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Call for Proposals Now Open
RILA is seeking proposals for the 2020 Retail Asset Protection Conference! Share
your expertise with fellow retail asset protection professionals at the 2020
Retail Asset Protection Conference in Dallas, May 3-6.
Speakers at RILA’s Retail AP Conference have the unparalleled opportunity to
expand their network and raise their profile by sharing successes and
challenges, in a collaborative setting with fellow asset protection executives.
And, conference registration is free for retail speakers! RAP2020 offers retail
leaders, industry experts, and partners the actionable strategies they need to
implement effective asset protection practices. We want to hear how you are
creating and sustaining excellence in your asset protection practices!
If you are interested in submitting a proposal to speak, please submit your
proposal by September 10, 2019.
rilaforce.com
Genetec strengthens its access control offering
 Company
partners with Mercury Security and HID Global to bring nonproprietary FICAM-certified
solutions to the U.S. federal market.
Genetec, a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety,
operations, and business intelligence solutions, announced that it is now
offering multiple FICAM-(Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management)
certified options for its Security Center Synergis access control system.
In a market that has been traditionally weighed down by limited solutions that
are often proprietary, these new options offer nonproprietary, open-architecture
choices to efficiently validate Personal Identity verification (PIV and PIV-I)
for federal employees and contractors.
Genetec offers two FICAM-certified options: Onboard authentication using Mercury
LP4502 controller and authentication using HID PAM.
genetec.com
Rephrasing Mass Shooting Events to Mass Casualty
Incidents
Rephrasing Active Assailant Can Include Active Shooter
In the homeland security and emergency management world, the term has started to
change from “active shooter” to “active assailant.”
The Department of Homeland Security has a resource page that lists “active
assailants” along with “active shooters” on the same page. The former is far
more inclusive than the latter.
Similar to changing the emergency planning wording to "all
hazards” to be more inclusive, "active assailant" has the same effect. It
broadens the focus of mass casualty incidents involving firearms and includes an
all-hazard approach. This wording is important because it helps the general
public to understand that there are many ways to categorize mass casualty
incidents, potentially affecting how citizens should prepare for emergencies.
Proper phrasing is important because it involves connotations and meanings.
Numerous experts have discussed how the phrasing of a concept can impact
political decisions. An article in
Psychology Today noted how political phrasing can be highly suggestive.
Rephrasing “active shooter” to the more inclusive “active assailant” will do
more to encompass the ideas, training and resources needed to address mass
casualty incidents.
edmdigest.com
It’s Up To You: Keys to Preventing False Confessions
Written By Tony Paixão, CFI, CFE
Let me be clear.
The primary intention of this article is to serve as a reminder for any and all
interview practitioners: before you begin an interview, make sure your mindset
is rooted in one simple, unwavering objective. Identifying the truth.
Over the last few years, there has been an influx of documentaries and
mini-series dedicated to the conversation of false confessions. This is a
topic I have been passionate about for many years, so naturally, I have been
keeping up with each new project as it’s been released. The overwhelming result
of this newfound mainstream interest has been positive—shining a long-overdue
light on the terribly unfortunate reality that is, the false confession.
It hasn’t been all kittens and unicorns, however. As with any topic, the message
can sometimes be lost in translation and biases tend to surface in both the
story’s depiction as well as the way it’s interpreted by the viewer. The one
thing that is painfully true, regardless of the level of bias that may be
infused into the films or brought on from the viewers, is false confessions
DO HAPPEN.
w-z.com
Published due to the importance of this message.
WSJ Article on Cashierless Technology - Use -
Cost - Theft
'Cashierless Stores Make Inroads in U.S. & Worldwide'
Sam’s Club, Giant Eagle and others are exploring the use of AI systems after
Amazon Go paved the way
U.S. retailers large and small are pressing ahead with testing the use of
artificial intelligence to track what products shoppers pick up and to
automatically bill their accounts when they walk out the door, eliminating the
need for checkout lines.
Several companies that sell cashierless technology—including Standard Cognition
Inc. and Vcognition Technologies Inc., which does business as Zippin—said they
are working with U.S. customers but declined to give details.
A global survey of about 400 retailers conducted in June found that
28% are testing or piloting cashierless systems, said Leslie Hand, vice
president of IDC’s Retail Insights division. Ms. Hand said she knows of nearly
100 companies world-wide
that are trying out the systems, adding she can’t discuss the details because of
nondisclosure agreements.
“It’s awoken that fire for retailers to understand that really this is the
future of retail and they need to invest in it,” Ms. Hand said.
Editor's Note: Due to this being such a critical subject we've posted
the
full article here.
Zippin Announces Strategic Partnership With Lojas
Americanas, Brazil's Largest Retailer, To Power New Checkout-free Stores
Columbia, NC: Capt. Neil's Seafood Owner & CEO
Pled Guilty to Selling $4M -
179K pounds of Mislabeled Blue Crab to Retailers
Capt. Neill’s Seafood Inc., at the CEO's direction, falsely labeled millions
of dollars’ worth of foreign crabmeat as “Product of USA.”
The company engaged in the business of purchasing, processing, packaging,
transporting and selling seafood and seafood products, including crabmeat from
domestically harvested blue crab. Carawan pleaded guilty to a one-count
information charging him and Capt. Neill’s with substituting foreign crabmeat
for domestic blue crab and, as part of the plea, Carawan admitted to falsely
labeling more than 179,872 pounds of crabmeat with a retail market value of
$4,082,841. The falsely labeled crabmeat was then sold primarily to wholesale
membership clubs, but also to other retailers. Charges have also been filed
against Capt. Neill’s and a hearing is set for Sept. 11, 2019.
For individuals who wish to see whether they qualify for restitution and
for further information on the prosecution, please visit the following site: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/captneillsseafoodvictiminformationpage
or
http://justice.gov/largecases.
The maximum sentence for falsely labeling crabmeat is five years in prison
and a fine of up to twice the gross gain of the offense, which in this case, is
a $8,165,682.00 fine.
justice.gov
App Bluetana - allows inspectors to find gas pump
skimmers faster
Per-day revenue from a skimmer is $4,253 to $63,638
Not for sale to general public
Bluetana detects skimmers’ Bluetooth signature and is more accurate than other
apps
A team of computer scientists at UC San Diego and the University of Illinois has
developed an app that allows state and federal inspectors to detect skimmers
in as little as three seconds.
The app, called Bluetana, detects the Bluetooth signature of the skimmers, and
allows inspectors to find the devices without needing to open up the gas
pumps.
Bluetana was developed with technical input from the United States Secret
Service and is only available to gas pump inspectors. It will not be
available to the general public. It is now used by agencies in several
states. In one year of operation, Bluetana has led to the discovery of 42
Bluetooth-based skimmers across three U.S. states, all of which were recovered
by inspectors. In a few cases, our app was able to find devices missed by
visual inspection.”
Researchers will present their work on Bluetana at the USENIX Security 2019
conference Aug. 14, 2019 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
ucsd.edu
7-Eleven reaches $1.5M settlement for improper
hazardous materials training
7-Eleven Inc. has reached a $1.5 million settlement with California prosecutors
in a civil case regarding illegal hazardous materials handling, the Ventura
County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.
The settlement was reached after an investigation into the improper training of
7-Eleven employees on how to handle carbon dioxide. The Texas-based chain, which
operates 1,700 locations throughout California, stores carbon dioxide gas as
part of its fountain beverage system. The gas can be harmful to employees if not
handled properly. vcstar.com
Spending Money Like Drunken Sailors - 70's,
80's & 90's
The Race to See How Many Stores You Could Open
In the 70's, 80's, and 90's as suburbia became 'Main Street USA', the economic
developers of cities and towns across America sold their souls to the real
estate developers and contractors that were consumed with building Malls and
Strip Centers.
Once the momentum began the retailers seized the opportunity and caught the top
line sales growth at any cost fever like never before. And the race was on.
With retailers growing faster then at any time in history. Malls began popping
up within miles of each other and sometimes across the street from each other.
With no regard to common sense, environmental impact (with a few examples in
Niagara Falls), crime (such was the case with North Randall Park Mall in
Cleveland) competition and long term viability.
And I'm sure a number of LP executives who were active during those decades
would agree. Those three decades were like the Indy 500 with everybody focused
on nothing but growth at any cost.
Which by the way drove a number of retailers out of business.
Meanwhile the group in the luxury boxes were very aware of the opportunity's it
presented from an investment standpoint and they began cherry picking the
retailers they could load up dept on and turn over quickly.
And then the music stopped and the man in the garage swooped in and took
control. Jeff Bezos and the internet caught everyone flat footed and wondering
what the hell happened.
And now we're dealing with the aftermath and more mall space then anywhere on
the planet. What happens next? Just a thought - Gus Downing
Senior LP & AP Jobs
Market
Director, Global Security Operations Center
posted for FedEx in Memphis, TN
Leads and supervises all Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) operations to
ensure state-of-the-art delivery of the following activities/capabilities on a
global basis: security system monitoring and response, intelligence gathering
and analysis, risk assessments, communications, reporting, emergency response &
security officer dispatching, all in a center that operates 24/7.
Collaborates with internal IT teams and multiple IT partners and vendors whose
services and technologies must seamlessly integrate into the GSOC’s operations.
FedEx serves more than 220 countries and territories around the globe. We can
serve this global network due to our outstanding team of FedEx employees. FedEx
has over 400,000 talented employees who are tasked with making every FedEx
experience outstanding.
fedex.com
Kroger Reduces Food Waste 9% in 2018 in it's Zero Hunger /
Zero Waste efforts
Avenue to close all 260 stores, sources say
Quarterly Results
Canada's LXRandCo Q2 comp's up 13%, sales down 8%
Canada's Metro Q3 comp's up 3.1%, pharmacy comp's up 3.4%, sales up 12.8%
(generated by Jean Coutu purchased)
Macy's Q2 comp's up 0.3%, sales down 0.3%
Canada's Indigo Books & Music Q1 comp's down 7.6%, sales down 6.2%
 LPF
Announces June & July's LPC and LPQ Professionals
The Loss
Prevention Foundation would like to recognize and congratulate the following
individuals who successfully completed all of the requirements set forth by the
board of directors to be LPQualified (LPQ) and/or LPCertified (LPC):
● Michael Houde, Jr., LPC - Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
● Christopher Austin, LPC - Ulta Beauty
● Amanda Buell, LPC - Amazon.com
● Timothy Corse, LPC - The TJX Companies, Inc.
● Stephen Feldman, LPC - Fanatics, Inc.
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Jacqueline Lange,
LPC - Retail Business Services LLC, an Ahold-Delhaize company
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Shirley Phinney,
LPC- Walgreens
● Isaac Sandoval, LPC- Amazon.com
● Jeffery Schartung, LPC - The Lowes Companies Inc.
● Andrew Bailey, LPQ - HomeGoods
● Frank Barczewski, LPQ - Meijer Inc.
● Kenneth Cooper, LPQ - Lyft
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Megan Richardson, LPQ - Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.
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Kimberly Sakevich, LPQ - The Wireless Experience
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Joanna Wilk, LPQ - Macy's, Inc.
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Cary Young, LPQ - The TJX Companies, Inc.
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Brandy Parrish, LPQ LPC - The TJX Companies, Inc.
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Brittany Phillippy, LPQ LPC - Walmart
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Five Factors Influencing the Cybersecurity Threat
Landscape
2019 Cyber Threatscape Report from Accenture
Cybercrime campaigns and high-profile advanced persistent threat groups are
shifting how they target victims and focusing more on intricate relationships
with “secure syndicate” partnerships to disguise activity
Compromising geopolitics: New threats emerge from disinformation and
technology evolution Global businesses may find themselves in the crosshairs as
geopolitical tensions persist. As cyberthreat actors take advantage of
high-profile global events and seek to influence mass opinion, these actors will
not only sustain current levels of activity but also to take advantage of new
capabilities as new technologies enable more-sophisticated threat TTPs.
Cybercriminals adapt, hustle, diversify and are looking more like states.
Despite high-profile law enforcement actions against criminal communities and
syndicates in 2018, the ability of threat actors to remain operational
highlights the significant increase in the maturity and resilience of criminal
networks in 2019. Analysis indicates conventional cybercrime and
financially-motivated, targeted attacks will continue to pose a significant
threat for individual Internet users and businesses.
Hybrid motives pose new dangers in ransomware defense and response. The
ransomware threat will be exacerbated further by the sale of access to corporate
networks—through which an attacker can deploy ransomware on a corporate-wide
scale—and the potential of ransomware with self-propagating abilities (such as
WannaCry) to reemerge could pose a significant threat to businesses,
particularly those with time-critical operations.
Improved ecosystem hygiene is pushing threats to the supply chain, turning
friends into frenemies. The global interconnectedness of business, the wider
adoption of traditional industry cyberthreat countermeasures and improvements to
basic cybersecurity hygiene appear to be pushing cyberthreat actors to seek new
avenues to compromise organizations, such as targeting their supply
chains—including those for software, hardware and the cloud.
Life after meltdown: Vulnerabilities in compute cloud infrastructure
demand costly solutions. The discovery of multiple side-channel vulnerabilities
in modern CPUs over the last two years could pose a high risk to organizations
running their compute infrastructure in the public cloud. Adversaries can use
this class of side-channel vulnerabilities to read sensitive data from other
hosts on the same physical server. Mitigations are available for most platforms,
cloud deployments, and software. However, most of the mitigations come at a cost
of reduced performance, leading to a potential increase of compute costs for
enterprises.
securitymagazine.com
A Framework for Responsible Artificial
Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedding itself into our daily lives.
But what are the social, ethical, and legal implications of this technology?
It’s time to consider some core principles for responsible AI.
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming integrated into our world, and in
some cases it’s happening without people even noticing. So far, the outcomes of
this technology are mixed. Some are positive, like
faster cancer diagnoses, and others negative, like
discriminatory resume vetting.
Since the legal, ethical, and policy issues raised by AI know no boundaries, the
members of the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw) are taking a
multi-jurisdictional approach to AI issues. Fifty-four lawyers and AI experts
from 16 countries volunteered to craft
an ethical framework of
eight principles that begins the conversation about the core principles of
responsible AI. The eight principles are:
● ethical purpose and society benefit
● accountability
● transparency and explainability
● fairness and non-discrimination
● safety and reliability
● open data and fair competition
● privacy
● intellectual property
The framework provides guidance in how to think about the execution of
responsible AI, which benefits the public good and minimizes unintended
consequences, especially outcomes that may infringe on individual rights and
liberties.
asae.org
The California Consumer Privacy Act's Hidden
Surprise Has Big Legal Consequences
What security professionals may have missed is that the CCPA contains a
surprise in the form of a provision devoted to "reasonable" cybersecurity
procedures and policies.
Many businesses hope that the CCPA will change — serious amendments remain in
the California legislative pipeline and should hit the governor's desk this
fall. However, the meat of the CCPA will likely remain the same. Now is the time
to start preparing, especially for the cybersecurity standards, as the
regulation goes into effect on January 1, 2020, with enforcements starting July
1, 2020.
The Hidden Security "Duty" in the Private Cause of Action
Tucked into the CCPA's provision on consumers having a private right of action
to sue businesses when their "nonencrypted or nonredacted personal information"
is subjected to "unauthorized access, theft, or disclosure" is the security
requirement. The CCPA specifies that people can sue "as a result of the
business' violation of the duty to implement and maintain reasonable security
procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information." This is,
in effect, a regulatory mic drop. Suddenly, baked into the CCPA is a business's
"duty" to maintain "reasonable security procedures and practices" appropriate to
the sliding scale of the sensitivity of the information. Unfortunately, those
reasonable security procedures and practices are left undefined in the CCPA
itself.
Without additional guidance from the California legislature or Attorney General,
businesses will need to build reasonable security measures from additional
sources, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology’.
But that's not enough; the CCPA also states that a business must have various
policies in place as well. The Act remains silent as to what policies beyond
specific mentions of updating privacy policies, but it is clear that the Act
also intends that businesses dust off ancient incident response plans, bring
your own device policies, and various other security policies to make certain
they are up to date.
darkreading.com
The changing face of DDoS attacks:
Degraded performance instead of total takedown
The number of DDoS attacks might be getting higher, but they are not all massive
nor do they always trigger DDoS defenses. In fact, small-scale DDoS attacks
are becoming more frequent and sophisticated, according to new research from
Neustar’s SOC.
According to the company’s Q2 2019 Cyber Threats and Trends report, between
April and June of this year, over 75 percent of all attacks mitigated by Neustar
were 5 Gbps or less, while large attacks – those of 100 Gbps and over –
decreased by 64 percent.
At first glance, the evolution of DDoS attacks on enterprises seems to follow a
pattern. The overall number of attacks during Q2 2019 compared with the previous
year grew by 133 percent, which, though down from last quarter’s 200% growth, is
still high. Stepping outside an analysis of the numbers of attacks to their
composition, however, shows some interesting changes.
Small and secretive
Smaller and more carefully targeted incursions are growing in quantity,
intensity and duration. Such attacks do not seek to saturate the network link –
and draw unwanted attention in the process – but to degrade or disable specific
infrastructure within the target. Such lower volume incursions may enable the
perpetrator to get in and get out unnoticed or allow the attack to continue for
quite a long time undetected. In fact, the longest duration for a single attack
in Q2 was nearly two days.
helpnetsecurity.com
Judge Delays Ruling for Forever 21 Half a Million
Customers 2017 Data Breach
Top Five Best Cybersecurity Best Practices
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Montreal grapples with privacy concerns as more Canadian police forces
use facial recognition
City
council debating whether to follow San Francisco's lead in banning the
technology
Independent Coun. Marvin Rotrand said the city's bylaws should be updated so
that they can keep pace with advances in artificial intelligence, to protect
citizens' "privacy and the protection of our democratic values."
He's preparing a motion that would put a moratorium on using the technology
until clear rules are put in place. It will be debated at the city council
meeting on August 19.
Montreal police would not say whether or not it is already using facial
recognition technology, but it is being used by police elsewhere in Canada.
The Toronto Police Service said last year a pilot project using the technology
was an "immediate success" in helping identify suspects.
A 2012 study by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers concluded
that more work needs to be done to shrink that demographic gap in the
reliability of the technology. Rotrand wants the federal government to create
laws governing the use of facial recognition, but for the time being he says
it's important that city council send a clear message to police that they
aren't free to use it as they please.
cbc.ca
'Smash and grabs' prompting more security in North Bay's downtown
According to the Downtown Improvement Area, an organization created by the city
to "preserve and develop the heart of North Bay," the downtown is seeing an
increase in crime, homelessness, poverty and addictions.
Recently, a well known downtown business was broken into for the third time. At
the end of July, Pearls Inc, a jewlery store that's been a staple in the
downtown for many years was broken into again.
Break-ins and other crimes are some of the factors that prompted the DIA to
start looking into solutions to improve the safety of the downtown. Trudeau says
they're looking into hiring security and other ways they can ensure their
customers and business are safe.
cbc.ca
Stores
say construction on Dundas St. making it easier for thieves & vandals to go
undetected
Federal court rules that Toronto woman must pay damages to luxury retailers,
including Dior & Louis Vuitton, in counterfeit sales case
Justice John Norris writes in a ruling dated August 8 that Natalie Mary Tobey,
who operates an unregistered business named TBF Accessories, sold counterfeit
Celine, Givenchy, Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton handbags and apparel out of
multiple locations, including a Toronto home.
The ruling, which covers four separate actions from the companies, says Tobey’s
defence argued her merchandise substantially differed from the companies’ goods
and that reasonably informed people would not confuse them. But Norris writes
“this defence has no hope of success whatsoever.”
He also dismissed other potential issues for trial, including whether the
defendant is personally liable for the trademark infringement or the
corporation.
Norris ruled a trial should not take place and the amount she owes the
defendants could be determined by a court appointee.
citynews.ca
Loblaw won't face lawsuit over Bangladesh factory collapse after Supreme Court
refuses to hear case
One
of the country’s largest retailers is finally off the hook for the devastating
collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh six years ago. In a decision on
Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear a group of Bangladeshi
victims and relatives who wanted to sue Loblaw over the tragedy.
The key issue in the lawsuit was whether a Canadian court had jurisdiction to
consider the claim — of importance to companies that source product from abroad.
Both Ontario’s Superior Court and Court of Appeal had previously denied the
plaintiffs class-action certification in their quest for $2 billion in
compensation.
financialpost.com
Couche-Tard Looks to Be ‘Key Player’ in Cannabis Retailing
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. and independent adult-use cannabis retailer Fire &
Flower Holdings Corp. have confirmed the closing of their transaction announced
on July 24.
Fire & Flower will leverage Couche-Tard’s international infrastructure and
experience for global expansion opportunities. The investment will provide Fire
& Flower with additional capital to further accelerate its expansion strategy,
significantly accelerating the number of stores it is able to open as well as
the number of markets it is potentially able to access.
Laval, Quebec-based Couche-Tard’s network consists of approximately 9,900
mostly Circle K convenience stores throughout North America.
cspdailynews.com
Canada Store Openings & Expansions
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Canadian Fashion Brand EMMYDEVEAUX Opening 2nd Store Amid Cross-Country
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Canadian Retailer ‘Mark's’ Launches New Mall Concept Store
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Popular Store Reopens at New Location in Square One in Mississauga
Canadian Tire buying Party City business for $174.4 million in cash
Vodka most often targeted in N.B. liquor store thefts
Canada Launches Small Business Cybersecurity Certification Program
Edmonton, AB: Fraudsters using 'advanced methods' steal $683,000 in elaborate
gift card scam
Police said scammers using “advanced methods” have made off with $683,000 since
the beginning of the calendar year. A Tuesday news release said EPS has received
136 reports of the gift card-related scam in that time period. The scam
begins with a phone call informing the victim their online banking has been
hacked. The caller will provide an employee number to gain trust. The target
will then be asked to login to their online banking after downloading a software
program that will provide the scammer with remote access to the computer. The
scammer will then transfer funds from your account to someone in India and
continue to ask the victim to purchase more scratch cards. This process will
continue until the scammer can no longer convince the victim to send any more
money.
thestarphoenix.com
Calgary, AB: Man shot near Chinook Centre; runs into movie theater bathroom to
treat wounds
Calgary police say a man dashed into a washroom in a shopping mall cinema to
treat a gunshot wound before he was greeted by officers and taken to hospital.
The shooting happened just after 9 p.m. Sunday near Chinook Centre. Police say
it appears the 30-year-old victim was shot along a road that runs parallel to
the west side of the mall. The man was taken to hospital for treatment of
non-life-threatening injuries. Earlier reports that the shooting was targeted
have yet to be substantiated, said Olson.
calgaryherald.com
Lower Truro, NS: Nearly $50,000 worth of tires stolen from store
Colchester RCMP responded on August 2 to a complaint of theft of nearly $50,000
of tires stolen from a store on Robie Street in Lower Truro. Police said the
theft occurred during the overnight hours between August 1 and August 2. The
tires that were stolen were mostly winter truck tires, with three kayaks and two
stand-up-paddle boards stolen as well. Investigation has determined a
moving-style truck approached the fenced-in area in the early morning hours, and
was there for approximately an hour.
globalnews.ca
Guelph, ON: Police seek woman in connection to $2,500 theft investigation
Edmonton shipping container coffee shop shuttered due to theft — again
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'Group LP Selfie' Pizza Party Drawing!
 Gus Downing, Amber Bradley and Joe LaRocca draw three winners in our
latest 'Group LP Selfie' drawing. See which three lucky retail LP/AP teams win a
FREE pizza party - sponsored by Domino's!
Submit your
team's 'Group LP Selfie' and you could win at our next drawing in
June at NRF PROTECT. We'll also send you a free GLPS team plaque
for your office wall. Show the industry your team pride and have some fun!
Joe & Amber Discuss
ORC - Part 2
Quick Take 9
with MCs Joe LaRocca
and
Amber Bradley
LPNN Co-MCs Joe LaRocca and Amber Bradley
continue their
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educating the C-Level executives at your company about ORC and partnering with
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Consumers Are More Open to Biometrics
Half of consumers worldwide have used biometrics—typically based on facial
recognition technology—to make some form of payment, according to a Paysafe
study.
For many, the benefits are pretty straightforward. Among internet users surveyed
in the US, UK, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada and Germany, 44% of respondents
identified speed as one of the main advantages of using the technology to pay
for goods or services.
While biometrics can bring opportunity, they can also raise privacy concerns. In
the Paysafe survey, respondents were somewhat split on the topics of security
and identity fraud.
When asked whether they worried that using biometrics as a form of payment would
cause the amount of identity fraud to dramatically increase, 56% of internet
users said they at least slightly agreed with that statement.
However, 47% also slightly agreed that using facial or fingerprint
recognition technology to verify their identity means they will never be a
victim of fraud.
emarketer.com
Counterfeits Cost Global Economy $323 Billion In
2018
More than one in four consumers have unknowingly purchased non-genuine
goods online, in many cases through seemingly legitimate channels: online
marketplaces (39%), search engines (34%), mobile apps (22%)
and advertisements (20%). All told, counterfeiting sucked $323 billion
in value from the world economy in 2018, and in some cases, counterfeit products
have caused consumer injuries or deaths.
The most commonly counterfeited product categories are:
● Makeup (32%)
● Skincare (25%);
● Supplements (22%); and
● Medication (16%).
retailtouchpoints.com
Online retailers are transforming warehouse
construction
Two decades ago, those facilities were simple structures that relied on
forklifts to retrieve goods that were stored on pallets until they were shipped
to a store, he said. Since then, storerooms have morphed into high-tech
distribution hubs that are the last stop in the e-commerce supply chain.
CBRE reports that available warehouse space has come up short by about 170
million square feet every year since 2015.
retaildive.com
UK Online shopping anti-fraud scheme delayed
Online Retailers Like Wayfair Opening Pop-Up Shops at
Malls
JD.com’s Partnerships With Prada, Giuseppe Zanotti and
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Abilene, TX: About $48,000 in electronics stolen
from Best Buy
Multiple suspects broke into Best Buy early Tuesday and stole about $48,000
worth of electronic equipment, Abilene police said. Police were alerted at about
3:10 a.m. of the break-in at the store located at the Mall of Abilene.
"Detectives are working with other agencies as this burglary may be related to
other similar burglaries around the state," Abilene police said in a news
release. More than five suspects were involved in the burglary that lasted
"minutes," said Abilene police spokesman Rick Tomlin. The suspects were in a
light-colored passenger truck. The suspects may have been responsible for
similar burglaries in Tulsa, McKinney, Houston and possibly other cities,
Abilene police said.
reporternews.com
Falcon, CO: Trio suspected of assaulting Walmart
employee, stealing 23 iPhones, arrested; total value $23,000
The assault and robbery happened at about 8:40 p.m. Monday at Walmart, 11550
Meridian Market View, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said in a news
release. On Tuesday, the sheriff announced that three suspects have been
arrested in the case. Colorado Springs police, the Colorado State Patrol and
Pikes Peak Community College police assisted the sheriff’s office in the
investigation.
denverpost.com
Houston, TX: Thieves ram truck into shoe store,
make off with dozens of shoes
The incident happened around 1:40 a.m. at a new WSS shoe store on South Gessner
Road near the Southwest Freeway. e thieves backed a stolen, white Ford F-250
into the business and used the trash bags to steal the shoes -- most of them
Nike – before fleeing the scene. Police said the store manager will have to do
inventory to see exactly how many pairs were taken but estimate the number to be
around 50.
click2houston.com
St Louis, MO: Burglary Suspects Pick Wrong Store
to Sell Stolen Comics
When someone broke into a storage locker earlier this month and stole Martin
Casas' personal collection of 3,000 comic books, which he'd painstakingly built
up over three decades, he was put out but not hopeless that they were gone
forever. Just days later, a call came in from a woman who said she had a box of
comics to sell, and when she dropped the box off to be appraised. He called the
woman to ask if she had even more to sell, and if she could come in the next day
so he could pay her for "her" wares. Yes, she said, per Casas: "Me and my
boyfriend, we do storage units." Casas arranged for the police to hide out in
the store for her arrival, and when she and her boyfriend showed up, they were
taken into custody.
newser.com
Grand Rapids, MI: Group nets $20,000 using bogus
bottle return slips at Meijer stores
Bogus bottle return slips cashed in at numerous Meijer stores netted
participants thousands of dollars before the criminal enterprise was tripped up
by a Michigan State Police fraud unit. Hundreds of photo-copied bottle return
slips were redeemed at between five and seven Meijer stores in the Grand Rapids
area, according to investigators and court records. The ringleader, 35-year-old
Jonathan Alan Bosch, was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay Meijer more than
$19,100 in restitution. Four others were given jail and probation.
wzzm13.com
Walnut Creek, CA: Three women steal 16 iPhone in Snatch &
Grab at Apple store
Millburn, NJ: Neiman Marcus at Short Hill investigating
$3,296 merchandise theft
Millburn, NJ: Christian Louboutin at Short Hills
apprehended 2 handbag thieves, totaling $2,780
Bannockburn, IL: Woman charged with theft of $2,800 of
merchandise from Uncle Dan’s Outdoors
Brooklyn, OH: Menards makes a $700 apprehension at one of
its new Cleveland area locations
Clark, NJ: Target apprehends Shoplifting suspects in $580
theft, suspect has warrants in 4 other cities
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Shootings & Deaths
Kansas City, KS: Man armed with AR-15 rifle
killed in shootout with police near Kansas City outlet mall
Kansas City police
shot and killed a man they say was heavily armed Tuesday morning and shot at
them. Police say the gunman also told a hotel manager he killed his wife and was
headed to Legends Outlets with a military-style rifle.
Pearson told a hotel manager before the shootout that he killed his wife, was
dangerous and that the manager needed to call police. Then the witness said he
went out to a red Maserati and peeled out of the parking lot.
fox2now.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Burke County, NC: Customer hits shirtless
C-Store Armed Robber with truck
Police are investigating after they said a customer followed a man who had
just robbed a Burke County convenience store and hit him with his truck.
Surveillance video captured the suspect, identified as Andrew Michael Davis,
waving a gun around during the overnight armed robbery at the Shop and Save
on Highway 18, north of Morganton. A shirtless Davis walked into the store
just before closing time, around 1 a.m., wearing a mask, according to
police. He pointed a gun at the clerk throughout the robbery. The sheriff
said that after running from the store, a customer followed Davis and struck
him with his truck. Davis was rushed to the hospital and has serious
injuries after being found in a ditch near the store.
wsoctv.com
Palm Coast, FL: Tire Shop Employee busted for
$1,600 theft of merchandise and services
Police arrested a Palm Coast man who swindled a local tire shop out of
approximately 20 tires and 10 oil changes. The man was employed by the
business, according to a police report, and the store's general manager said
the thefts had been occurring since May 2019.
The store's asset protection manager advised police that he was conducting
an internal theft investigation for all the tires the man sold "on the
side." The man is suspected of selling these tires on the street for cash.
The 20 tires are worth over $1,300, and the oil changes just under $300.
ormondbeachobserver.com
Norfolk, NY: 12- and 14-year-old with guns
stole $1,400 in cigs from Upstate NY store
A 12-year-old and 14-year-old were arrested in Norfolk, NY, after breaking
into a convenience store and stealing $1,400 worth of tobacco and
e-cigarette products. New York State Police say the pair each had handguns
with them when they climbed through the drive-through window at the Parkway
Express in Norfolk at 3 a.m. on Saturday.
newyorkupstate.com
Massena, NY: St Lawrence Centre Mall burglars
caught after hitting same stores two nights in a row
St. Lawrence Centre mall stores were burglarized two nights in a row. Police
say it was the same three burglars each time. It seemed to work out fine for
the suspected burglars on the first night, so they came back for a second
night. That didn’t work out as well. They were caught red-handed at a nail
salon. They allegedly pried open a plate glass window at the front of the
store in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, but state police had already been
called.
wwnytv.com
East St Louis, MO: Truck used to Smash Save A Lot
store front to attempt to steal safe; attempt Failed
West Allis, WI: Woman accused of leaving 2 kids in car
while she shopped at Target
Arapahoe County, CO: Still no arrests after nearly 24
brazen smash-and-grabs at strip malls
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Apple – Walnut Creek, CA – Robbery
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Best Buy – Abilene, TX – Burglary
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C-Store – Newberry County, SC – Burglary
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C-Store – Victorville, CA – Robbery
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C-Store – Hamilton, NJ – Burglary
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C-Store – Burke County, NC – Armed Robbery
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CVS – St Louis, MO – Armed Robbery
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Dollar General – Halifax County, VA – Armed Robbery
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Dollar Tree – Meridian, MS - Burglary/suspect shot
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Gas Station – Derby, VT – Burglary
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Grocery - East St. Louis, MO - Burglary
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Hardware - Buckhannon, WV – Burglary
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Home Depot – Suwanee, GA – Armed Robbery
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Kmart – Chico, CA – Armed Robbery
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JC Penney – Spokane, WA – Armed Robbery
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Nail Salon - Massena, NY – Burglary
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Pharmacy – Belton, TX – Robbery
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Restaurant – Fresno, CA – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – Manitowoc, WI – Burglary
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Restaurant – Danville, IN – Burglary
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Restaurant – Nashville, TN – Armed Robbery (Wing Stop)
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Restaurant – Indian River County, MI - Armed Robbery
(Domino’s)
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Shoe Store – Houston, TX – Burglary
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Walmart - Falcon, CO - Robbery
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7-Eleven – New Windsor, MD – Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven – Suffolk County, NY – Robbery
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7-Eleven – Elkhart, IN – Robbery
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7-Eleven – Portsmouth, VA – Armed Robbery
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