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James Taylor promoted to Manager Global
Security for
Campbell's Soup
 James
has been with Campbell's Soup for nearly a decade. Before being promoted to
Manager Global Security, he served as Corporate Security Manager for over 9
years. Prior to that, James has held various high-level positions in retail LP
over the past several decades. Most recently, he was the Director of Loss
Prevention for Carlyle & Co. Jewelers for more than 12 years. He has also served
in LP roles at Lowe's, Pace Membership Warehouse and The Kroger Company.
Congratulations, James!
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OpenEye’s Technical
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OpenEye’s dedicated support team is
based at our main offices in Liberty Lake, Washington – working in
synergy alongside our engineering and development departments. The team
takes calls over the phone or via web chat to assist customers across
the United States and some internationally. We work to continually
improve our processes and ensure that the issues and feedback that we
receive from the customers who call in are relayed to our product
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FBI Releases 2018 Crime Statistics
Violent Crime Fell 3.3% - Property Crime Fell 6.3%
Robberies Fell 12% - Burglaries Fell 12%
For the second consecutive year, the estimated number of violent crimes in the
nation decreased when compared with the previous year’s statistics, according to
FBI figures released today. In 2018, violent crime was down 3.3 percent from the
2017 number. Property crimes also dropped 6.3 percent, marking the 16th
consecutive year the collective estimates for these offenses declined.
The 2018 statistics show the estimated rate of violent crime was 368.9 offenses
per 100,000 inhabitants, and the estimated rate of property crime was 2,199.5
offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. The violent crime rate fell 3.9 percent when
compared with the 2017 rate; the property crime rate declined 6.9 percent.
These and additional data are presented in the 2018 edition of the FBI’s annual
report Crime in the United States. This publication is a statistical
compilation of offense, arrest, and police employee data reported by law
enforcement agencies voluntarily participating in the FBI’s Uniform Crime
Reporting (UCR) Program.
ADT Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Canadian Operations
 ADT
Inc., the number one smart home security provider serving residential and
business customers, today announced that it has entered into a definitive
agreement to sell ADT Security Services Canada, Inc. (“ADT Canada”), to TELUS
Corporation for approximately CAD $700 million in cash, subject to certain
adjustments. The transaction comprises all of ADT Canada’s operations and
assets.
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, ADT Canada generated revenue of USD
$229 million. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of
2019.
adt.com
Each dollar of fraud costs retailers $3.13
As mobile shopping becomes more common, retailers accepting payments via mobile
browser or app face significantly higher rates of fraud compared to merchants
who don't, according to LexisNexis. Mid-to-large retailers offering mobile
commerce services saw a notable spike in fraud volume between 2018 (1,319
attempts) and 2019 (3,085 attempts).
Fraud costs are highest for mid-to-large retailers and e-commerce merchants
selling digital goods, which include gift cards, software, e-books, mobile apps
and event tickets. Mid-to-large retailers with digital goods and mobile commerce
capability spend $3.40 in fees, interest, merchandise replacement and
redistribution per dollar of fraud the merchant is liable for, according to the
report. Mid-to-large e-commerce merchants with digital goods and mobile commerce
spend $4.06 per dollar of fraud.
retaildive.com
Pep Boys fined $3.7M for hazardous waste dumping in San Diego
Routinely throwing automotive fluids in dumpsters destined for municipal
landfills. Undercover operation also forund that they failed to shred customer
records. Conducting undercover inspections at 19 locations of waste bins
investigators found numerous violations.
fox5sandiego.com
Global Food Loss & Waste Initiative
French supermarkets
where the
first in the world to ban throwing away unsold food
by a 2016 law that requires them to
donate it to charities. In the past,
supermarkets would douse discarded food with water or bleach to render it
inedible and deter foragers. "That is very important for
food banks
because this is a real source of quality products, coming straight from the
factory."
telegraph.co.uk
Luxury sector can no longer destroy unsold items (no more bon fires), warns
France, as senate approves new non-food waste ban
'Inside Edition' Planning on Holiday Special Show
Around ORC
CNN Developing Story on Dollar Store Robberies
The Daily was contacted about helping produce an episode around the ORC problem
in America and possibly lining up some ride-a-longs with law enforcement during
their holiday shoplifting blitzes and setting up a few interviews of key players
in the retail loss prevention industry to talk about ORC. Stay tuned as we
develop more on this.
Additionally:
CNN
is developing a story on robberies in retail
and are the retailers doing enough to prevent them. Once again, stay tuned as
this develops.
Sports venues are the latest testing ground for checkout-free stores
Cashierless tech company
Zippin will power a checkout-free retail store
opening inside Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, according to a press
release. Guests to the arena — the home venue for the NBA's Sacramento Kings.
Worcester Red Sox (the Boston Red Sox' Triple-A affiliate) has tapped
Standard Cognition to open an autonomous checkout store in its new Polar Park,
which is set to open April 2021 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The store will
stock snacks, drinks and souvenirs, and will be equipped with Standard
Cognition's artificial intelligence and machine vision technology. retaildive.com
Amazon Go Technology Being Sold to Other Retailers Under Franchise Agreements
Amazon is in talks to bring Go to OTG’s CIBO Express stores at airports and
Cineworld’s Regal theaters.
The move would help Amazon diversify beyond online retail without relying only
on building its own stores. Amazon has explored different business models for
its third-party Go strategy. The company looked at asking for a percentage of
sales from the goods people purchase through the Go-equipped stores, or charging
retailers up-front and then taking a monthly fee, two people said. It’s not
clear if the Amazon brand name will be visible on the Go hardware or which app
customers would use to sign in.
cnbc.com
Amazon’s Grocery-Store Plan Moves Ahead With Los Angeles Leases
Plans to Operate 'Dozens' of Stores Across the Country
Amazon is advancing a plan to open a chain of U.S. grocery stores with early
outposts in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia.
In the Los Angeles area, it has signed more than a dozen leases, the
people said. The first few stores are likely to be in the dense suburban
locations of Woodland Hills and Studio City, while another grocer is slated for
the city of Irvine, in nearby Orange County, a person familiar with the matter
said. These stores could open as early as the end of the year.
Amazon is planning to operate dozens of grocery stores in cities across the
country, part of the online giant’s increasing focus on a bricks-and-mortar
presence to find more ways to reach consumers.
The Journal was unable to determine what the new stores would be called or
whether they will use a similar cashierless technology used by its chain of
convenience stores, Amazon Go.
wsj.com
Costco, Lowe's, Sam's Club, and 12 other stores that will be closed on
Thanksgiving this year
BestBlackFriday.com compiled a list of the major industry players staying
closed on Thanksgiving, which falls on November 28 this year. If you're a
resident of — or planning on visiting — Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island,
you can also expect shuttered stores, as per state blue laws.
• Army and Air Force Exchange Service
• Academy Sports and Outdoors
• Ace Hardware
• BJ's
• Costco
• Hobby Lobby
• HomeGoods
• Lowe's
• Marshalls
• Petco
• Sam's Club
• Sierra Trading Post
• Stein Mart
• TJ Maxx
• True Value
businessinsider.com
Senior LP & AP Jobs
Market
Vice President, Risk Management posted for Delaware North in Buffalo, NY
 The
Vice President of Risk Management is responsible for planning, directing and
managing the Corporate Risk Management Department’s personnel and activities
regarding insurance programs including self-insurance, risk management, safety,
and risk control, both domestically and internationally. Select responsibilities
include the following.
Today, Delaware North manages and provides food and beverage concessions,
premium dining, entertainment, lodging, and retail at many large venues and
special places. These include sports stadiums, entertainment complexes, national
and state parks, airports, and casinos. Among the more than 60 sports and
entertainment venues worldwide at which it operates premium dining, restaurants
and food and beverage concessions.
delawarenorth.com
Director, Global Security and Loss Prevention posted for Grainger in Lake
Forest, IL
 The
Director, Global Security and Loss Prevention is responsible for formulating
strategy, policy and all related initiatives to protect human, financial and
physical assets of the Company. A primary responsibility entails overseeing loss
and fraud and other investigations for the Company. This involves both external
and internal investigation of a wide variety of complaints and formulating
action plans to remedy weaknesses to prevent future losses or occurrences.
W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW), headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, is the
10th largest eRetailer and an omni-channel industrial distribution company with
25,000 employees providing cost-effective solutions for their clients
maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) needs.
linkedin.com
Loss Prevention Director posted at Jimmy Jazz in Secaucus, N.J.
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Responsible for the protection of all Company assets.
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Create policies and procedures related to Loss Prevention
Department and associated activity within all departments.
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Direct, support and train Regional, District and Store Sales
Management in the design, development, administration, monitoring and
implementation of procedures relating to the protection of Company assets.
Establish and maintain strong communication and working relationship with
District Sales Managers.
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Monitor the daily routines, investigations, shrink control
programs, and report findings to EVP of Store Operations and Director of Human
Resources.
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Maintain timely and accurate reporting of all significant
incidents to SVP of Store Operations and other key executive members as
necessary.
Today, Jimmy Jazz and subsidiaries have over 170 stores on major streets and
malls in the United States, which includes over 30 in the New York Metro area.
Stores feature premier lifestyle, streetwear and footwear brands including Nike,
Jordan, Adidas, Polo Footwear, Levi's, and Decibel, just to name a few.
saashr.com
Deloitte: The future of retail metrics - Convergence in retail moving to
channel-agnostic approaches
Seattle's Landmark Macy's Store To Close
Gen Z: The next generation of retail influencers and spenders
Dollar General Opens Its 16,000th Store
H-E-B Named 2019 Southwest Retailer Of The Year
IAFCI NY Metro Chapter Presents: One Day Fraud Training Event
Thursday, Oct. 10 in Brooklyn, NY
 Mark
your calendars! The International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators
is holding a one-day fraud training event on Oct. 10 in Brooklyn, New York.
Kirby Plessas, CEO, Plessas Experts Network, will be the keynote speaker
discussing multiple topics, including: The Dark Web, Cryptocurrency, Open Source
Intelligence for Bitcoin Attribution, Social Media Exploitation, Investigative
Tools and Operational Security.
There will be additional speakers, including Dermot Shea, NYPD Chief of
Detectives; Emily Pflumm, Intelligence Analyst for the Nassau County PD; and
more.
Click here to see the full agenda and register.
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Combatting Break-in Threats in the Retailer World
By Ken Kuehler, General Manager, Detex Corporation
 The retail industry poses a special challenge for security professionals. Other
types of facilities like hospitals, airports and middle schools don’t have
bullseyes on them quite like electronics stores and shopping malls.
To start, the security needs of retail establishments vary quite a bit from one
to the next. Dollar stores are different from home improvement stores, which are
different from department stores. Restaurants too, have their own unique set of
challenges.
Even then, if you put top-of-the-line security hardware on every door, you may
still have store managers and employees unwittingly compromising the
effectiveness of such measures just in the normal course of doing their jobs.
There are a lot of issues to consider and potential soft spots to protect: loss
prevention, access-controlled employee entry, emergency exit control,
merchandise deliveries, restricted entrances, trash removal, securing outside
gates and more. You need a comprehensive approach and systems geared for your
specific applications.
Some companies, certainly those with stores that are higher risk, will do an
assessment of their locations and create special security plans. We would
recommend that everybody, regardless of the size of your establishment or the
nature of your goods, have an assessment done or do one yourself. Everyone
should have a security plan that is suited to their specific circumstances,
needs and vulnerabilities.
Get good counsel
Ideally, you’d have your supplier and your distributor – or integrator, as we
sometimes call them – involved in this assessment process. The distributor deals
with many different products from many manufacturers. They can be instrumental
in providing a broad base solution.
Plus, your distributor will be stocking the right products for you so he can
supply it at a moment’s notice. If a break-in occurs and something needs to be
replaced and/or installed immediately (next day), it is frequently the
distributor who is going to make that happen, as opposed to waiting on the
manufacturer.
Read the full article on securitymagazine.com
here
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600 Law Enforcement Raid Former NATO Bunker
Massive Data Bunker called "Cyberbunker 2.0" Used by Dark Web Gang
Germany shuts down illegal data center in former NATO bunker
600 German investigators said Friday they have shut down a data
processing center installed in a former NATO bunker that hosted sites dealing in
drugs and other illegal activities. Seven people were arrested.
The main suspect a 59-year-old Dutchman acquired the former military bunker in
western Germany, in 2013. He then turned it into a very large and heavily
secured data processing center “in order to make it available to clients,
according to our investigations, exclusively for illegal purposes,” Bauer
added. Authorities believe he had “links to organized crime.”
The data center was set up as what investigators described as a “bulletproof
hosting,” meant to conceal illicit activities from authorities’ eyes.
A report by German news site, DW, claims the facility covers 5,000m2,
and spans five floors underground, and is protected by fencing and
surveillance cameras. 200 servers have been secured so far as a result of
the raid, along with paper documents, mobile phones and large quantities of
cash. Kunz described the size of the haul as “gigantic”. He added: “This will
keep us busy for several months or years.”
Authorities allege that the bunker slash data center was used to host the
Cannabis Road drug marketplace, “drugs, hacking tools and financial-theft wares”
emporium Wall Street Market, and myriad other criminal activities like synthetic
drug ring Orange Chemicals. Investigators believe the servers in the bunker were
used to launch a 2016 cyber attack on Deutsche Telekom reported to have taken
out
at least 1 million routers belonging to the company’s customers. Charges
leveled at suspects, as of yet unnamed, also include counterfeiting and child
pornography.
gizmodo.com
computerweekly.com
apnews.com
Editor's note: We aren't fighting kids living in their parents
basements anymore, folks. These are well financed and entrenched in local
markets - organized crime gangs. And the only reason we ran this was to show the
extent these gangs will go to with their efforts against the West. So these
articles are meant to over exaggerate dark web bad actors or DOJ convictions. As
they truly exist and the FBI pick up's around the world of these gang leaders
once outside of their protected home country's are real and dangerous take
downs. And this article is merely an example of how serious the Dark web threat
truly is. -Gus Downing
Prepare for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), which is a
collaborative effort between the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency (CISA) and its public and private partners—including the National Cyber
Security Alliance (NCSA)—to ensure every American has the resources they need to
stay safe and secure online while increasing the resilience of the Nation
against cyber threats. This year’s theme, “Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT.,”
focuses on promoting personal accountability and positive behavior when it comes
to cybersecurity.
CISA encourages organizations to see the
NCSAM 2019 webpage and the
NCSAM 2019 Toolkit for ways to participate in and promote NCSAM.
us-cert.gov
Cybersecurity Breaches to Increase Nearly 70% Over the Next 5 years
The new research,
The Future of Cybercrime & Security: Threat Analysis, Impact Assessment &
Mitigation Strategies 2019-2024 noted that while the cost per breach
will steadily rise in the future, the levels of data disclosed will make
headlines but not impact breach costs directly, as most fines and lost business
are not directly related to breach sizes.
The Human Element Remains Key, Despite AI Advances
Cybercrime is increasingly sophisticated; the report anticipates that
cybercriminals will use AI that will learn the behavior of security systems in a
similar way to how cybersecurity firms currently employ the technology to detect
abnormal behavior. The research also highlights that the evolution of deep fakes
and other AI-based techniques is also likely to play a part in social media
cybercrime in the future.
securitymagazine.com
Compliance Costs for California Privacy Law Pegged at $55 Billion
Costing Employers From $50k to $2M to Comply
California's government said that preparing for its sweeping privacy law,
effective in January, is expected to cost businesses about $55 billion, with
smaller companies likely having a harder time complying than larger ones.
Businesses with fewer than 20 employees are expected to
spend about $50,000 on average to comply with the California Consumer
Privacy Act, while larger companies that collect and share a lot of consumer
data
might spend more than $2 million to comply.
The law gives California residents the right to know what data companies collect
about them and to opt out of having their data shared or sold. It applies to
businesses that have annual revenue of at least $25 million as well as companies
that buy, sell or share personal data on at least 50,000 consumers or generate
at least half of their revenue from selling personal information
The CCPA is considered the
strictest consumer-privacy law in the U.S. Other states, including
Washington and New Jersey, have weighed similar regulations in recent months.
That is prompting businesses to push for a national law that would pre-empt a
patchwork of state laws.
cybersecurity.cmail20.com
Targeted Cybercrime on a Tear
Big Game Hunting on the Rise
New data published today from CrowdStrike's OverWatch threat-hunting service
team shows that targeted cybercrime made up 61% of the targeted attacks
CrowdStrike saw between January and June of 2019, a major spike from 2018, when
it made up just 25% for the year. Nation-state attacks comprised 39% of the
targeted attack campaigns in the first half of this year, versus 75% for all of
last year.
We saw an
uptick in the second half of last year [with targeted cybercrime] as big game
hunting was on the rise. And this year so far has lent itself to a major
uptick," says Jennifer Ayers, senior director of OverWatch and security response
at CrowdStrike. There were more targeted cybercrime attack campaigns in the
first half of the year, and "an increase in hands-on keyboard activity," she
says, as they burrowed through their victims' networks.
Part of the reason for the surge in targeted cybercrime was the
well-documented rise in ransomware attacks going
after commercial businesses and organizations in order to net
bigger ransom fees, aka "big-game hunting."
Overall, organizations report a surge in cyberattacks. A new global survey of
CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs, by CrowdStrike rival Carbon Black shows that
84% of organizations have seen an increase in cyberattacks overall in the
past 12 months, with 88% saying they suffered a data breach in that period. More
than 80% report that attacks have gotten more advanced.
Nearly
45% suffered some financial damage from their breach, and 12% described
the damage as "severe."
"Telecommunications is the new financial services"
when it comes to being a big target, Ayers notes. "They are being hit really
hard by multiple actors, but very interestingly, those actors all have different
objectives."
darkreading.com
One of the World's Biggest Manufacturers of Hearing Aids
Crippled by Ransomware Attack
After a month, hearing aid manufacturer Demant has yet to recover after the
attack.
Demant, one of the world's
largest manufacturers of hearing aids, expects to
incur losses of up to $95 million following what appears to be a
ransomware infection that hit the company at the start of the month. Per its own
statements, all the company's infrastructure was impacted -- and impacted
severely.
This marks one of the most significant losses caused by a cyber-security
incident outside of the NotPetya ransomware outbreak -- known to have incurred
companies like
shipping giant Maersk and
courier service FedEx losses of over $300 million, each.
These business upheavals have been a disaster for the company's bottom line. In
a message to its investors, Demant said it expects to lose somewhere
between $80 million and $95 million.
zdnet.com
Getting from AI Pilot to Scale
So you've succeeded with your automation and AI pilot project. Now how do you
get to scale?
The days of planning and implementing those first AI and automation pilots are
pretty much over at many organizations. But while enterprises may have figured
out the pilot phase of these technologies, they haven't achieved the
game-changing benefits yet because putting automation and AI into practice
across the entire organization is still a challenge.
How do you make the new technology work with your ERP systems and your other
processes? How do you integrate automation and AI with your existing IT
infrastructure? The struggle is real.
A new survey from consulting firm PwC found that only 23% of business leaders
are using both big ERP and small automation sprints in their automation
strategy. That's a missed opportunity, according to PwC. The benefits of
automation and AI come from automation of core platforms like those already
running in enterprises. PwC says that spreading automation in this way to
enable standardization and control boosts efficiency.
Krishnamurthy argues that scaling the technology is the most important part of
the process, because it's where the organization starts to realize the benefits.
PwC estimates that organizations can achieve productivity boosts of 30% to
40% from scaling this technology.
Krishnamurthy offered a few recommendations to enterprises embarking on scaling
automation and AI. First, line up "a strong change agenda" In order to close the
divide between "the innovation curve" and "the adoption curve." You also have to
assess the entire organization to see how your employees say they work.
Reframe the conversation to ask how work will be done in the context of
how you deliver your value as an organization, Krishnamurthy said.
"Do not be bound by a project mindset," he said. "Be bound by an outcome
mindset."
Finally, he said, focus on thinking about decision automation versus
task-level automation.
informationweek.com
Senior Manager/Director Detection & Response Security Operations posted in
Bellevue, WA., for Salesforce
Salesforce’s Security Infrastructure Operations team is seeking a Leader to help
secure the world’s #1 CRM. Our DnR Security Infrastructure team builds and
operates the infrastructure to secure the systems behind one of the world's
largest business driving technologies. The team works on many aspects of
security, from network monitoring, securing our network security infrastructure
to cryptography, from DDoS mitigation to Linux host security, and more
in-between.
myworkdayjobs.com
Companies vastly overestimating their GDPR readiness, only 28% achieving
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How to
Protect Yourself from Ransomware for Only $2 a Month
Cyber criminals have increased their use of ransomware attacks in the past few
years. The WannaCry attack in 2017 affected more than 200,000 users in 150
countries, and yes, it made many of them cry. This year, the city of Baltimore
was compromised by a ransomware attack that compromised all servers, except
those operating essential services. Ransomware is a piece of malicious code that
encrypts all your files and locks you out of them. Cyber criminals then attempt
to extort money from you: either pay them or you’ll never see your files again.
It is estimated that 4,000 ransomware attacks occur each day.
A good preventive measure is an automated backup solution. However, if you're
using a physical external drive to back up your files, it will most likely be
infected with the ransomware, too. The solution? An online backup service, which
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An Eight-Episode Series Presented by
Sensormatic
Assessing The Real-World Impact of LP Efforts
The LPRC Delivers Evidence-Based Solutions and Actionable Results
Sensormatic – Supporting the LPRC & Industry
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How and why Sensormatic has played such a
huge role in LPRC and case studies
Randy Dunn, Sales Director - Americas, Tyco Retail
Solutions & LPRC Board Member
Ned McCauley, Director of Retail Strategic Accounts, Tyco Integrated Security
In our 2nd episode, we sit down with two tenured members of the LPRC who speak
directly to the role and impact the LPRC is having on the industry as the
leading academic resource dedicated to the Loss Prevention / Asset Protection community
in the U.S.
Randy Dunn, Sales Director – Americas, Tyco Retail Solutions & LPRC
Board Member, gives us a little history on Sensormatic’s involvement and role
with the LPRC in recent years - including sponsoring the LPRC's Innovation Lab, which has provided a space for industry
collaboration, innovation and thought leadership.
Ned McCauley, Director Retail Strategic Accounts at Tyco Integrated Security,
talks about the partnership from an RFID perspective and how the LPRC has helped
advance his field of interest.
Hear their advice to fellow solution providers on why they should join and how
to ensure its beneficial for their organization.
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Retailers look to spend more on Amazon advertising
Half of online product searches now begin on Amazon
As advertising on Amazon becomes a necessity for retailers hoping to grow sales
on the platform, more companies are trying to fill the knowledge gap between
Amazon and those brands. They include Flywheel Digital, which offers a suite of
tools for advertising and brand consulting, as well as Perpetua and Sellozo,
which provide more automated and data driven Amazon advertising management
solutions. It’s created an ecosystem of vendors, all hoping to fill in the gaps
for data that Amazon can’t or hasn’t yet, provided.
Performance marketing services provider Sidecar, for example, has just launched
its own
platform focused squarely on the Amazon ecosystem.
The new program automates Amazon ad campaigns for retailers.
While Google remains at the top of retail marketers budgets, Amazon is
increasingly getting bigger. A
Digiday survey from earlier this year showed that digital marketers were
more frequently re-allocating dollars to up Amazon spending. This is because
data shows that
half of online product searches now begin on Amazon,
and more retailers are realizing the need to increase visibility.
modernretail.co
Uncertainty and economic pessimism may hurt online holiday sales
We’re only about a month away from the start of the holiday season and there’s
more uncertainty and economic pessimism in the air than I can recall over the
past decade that I’ve covered ecommerce.
The personal saving rate rose to an average 8.2% in the first seven months of
2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That’s higher than the
average for any full year since 2012 as
consumers are saving rather than spending.
Confidence among top CEOs earlier last month had the biggest
quarter-over-quarter drop in seven years, according to a Business Roundtable
survey.
U.S.
consumer confidence in September posted the biggest drop since the start of the
year,
as Americans’ expectations for the economy and the job market deteriorated,
posing a risk to the household spending that has been underpinning growth,
according to the Conference Board. Meanwhile, the ongoing trade war with China
is expected to cost the average U.S. family $460 this year, according to a
recent analysis by the economists at University College London and the London
School of Economics.
digitalcommerce360.com
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Loss Prevention Organization of
the Caribbean
Hosts Successful Meeting
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Sept. 27, the
Loss Prevention Organization of the Caribbean (LPOC)
held another successful meeting with professionals from all around Puerto Rico.
Attorney Yasthel Gonzalez contributed with important information on Medical
Cannabis, Law 80 unjustified dismissal and employee privacy. In addition, from
the CIC Property division: Lieutenant Iram Sanchez and Sergeant Rolando Cotto
provided an open forum and answered questions related to shoplifting and
internal cases, as well as fraud and ORC in the island. It was a very
interactive meeting, once again contributing and adding value for LP
professionals in the island.
Santa Ana, CA: Two arrested in Multi- State Coin Store Burglaries; theft of
nearly $300,000 in coins and merchandise
Two men have been arrested for allegedly committing a string of burglaries at
coin and precious metal stores in Southern California and Nevada during a
two-month crime spree, authorities said today. Caleb Jamal Griffin, 20, of Long
Beach and Owen Lazaro Thompson, 49, of Las Vegas, were arrested on Sunday,
according to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which
worked with local law enforcement agencies on the case. The suspects typically
broke glass windows at the front of the stores and used two ropes to yank
security gates down, but in one case in Fullerton they drove a vehicle through
the front of the store and during another burglary used a blow torch to heat and
shatter a store window, authorities allege.
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Eastpointe, MI: Police arrest suspects in $1,775 Foot Locker theft
The Eastpointe Police Department has arrested two suspects in connection with
the theft of $1,775 worth of merchandise from the Foot Locker store at Eight
Mile Road and Gratiot Avenue. The incident occurred Aug. 4. Eastpointe Director
of Public Safety George Rouhib said the three suspects allegedly ran into the
store, grabbed expensive items and ran out with them in order to resell them on
the street.
candgnews.com
Elmhurst, IL: Police report 3 thefts of OTC supplies from CVS, Jewel and
Marino’s
Over-the-counter medications were taken at 11 a.m. Sept. 25 from CVS Pharmacy on
W. North Ave., by a man seen on surveillance video filling three CVS baskets and
walking out of the store without paying. Over-the-counter medications and Crest
White Strips were reported stolen at 10:32 a.m. Sept. 25 from Mariano’s, 678 N.
York St. Over-the-counter medications were taken at 2:40 p.m. Sept. 25 from
Jewel Osco, on E. Schiller St., by a man seen on surveillance video filling a
basket and walking out of the store without paying.
chicagotribune.com
Gresham, OR: Three arrested in alleged $2,200 Woodland Walmart theft
Woodland police Saturday arrested three Gresham, Ore., residents accused of
stealing about $2,200 in merchandise from the Woodland Walmart. The trio filled
three shopping carts with merchandise and triggered an alarm when he used a fire
escape door to leave the business. Police arrested all 3 suspects in the store
parking lot, all on suspicion of both retail theft and organized retail theft.
tdn.com
Amsterdam, NY: 2 men stole $2,900 of goods from Target
Sonoma, CA: Tool thief hit two Friedman’s store for over $1,300 in merchandise
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Shootings & Deaths
DeKalb, GA: Subway employee shoots 2 customers, kills 1 after argument
A man was killed and another was injured after a Subway employee allegedly shot
both of them during an argument Monday night. The shooting happened at a strip
mall on Panola Road in unincorporated Lithonia, DeKalb police spokesman Sgt.
J.D. Spencer said. When police arrived, they found two men with gunshot wounds,
Spencer said. One of them was dead. Investigators learned there was a verbal
dispute between an employee and two customers inside the sandwich shop. The
fight spilled outside the restaurant, and the employee fired at the men several
times, Spencer said.
ajc.com
Mullins, SC: Mullins Police investigates shooting death outside tobacco shop
Police are investigating a shooting death Monday morning near the Tobacco Shop
on Front St. Mullins Police Chief Michael Bethea said officers responded to the
store about 8:05 a.m. A man was shot and killed outside the store.
scnow.com
Gainesville, FL: Update Walmart shooter turns himself in; charged with attempted
murder
Gainesville Police said that UF Student Khalil Reed turned himself in Monday
morning for his involvement in the parking lot shooting at the Walmart in Butler
Plaza that left three injured on September 15th.
wcjb.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Spokane, WA: Gas station standoff suspect threatened to 'shoot the first officer
he saw'; arrested six-hour standoff
Spokane SWAT has arrested the suspect involved in an hours long standoff at a
downtown Spokane gas station
on Monday. Police arrested the armed man, identified as 49-year-old Phillip
Booher, at about 11:30 p.m. on Monday after a six-hour standoff. At about 5:30
p.m. on Monday, a Washington State Patrol trooper stopped a vehicle with three
passengers. The female driver was identified quickly but a male passenger, later
identified as Booher, was not forthcoming about his name and was asked to step
out of the vehicle. Police said Booher pointed a gun at the trooper and told him
he was not going back to jail as he got out of the vehicle. Booher got back into
car, leading the trooper on a vehicle chase into downtown Spokane. During the
chase, he pointed the gun out the window at officers. Police said it appeared
Booher was trying to carjack civilians downtown after he exited the vehicle and
fled on foot. Booher then rain into the 76 gas station on 2nd Avenue, where he
barricaded himself inside. Several people inside the store, including the clerk,
were able to safely escape.
krem.com
Mankato, MN: Man charged with Burglary and Assault on a Police Office at Best
Buy
A man is charged after allegedly injuring a Mankato Public Safety Officer while
attempting to shoplift at the Hilltop Best Buy. The store's loss prevention team
says 38-year-old Jarion Walker is a known trespasser at the store. Walker was
told by the responding officer that he wasn't allowed in the store. Walker then
approached the officer and wouldn't stop when asked. The complaint says the
officer grabbed Walker as he attempted to run and a struggle ensued. Walker
apparently hit the officer during the fight, causing a minor injury on her face.
He was eventually subdued and a pair of supposedly stolen Bose headphones were
recovered from his person.
keyc.com
Lake Wales, FL: Shoplifting suspect sought after pepper spray and a knife on
Walmart LP
Authorities say Doronda Jo Ussery pulled a can of pepper spray from her purse
and began spraying Polk Walmart security guards with it. She then pulled out a
3- to-4-inch knife and began trying to stab them, according to Lake Wales
police. Ussery managed to escape, she is believed to have stolen $350 in
merchandise.
wbtw.com
Euless, TX: Police searching for armed robbers targeting North Texas cell phone
stores
Police in several area cities are concerned about serial armed robbers who've
been holding up cell phone stores. In some cases, small children have been in
the store when the guys with guns take over. There have been about a half dozen
hold-ups over the past couple of months. There is surveillance video, but some
of what is happening is hard to make out.
fox4news.com
Fresno, CA: Six Bulldog gang members arrested in grab-and-run robberies
Six Bulldog gang members and associates were booked in connection with
grab-and-run crimes in the Fresno area, police reported Monday. Police began an
investigation after the Kohl’s was targeted by a man and woman on Sept. 7,
according to Sgt. Brian Pierce. A detective obtained a license plate of a
suspect car and later identified it in a similar theft at an AutoZone. Pierce
said officers conducted surveillance of the vehicle on East Santa Ana Avenue and
stopped it at a CVS pharmacy.
fresnobee.com
Rio de Janeiro: Criminals Invade Warehouse in Rio and Take a Truckload of
Electronics and Household Appliances
Criminals robbed the Lojas Americanas distribution center on Tuesday morning The
stolen truck was loaded with cell phones, TVs, fans and other appliances. At one
point, there was gunfire with security guards, but they managed to escape.
riotimesonline.com
Sentencings
Kansas City, KS: Woman sentenced for crashing car into Cabela’s to steal
shotguns and rifles
Brenda Tosh was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for her role in the
attempted theft of guns from Cabela’s in Kansas City, Kansas Tosh pleaded guilty
in July to conspiring to steal guns from a federally licensed firearms dealer
during a smash and grab break-in at the outdoor sporting goods store. In her
plea, Tosh admitted that she and co-defendant Kyle Mendez, 29, crashed a car
through an exterior door of the store about 1:30 a.m. Nov. 6. They then placed
two 12-gauge shotguns, a 22-caliber rifle, a .308-caliber rifle and a
.223-caliber rifle in a shopping cart. Authorities arrested Tosh before she
could leave the store. Mendez fled and stole a car from a nearby dealership.
Authorities arrested him later.
kansascity.com
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AT&T – Euless, TX –
Armed Robbery
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Auto Parts – East
Walpole, MA – Armed Robbery
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Best Buy – Mankato, MN
– Burglary
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Book Store – Dallas,
TX - Burglary
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C-Store – Greenwood,
IN – Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Union Grove,
AL - Robbery
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C-Store- San Antonio,
TX - Robbery
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CVS – San Antonio, TX
– Armed Robbery
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CVS - Hilton Head, SC
– Armed Robbery
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Car Wash - East Bay,
CA – Burglary
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Dollar General –
Piqua, OH - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General –
Hattiesburg, MS – Armed Robbery
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Dollar General –
Brookneal, VA – Armed Robbery
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Hardware – Sonoma, CA
- Robbery
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McDonald’s - Columbia,
MO - Armed Robbery
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Metro PCS – Miami, FL
– Burglary
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Restaurant – Richmond,
VA - Armed Robbery
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Thrift – Jefferson
City, MO - Burglary
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7-Eleven – Bremerton,
WA – Armed Robbery
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Kimberly Coleman
promoted to Regional Loss Prevention Manager Central
Louisiana for Dollar General
 Kim
has over 20 years of retail experience. Most recently, she spent the last five
years as a District Manager for Dollar General. Prior to her career with Dollar
General, Kim spent 18 years at Wal-Mart in many leadership and management roles
with increasing responsibilities, including her last role as a Store Manager.
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