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Industry Veteran Kathleen Smith Thanks LP Community Following Retirement Announcement

I am overwhelmed and so appreciative of all the kind words I’ve received over the last several days and there is no possible way to thank everyone. Please know I am so grateful and proud to be a part of this industry. Any success I’ve had needs to be shared with all of you for continuing to challenge us to always strive for excellence.

I am most thankful for all the smart and talented people I work with daily. Without their trust, faith and support none of this would have been possible. It is only through them that I was successful.

Thank you all. Please know you hold a special place in my heart.

- Kathleen

Editor's Note: Kathleen Smith most recently served as VP of Asset Protection for Albertsons-Safeway. Read more about her career in Friday's retirement announcement here. We at the D&D Daily once again wish her all the best in the next chapter of her journey!
 



Catherine Stasiowski promoted to Sr. Director, Loss Prevention & Safety for Total Wine & More
Catherine joined Total Wine & More in October 2006 as an Assistant Store Manager and later became a Store Manager. In June 2009 she joined the Loss Prevention team as an analyst. As the company grew Catherine assumed additional positions and responsibilities, serving as an investigator, senior regional LP business partner, Sr. Manager of Investigations, and most recently as Director of LP & Safety. In her most recent position she has provided important leadership on cross-functional teams, Covid-Tracing Teams, and complex investigations. Congratulations, Catherine!


Jih-Hao Jim Cheng, Esq. promoted to Director of Loss Prevention Operations for Dick's Sporting Goods
Jih-Hao Jim has been with Dick's Sporting Goods for nearly 11 and a half years, starting in 2009 as a District LP Manager for the company. Before his promotion to Director of Loss Prevention Operations, he spent 10 and a half years as Regional Director of LP. Earlier in his career, he spent 12 and a half years in LP roles with Chick's Sporting Goods, which has since been acquired by Dick's. Congratulations, Jih-Hao Jim!


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COVID Update

US: Over 6.7M Cases - 199K Dead - 4M Recovered
Worldwide: Over 29.4M Cases - 933K Dead - 21.3M Recovered


Private Industry Security Guard Deaths: 189   Law Enforcement Officer Deaths: 105
*Red indicates change in total deaths

New Cases Have Reached Record Levels in the Midwest
Case numbers surged in the Northeast this spring. They spiked early this summer in the South and the West. And now, even as parts of the country experience rapid improvement, reports of new infections have soared in the Midwest. nytimes.com

Stop Expecting Life to Go Back to Normal Next Year
Anthony Fauci warned us last week that Covid-19 is likely to be hanging over our lives well into 2021. He’s right, of course. We need to accept this reality and take steps to meet it rather than deny his message.

Many Americans are resistant to this possibility. They’re hoping to restart postponed sports seasons, attend schools more easily, enjoy rescheduled vacations and participate in delayed parties and gatherings.

It is completely understandable that many are tiring of restrictions due to Covid-19. Unfortunately, their resolve is weakening right when we need it to harden. This could cost us dearly.

Until we see convincing evidence that a vaccine has a large population-level effect, we will still need to mask and distance and restrain ourselves. Too many of us won’t. Too many will believe that the vaccine has saved them, and they will throw themselves back into more normal activities. nytimes.com

Pfizer CEO says COVID-19 vaccine efficacy will be clear by October
There is a good chance that by October Pfizer will know whether its COVID-19 vaccine under development works, Albert Bourla, Pfizer CEO said Sunday on an interview with CBS' “Face the Nation”.

In the interview, Bourla said however, that it's not yet known whether Americans will be able to receive a coronavirus vaccine before 2021, because issuance of a license depends on federal regulators. drugstorenews.com

How Companies Are Getting Speedy Coronavirus Tests for Employees
Intermediaries are finding labs with capacity for companies seeking to make sure workers are virus-free. But many employers choose to avoid the cost.

Many have complained of two obstacles: access to coronavirus testing for their employees and long delays in receiving results.

But some have found a reliable workaround. Through a growing number of intermediaries, they can generally obtain test results in one to three days, often by circumventing large national labs like Quest and LabCorp.

The intermediaries occupied various corners of the health care galaxy before the pandemic, and are now addressing “a supply-chain optimization failure.”

The solution often meant turning to labs located where the spread of the virus was relatively contained. “In some places there are spikes and perhaps testing issues; in other parts of the country there are not.” nytimes.com

Returning Workers Divided on Contact Tracing

HR must address employee reactions, privacy and compliance concerns

Majority of U.S. workers feel that contact tracing would help prevent the spread of coronavirus as they return to their workplaces, but many aren't entirely comfortable about the process and have concerns about its use. Experts say contract tracing will be key to safely returning workers to their workplaces and helping prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The method has been accepted by most U.S. workers. A recent survey of 1,007 employees by SHRM found that 68 percent of respondents agree that employers using contact tracing would help to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. However, a smaller majority said they would feel more comfortable at work if their employer were to use contact tracing (57 percent) and that the benefits of the practice outweigh potential privacy concerns (53 percent).

Employers must track workplace exposures, but they do not have to conduct contact tracing.

New Area for Compliance Concern - Privacy Concerns  shrm.org

You May Not Say It - But Everybody's Thinking It
How to Prevent Remote-Work Abuse

"During this period of time when employees are working remotely, it has never been more important for employers to regularly communicate with and check in with employees."
 
Signs include an employee:
● Not responding to e-mails or telephone calls during regular business hours for long stretches.
● Not being available for calls or videoconference meetings.
● Being late with work assignments.
● Going out of town without seeking approval.
● Customer complaints about a lack of responsiveness.

"Managing remote teams is best done with metrics of performance established as benchmarks, allowing for measures of performance," said David Lewis, CEO of OperationsInc, headquartered in Norwalk, Conn. "Someone who is not meeting those benchmarks will be easy to pick out." Those benchmarks include project output and meeting deadlines, he noted.

Employers should have policies in place that clarify what conduct is not acceptable in the remote workplace, Bronchetti said.

Policies should address:
● What hours nonexempt employees are expected to be on the clock.
● When exempt employees are expected to be available.
● Where an employee can work if his or her job requires access to confidential information. shrm.org

Apple Express is a new retail store experience designed with COVID-19 in mind

Apple Design Teams Develop Special Face Masks for Employees
 



California Proposition 20 - 11/3/2020
Let's Counter Prop 57 & Reduce Crime in the Stores


Retailers Call to Action in California: Nov. 3rd, 2020 Election
Prop. 20: Tougher Penalties, Parole Req's for Non-Violent Crimes;
DNA Collection for Convicts


There’s some serious debate surrounding a little-covered measure up for a popular vote in two months: Proposition 20.

What is Proposition 20? In a nutshell, it’s three separate things:

1. It would allow prosecutors the option to charge some non-violent crimes as felonies. These are mainly theft and drug crimes – crimes Californians recently voted to reduce to misdemeanors.

2. It would make it harder for those convicted of said theft and drug crimes to get early parole.

3. It would mandate DNA collection for people convicted of theft, drug and domestic violence misdemeanors.

Increases Penalties for Certain Theft-Related Crimes. Proposition 20 creates two new theft-related crimes:

Serial Theft. Any person with two or more past convictions for certain theft-related crimes (such as burglary, forgery, or carjacking) who is found guilty of shoplifting or petty theft involving property worth more than $250 could be charged with serial theft.

Organized Retail Theft. Any person acting with others who commits petty theft or shoplifting two or more times where the total value of property stolen within 180 days exceeds $250 could be charged with organized retail theft.

Merchants are suffering from more thefts, more violence and “more fear” in their stores, and they have little recourse, according to Pfingst. He is referring to an earlier ballot measure which increased the threshold for felony theft to $950 from $450. As long as shoplifters steal less than $950 of merchandise, it’s a misdemeanor – something Pfingst says just isn’t strong enough to deter crime.

“They went too far,” said Pfingst of the prison reduction measures. “We’re just allowing too many people to commit too many serious crimes, calling them misdemeanors rather than felonies, and this is having collateral consequences, unintended consequences that is hurting small businesses, merchants and other people. A correction is overdue.

“Prop 20 is an attempt to bring it back to a more strict analysis of who should be in jail and who should not,” he said.

State Assemblymember Jim Cooper (D) out of Sacramento and Assemblymember Vince Fong (R) out of San Joaquin Valley sponsored the ballot measure. Supporters include two police unions out of Los Angeles and giant food retailer chain Albertsons Safeway. nbcsandiego.com

Editor's Note: If you can persuade your retailer to support the bill and send emails, make calls, or have government affairs get involved please do so.

California Propositions and Initiatives - Prop 20

Election Date: Nov. 3rd, 2020 - Here's the online info

What Would This Ballot Initiative Change About Criminal Sentencing and Supervision Policies in California?
 



West Coast Wildfires


At least 35 dead in wildfires that continue to blanket the West in smoke
Oregon fire crews continued to battle the more than 30 fires raging across the state, where more than 1 million acres have been scorched and, according to Gov. Kate Brown (D), at least 10 people have been killed. More than 3,000 people were staying in shelters run by local counties, Oregon officials said, which are also following protocols to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus as residents face overlapping crises. One death has been reported in the state of Washington, according to the Associated Press.

Fire crews expect cooler conditions that may be helpful in coming days. Air quality in the Pacific Northwest is among the worst in the world. Air quality alerts are in effect for parts of California as well. washingtonpost.com

  Map-locator graphics and photos of the Western wildfires

  Oregon wildfires race through small towns, scorching hundreds of buildings

California wildfires have burned an area almost the size of Connecticut
Since the start of 2020, wildfires in California have burned over 3.2 million acres of land -- an area almost the size of Connecticut.

CalFire said Monday that nearly 16,500 firefighters have been battling 28 major wildfires in the state, which have left 24 people dead and over 4,200 structures destroyed. For those who have avoided the flames, smoke from the fires has choked the air and kept people inside. The continued risk of future fires has forced partial power shutoffs for thousands of California residents.

Record-breaking temperatures and a lack of rain have only exacerbated conditions. cnn.com

Cal Fire Incident Info Interactive Map

A zoomed out view of the map (below, left) shows active fires throughout the western U.S.

Zooming in
(below, right) you can see the status of individual structure and actual pictures of buildings in the vicinity of the Creek, CA fire.


Field damage inspection is still ongoing and subject to change. The points shown in this map are being updated regularly. Data is subject to change as information is gathered and verified. The icons on the map indicate the current known status of the structure. If your structure is not identified by an icon, it has not yet been identified. arcgis.com


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Top Trump health appointee warns of armed insurrection after election
A top communications official for the administration’s coronavirus response urged President Trump’s supporters to prepare for an armed insurrection after a contested election and accused government scientists of “sedition” in a Facebook Live chat that he described in detail to The Washington Post on Monday.

Michael Caputo, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, which is overseeing the coronavirus response, leveled the accusations and promoted other conspiracy theories in a Facebook Live event first reported by the New York Times. Caputo confirmed the authenticity of the video in comments he made to The Post. washingtonpost.com

Protests in Lancaster, PA
Protests erupt after police shooting of Ricardo Munoz caught on body cam


Mayor says ‘we need help’ with mental health care

After a night of protests over the fatal shooting of a Latino man by police Sunday, city officials in Lancaster, Pa., addressed the issue Monday and called for a different, “more human” response to emergency situations that involve mental health.

Mayor Danene Sorace said in a news conference Monday that there is a “clear need” for a de-escalation response from law enforcement, as well as an expansion of state-funded mental health care — and other social services — to prevent fatal incidents like Sunday night’s, and she argued that recent state budget cuts have undermined these efforts. washingtonpost.com

Cities Were Filled With Mass Protests in the Summer of 2020. They Are Different Now

Law-enforcement officials say presence of armed fringe groups from both sides of political spectrum raises prospect of a new wave of violence

Months of mass protests have given way to more violent and even deadly demonstrations, driven by extremists who are flocking to them.

Law-enforcement officials say they are alarmed by the presence of armed fringe groups from both sides of the political spectrum at the protests and say the deadly shootings late last month in Kenosha, Wis., and Portland, Ore., raise the prospect of a new wave of political violence.

Forces ratcheting up the intensity at rallies include outrage expressed by many about the treatment of Black Americans by police, divisions over pandemic restrictions, an economic downturn that left millions of Americans jobless and a contentious national election, current and former law-enforcement officials say. Police have struggled to stop the violence and have faced criticism for allowing protests to descend into chaos, while more armed fringe groups have been drawn to the fray, experts say.

“This has always been the nightmare scenario,” said Colin Clarke, a researcher at the Soufan Center, a nonpartisan group that tracks extremism. “I’m frankly surprised it’s taken this long for people to be shot and killed.”

As protests over police brutality grew more intense this summer, police in some cities were told to avoid using force unless they absolutely had to, said Frank Straub, a director at the Police Foundation and a former Spokane, Washington police chief. wsj.com

Hurricane Sally Live Updates: Gulf Coast Could See Up to 30 Inches of Rain
Officials urged people to prepare for “life-threatening” flash floods, torrential rains and strong winds. “This is the real deal,” Mississippi’s governor said.

As Hurricane Sally churned slowly over the Gulf Coast early Tuesday morning, creeping along at just 2 miles per hour as it approached the coast, officials warned residents from Mississippi to Florida to prepare for possibly devastating flooding with the storm surge and heavy rain expected to build in intensity over the next 36 hours.

A hurricane warning remained in effect for an area stretching eastward from the mouth of the Pearl River on the Louisiana-Mississippi border to Navarre, near the tip of the Florida panhandle — a distance of about 200 miles that includes Mississippi’s and Alabama’s entire coastlines. nytimes.com

Security company GardaWorld reveals it's trying to buy G4S for $3.9B
GardaWorld, the world’s largest privately owned security company, went public Monday with a 3 billion-pound ($3.9 billion) offer for G4S, saying its London-based rival has rejected or ignored three previous approaches.

Montreal-based GardaWorld says it decided to publicize its bid of 190 pence a share - a 30% premium to G4S’s closing price on Friday - to pressure the firm into talks.

London-based G4S responded by saying the bid “significantly undervalues the company and its prospects.″ “Shareholders are strongly advised to take absolutely no action in relation to the new proposal,″ the company said.

G4S, which employs more than 500,000 people in 85 countries, said its financial performance has been “particularly resilient" since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company in July posted underlying first-half earnings of 97 million pounds, the same as for the year-earlier period. Revenue fell 1.5% to 3.35 billion pounds. abcnews.com

UK: ACS calls for sentencing guidelines to do more to recognize shopworker violence
The Association of Convenience Stores is calling for sentencing guidelines to do more to address violence against shopworkers, and for penalties to better reflect both the physical and psychological impact on victims.

In its submission to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on revised guidelines for assault offences, ACS calls for:

● Intention to cause fear of serious harm (including disease transmission) to be explicitly referenced as a higher culpability factor increasing offence seriousness, given the increase in coughing and spitting offences related to Covid-19

● The sentencing guidelines for assaults must better account for violence against shopworkers and the psychological impacts of these offences, to ensure offenders receive appropriate sanctions and to deter repeat offending

● The barriers to the use of ‘serving the public’ as an aggravating factor by magistrates must be understood and resolved to determine whether clearer language is required.

Figures from the 2020 ACS Crime Report show that there have been over 50,000 incidents of violence, abuse and threats towards people working in the convenience sector, including almost 10,000 incidents where a weapon was involved. Additionally, during lockdown, 40% of retailers in the convenience sector reported that there had been an increase in violence and abuse in stores, with many facing Covid-19 related abuse such as coughing and spitting. talkingretail.com

Kent, England: C-store Introduces Body-Worn Cameras to Protect Staff
Nye said: “It took a while for the staff to get used to the cameras because they stick out a bit, but it’s been fine, it makes them feel safer. At the moment they aren’t recording, we are just using them as a deterrent, but if they feel something is going to happen they are easy to switch on.”

She added: “The cameras cost £199 each from Amazon – we just got two to test, but we will probably buy more, a slightly cheaper version. I would 100% recommend body-worm cameras to all retailers.” talkingretail.com

Ignoring the China Threat - Money Means More?
GNC Scraps Auction, Going Ahead With Sale to China’s Harbin


Proceeding amid call from Sen. Marco Rubio for national-security probe

GNC is moving ahead with a sale to China’s Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co. after no other offers emerged and canceling the bankruptcy auction, even as the deal drew scrutiny from Sen. Marco Rubio.

The senator argued that through the deal, the Chinese government could gain access to sensitive health data about U.S. consumers. The senator has focused on the potential threat that Chinese acquisitions of U.S. companies pose to national security.

In 2018, Congress ordered Cfius to take a closer look at acquisitions that could put personal data at risk and the panel made no objections. wsj.com

16 Retailers That Are Actually Opening More Stores Right Now


Quarterly Results
Alimentation Couche-Tard Q1 merchandise comp's up 7.7%, in U.S., 19.9% in Canada, 3.4% in Europe, fuel comp's down 21.2% in U.S., down 25.6% in Canada, down 12.4% in Europe

 


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Bipartisan Bill Looks to Create Secure Digital Identities

Legislation Seeks to Address ID Theft and Fraud Stemming From Breaches

A bipartisan bill introduced Friday in the House of Representatives looks to take some initial steps in creating nation-wide digital identity standards that attempt to address a range of security issues, including theft and fraud stemming from data breaches.

The bill, "Improving Digital Identity Act of 2020," was introduced by Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., who serves on the House Financial Services Committee and has previously held hearings about using emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, to improve identity and make it more secure (see: Congress Hears Ideas for Battling ID Theft).

The bill would create an interagency task force composed of federal, state and local agencies that would develop uniform standards for digital identities that would offer more security and privacy protections for individuals. It also calls for creating new verification tools that public and private organizations could use. govinfosecurity.com

U.S. Interconnected E-Commerce Fraud Networks
U.S. Leads the World in Volume of Attacks


The LexisNexis Risk Solutions Cybercrime Report Reveals New Opportunities and Risks for the U.S. and Canada in Digital Channels During Global Pandemic

Findings from the first half of 2020 highlight overall decline in human-initiated attacks, growth in bot attacks targeting financial services organizations.

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions today released its biannual Cybercrime Report, which tracks global cybercrime activity from January through June 2020. The report dives deep into how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global digital economy, regional economies, industries, businesses and consumer behavior. The period has seen strong transaction volume growth compared to 2019 but an overall decline in global attack volume. This is likely linked to growth in genuine customer activity due to changing consumer habits.

The LexisNexis Risk Solutions Cybercrime Report analyzes data from more than 22.5 billion transactions processed by the LexisNexis® Digital Identity Network®, a 37% growth year over year. Mobile device transactions also continue to rise, with 66% of all transactions coming from mobile devices in the first half of 2020, up from 20% in early 2015. The Digital Identity Network® also noted an uptick in transactions from new devices and new digital identities. We can attribute this to many new-to-digital consumers moving online to procure goods and services that were no longer available in person or harder to access via a physical store during the pandemic.

The United States (U.S.) and Canada encountered lower overall attack rates in comparison to other global regions from January through June 2020. This is true across both desktop and mobile browser channels. The U.S. does contribute the highest volume of human-initiated and automated bot attacks globally. There are also pockets of attack growth across specific industries and use cases. These include upticks in attack rates targeting all use cases in the media industry, as well as financial services new account creations.

There is a clear pattern of networked fraud recorded across the region, highlighted by large, interconnected e-commerce fraud networks in the U.S. This network saw at least $27.9 million exposed to fraud across five online retailers and one online marketplace. This network alone consisted of 850 devices, 134,000 email addresses and 61,000 telephone numbers.

Download a copy of the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Cybercrime Report, January through June 2020

Watch Rebekah Moody, director of fraud and identity at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, share an overview of the latest Cybercrime Report.
prnewswire.com

Security Through an Economics Lens: A Guide for CISOs
Security and IT leaders are familiar with the challenge of making trade-off decisions about how and where to invest resources to best manage risks to the organization. Viewing their problems through the lens of economics may help them reprioritize these tricky investment decisions.

Tom Scholtz, research vice president at Gartner, took a deep dive into this idea during a talk at Gartner's Security & Risk Management Summit, taking place online this week. Scholtz argued how concepts such as opportunity cost, core to the study of economics, can prove just as useful in cybersecurity, where it's often tough to determine whether resources are spent properly.

According to Gartner, 82% of businesses will only change their investment portfolio when they update their budgets, whether that's on an annual or biannual basis. Only 18% change their investment priorities throughout the year based on major business changes, Scholtz explained.

"We all know that change doesn't sync up with our budget cycles, and we all know that our executives tend to make decisions based on changes in the business environment," he said. "We need to find ways of understanding how the business makes investment decisions and change decisions … so that we can react to that as effectively as possible when those changes occur." darkreading.com

Dark Side of AI: How to Make Artificial Intelligence Trustworthy
Security and privacy concerns are the top barriers to adoption of artificial intelligence, and for good reason. Both benign and malicious actors can threaten the performance, fairness, security and privacy of AI models and data.

This isn’t something enterprises can ignore as AI becomes more mainstream and promises them an array of benefits. In fact, on the recent Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2020, more than a third of the technologies listed were related to AI.

At the same time, AI also has a dark side that often goes unaddressed, especially since the current machine learning and AI platform market has not come up with consistent nor comprehensive tooling to defend organizations. This means organizations are on their own. What’s worse is that according to a Gartner survey, consumers believe that it is the organization using or providing AI that should be accountable when it goes wrong.

It is in every organization’s interest to implement security measures that counter threats in order to protect AI investments. Threats and attacks against AI not only compromise AI model security and data security, but also compromise model performance and outcomes. informationweek.com

Big Exposure Most Often Overlooked
More Printers Could Mean Security Problems for Home-Bound Workers

Tricked-out home offices have led to an influx in printers, many of which have not been set up securely, leaving workers and their companies vulnerable.

Remote workers often do not use strong passwords to protect the administrator account and may not have up-to-date firmware on the devices, which leaves the printers as a way into their home network and — using lateral movement through a company's virtual private network — into the corporate network.

At the end of August, a group of researchers sent a print job to a sampling of 50,000 of the 800,000 Internet-connected printers found through search engines such as Shodan.io, resulting in nearly 28,000 printers — or 56% of the discoverable devices — printing out their document, a single-page guide to securing the printer. The experiment of questionable legality led the group to conclude that about 450,000 printers are vulnerable to attack over the Internet.

The threat is not theoretical.
darkreading.com

PCI SSC to Host its 2020 Community Meetings Online as Virtual Events
In an unprecedented year, PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) will host its 2020 Community Meetings online, as virtual events, for the first time in the Council’s history. The annual North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific Community Meetings offer an opportunity to bring the PCI SSC community together to network with colleagues, share regional insights, and hear important Council updates.

In this interview with Executive Director Lance J. Johnson, we discuss what attendees can expect this year, the key content that will be addressed, and the value of holding these meetings, even in a virtual environment. pcisecuritystandards.org


 
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3 Tips for Setting Safer Passwords

Passwords continue to be a target for hackers. Here are 3 easy tips for setting safer passwords.

1. Use 2-factor authentication when its available.
2. Use longer passwords - the longer the harder to crack.
3. Do not include your name, birthday, or references to other personal details.


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'Quarantine Fatigue'
COVID-related U.S. e-commerce growth slows as store reopenings attract quarantine-fatigued customers: Adobe

Online shopping has surpassed $2 billion for 130 days this year, versus two days last year outside of the holiday shopping season

U.S. online shopping has soared during the coronavirus pandemic, but as stores began to reopen, foot traffic returned amid
‘quarantine fatigue,’ according to the latest data from the Adobe Digital Economy Index.

E-commerce sales jumped 42% year-over-year in August, reaching $63 billion, according to Adobe data. However, activity slowed compared with July, when e-commerce sales were up 55%. More than a quarter of consumers (27%) said they were more comfortable shopping in stores in August than they were in July.

“While online shopping continues to dominate,
we’re now seeing a slowdown in growth as more people return to shopping in bricks-and-mortar stores and consumers curb their online spending across certain categories, like apparel,” said Vivek Pandya, senior digital insights manager at Adobe Digital Insights in a statement.

There had been concerns that stores would remain empty of customers for the foreseeable future due to customer fears about crowds, social distancing and other issues tied to the spread of COVID-19.

But experts say that
people are looking for a reason to get away from home after spending so much time there over recent months.
marketwatch.com

Pandemic Drove $107B Online
U.S. Online Sales Up 42% - BOPIS Up 259% - Mobile Generated 40% of Sales

In August, online sales reached $63 billion, and the first eight months of 2020 generated $497 billion in online sales, according to Adobe. Since March, Adobe attributes the pandemic to an extra $107 billion spent online. As of August, 130 days in 2020 exceeded $2 billion in online sales, compared with 2019, when only two days exceeded $2 billion in online sales outside of the holiday season. digitalcommerce360.com


Amazon Will Reportedly Offer Early Black Friday Deals Starting October 26


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West Miami, FL: Stun Gun Wielding Shoplifter Targets West Miami Publix Store
A safety alert and warning about a shoplifter who has been targeting a West Miami Publix supermarket and who has been going to unusual lengths to carry out his crimes. CBS4’S Peter D’Oench has obtained an exclusive cell phone video that West Miami Police said shows the man leaving the store at 1500 S.W. 57th Avenue last Tuesday with stolen items while carrying a stun gun that he uses to scare off anyone who tries to stop him. West Miami Police Major Pete Delgado says he has not encountered a shoplifter like this before who uses a stun gun. He said the thief is seen wearing a face mask while leaving the store with a duffel bag and another bag with $250 worth of stolen meat and laundry detergent. cbslocal.com

NYC: Smash and Grab Burglars hits Tourneau Jewelers for over $100,000
A trio of burglars smashed the front door of the high-end Tourneau Jewelers on Madison Avenue in Manhattan early Monday and then shattered display cases — absconding with an unknown number of pricey timepieces in a matter of two minutes, the NYPD said. The burglars struck around midnight at the store at 510 Madison Ave., smashing open five display cases in a heist that lasted all of two minutes, cops said. The watches range in price from a four figures to $25,000... “If they got away with at least five or six of them, that’s probably over $100,000,” a police source said. kyrnews.com

Jacksonville Beach, FL: Police arrest 3 women after $5,000 Ulta Beauty store robbery
Police in Jacksonville Beach said more than $5,000 in high-end fragrances were swiped from the shelves inside a Ulta Beauty store. The heist happened at the Ulta on 3rd St. Thursday. The Jacksonville Beach Police Department said the robbery lead to a police chase and the arrest of three women. Police said they charged Shatreveya Robinson, Slivya Thomas, and Myra Curry in connection with the incident. Jacksonville Beach Police have at least three previous cases involving the suspects. wkov.com

Saugus, MA: Walmart reported a male smashed a camera case and put over $2,000 of merchandise in his backpack

Annapolis, MD: Shoplifter Busted and Arrested twice in 45 Mins

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Shootings & Deaths


Palm Beach Gardens, FL: Customer Trying to Help Break Up Gas Station Robbery is Shot and Killed
Surveillance video shows a man police said is Ezequiel Nunez, 18, robbing a female cashier at the Chevron gas station Friday night around 10:45 p.m. A gun lies on the counter as Nunez scrapes money from one of the two register drawers. Outside, regular customer Jacqueline Barthelemy, 36, left her car and walked to the door where police said an unidentified female suspect was holding the door shut. As Nunez continues to scoop money out of the drawer, the video shows Barthelemy push through the door, the female suspect pointing a gun at her. Barthelemy rushes forward, the female suspect backs up still pointing the gun, and Nunez whirls around. It is unclear who shoots, but police said Barthelemy suffered multiple gunshot wounds. wpbf.com

San Bernardino, CA: Liquor store clerk shot and killed in apparent robbery
Police on Monday were searching for two people wanted in the fatal shooting of a liquor store clerk during an apparent robbery in San Bernardino last week, officials said. Officers responding to reports of a shooting arrived at the store in the 700 block of West 40th Street around 9:20 p.m. Thursday to find 52-year-old Jihad Rabadi suffering from at least one gunshot wound, according to the San Bernardino Police Department. ktla.com

Pineville, NC: Father of three shot & killed outside Fox and Hound restaurant
Pineville Police are investigating a shooting outside of Fox and Hound Monday night that left a man dead. They were called to the scene in the Countryside Shopping Center around 11 p.m. Police identified the victim as 35-year-old James Lee Christel. They said an argument led to the shooting in the parking lot on Pineville-Matthews Road. wcnc.com

Fort Pierce, FL: Tropical Smoothie Cafe customer shot
after complaining about slow service

Police say the suspect walked into the Tropical Smoothie Cafe, confronted the man who was complaining and then shot him in the face before running off. wpbf.com
 



Robberies, Incidents & Thefts

Reno, NV: Police investigating strong armed robbery near W. 7th St. Walmart
Officers say just before 9 p.m. they received a call about strong armed robbery. They say a woman was robbed and taken to a local hospital with unknown injuries. kolotv.com

Lincoln, NE: 18-year-old Security Guard assaulted at Gateway Mall
A mall security guard was assaulted Friday by a group of people who were causing disturbances and refusing to wear masks, police said. The 18-year-old security guard at Round1 Bowling & Amusement inside Gateway Mall followed the group, which had been asked to leave several times, into the bathroom, police said. The guard reported one of the people then punched him several times in the face and took his work badge. klkntv.com

(Update) Newport News, VA: Man who killed two at Newport News restaurant in 2019 declared insane, won’t stand trial
A 38-year-old man who admitted to killing two men at a popular Newport News restaurant last year was declared not guilty Monday by reason of insanity. Two local mental health evaluators separately determined in recent months that Darrell Keith Chaney Jr. wasn’t fully aware of what he was doing on Aug. 8, 2019. Just after 1:20 p.m. that day, Chaney, was inside the Dunn’s River Jamaican & Caribbean Restaurant, when he got angry over a perceived slight. As lunchtime customers watched, he pulled out a gun and shot the restaurant’s longtime owner, Barrington Anthony Brown, 62, and an employee who worked the counter. pilotonline.com

San Pablo, CA: Police nab pet store burglar; recover 3 turtles and birds

Annapolis, MD: CVS / Safeway Shoplifter Busted and Arrested twice in 45 Mins

Berlin, Germany: Police say a 70 year old Jeweler has shot dead 2 men suspected of trying to rob his business

 

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Beauty – Jacksonville Beach, FL – Robbery
C-Store – Colorado Springs, CO – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Douglas County, NV – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Lincoln, NE – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Fitchburg, MA – Robbery
Dollar General – DeKalb, MS – Armed Robbery
Electronics – Corpus Christi, TX – Burglary
Gas Station – Palm Beach Gardens, FL – Armed Robbery
Gas Station – Stillwater, OK – Armed Robbery
• Jewelry – Orlando, FL – Burglary
• Jewelry – Orlando, FL – Burglary
• Jewelry – Colorado Springs, CO – Robbery
• Jewelry – San Antonio, TX - Burglary
Jewelry – New York, NY – Burglary
Liquor – San Bernardino, CA – Armed Robbery
Marijuana – Los Angeles, CA – Armed Robbery
Pet Shop – San Pablo, CA - Burglary
Rite Aid – Elkton, MD – Armed Robbery
Walmart – Reno, NV – Armed Robbery

 

Daily Totals:
• 13 robberies
• 6 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed



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