-essential retailers –
traditional department stores, fashion, and luxury retailers being the most
profoundly affected – many of the most prominent mall-based retailers, which
have been struggling for years from falling sales and weighted down by too much
debt, are teetering on the brink.
Retail Bankruptcy Watch List Is Growing
therobinreport.com
How Big Are The Coronavirus Retail CEO Pay Cuts?
As of this week, more than one million retail jobs have been eliminated, either
through layoffs or furloughs, mainly because tens of thousands of retail
locations have been closed indefinitely. And while those impacted may say the
semantics between a layoff and a furlough is meaningless, many retail CEOs are
at least making an effort to level the playing field by cutting their own
salaries as well as those of some senior executives.
In the bigger picture of these massive layoffs, these actions may not be moving
the financial needle substantially and are as much about public relations as
fiduciary correctness. It shouldn’t be forgotten that much of a modern corporate
CEO’s compensation is in the form of bonuses, stock options and other perks.
Most of these announcements over the past few weeks refer only to “salary” - not
total take-home pay.
In the business of retailing, the pay cuts range from 100% to substantially
less. Some companies have left it vague, perhaps on purpose. Here’s a
cross-section of retailing companies and their announced pay cuts. Note that
these are for the CEO only; cuts to chairmen, other C-level executives and
additional executives may or may not be the same.
forbes.com
Arcadia (Top Shop): Cut 100%
Bass Pro Shops: Cut 100%
Bed Bath & Beyond: 30%
Boot Barn: 50%
Burlington: Cut 100%
Capri (Michael Kors): Cut 100%
Columbia: Cut to $10,000 (from approximately $3 million)
Dick’s: Cut 100%
DSW: 20%
Gap: Unspecified
Genesco (Journey): Cut 100%
Guess: 70%
Kohl’s: Cut 100%
Macy’s: Cut 100%
Neiman Marcus: Cut 100% (for April)
Nordstrom: Cut 100% (through October 3)
Ralph Lauren: 50%
REI: Cut 100% (for six months)
Ross: Cut 100% (“until such time”)
Shoe Carnival: “Substantially reduce”
Stage Stores: “At least” 25%
Steve Madden: Cut 100%
TJX: 30%
Urban Outfitters: “Reduced pay”
New Retail Layoffs & Furloughs:
Best Buy to furlough about 51,000 employees as its stores remain closed to
customers
True Religion furloughs nearly 1,000 full- & part-time employees, 92% of total
workforce
Survey Shows How the Security Industry is Mitigating Risk during COVID-19
How is the enterprise security industry working to keep facilities and employees
safe? What new challenges do you face each day, particularly as employees work
from home offices? In new research, Security Magazine and Clear Seas Research, a
BNP Media company, examines:
● The impact of the pandemic on the industry
● Measures being taken to keep employees, customers and other healthy/safe
● How industry professionals are managing current business activities and
planning for the future
Here are some of the results of the research, Security & Critical Facilities
Industry Perspective, from two surveys: one conducted the
week of March 23, 2020 and survey results from the
week of April 2, 2020.
Security professionals ranked their top concerns accordingly. The second
survey reveals professionals are now generally more concerned than they were
before in the following areas:
● 80 percent of survey respondents are now more concerned with their
friend/family becoming infected by COVID-19, a total increase of 26 percent. A
total of 46 percent are now more concerned of becoming personally infected by
COVID-19 (an increase of 15 percent).
● 59 percent are more concerned about skilled labor shortages, a total increase
of 27 percent.
● 74 percent are now more concerned about supply chain interruptions, a total
increase of 24 percent.
● 37 percent are now more concerned about IT cybersecurity with remote
employees, a total increase of 17 percent.
● 74 percent are now more concerned about business stability for the next 12
months, a total increase of 10 percent.
● 74 percent are now more concerned about achieving business goals over the next
three months, a total increase of five percent. Over the next six months,
however, six percent of survey respondents are less concerned about achieving
business goals.
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There is now less concern about employees not showing up for work (41 percent
compared to 46 percent), and a slight decrease in concern about the current
economy (74 percent compared to 77 percent)
securitymagazine.com
Kroger Wants Its Half-Million Employees Designated First Responders
So They Can Get Masks and Gloves
Attempting to help its 460,000 supermarket and drugstore personnel get personal
protective equipment during the COVID-19 outbreak, The Kroger Co. asked both
federal and state governments Tuesday to declare its workers temporary emergency
personnel. An official designation as "extended first responders" would give
them high-priority access to surgical masks, protective gloves, and other gear
to help prevent coronavirus infection.
Workers at supermarkets and pharmacies stand at the front line of those who are
supplying essentials such as food and healthcare supplies to Americans during
the pandemic. The job necessarily involves a high level of exposure to the
general public and potential infection. The hazards are starkly illustrated by
the announcement of the deaths of four Kroger employees yesterday in Michigan,
the state currently with the most COVID-19 cases after New York.
fool.com
East Rutherford, NJ: American Dream Megamall Opens COVID-19 Testing Center as
Launch Gets Further Pushed Back
As the coronavirus pandemic delays American Dream’s planned opening, the
megamall is turning its facilities into a COVID-19 testing site. In partnership
with Hackensack Meridian Health and Agile Urgent Care, the East Rutherford, N.J.
complex has created an appointment-only drive-thru testing center intended
mostly for police officers, first responders and health-care professionals.
Community members can schedule a telemedicine visit, and can be seen at the site
if they meet certain criteria. Testing began at American Dream on Monday and
there is no firm end date in sight as of now.
footwearnews.com
McDonald’s relationship with US franchisees is fraying over coronavirus relief
The coronavirus pandemic is straining McDonald’s relationship with its U.S.
franchisees once again. The fast-food giant is pushing for franchisees to do
more to protect their workers, while franchisees are asking for more financial
relief to keep them afloat. Franchisees operate 95% of McDonald’s 14,000 U.S.
restaurants.
McDonald’s is deferring rent for three months for franchisees to lessen the
financial blow of social distancing measures. Only about one-third of its U.S.
franchisees will be asked to pay March rent. Operators who have seen the
sharpest sales drops are also receiving deferrals on service fees.
cnbc.com
UK: Co-op hires extra security, warns criminals targeting stores
during pandemic it is ‘not worth the risk’
Central England Co-op, which has over 260 food stores and petrol stations,
revealed it was working closely with police forces across 16 counties to let it
be known that any type of crime from burglaries to violence and aggression
towards staff would ‘not be tolerated’ as it works hard to keep stores open and
provide access to vital and food essentials.
Extra measures being put in place include additional security guards to ensure
shoppers are safe and adhere to social distancing.
Craig Goldie, Loss Prevention Manager, said: “During these uncertain times we
all having to adapt but one thing that remains constant for us here at Central
England Co-op is our zero tolerance towards all types of crime.
bmmagazine.co.uk
COVID-19 forces retailers to lengthen return windows
Macy’s, Gap and other retailers are adjusting return windows to ease customers’
worries about getting their money back, if they buy clothing and other items
online as stores are dark.
Longer return windows add another level of complexity to how retailers are
managing their businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Most are still unsure
of when their shops will be able to safely open again. And some are operating
their online businesses with reduced staffing — after having furloughed store
and warehouse workers, as business dried up and states ordered nonessential
retailers shut.
The challenges — such as trying to resell returned merchandise and simply
finding enough workers to help process returns in distribution centers — could
end up hurting department store chains and apparel retailers the most.
cnbc.com
U.S. Payments Forum Educates on Consumer Interactions at the Point of Sale to
Inform Practical Safety Guidance During Coronavirus Outbreak
As the global COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, many U.S. states are
looking to establish best practices to keep citizens safe when making purchases
at physical retail locations. The U.S. Payments Forum released today a resource
to provide education on consumer interactions with payment terminals that can be
used to develop practical guidance for safer in-store payments.
Download Here - "Consumer
Interactions at the Point of Sale" - This resource:
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Outlines ways a consumer can complete a transaction while reducing
physical interactions with a payment terminal, including contactless payments
and paying online
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Educates on types of interactions consumers have at payment terminals,
including PIN entry, loyalty information capture, opting for cash back,
selecting receipt options and more
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Provides access to tips for a cleaner payment experience for merchants
and consumers
uspaymentsforum.org
Supporting Employees with Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic is drastically changing how and where businesses are
operating. Despite the upheaval, one thing hasn't changed: an employer's duty to
protect employees' privacy should they become infected.
Be prepared to communicate with your staff and help employees connect with
resources they may not know about. Protecting the privacy of an employee with
the virus and other workers' wellness is paramount. Support will likely need to
extend beyond traditional sick leave and well wishes for a rapid recovery.
Protecting Privacy - Supporting Employees - Obligations to All Staff
shrm.org
All essential businesses in New York state must provide face masks to employees
by 8 pm TONIGHT
Airport shops see business disappear as flights are cancelled
Walmart reserving morning pickup hour for at-risk customers
Ollie's DLPM Richard Reid Interviewed - Discount Chain Opening 3 New Stores
Today
Convenience Retail Industry Pivots for Long-Term COVID-19 Impact
WorkTaps, the Mobile-First Employee Referral Software for Hourly Workers, Offers
Free Access to Its Hiring Network Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
McDonald’s in China apologizes for sign banning black people amid coronavirus
Retailers lead mask production to combat COVID-19
David’s Bridal, Joann team up to make masks
Anonymous donor gives every household in an Iowa town $150 in gift cards
The $1,200 stimulus checks are arriving. People are mostly spending them on food
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ALL-TAG, a Critical Supplier to Food and Pharmacy Product Manufacturers, is Open
for Business, Shipping Orders, and Fully Staffed During the COVID-19 Pandemic
ALL-TAG, an American
manufacturer of RF Labels, and a leading supplier of AM Labels, RF & AM Security
Tags, and other loss prevention products, is designated a critical supplier to
food and pharmaceutical product manufacturers.
The company is committed to remaining fully staffed during the COVID-19
pandemic. ALL-TAG is open and shipping orders of any product to any location
around the world.
“We understand that many of our source tagging customers are supplying their
goods to various essential grocery and pharmacy retailers, and those goods still
need to be tagged” commented ALL-TAG’s Vice President of Sales, Andy Gilbert.
“We will continue to deliver our RF and AM Labels to these customers in a timely
fashion so that they can maintain their shipping schedules of food and pharmacy
products”.
“Our leadership team prides itself on the fact that we have not had to conduct
any layoffs or furlough any employees.”
The company has implemented plans across the globe, assuring employee safety,
and customer support.
All-Tag is closely monitoring the Coronavirus situation (designated COVID-19 by
the World Health Organization).
The company is managing operations to limit the impact on customers and
employees.
● Monitoring the World Health Organization (WHO), CDC, and credible news
websites.
● Maintaining communications with employees and customers
● Working to minimize the spread of an infectious disease if needed, through
work from home/social distancing, travel restrictions, increasing more stringent
office cleaning
In addition, company employees are following the World Health Organization (WHO)
recommended actions for minimizing the potential for infection.
For up-to-date information on this topic, please visit
https://all-tag.com/covid-19/.
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ICE HSI launches Operation Stolen Promise to combat COVID-19 fraud
U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
announced Wednesday the launch of Operation Stolen Promise to combat COVID-19
related fraud and other criminal activity. The operation intensifies
collaboration with multiple federal departments and agencies, along with
business and industry representatives. Surging criminal activity surrounding the
COVID-19 pandemic requires an equally robust investigative response to protect
the American public.
Criminal organizations that have historically been engaged in financial scams
are pivoting to exploit the coronavirus pandemic and the associated stimulus
package for illegal financial gains. These networks are smuggling and
selling counterfeit safety equipment and prohibited testing kits, medicines, and
hygiene products, as well as running illicit websites to sell their merchandise.
In the coming weeks, it is expected that financial fraud scams involving
financial relief, COVID-19 stimulus checks, and traditional boiler room
operations will increase. All these fraud scams also impact government public
benefit agencies that are in the process of distributing aid and providing
assistance.
As of April 14, HSI special agents have opened over 130 investigations
nationwide, seized over three million dollars in illicit proceeds; made nine
arrests; executed seven search warrants; sinkholed over 11,000 COVID-19 domain
names and worked alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seize
over 225 shipments of mislabeled, fraudulent, unauthorized or prohibited
COVID-19 test kits, treatment kits, homeopathic remedies, purported anti-viral
products and personal protective equipment (PPE). The launch of the operation is
in direct response to a significant increase in criminal activity.
ice.gov
Spotting and blacklisting malicious COVID-19-themed sites
Since last December, over 136,000 new COVID-19-themed domains have popped up
and, while many host legitimate websites, others have been set up to serve
malware, phishing pages, or to scam visitors.
SpyCloud researchers have also discovered that existing community threat
intelligence feeds such as Google Safe Browsing, OpenPhish or ThreatsHub flag
only a small percent of the domains as malicious.
“One potential reason is that the feeds we used have a focus on threat
intelligence specific to phishing and malware, not necessarily scam sites. In
addition, these feeds are sometimes automatically ingested into security
products, increasing the potential impact of false positives because they could
cause service disruptions in corporate and private networks,” the researchers
noted.
helpnetsecurity.com
How you'll get Apple and Google's contact tracing update for your phone
The tech giants say everyone will get access
to the framework for tracking tools, regardless of which version of iOS or
Android they use. Not everyone is convinced.
Apple
and Google are working together on a major effort to stop the spread of COVID-19
that uses signals from people's phones to warn them if they've been in
contact with someone who's tested positive for the disease.
The joint project takes advantage of two of the world's most popular operating
systems -- Apple's iOS and Google's Android -- to potentially reach billions of
people. The tools will use Bluetooth radio technology to support apps that will
be developed by public health authorities. Google and Apple will initially
begin releasing updates in May, the tech giants said during a joint briefing
Monday.
The two companies plan to build the tracing capability into their mobile
operating systems, building off the public health apps. Once it's part of the
OS, tracking could be even easier, but that will require people to update their
phone software, a problem that dogs the industry. A software tool, after all, is
only as effective as the number of people who can access it.
cnet.com
The Real-World Challenges of COVID-19 'Contact Tracing'
There have recently been several proposals for pseudonymous contact tracing,
including from
Apple
and Google. To both cryptographers and privacy advocates, this might seem
the obvious way to protect public health and privacy at the same time. Meanwhile
other cryptographers have been pointing out some of the flaws.
There are also real systems being built by governments. Singapore has already
deployed and open-sourced one that uses contact tracing based on bluetooth
beacons. The UK’s National Health Service is working on one too.
But contact tracing in the real world is not quite as many of the academic and
industry proposals assume. Contact tracers have access to all sorts of other
data such as public transport ticketing and credit-card records.
Although the cryptographers – and now Google and Apple – are discussing more
anonymous variants of the Singapore app, that’s not the problem. Anyone who’s
worked on abuse will instantly realise that a voluntary app operated by
anonymous actors is wide open to trolling.
lightbluetouchpaper.org
We may need 300,000 contact tracers to defeat COVID-19. We have 2,200
More top companies ban Zoom following security fears
Microsoft takes a not-so-subtle shot at Zoom’s security woes with new Teams ad
ThreatList: Skype-Themed Apps Hide a Raft of Malware
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Toronto business owners concerned about 'perfect storm' for break-ins
during
COVID-19 crisis
"There’s no guarantee that we're going to be
able to make it through this"
Non-essential
businesses closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being targeted in a series
of break-and-enters in Toronto.
"There’s no guarantee that we're going to be able to make it through this," Zach
Slootsky, the owner of The Federal, told CTV News Toronto. He fears the
restaurant, which was opened eight years ago, will not be able to survive much
longer.
"We have a three-month plan for now, we had a three-month plan before the
break-in and that sets us back maybe another month," he said. "While we're
waiting here in limbo, we're exposed and we just have this criminal liability
that criminals are exploiting now.”
Fashion house Horse Atelier, near Queen St. W. And Bathurst Ave. was targeted
last week. Co-founder Heidi Sopinka said the burglar deactivated their alarm
system and stole about $3,000 worth of clothing. They also ransacked the store,
destroying clothing and damaging the property.
"As you can see it's a perfect storm," Sopinka said. "All
the stores are closed and empty and everyone's at home. And the prison system is
at capacity, and the judicial system is shut down."
Other businesses have been boarded up as a preventative measure, and some
restaurants have posted signs indicating there is no cash or alcohol kept on the
premises.
toronto.ctvnews.ca
Number Of Retail Robberies, Shootings Rise In Toronto Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Hold-ups, retail robberies and shootings are on the rise while other crime
has declined over the past month in Toronto amid the novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic, but other crimes have decreased, Toronto Police Service
spokesperson Meaghan Gray told Sputnik.
"While it is far too early to make any determination on possible crime trends
during this time, we do know that since March 16, 2020, our weekly statistics
have shown the following: A decline in overall robberies but, when broken
down, an increase in hold-ups and retail robberies combined with a decrease in
street robberies," Gray said on Friday.
Gray added that the incidents of shootings in Toronto have also increased
since mid-March.
retail-insider.com
Some downtown London, Ont. businesses taking cover amid shutdown
Police stepping up patrols as businesses ask
for help
ctvnews.ca
40 arrested as Vancouver sees surge in commercial break-ins since COVID-19
measures began
Alberta RCMP warn citizens of spike in COVID-19 scams
Since the beginning of the month, there has been a spike in COVID-19 related
scams in Canada. The most common reports are fraudulent merchandise sales
and phishing emails.
The fraudulent merchandise sales frequently involve the sale and/or giveaway of
health-related products such as facemasks and COVID-19 tests. There are also
“free” products being advertised where the victim must pay a fake shipping fee.
coldlakesun.com
RELATED: 4,000% increase in ransomware emails
during COVID-19
Former employees, customers raise concerns over Dollarama’s protective measures
A former Dollarama employee refused to go back to work after fearing for her
safety. She says the store wasn’t taking enough COVID-19 precautions.
citynews.ca
Lowe's Canada Commits $ 1 Million to Help Associates and Communities Impacted by
COVID-19
Indigo rehires 545 workers following initial COVID-19 layoffs as online orders
grow
Why Canadians and Americans are buying guns during the coronavirus pandemic
Ontario to extend state of emergency, despite ‘glimmer of light’ in numbers
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Winnipeg, MB: 16-year-old girl fatally shot by police after liquor store theft
A
16-year-old girl who died after being shot by Winnipeg police was driving a
stolen vehicle used in the robbery of a Liquor Mart, police say. A group of
five teens, all 15 or 16 years old, are accused of robbing the store in the Sage
Creek neighbourhood just before 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. They allegedly stole
alcohol while threatening to harm staff, before leaving in a stolen SUV. A
police cruiser that responded to the robbery was rammed by the SUV, which then
sped off, police said. Officers approached the stopped SUV and the girl was
shot, police said. Police Chief Danny Smyth did not say how many shots were
fired or how many officers fired their guns. He also couldn't say why police
opened fire. All of that is being investigated by the Independent Investigation
Unit of Manitoba, which looks into police-involved serious incidents in the
province.
cbc.ca
(Update) Quebec: Man accused of attacking Walmart security guard released on
bail, new evidence emerges
Taber, AB: Man charged after licking products in store as part of 'COVID
Challenge'
Toronto, ON: Police investigating man seen shooting at cars near mall
Edmonton, AB: Police looking for witnesses, dashcam footage following strip mall
shooting
Halton, ON: Police say $1,500 worth of merchandise stolen from Lowe's
Georgetown, ON: Man steals more than $700 in merchandise from grocery store
Yellowknife, NT: Convenience store robber gets 18 months jail time
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Silencing Critics?
Amazon fires two more employees who were openly critical of working conditions
during pandemic
Two
additional employees who were publicly critical of Amazon’s warehouse
conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic have been fired by the company. UX
designers Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa were both also members of Amazon
Employees for Climate Justice, an organization of employees “who believe it’s
our responsibility to ensure our business models don’t contribute to the climate
crisis.”
The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post was the
first to report the firings, which come as workers
in at least 74 for the retail giant’s warehouses and fulfillment centers have
tested positive for the virus. At the very least, the optics are less
than ideal, as Amazon has struggled to maintain its delivery service amid a
widespread shutdown.
Amazon has pushed back against the notion that the employees were fired
expressly due to their criticisms of its treatment of workers during the
pandemic. “We support every employee’s right to criticize their employer’s
working conditions,” a spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch, “but
that does not come with blanket immunity against any and all internal policies.
We terminated these employees for repeatedly violating internal policies.”
Amazon has not specified the violation, though the company notably has policies
prohibiting public discussion of business practices without executive approval.
Both Cunningham and Costa told the Post they believe they were fired over
public criticisms of company practices.
techcrunch.com
Amazon Ramping Back Up?
Tech Giant to Hire 75K More, Expand Shipments of Nonessential Items
Amazon.com
will begin allowing third-party sellers on its platform to resume shipping
so-called nonessential items this week, a signal that the company is ramping
up to meet broader consumer needs, according to people familiar with the
matter.
Last month, Amazon made a decision to prioritize at its warehouses those items
deemed essential during the coronavirus outbreak, such as cleaning products,
health-care items and shelf-stable food. Amazon stopped accepting shipments of
items from sellers that didn’t correspond to the shopping needs of consumers
hunkering down during the pandemic. The mandate caused unrest for its army of
third-party sellers, which account for 58% of Amazon’s sales.
On Monday, Amazon announced that it was hiring an additional 75,000 employees
to help fill the mounting demand. Over the past month, the online retailer
has hired more than 100,000 people in full- and part-time jobs in distribution
centers and across its delivery network in the U.S.
wsj.com
EBay Names Walmart Executive as Its New CEO
ClearSale, 3dcart team up to offer merchants info about chargebacks and false
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Brooksville, FL: Criminal trio arrested after decades of heists,
stealing over $30 Millions in jewelry and cash
A
coordinated trio of criminals has been targeting jewelry stores in Hernando
County and across Florida for more than eight years, making off with about $16
million in gold, silver, jewels, and gems. They are experienced thieves whose
histories of stealthy burglaries go back decades. Since 2011, investigators have
been working to catch up with them, and it appears their efforts have finally
paid off. Hernando County
Sheriff Al Nienhuis announced Thursday the arrests of
three men he says are responsible for at least 23 sophisticated burglaries
across the state. These burglaries were not typical smash-and-grab thefts. Two
of the suspects, Michael Ornelas and William Granims, were convicted in 1999 of
robbing at least 50 jewelry stores across the southeast, and they served time in
federal prison. In 2008, Ornelas and Granims were out of jail and apparently
reunited to pick back up where they left off. As they prepared to rob a jewelry
store in Chicago, law enforcement officers arrested them. Now they face a long
list of charges and many years in prison. Over the course of many years robbing
jewelers, the men are believed to have stolen upwards of $30 million worth of
jewelry and cash.
fox13news.com
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Twiggs County, GA: Trucker stole 'large quantity' of Academy Sports merchandise
A Texas Freight Services truck driver is accused of stealing "a large quantity"
of merchandise from Academy Sports Warehouse. According to the Twiggs County
Sheriff's Office, Keith Edward Tedder was arrested early Tuesday and is charged
with multiple counts of felony theft by taking. Investigators got a complaint
from Texas Freight Services, Inc. about three boxes of Academy Sports Warehouse
merchandise discovered on its property in Jeffersonville. Surveillance video
from the trucking company showed Tedder, a Texas Freight yard truck driver,
leaving boxes of the merchandise at the terminal and then later putting them in
his personal vehicle. Tedder did this over a period of 22 days, according to the
sheriff's office. On Tuesday, investigators took out a search warrant at his
home in Jeffersonville, where they found the merchandise. Tedder is currently
being held at the Twiggs County Jail and additional charges are possible pending
the investigation.
wgxa.tv
Redwood City, CA: Frequent Kohl’s shoplifter is sentenced to 3 years probation
A frequent shoplifter at the Kohl’s in Redwood City was sentenced today (April
14) to three years probation and ordered to stay away from the store, a
prosecutor said. Tangata Laulea, 22, of Redwood City, went into the store on
Dec. 29, grabbed a bunch of items worth $553, and ran out, said San Mateo County
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. A Kohl’s security guard knew Laulea
shoplifted there before, and confronted him outside, said Wagstaffe. Laulea
then threatened the guard with a BB gun and got into a waiting car,
according to the DA. The guard called the police, who saw Laulea nearby. As
police pulled him over, Laulea shouted out that the gun was only a pellet gun,
Wagstaffe said. The driver, William Rodriguez Galdamez, 28, told police he was a
victim, and that Laulea had carjacked him, Wagstaffe said. But it was later
determined that Galdamez was Laulea’s accomplice.
padailypost.com
Lake Wales, FL: Walmart Shoplifting Suspect Tased By Police After Forcibly
Resisting Arrest, nearly $1,000 of merchandise recovered
New Orleans, LA: Brazen Shoplifter Wanted; stole 60 cartons of cigarettes
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Shootings & Deaths
Update: Auburn, WA: Police Identify Two Persons of Interest in Store Clerk
Homicide
The Auburn Police Department has released the identity of two individuals
identified as persons of interest associated with the March 31st armed robbery
of A & H Motor Sports. A & H Motor Sports shop employee Gregory Deckman (56) was
shot and killed during the robbery. A second employee, the shop manager was also
injured during the robbery. Danny Mendez (31) has been identified as a male
person of interest in this homicide.
auburnexaminer.com
Sebring, FL Florida man charged with threatening to shoot up Publix
Investigators
say a man threatened a mass shooting at a Publix store in Florida, all because
he didn't think enough people wore face masks while out and about during the
coronavirus pandemic. The Highlands County Sheriff's Office arrested Robert
Kovner, 62, of Sebring on a felony charge of making a written threat of a mass
shooting. Deputies said Kovner made the threatening post against Publix on
Facebook.
cbs12.com
Starkville, MS: Shooting at Academy Sports accidental
Officials say a Tuesday afternoon shooting at a west Starkville sporting goods
store was accidental. The Starkville Police Department was dispatched to Academy
Sports on the afternoon of April 14 for a report of shots fired. Police said
preliminary investigation points to it being an accidental discharge from a
vehicle. One female victim was transported to the hospital for medical treatment
of a gunshot wound.
djournal.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Cape Town, South Africa: Shoprite store reopens after looting, truck targeted by
Armed man
A
Shoprite supermarket that was vandalized and looted in Gatesville yesterday has
reopened. Several other incidents of looting were also reported in Manenberg and
Nyanga yesterday, while residents of Tafelsig in Mitchells Plain protested over
the non-distribution of food parcels, among others. Seven people were arrested
over the incidents on the Cape Flats. Windows were damaged when looters forced
their way into the Shoprite store in Gatesville and made off with various goods.
On Monday night, the Shoprite Lansdowne Corner in Hanover Park was targeted,
police said.
iol.co.za
Elsmere, DE: Dollar General Employees and Customers held at gunpoint in mid-day
Armed Robbery
Hartford, CT: Robbery / Larceny Suspect arrested tied to over 20 incidents;
Walgreens, CVS and Family Dollar stores
Hapeville, GA: 13-year-old shattered Family Dollar’s glass door to steal snacks
Boulder, CO: Boulder sees spike of 189% in burglary cases since March 1
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Auto Dealer –
Bloomington, IL – Burglary
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Auto Shop – Mobile, AL
– Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Toledo, OH –
Robbery
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C-Store – Prince
Williams County, VA – Robbery
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Cellphone – Las Vegas,
NV – Burglary/ Arson
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Dollar General –
Elsmere, DE – Armed Robbery
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Dollar General –
Cleveland, OH – Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar –
Hapeville, GA – Burglary
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Gas Station - Monroe
County, FL – Burglary
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Gas Station -
Gainesville, FL - Burglary
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Gas Station - Surry
County, NC – Robbery
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Hardware – Howard, WI
– Burglary
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Restaurant – Madison,
WI - Robbery
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Staples – Levittown,
NY – Robbery/ Assault of employee
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Walgreens – Port St
Lucie, FL – Robbery
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Walgreens – Hartford,
CT – Robbery
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Walgreens – Agawam, MA
– Armed Robbery
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Walmart – Lake Wales,
FL – Robbery
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7-Eleven – Sanford, ME
- Armed Robbery
Daily Totals:
• 13 robberies
• 6 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed |
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