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December
2011 |
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December 1 -- Starting tomorrow Thought
Challenge Month in Review |
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December 2 -- Black Market Billions - ORC
Funding Terrorism |
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December 5 --
Toys R Us ORC efforts have been paying off |
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December 6 -- Alpha High Theft Solutions
Introduces Jewel Lok |
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December 7 -- CVS and Rite Aid shut down two
fences |
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December 8 -- Pac Sun closing 175 to 200 stores |
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December 9 -- Fry's exec gets 6 yrs for $87M
kickback scheme |
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December 12 -- Multimillion dollar skimmers
indicted |
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December 13 -- Vector's Dave Merrick on IT
Bandwidth |
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December 14 -- ORC is the nations
fastest-growing crime |
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December 15 -- C.L.E.A.R. hacked by
Anonymous Hackers hitting our industry |
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December 16 -- Bill Titus, VPLP Sears HC to be
honored Jan 16th |
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December 19 -- Bi-Lo buys Winn-Dixie |
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December 20 -- Flash Mob halted at Michigan Mall |
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December 21 -- Rick Koloski promoted to VP LP
Army & Air Force Ex Srvs |
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December 22 -- ORC in New Zealand? |
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December 23 -- Shoe Shoppers Pepper Sprayed in
Seattle |
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November
2011 |
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November 1 -- iPad or iFake - You Make the Buy |
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November
2 --Toys R Us building a Best in Class
Investigations Team |
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November 3 -- Lululemon Co-worker Found Guilty
of First Degree Murder |
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November 4 -- Reaching the Senior Vice President
of LP level |
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November 7 -- Best Buy Acquires Carphone
Warehouse for $1.3B |
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November 8 -- Apple's VP Global Security steps
down amidst controversy |
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November 9 -- TC - Sharon Dindal, Meijer, Do you
have a seat at the table? |
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November 10 -- Vector's Pamela Petrow Receives
CSAA Award |
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November 11 -- 5,000 plus Stores Closing Next
Year |
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November 14 -- Rich Mellor named VP of Loss
Prevention NRF |
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November 15 -- Wakefern looking for new VP of
Loss Prevention |
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November 16 -- Police Kill Armed Shoplifter at
Knoxville Walmart |
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November 17 -- TC - Mark McClain, Return Fraud
May not Cause Shrink |
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November 18 -- ORC in Canada is a Plague We Can
Mitigate |
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November 21 -- Checkpoint Systems partners with
Books-A-Million |
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November 22 -- What Ron Johnson learned building
the Apple Store |
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November 23 -- 2nd Birthday Flash Mob at 7
Eleven in MD |
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November 28 -- Black Friday weekend record - 226
million shoppers |
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November 29 -- Axis GM Fredrik Nilsson on From
flash mobs to flash robs |
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November 30 -- Rich Mellor Leading the NRF LP
Efforts |
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October
2011 |
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October 3 -- Target's 12-City
ORC Bust |
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October 4 -- USS sponsors ORC
Column-Leading Fight Against ORC |
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October 5 -- Vector Security's
New National Service Center |
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October 6 -- RILA Study -
Crimes Continue to Rise |
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October 7 -- Lowe's Continues
to Reorg |
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October 10 -- Bombs in Ikea Stores |
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October 11 --
Two Directors of LP to be named |
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October 12
-- Relentless manhunt for PetSmart robber in the Bay
area |
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October 13
-- South Florida's Operation Booster |
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October 14
-- 2011 Record LP Job Growth |
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October 17 -- RILA's Execs Leaders to Convene in
Minneapolis this week |
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October 18 -- ORC Investigation uncovers $150K
stolen cell phones |
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October 19 -- Checkpoint and The Global Retail
Theft Barometer 2011 |
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October 20 -- Global Retail Theft Barometer - US
Highest in Shrink Globally |
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October 21 -- RILA Members' Crime Mgrs Converge
in Spirit of Collaboration |
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October 24
-- Vangent's EAI Foundation Course 11/15/2011 |
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October 25 -- Kevin Ling Dir LP Big Lots
Canada |
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October 26 -- Rent-A-Center promotes Jim Carr
and Mark Reaves |
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October 27 -- LPRC's 7th Annual Impact
Conference |
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October 28 --
Kroger's ORC Team Dismantles Fencing Operations |
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October
31 -- Kroger's $500,000 Big K convictions |
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September
2011 |
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September 1 -- T.C. by Pedro Ramos
"Are things really that bad?" |
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September
2 -- WG's Green Tags – Not Just
Source Tagging |
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September
6 -- NRF names Dan Faketty Vice
Chair NRF LP Advisory Council |
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September
7 -- City Ordinance may require
C-Stores to employ Security Guards |
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September
8 -- Anthony Antonelli promoted to
Dir LP Gap Outlet Stores |
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September
9 -- Winn-Dixie Associate Kidnapped |
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September
12 -- Major ORC Ring of 68 busted in
Ohio |
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September
13 -- Scott Glenn, Sears HC promoted
to lead Kmart LP effort |
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September
14 -- Albuquerque PD's New ORC
Section |
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September
15 -- 6 yr-old ORC Ring of 11 busted
in Phoenix hit 76 stores |
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September
16 -- The UK's Queen
Super-Shoplifting Mob Boss goes to jail |
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September
19 -- "Corporate Espionage--Billion
Dollar Money" |
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September
20 -- Jen Drake, West 49th
Dir, on The Canadian Push |
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September
21 -- Michaels settles wtih
N.Y. for 1.8M |
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September
22 -- Dan Doyle promoted to
Chief HR Officer at Bealls |
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September
23 -- ORC thief murdered Robyn
Gardner in Aruba |
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September
26 -- NE's ORC Conf - By Kevin
Plante, Mass RA LP Chair |
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September 27 -- Former
Carter's Sr. VP Indicted |
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September 28 -- CAP Index and
ABA on Nat'l Bank Crime Database |
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September 29
-- 3M ORC Case in Boca Raton |
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September
30 -- TC - Mark McClain - Do
Surveys Tell the Whole Story? |
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August 2011 |
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August 1 -- Hayes Intl's 23rd Annual
Retail Theft Survey |
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August
2 -- 1st half of 2011 - 25% increase
in Employee Fraud |
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August
3 -- One of the biggest Counterfeit
Bust in U.S. History -$100 million |
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August
4 -- Ron Smith named Director of
Security for American Girl |
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August
5 -- Target ORC efforts make the news in
Las Vegas |
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August
8 -- T.C. -- What a Thought! |
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August
9 -- LAAORCA Officers Recognized by
Security Magazine |
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August
10 --
Retailer
Alert: Active ORC Ring in MD |
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August
11 -- WG's
"Protection With Class Collection" – The Teardrop Lanyard Tag |
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August
12 -- T.C. Jim Elder -- True LP
Professionals |
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August
15 -- USS promotes Rod Holm VP GLobal
Sales/Svc/Bus Dev |
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August
16 -- T.C. -- Johnny Custer on Flash
Mob=Flash ROB? |
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August
17 -- Vector Security's Golf Outing
supports NCMEC |
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August
18 -- Dallas PD's Flash Mob Assessment |
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August
19 -- CAP Index Announces 2011 Canadian
Risk Database |
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August
22 -- NFSSC Names CAP Index as Official
Research Partner |
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August
23 --
Ray Cotton named 1st Mgr Global Security for
FaceBook |
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August
24 -- RECORD HIGH ORC NEWS! |
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August
25 -- Alpha's Bill Beatty on Partnering –
Engaging – Innovation |
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August
26 -- The Canadian Push – The U.S.
"Invasion"? |
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August
29 -- Neil Browne, CFE named Sr Dir,
Global LP for Sherwin-Williams |
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August
30 -- WiliLeaks leaks Apple's Security
Team Doc's |
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August
31 -- Lowe's to cut 2 Div'l and 7
Reg. Loss Prev. Dir's |
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| July 2011 |
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July 1 -- Paul Paglia promoted Sr
Dir LP/Retail Ops for Donna Karan |
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July 5 -- San Francisco's increasing
crime syndicates |
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July 6 -- Mark Caldwell named VP
Global AP-Security Wal-Mart |
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July 7 -- ADT -- A Step Ahead of
Shoplifters |
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July 8 -- 10 Senior LP jobs in the
US |
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July
11 -- eBay Fighting Fakes with CFDA |
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July
12 -- Worldwide debit card Skimming
ring busted |
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July
13 --
Mark
McClain, Dir Inv AP Wal-Mart "Need vs Want" |
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July
14 -- Mike Keenan promoted to VP LP
Gap Stores |
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July
15 -- eBay AP Investigations Tackles Romanian Fraud Ring |
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July
18 -- Terry Nichols promoted to Sr
Dir LP/Safety Office Depot |
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July
19 --
Tom
Arigi named Sr. VP LP for National Stores |
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July
20 -- Multi Million $$ Nationwide
ORC Ring busted in Houston |
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July
21 -- South Carolina. Multi-State
Fencing Operation and ORC Ring Shut Down! |
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July
22 -- Chris Nielson promoted to VP
LP at Family Dollar |
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July
25 -- It was a Wild West Weekend |
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July
26 -- Dollar General LP in the Cloud |
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July
27 -- Mobile Fraudsters are Coming
and they're at the door |
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July
28 -- LP Job growth is slowing |
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July
29 -- Mark Mellor was promoted to
DVP of LP at Family Dollar |
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| June 2011 |
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June 1 -- $59 billion in software
piracy in China last year |
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June
2 -- Michael's PIN pad databreach
problems continue |
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June
3 -- Civil Demand's Frank Luciano -
Civil Recovery Laws |
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June
6 -- Alpha's Tim Gates on People - Innovation - ROI |
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June
7 -- CNBC's Crime Inctolen Goods Wed night
9pm |
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June
8 -- NRF ORC Survey- 94% of retailers
victims-most in history |
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June
9 -- At Scarsdale's booth: The UC who
busted Philly's mob |
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June
10 -- Bill Titus, VPLP Sears HC - It's all
about the People |
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June
13 --
Dan
Doyle, SVP Beall's--Scarsdale Gets the Job Done for
Us |
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June
14 -- Risk Based Integration: Niscayah
Partners with CAP |
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June
15 -- Dr. Hollinger's preliminary shrink
results |
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June
16 -- 05 Shoplifting Case Leads to 20M
Credit Card Fraud Ring |
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June
17 -- 6M Ongoing Jewelry Burglary Case in
Miami |
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June
20 -- Best Buy Settles $10M Discrimination
Suit |
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June
21 -- 3 Dir of LP positions named
with 2 more expected |
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June
22 -- Jewelry industry losses down
17 percent |
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June
23 -- Bill Titus - Stand back for
the next 10 years |
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June
24 -- Sara Torrez
promoted to Director of LP for Aeropostale |
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June
27 --
Mexican Mafia hits Macy's |
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June
28 -- Flash Mob of 40 teens hits
Sears store |
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June
29 -- ADT-Enhanced Detection That's
a Step Ahead of the Shoplifters |
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June
30 -- Gary Johnson VPLP Vitamin
Shoppe NRF LP Adv. Chair-His Mission |
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| May
2011 |
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May 2 --
Starbucks police stings in NYC |
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May
3 --
IDM The next Generation LP-Ops Datamining software |
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May
4 --
Aaron's may be watching you |
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May
5 --
eBay Sponsors the Say No To
Shoplifting Campaign |
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May
6 --
eBay Aggressively Tackles Counterfeits |
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May
9 --
Kroger's successful ORC effort led by Dennis Dansak |
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May
10 -- RadioShack's
LP program is growing
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May
11 -- Mike Limauro
named VPAP Weis Markets |
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May
12 -- Michaels PIN pad card losses
estimated in the millions |
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May
13 -- Blockbuster Canada files bankruptcy |
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May
16 -- Walgreens' Operation Broken LINK |
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May
17 -- More Apple Store Burglaries |
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May
18 -- T.C. Bill Nichols - That's Not Fair |
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May
19 -- Cary
Jones named HVHC's first LP Director |
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May
20 -- Seattle ORC $6M gang charged |
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May
23 -- Civil Demand Assoc -- A Father
and Son Story |
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May
24 -- Matt Haughton named Dir of
Corp Security for L'Oreal |
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May
25 -- Tim Hortons' CEO Resigns |
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May
26 -- Scarsdale (does more than)
Security Goes Virtual |
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May
27 -- eBay Committed to Doing it the
Right Way |
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May
31 -- Cabela's Gift Card Fraud Ring
Broken Up |
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| April 2011 |
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April 1 -- David George,
VPAP Harris Teeter -- Are Retailers Causing ORC? |
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April
4 -- Epsilon-The
biggest Data Breach in history? |
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April
5 -- Apple private
security guard shoots and kills smash-and-grabber |
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April
6 -- Vector
Security - 13 could be your lucky number! |
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April
7 -- Bill Nichols
T.C. Have you Got The Time? |
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April
8 --
Retailers turn to CAP INDEX for Store Risk Models |
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April
11 -- WG's
Invisible Floor Guard |
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April
12 --
Retailers, FBI Renew Efforts to Combat Retail Crime |
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April
13 --
China nabs 14,000 suspects dealing counterfeit goods |
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April
14 -- Baby formula Liquid Gold to Organized
Retail Criminals |
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April
15 --
"Shaking Hands, Not Fists" - eBay's progress |
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April
18 -- Ritz Camera
and HMV Canada eliminate LP jobs |
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April
19 -- Will
Blockbuster be closing 1,200 stores? |
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April
20 -- 2
more Senior LP jobs eliminated! |
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April
21 -- RILA's 1st
LP student scholarship program very successful |
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April
25 -- Rick
Beardsley named Dir. of LP at Party City |
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April
26 -- US
e-commerce $227B - Global counterfeit $600B |
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April
27 -- Sony
data breach may top TJX |
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April
28 -- Rite Aid
building ORC Team |
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April
29 -- Black Hat
hacker named CSO for ICANN |
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March 2011 |
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March 1
-- H&M reorg's their LP program |
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March
2
-- Burlington Coat leads North America in LP
job growth |
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March
3
-- Mike Grady, Exec. VP Vector Security on
Valued Added Services |
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March
4
-- Wal-Mart to increase dividend
20.6 percent |
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March
7
-- Retail Equation Adds Ph.D. Sr. Statistician |
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March
8
-- CNBC's The Truth About Shoplifting- airing
3/10 8 pm |
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March 9
-- LAAORCA's Conference was a great success |
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March
10
-- Vector's LPF Scholarship App's Record High |
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March
11
-- Rosamaria Sostilio,SVP AP SFA-Building her
own Brand |
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March
14
-- NRF Supports FEMA National Preparedness |
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March
15
-- Blockbuster eliminates the LP Director role |
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March
16
-- Weis Markets new Sr. LP job represents
industry growth |
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March
17
-- Marcus Young promoted to Dir LP United
Supermarkets |
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March
18
-- NRF 2nd webinar on FEMA National Level
Exercise |
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March
21
-- Food service LP group hardest hit |
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March
22
-- How will newest merger affect LP |
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March
23
-- Jim D'Arcy promoted to Dir of AP for Great
Atlantic/Pacific Tea |
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March
24
-- Walgreen to spend 429M for drugstore.com |
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March
25
-- L.L. Bean first brick/mortar to drop
shipping charges |
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March
28
-- Vector announces 2011 LPF Scholarship
Winners |
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March
29 -- John Clark named VP Asset Management
for the Comex Group |
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March
30 -- James Curtis-It's time for an EBR
Revolution |
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March
31 -- Counterfeit Goods 8 percent of
China's GDP |
