December 2014 |
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December 1 --
Task Forces & Protests Across US - TRU's Master
Shoplifter |
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December 2 --
58 ORC Busts - Retails Top Cyber Cop -
Domino's CCTV Program |
3 |
December 3 --
Target's 'Key Role' in Breach-ORC & Terrorist-CEO
Guilty $9M |
4 |
December 4 --
Cyber 'Pandemic'-Rite Aid's
Whistleblower-More Protests |
5 |
December 5 -- In-store pickup Fraud Wave - ORC Skyrockets -
Bebe breach |
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December 8 -- App
Fraud - Mall Traffic down 11% - West Coast Looting |
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December 9 --
Amazon Security Checks - American Eagle Murder - Oceans 11 |
10 |
December 10 -- Nike Espionage - Payment Provider Hacked - JCP
Refund Scheme |
11 |
December 11 -- Office Depot & Staples? - More Job Cuts - Huge
Fencing Op |
12 |
December 12 --
'Hired Guns' - Close 900 Stores? - Blow Torch Break-In |
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December 15 --
Canada's ORC Spike - 3,000 Job Cuts - CEO Gets Prison |
16 |
December 16 -- Vendor Blackmailed - More Air Jordan Arrests -
More POS Hacks |
17 |
December 17 -- Sears Names Sr Dir-14 Guards Murderers?-CEO
Fired Twice |
18 |
December 18 -- 50% U.S. Breached-Air Jordan Unrest-Deadly Force
Video |
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December 19 -- Fraud Up $1B - $14M Kickback - More Liquidations |
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December 22 -- Mall Protests - Staples Breach 1.16M - $44K
Internal Theft |
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December 23 -- $1M NJ Jewelry Theft - Holiday LP Poem |
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November 2014 |
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November 3 --
Food Retail VPLP $$$'s - Apple
Surveillance 'Too Intrusive' |
4 |
November 4 --
Target Closing Stores - Family Christian
LP - Fencing Op's Busted |
5 |
November 5 --
CA Passes 47 - Sears Hometown LP - U.S.
Gets #1 Hacker |
6 |
November 6 --
Retail Founder Gets Prison - Ahold AP Inv. -
Fraud hits 87% |
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November 7 --
Store Violence Up - Macy's FL LP - 4 Dead 1 Shot |
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November 10 --
FBI Targets DarkWeb - Justice & Bros. Selfie -
USPS Breach |
11 |
November 11 --
Neiman Marcus names CISO - Jon's Marketplace LP -
Armenian skimmer gets 32 yrs |
12 |
November 12 --
Man stuck in wall - Burlington KC LP - Unique
chainsaw theft |
13 |
November 13 --
$31B in Gift Cards - GameStop West Selfie -
'Lowe's Ladies' nabbed |
14 |
November 14 --
Children's Place new Dir. LP - Burlington TX LP -
$50.8M in restitution |
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17 |
November 17 --
Hiring Hackers - Family Dollar Pic - UK
wages cybercrime war |
18 |
November 18 --
Data Breaches Linked - Penske LP - Jewelry
Robbers Hit 23 Stores |
19 |
November 19 --
TJ Maxx Mgr Murdered - Super K Selfie -
$186M AutoZone Verdict |
20 |
November 20 --
Wal-Mart closes Fraud Loophole - Verizon
Thieves steal $4.4M |
21 |
November 21 --
Retail Pres. $9M Kickback - lululemon AP
Team - ORC Ring Hits Ross & TJX |
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November 24 --
3 Sweeps 159 Arrests - Black Friday Protests -
Hacking Surge |
25 |
November 25 -- LPRC ORC Project-$5M Pharmacy Fraud-Agilence LP Tips |
26 |
November 26 -- Macy's Parade LP - MA Mall Alert - Sweep Week's
4th |
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October
2014 |
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October 1 --
New Sr. VP - Allowing Marijuana Use? |
2 |
October 2 --
Dir Security-NRF
LP Award Winner arrested - $300K Fraud |
3 |
October 3 --
New Sr
Leaders - Security Checks Pay? - Vector #1 Partner |
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October 6 --
Dir LP
Opening - Saks ID Theft Ring - Walmart LP Saves
Lives |
7 |
October 7 --
Fraud Closes
Retailer - Active Shooter Guide - Retail 20/20 |
8 |
October 8 --
Cam Conn
Helps LPRC - 12 Busted in Idaho CC Fraud Ring |
9 |
October 9 --
Supreme
Court Split Over Landmark Security-Check Case |
10 |
October 10 --
ISIS Targets Mall - 3 Dir LP Jobs - Kroger
Hosts EBR Conf |
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October 13 --
Impact Honors - ATMs Hacked Worldwide -
Fatal Shooting Impact |
14 |
October 14 --
JCP CEO Comp - LPRC Update - #1 SW Fla. Fence
Busted |
15 |
October 15 --
Fraud Trans Up 61% - Mall Shooting
Canada's #1 Documented Crime |
16 |
October 16 --
Russian Hackers Make $2.5 Billion - Obama
'Deeply Concerned' |
17 |
October 17 --
Ebola=Sales Drop 20 to 40% -
Discriminating LP Policy |
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October 20 --
Ebola scare closes 2 stores - Sears $3.7M
internal theft ring |
21 |
October 21 --
Staples Breach - Sears Closes More Stores
- Task Force Honored |
22 |
October 22 --
Terrorism at Canadian Malls - Multiple Shooters &
Deaths |
23 |
October 23 --
Sears, Kmart laying off thousands - CLEAR Conf.
Recap |
24 |
October 24 --
Drug Cartels Using Retailers - Forever 21
LP - 6 ORC Rings |
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October 27 --
Driving CC Fraud - 2 Dead in Retail Store - HD
cards in Brazil |
28 |
October 28 --
Dir LP Job Open - Death at Hialeah Mall -
CVS Area 4 GLPS |
29 |
October 29 --
Green Dot Bust - Retailer Pays $6.8M -
Open Carry Picketing |
30 |
October 30 --
NYPD Commissioner Calls for Retailer
Vigilance |
31 |
October 31 --
Retail's #1 Threat - Nov. #1 Fraud Month -
'Get Money Team' |
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September 2014 |
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September 2 --
Credit Card
Breach at Home Depot |
3 |
September 3 --
Vendor Causes
Breach - Civil Disobedience - Downsizing Trend |
4 |
September 4 --
50 Arrests - Cyber
Warfare? - LP Self Defense? |
5 |
September 5 --
Sr. VP Gets
Prison - New Dir LP search - Kroger Gun Pressure |
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September 8 --
'Active
Shooter' Drills Spark Raft of Legal Complaints
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9 |
September 9 --
Home Depot Data
Mules Already Hitting the Streets |
10 |
September 10 --
IAI &
Vector Security Recognize Remarkable Women in LP |
11 |
September 11 -- U.S. Retailers
Alert - 70 Shops Raided - Possibly Liquidate |
12 |
September 12 -- RCC's
Protecting Against Cyber-Crime Roundtable |
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September 15 -- Cost of Retail
Fraud Jumps 10% Over 2013 |
16 |
September 16 -- FBI Calls on
Retailers for Help on Cybercrime |
17 |
September 17 -- 2 More Retail
Data Breaches-Sears LP Expands Programs |
18 |
September 18 -- PetSmart
SrDirLP - Terror at the Mall - Police Blame Breaches |
19 |
September 19 -- Home Depot
Confirms 56M Cards Stolen - Lenox Mall Shooting |
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September 22 --
Nine Indicted in
$45M International ORC Ring |
23 |
September 23 -- Wal-Mart Active Shooter
Program - 3 dead at UPS - 130+ ORC Ring |
24 |
September 24 -- Breaches
& CC Fraud - $1B ORC - Ohio & NYC’s ORC Efforts |
25 |
September 25 -- LP Job Cuts - FBI Warns
Retailers - New POS Vendor Breach |
26 |
September 26 -- Wal-Mart
Names New VP Asset Protection & Safety |
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September 29 -- LP Job Cuts - New Dir
Job - Active Shooter’s Hidden Impact |
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September 30 -- Retail #1 in breaches & ID
Theft #1 Consumer Concern |
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August 2014 |
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August 1 -- 600 POS Hacked in Last
Month Alone - 4 Cases Ongoing |
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August 4 -- LP Industry Adds New
Global Director position |
5 |
August 5 -- National Trend - Robbers
'Coming In Guns Drawn' |
6 |
August 6 -- Helping Build a Great LP
Event |
7 |
August 7 -- Toys R Us RLPM Gets 18
More Months in Prison |
8 |
August 8 --
Retail Theft
Database Labeling Job Seekers Lawsuit |
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August 11 --
NYC - New
Barney's Security Exec Started Racial Profiling |
12 |
August 12 --
Retail Employees
Escape Mob |
13 |
August 13 --
Worldwide
Smartphone Theft Ring Busted in Minneapolis |
14 |
August 14 --
Apple & Best Buy
Employees Team Up in ORC Ring |
15 |
August 15 --
Dollar General
Names Vice President of Asset Protection |
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August 18 --
$200K ORC
Lego Scheme Collapses |
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August 19 --
Kroger Pressured
to Ban Open-Carry Guns |
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August 20 --
Macy's Press
Release - Racial Profiling Will Not Be Tolerated |
21 |
August 21 --
Aeropostale EVP gets 8 yrs prison for $25M
Kickback Scheme |
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August 22 --
Ice Cream Shop
Serves Up ORC in FL |
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August 25 --
More Retailers
Announcing Data Breaches |
26 |
August 26 --
Regis Corp
CEO-"Asset Protection is Making A Difference" |
27 |
August 27 --
Another
Retailer Data Breach Today |
28 |
August 28 --
Publically
Reported ORC Reaching $1B+ Year to Date |
29 |
August 29 --
2nd Target
Data Breach - NY Atty Gen Protecting Consumers |
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July 2014 |
1 |
July 1 -- Balt. Co. Police ORC Team Joins
Multi-State Jewelry Inv. |
2 |
July 2 -- Taking Yesterday's 'Loved Ones'
Anonymous Threat Seriously? |
3 |
July 3 --
Michael McCarthy
named VP Ops, Admin. & Fleet for Pep Boys |
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July 7 --
Two Florida ORC
cases busted totaling over $3.2 Million |
8 |
July 8 -- Feds Arrest Russian
Card-Hacking Kingpin |
9 |
July 9 --
Retail President
& Kellogg Rep Defraud Supplier $1.9M |
10 |
July 10 -- "Green Dot" Bomb Threats
Still Impacting Retailers |
11 |
July 11 -- Under Armour Names VP &
Chief Global Security Officer |
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July 14 --
'Persuading
Senior Management with Security Metrics' |
15 |
July 15 -- Pilot Flying J Fined $92M
for Rebate Fraud |
16 |
July 16 -- Loss Prevention Community -
Being Scammed? |
17 |
July 17 -- Update on
2 Sr. LP Openings |
18 |
July 18 -- Macy's - 7-Eleven - Fed Ex
- Pathmark Legal Battles |
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July 21 -- Visa, MasterCard Must Face
Target, Macy's Swipe-Fee Case |
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July 22 -- Goodwill Investigates
Possible Data Breach |
23 |
July 23 -- Safeway investigated by
DEA-Stubhub hacked by Fraudsters |
24 |
July 24 -- Toys R Us RLPM Sentenced -
Asst. Mgr Fatal Shooting |
25 |
July 25 -- Fraudster Hits Apple Stores
in 16 States for over $300K |
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July 28 --
The Biggest VPLP
Opening of 2014 |
29 |
July 29 -- Vice President LP Job
Eliminated |
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July 30 -- Retail Sector Loses two LP
Senior Roles |
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July 31 --
U.S. Government
Warns Retailers |
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June 2014
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June 2 --
Walmart Moms
going to HQ & Open Carry Group at HD |
3 |
June 3 --
"Live at the NRF"
Episode Schedule |
4 |
June 4 --
Open Carry Texas
walking Target stores with Rifles |
5 |
June 5 --
Fencing Operation
Bust: 7 Roanoke Store Owners to be Indicted |
6 |
June 6 --
Helzberg Diamonds
names Dir LP & Fleet Pride names VPLP |
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June 9 --
Police reportedly
probe white supremacist link to Las Vegas
shootings |
10 |
June 10 --
Scott Ziter named
Director, LP & Security for Price Chopper |
11 |
June 11 --
NRF expands LP's
role - Renames Conference to NRF Protect |
12 |
June 12 --
54 charged in $18M food stamp fraud scheme |
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June 13 --
NRF honors Law Enforcement, Loss Prevention
Professionals |
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June 16 --The Daily's "Live in Ft.
Lauderdale" Makes NRF LP History |
17 |
June 17 --16
Flash Mob Robbers hit K&G in Chicago |
18 |
June 18 --LP Jobs in May down 21% |
19 |
June 19 -- American Apparel CEO & Founder
fired "For Cause" |
20 |
June 20 -- Shopper's Drug Mart 3rd party LP
agent charged with extortion |
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June 23 -- 1st Episode-'Live in Ft.
Lauderdale'-NRF Sr. Leadership |
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June 24 -- "American Apparel Chief Isn’t
Wearing Any Clothes" |
25 |
June 25 --
$300M
Counterfeit-Goods Kingpin Sentenced to 10 yrs |
26 |
June 26 --
Supreme
Court Ruling Shields Privacy of Cellphones |
27 |
June 27 -- David Johnston named Sr. Dir LP &
Corporate Security for Dunkin' Brands |
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June 30 -- $1M in merchandise recovered from
cargo thefts in Toronto |
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May 2014
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May 1 --
Senate
blocks minimum wage hike, Obama fires back
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2 |
May 2 --
White House calls
for Consumer Bill of Rights, data breach
standards |
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May 5 --
Target's
CEO steps down in wake of Data Breach |
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May 6 --
The Onslaught of
Hundreds of Store Closings Begins |
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May 7 --
"Departure of
Target CEO puts Canadian retreat on table"
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May 8 --
Over 30 New Asset
Protection Jobs |
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May 9 --
59 Executives
Moving Up in '14 so far |
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May 12 --
Monitoring
Employees' Social Media |
13 |
May 13 --
IP Protection
Teams Growing Worldwide - Fighting Online
Counterfeiting |
14 |
May 14 --
REI’s Dir AP
Perry Resnick-Invest in Relationships, Embrace
Discomfort |
15 |
May 15 --
RILA and
Retailers Launch Comprehensive Cyber
Intelligence Sharing Center |
16 |
May 16 --
NYC & North TX LP
Execs - Building Partnerships |
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May 19 --
LPNN Exclusive:
Gap SVP Keith White On Leadership & Dev. |
20 |
May 20 --
NRF ORC
Survey: $2.8M Loss per Retailer |
21 |
May 21 --
eBay's
Cyberattack - 128M users urged to change
passwords |
22 |
May 22 --
Riot Police
Arrest 100 at McDonald's HQ |
23 |
May 23 --
"One of
the Greatest Supply Chain Disasters in Canadian
History" |
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May 27 --
East Coast ORC
Duo busted in NC - Connected to $200K theft |
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May 28 --
1 in 5
Believe Hackers Do a Worthwhile Job |
29 |
May 29 --
47% of American's
Identities Stolen in Last Year |
30 |
May 30 --
"Live in Ft.
Lauderdale" at the NRF - Educating Tomorrow's
Leaders |
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April 2014
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April 1 -- Winter causes 450+ lost
business days for retailers |
2 |
April 2 -- Toys
R Us RLPM Murder of Asst. Mgr Case Update |
3 |
April 3 -- RILA's Garth Gasse the 'New
Age of AP' |
4 |
April 4 --
NYPD Policy
Change - TX Data Breach - W. VA Fence Busted |
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April 7 --
RLPM Pleads
Guilty to Manslaughter in Toys R Us Slaying |
8 |
April 8 --
Neiman Marcus
Breach Linked to Russians Who Eluded U.S. |
9 |
April 9 --
Owner of
GLC Closeouts pleads guilty to $22.9M Ponzi
scheme |
10 |
April 10 --
Over $3 Million
seized in Michigan ORC ring bust |
11 |
April 11 --
Polk Co. FL
arrest 41 members of ORC ring |
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April 14 --
Fatal
officer-involved shooting at 99 Cent Only Store
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April 15 --
16 arrested in
Mesa, AZ fencing bust |
16 |
April 16 --
Kroger's ORC
efforts helps take down Crip gang members |
17 |
April 17 --
7 big ORC cases
in last 3 weeks: 128 suspects, $30M+ |
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April 21 --
Ean Bressack
named Dir. LP for Gucci |
22 |
April 22 --
Nike's Internal
Threat at Corporate Busted |
23 |
April 23 --
3 charged in $80M
warehouse heist |
24 |
April 24 --
More criminals
breaking through the back door |
25 |
April 25 --
KPMG Partner/Bag
Man gets Prison |
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April 28 --
Facial
Recognition Isn't the Way of the Future...Yet |
29 |
April 29 --
National Stores
rolls out LP in 81 stores in 2 wks |
30 |
April 30 --
Italian Court
Upholds Tax-Evasion Verdict on Dolce and Gabbana
- facing 18 months |
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March 2014
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March 3 --
2 Killed, 4 Injured at Loblaw DC in Edmonton |
4 |
March 4 --
Retail LP Exec Scott Glenn named CSO SHMC |
5 |
March 5 --
Retailers Bust Family in $7M ORC Scheme |
6 |
March 6 --
Sally Beauty breached - Who will be next? |
7 |
March 7 --
Visa and MC form cross-industry security group |
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March 10 --
$7M Shoplifter denied bail; in US illegally
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March 11 --
Apple testifies Theft & LP - 'Not a Priority' |
12 |
March 12 --
Jonathan Edmiston was named Div. V.P. L.P. for
Kmart |
13 |
March 13 --
Publix $50M bomb threat extortion case solved |
14 |
March 14 --
Nine retailers closing the most stores |
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March 17 --
Sally Beauty Data breach update - One data
breach still unreported |
18 |
March 18 --
Canada's 'Breaking Bad' ORC Trio Blows Up
Stealing Gas |
19 |
March 19 --
91% of Video Surveillance Deployments involve IT
departments |
20 |
March 20 --
CA
top target for international criminal
enterprises |
21 |
March 21 --
Dillard's to pay $600,000 for racial profiling
bad stop in Georgia |
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March 24 --
Tom
Cavalancia was promoted Assoc. VP LP for Lbrands |
25 |
March 25 --
$3M Midwest cargo theft gang of 20 busted
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26 |
March 26 --
Retail Senior VP pleads guilty to $1.2 million
theft |
27 |
March 27 --
$15M FL ORC Ring Busted - Exclusive Details |
28 |
March 28 --
$15M+ FLA ORC Details & TJX Canada ORC Bust |
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March 31 -- Spot. on Leadership -
Rosamaria Sostilio SVP AP at HBC |
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February 2014
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February 3 --
Marriott hotels data breach - Did you stay at
one in 2013? |
4 |
February 4 --
Toys R Us Canada Revolutionizes Training with
Axonify |
5 |
February 5 --
Chip & Pin is Coming & Online Fraud Will Spike |
6 |
February 6 --
Home Depot's Corp. Security Breach - 10 to 20
Thousand could be exposed |
7 |
February 7 --
eBay Proact helps convict CO's largest ORC Ring |
8 |
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February 10 --
New Study: The Walmart Effect on Crime in the US |
11 |
February 11 --
ORC Suspect
Sentenced to 16 years in PA |
12 |
February 12 -- Amber Alert at Safeway
in N. CA tied to shoplifting stop |
13 |
February 13 --
Scott McBride was
promoted VP Global LP |
14 |
February 14 --
Tesco Joins
Growing List of Retailers Hit by Hackers |
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17 |
February 17 --
Director of
Digital Loss Prevention - The New LP |
18 |
February 18 --
D&D Daily "Live
in NYC" - Online & On-Demand Now |
19 |
February 19 --
Inside Target -
Containing the Giant Cybertheft |
20 |
February 20 --
National
Retail Security Survey Here on the Daily |
21 |
February 21 --
"WarDriving"
Hacker Details Lowe's Register Scheme |
22 |
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24 |
February 24 --
Jim Mires,
VPLP DSW, on LP Driving Profitability |
25 |
February 25 --
Zellman Fraudnet's Lauren
Bridgeo on The Hidden Cost of Breaches |
26 |
February 26 --
Remembering an
Innovator - In memoriam of Dennis Gillette |
27 |
February 27 --
Two More
Retailers- Data Breached - Linked to earlier ones |
28 |
February 28 --
Half a dozen cell
phones stolen from Target IT Staff = Organized Crime? |
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January 2014
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1 |
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2 |
January 2 --
Target Data Breach Update Could Hit 680M |
3 |
January 3 --
NRF LP Advisory Council Chair Blog Makes Top 10
in 2013 |
4 |
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5 |
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6 |
January 6 --
Loss
Prevention New Jobs down 10% in 2013 |
7 |
January 7 --
823 ORC Cases with $701,533,840 in theft
for 2013 reported in the Daily |
8 |
January 8 --
$5 Billion lost in two days |
9 |
January 9 --
Tis the season for LP Job cuts |
10 |
January 10 --
Target: Names, Emails, Phone Numbers Up To
70 Million Customers Stolen |
11 |
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12 |
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13 |
January 13 --
Neiman Marcus: Data thieves' latest victim |
14 |
January 14 --
With data vulnerable, retailers look for tougher
security |
15 |
January 15 --
Man
killed by police after purse snatching in
Vienna, W.Va |
16 |
January 16 --
Store Shooting in Indiana kills 3, including
gunman |
17 |
January 17 --
Target to testify to Congress on Data Breach |
18 |
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19 |
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20 |
January 20 --
John Voytilla named VP Global LP & Safety for
Office Depot, Inc. |
21 |
January 21 --
QuikTrip c-stores using Facial Recognition for
security surveillance |
22 |
January 22 --
Brown Shoe Co. deploys Agilence reporting
solution |
23 |
January 23 --
Combating data theft in retail - will banks step
up? |
24 |
January 24 --
FBI
warns retailers to expect more credit card
breaches |
25 |
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26 |
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27 |
January 27 --
Michael's warns of possible payment card
breaches |
28 |
January 28 --
Consumer sues Michael's for data breach
|
29 |
January 29 --
US
Attorney General-We Will Track Target Thieves
Down |
30 |
January 30 --
"Cybercrime is going to get worse"- Says U.S.
Attorney General |
31 |
January 31 --
Hudson's Bay Corp. Re-aligns Loss Prevention |