December 2012 |
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December 3 -- Organized Crime Ring
"Terrorizing" Los Angeles County |
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December 4 -- London's High-Speed ORC Gang
Hits Apple - Video |
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December 5 -- Keith White-SVPLP Gap-Crime
spikes 3 or 4 times in 4Q |
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December 6 -- Fraud survey "Fatalists" are
Best Protected Merchants |
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December 7 -- Two separate shoplifter
deaths in one day |
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December 10 -- Kohl's Mike DeMeo helps bust
massive ID theft ring |
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December 11 -- Major fencing operation
busted in San Francisco |
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December 12 -- Malware infected POS systems
worldwide - is yours? |
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December 13 -- 3VR's Demographics Analytic
wins Top 30 Tech Award |
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December 14 -- "Fear of retail organized
crime" dates back 60 years |
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December 17 -- Georgia's ORC Efforts - Past,
Present, and Future |
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December 18 -- Gunman shoots one in movie
theater parking lot |
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December 19 -- Shoplifting gangs stealing
$252K of goods an hour |
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December 20 -- Verisk Crime Analytics on the
Today Show |
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December 21 -- Mike Lamb - Lisa LaBruno -
Garth Gasse - Moving Up |
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November 2012 |
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November 1 -- Bloomberg - "Looters will be
put in internment camps" |
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November 2 -- Saks Fifth Avenue - In the
heart of it - during Sandy |
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November 5 -- "Anonymous' Day" - Attacking
Data Worldwide |
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November 6 -- John Bishop promoted to Sr Dir
of AP for Winn Dixie |
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November 7 -- Sandy = $4B in lost retail
sales last week |
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November 8 -- Jill Roadman promoted Div VP
of LP Sears Full Line Stores |
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November 9 -- Employee Charged in Plot to
Bomb Home Depots |
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November 12 -- Jonathan Edmiston named
Director of AP for Home Depot |
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November 13 -- ORC costs New York $75
million in lost taxes |
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November 14 -- Checkpoint Systems partners
up for 4-year study on shrink |
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November 15 -- NYC Dinner guest: co-author
of "Can Wages Buy Honesty?" |
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November 16 -- Spotlight on Sears HC Command
Center |
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November 19 -- Mass murder averted at
Wal-Mart store & "Twilight" showing |
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November 20 -- NYC serial shopkeeper killer
on the loose |
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November 21 -- Grinch steals Christmas from
Salvation Army in Toronto |
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November 26 -- GA investigating shoplifter
death & security guard fired |
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November 27 -- Mall security releases child
abductor without id'ing him |
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November 28 -- $25M Skimming Gang Busted |
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November 29 -- Macy's LP role at the
Thanksgiving Day Parade |
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November 30 -- 10 LA - Long Beach
terminals/port shut down |
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October 2012 |
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October 1 -- $500K of counterfeit
merchandise seized |
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October 2 -- Biggest fraud bust in
Australia's history |
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October 3 -- CargoNet & Canada's CTA join
forces |
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October 4 -- Sears HC national LP conference |
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October 5 -- Greg Hord named Director LP &
Safety - Thirty-One Gifts |
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October 8 -- Retail applications hit lowest
level ever |
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October 9 -- Dallas busts 70 fences this
year with 30 more expected |
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October 10 -- Bill Titus, VP LP,
Sears HC addresses NMU students |
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October 11 -- W-Z's CFI program
honors Fred Wilson |
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October 12 -- Major identity theft ring
busted in Spokane |
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October 15 -- The Story behind LA's ORC
effort - LAAORCA |
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October 16 -- Check fraud still costing
$900M annually |
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October 17 -- 2011 National Retail Security
Survey Final Report is out |
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October 18 -- Menards' owner victim of
extortion attempt |
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October 19
-- Man charged in Molotov Cocktail incident at
mall |
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October 22 -- h.h.gregg Builds "Common Goal"
Culture to Reduce Loss |
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October 23 -- FTC Issues Facial Recognition
Use Guide |
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October 24 -- Barnes & Noble PIN pads hacked
in 9 states - 63 stores |
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October 25 -- Diabetic test strips &
Boston's "crime family" |
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October 26 -- Kroger recognizes Corporate LP
team |
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October 29 -- LP leading the way in
Emergency Preparedness for Sandy |
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October 30 -- Sandy's $100B price tag? |
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October 31 -- Home Depot's AP Team leading
the way during Sandy |
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September 2012 |
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September 4 -- Albuquerque PD awarded for
their ORC efforts |
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September 5 -- Sears LP Crisis Team featured
in Chicago Tribune |
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September 6 -- Dom Zuccala promoted to
Director LP Ops for Big Lots |
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September 7 -- Retail Council of Canada's LP
Conference next week |
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September 10 -- David & Goliath - 2 LP
Execs Holding the Slingshot |
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September 11 -- John Brea promoted to
VP Ops - Walmart Canada |
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September 12 -- 3VR Opens Video Intelligence
Platform |
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September 13 -- Mark Stinde, VPAP, 7-Eleven
on Safer Dallas Better Dallas |
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September 14 -- Best Buy to switch focus for
2,000 LP employees |
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September 17 -- Lowes withdraws $1.8 Billion
Proposal |
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September 18 -- Walgreens completes
drugstore chain deal for $438M |
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September 19 -- Pilot Flying J alleges $400K
monthly credit card fraud |
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September 20 -- TJ Maxx catches break with
backup video system |
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September 21 -- iPhone 5 flying off shelves
- at the hands of thieves |
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September 24 -- Walmart store detective
fatally shot over $16 undershirts |
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September 25 -- Toys 'R' Us sued for trade
secret theft |
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September 26 -- Garda Armored Car "Center"
Robbed in South Florida |
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September 27 -- Bob McCort named Director of
LP for Charming Charlie |
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September 28 --
Food
thefts on the rise in Canada |
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August 2012 |
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August 1 -- 2 Senior LP positions
appointed today |
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August 2 -- 8 Senior LP positions open in
U.S. |
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August 3 -- Anna's Linens' Marlene
Kusumoto+team=historical results |
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August 6 -- Suni Shamapande now DVP Sales
Implementation -Sears |
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August 7 -- David Brightly named
Director of LP & Risk Mgt- Gordmans |
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August 8 -- Debra Martin promoted Sr Dir
Global Security Ops- Wal-Mart |
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August 9 -- 13 more busted in
"Operation Swiper" |
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August 10 -- Kevin Trimble named Director of
Security & LP - McDonald's |
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August 13 -- Bryan Hoppe VP AP promoted to
VP Store Ops - Pep Boys |
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August 14 --
Chris
Gillen promoted to Vice President, AP - Toys "R"
Us |
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August 15 --
Doug
Marker, VP LP, promoted to VP Field HR -
Michael's |
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August 16 --
New Supply
Chain LP group formed The ISCPO |
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August 17 --
Agilence
"Far Exceeds" in Rite Aid Roll-Out |
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August 20 -- ORC Leaders |
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August 21 -- Gregg Smith, Sr. Director of LP
- The Children's Place |
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August 22 -- PayPal to be available at point
of purchase at 7M stores |
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August 23 -- Walgreens purchased 45% share
of UK’s Alliance Boot |
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August 24
-- Active shooter at Empire State Building |
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August 27
-- Agilence "Far exceeds ROI expectations" |
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August 28
-- "Major fencing operation" uncovered in
Conn. |
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August 29 -- J. Patrick Burns named
VP, LP for Bob's Discount Furniture |
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August 30 -- Lee Bland promoted to VP
of LP for Stage Stores |
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August 31 -- A&P Grocery Employee
Commits Murder - Suicide |
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July 2012
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July 2 -- Staples' LP busts ORC ring in New
England |
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July 3 -- Greg Bosserman promoted Dir of
Field LP Vitamin Shoppe |
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July 5 -- FBI shutting down internet for
100's of thousands Monday |
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July 9 -- Sonya Hostetler promoted to VP, AP
& Safety for Walmart U.S. |
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July 10 -- Toys R Us LP busts repeat
Chicago burglar |
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July 11 -- USS Charity Golf Tournament
raises $40K+ for NCMEC |
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July 12 -- WG Security sponsors LPNN's
coverage of IOBSE |
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July 13 --
1st of its kind-
$25M Fake Coupons bust! |
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July 16 -- Kevin Valentine promoted VP IA &
Risk Mgt Signet Jewelers |
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July 17 -- Bill Titus, VP LP Sears - The
Face of Loss Prevention |
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July 18 -- 300 teens Flash-Rob a Walmart in
Jacksonville |
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July 19 -- RILA & Walton College of Business
to study mobile POS |
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July 20 -- Facebook and Wal-mart becoming
allies |
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July 23 -- Mike Keenen, VP LP Gap "Taking
Over an LP Department" |
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July 24 -- 6 Senior LP Positions Open |
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July 25 -- 22% of LP Exec's DON'T want to
Collaborate |
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July 26 --
POS
payment terminal vulnerabilities exposed |
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July 27 -- Kroger's ORC Team helps lead
Vegas Busts |
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July 30 -- Walmart bomb threats spread |
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July 31 -- Does paying higher wages decrease
employee theft? |
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June 2012 |
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June 1 -- Who dropped the dime again? |
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June
4 -- Tyco Retail Solutions' ORC whitepaper |
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June
5 -- The LP industry loses a pioneer |
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June
6 -- Art Silva named Director of LP for
Hallmark Cards |
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June
7 -- Tom Arigi: Passion versus Emotion |
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June
8 --
Ohio's first
annual Retail Crime Symposium |
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June
11 -- Kroger's ORC program - ROI driving
growth |
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June
12 -- John Bishop promoted Director Asset
Protection Winn Dixie |
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June
13 -- Portland ORC gang busted in Idaho |
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June
14 -- Vector's Canadian Push |
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June
15 -- CA. SWAT team rescue Burlington Coat
store employees |
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June
18 -- LPNN: Bill Titus "Building Best in
Class LP Programs" |
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June
19 -- Lance Williams promoted to VP of LP
for Big Lots Stores |
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June
20 -- Shoplifter shot and killed in Detroit |
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June
21 -- National Retail Security Survey
Preliminary Results |
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June
22 -- Armed robbers on the loose in Orlando
area with videos |
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June
25 -- Ontario mall parking lot roof
collapses |
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June
26 -- Nordstrom's DC hit for $60K by
contract employee |
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June
27 -- FBI sting nabs 24 alleged online
credit card scammers |
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June 28 -- Macy's awarded LP Case of the
Year |
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June 29 -- Spree of 42 robberies in Vegas
comes to an end |
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May 2012 |
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May 1 --
11% of Top 100 LP Jobs Changed in 12 Months |
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May
2 -- "Smishing"
the new texting scam using retailer's names |
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May
3 --
Ascena - largest women's specialty retailer by
store count |
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May
4 --
$100M Cargo Bust - Largest in US History |
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May
7 --
Chris Hinger returns to Polo as Senior Director
of AP |
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May
8 --
Largest cargo theft ring used Toys R Us - HD
parking lots |
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May
9 --
Charming Charlie's looking for their first LP
Director |
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May
10 -- $100M credit card fraud ring busted in Montreal |
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May
11 --
Dr. Hollinger promoted to Department Chair at U.
of Florida |
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May
14 --
Live Today - LPNN's new broadcasting home page |
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May
15 --
Gangs move from drugs to ID theft |
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May
16 --
Airport security supervisor spent 20 years under
false identity |
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May
17 --
US Customs & Border Protection focus on Chicago
O’Hare |
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May
18 --
Scott Ziter promoted to VP, Asset Protection for
Ahold USA |
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May
21 --
Nate Frazier promoted to Dir of LP for
Abercrombie & Fitch |
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May
22 --
Who dropped the dime? |
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May
23 --
The Biggest Retail Theft Case Globally in 2012 |
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May
24 --
International identity theft ring busted in
Florida |
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May
25 --
Anderson Cooper on moms shoplifting |
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May
29 --
Gus Kratzer, VP of Sales, N.A., Alpha High Theft
Solutions |
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May
30 --
USS Attacking the Nation's ORC |
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May
31 --
Charles Delgado, VP of AP, BJ's - IP video
webinar June 14 |
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April
2012 |
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April 2 -- South Florida is a battleground for
U.S. Secret Service |
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April
3 -- LPNN - Suni Shamapande - LAAORCA
session |
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April
4 --
LPNN - Suni Shamapande - LAAORCA session - Part
2 |
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April
5 -- J.C. Penney to cut 900 jobs |
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April
6 -- ORC ring hits 70 Home Depot stores |
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April
9 -- Wal-Mart Manager shot-killed in robbery |
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April
10 -- Chris McDonald named Sr. VP of LP
Compass Group |
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April
11 --Two SVP's of LP Active - An
Industry Rarity |
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April
12 -- Brian Bazer named AVP LP & Risk Mgt.
Ascena Retail Grp. Dressbarn |
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April
13 -- Ohio ORC Coalition 1st Symposium |
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April
16 -- Another Flash Mob Hits |
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April
17 -- Georgia T-Mobile store
hit for $30,000 |
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April
18 -- Former Wal-mart employee stole
up to $100K |
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April
19 -- The IOBSE Goes Beyond |
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April
20 -- Colorado Senate to strengthen
laws on ORC |
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April
23 -- Wal-mart - wide-scale briberies
in Mexico |
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April
24 -- Ikea - Illegal surveillances? |
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April
25 -- Wal-mart creates new Global FCPA
compliance officer |
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April
26 -- Nicole Accardi promoted to Sr.
Director LP for J. Crew |
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April
27 --
Retailer Alert -
Robbers hitting retailers in LA |
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April
30 -- Allan Watters promoted to Sr VP
AP for Sports Authority |
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March
2012
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March 1
-- 3 Box Stuffer Crew plead - 5 to 8 yrs in
prison |
| 2 |
March 2 -- John Brea promoted VP of LP &
Risk Mgt for Wal-Mart Canada |
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March 5 -- LPNN-Suni Shamapande-President
IOBSE -Sponsor a student |
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March 6 -- Colorado ORC Alliance - COORCA
goes live Tomorrow |
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March 7 --
Steve Mick
promoted Director of AP Operations Toys R Us |
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March 8 --
Winn-Dixie's
attempted robbery "organized" by employee |
| 9 |
March 9 --
Hollister
shoplifter shot and killed |
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March 12 -- LPNN's The NRF LP Leaders |
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March 13 -- Joe Fryar - Dir Sec. K-Vat
Comments on FMI LP Show |
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March 14 -- Gun wielding shoplifter on the
lose in Albuquerque, N.M |
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March 15 --
LPNN's Learn About Your External Business
Partners Series |
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March 16 -- Alpha's CableLok Deters
Detergent Theft |
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March 19 -- Carlos Perez - Sr Dir, Global
Marketing, Checkpoint Systems |
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March 20 -- Shaun Gilfoy named Director of
LP for BevMo! |
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March 21 -- Last Year's Michaels Skimmers
plead guilty in Fed Court |
| 22 |
March 22 -- WG Security Products' Sentinel
System hitting the U.S. |
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March 23 -- LPNN - Capt. Bill Williams,
LAAORCA Co-chair |
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March 26 -- Steve McClain, SVP AP
Sports Authority to keynote at NFSSC |
| 27 |
March 27 -- Microsoft armed with the RICO
Act targets Zeus |
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March 28 -- 24 Hour Fitness LP wins 2012
Global Excellence Award |
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March 29 -- 3VR's CEO Congratulates 24 Hour
Fitness LP Team |
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March 30 -- NJ State Police Cargo Theft Unit
recovered $450,000 |
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February 2012
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February 1 -- Carlos Perez promoted Sr Dir
Global Marketing Checkpoint Systems |
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February 2 --
The LPNN website
goes live |
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February 3 -- Nine employees in hot water at
AAFES Starbucks |
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February 6 --
ORC increasing in Colorado |
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February 7 -- Supervalu cutting 800 jobs |
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February 8 -- Leo Anguiano made Chief Risk
Officer LP & Risk Mgmt for CPS |
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February
9 -- Is video analytics ready to go
'mainstream'? |
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February
10 -- Colorado launches ORC Association |
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February
13 -- Stuart Rosenthal promoted to Dir of
Sales North America at Alpha |
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February
14 --
Macy's ORC Case:
'illdevilinc'' |
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February
15 --
Williams–Sonoma
associate busted for $200,000 |
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February
16 --
Kevin Hutcherson named
National Accounts Mgr for
USS |
| 17 |
February
17 --
Tim Lapinski
promoted to Dir LP at Abercrombie & Fitch |
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February
20 --
American Apparel
second only to Wal-Mart in RFID tagging |
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February
21 --
February is the
"cutting jobs" month |
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February
22 --
LPNN's exclusive
"Box Stuffer Crew" Case Interview |
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February
23 --
"The greatest
crime spike in our lifetime" |
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February
24 --
7-11 Adding
11 Asset Protection positions - great growth! |
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February
27 --
Virginia about
to sign Civil Recovery Law |
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February
28 --
Cabela's
launches ORC -E-commerce invest. team |
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February
29 --
Mark Stinde was
promoted to VP of AP for 7-Eleven |
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January 2012
New !!
Special Edition NYC Titus - Author - LP Teams
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January 3 --
Steve Hauser Named Executive VP at USS |
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January 4 -- Kroger Employee who shot and
killed robber not charged |
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January 5 -- Fred Becker named Corporate LP
Director Bloomingdale's |
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January 6 - Bill Titus, VPLP Sears being
honored by NRF LPAC Jan 16 |
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January 9 -- 2011 Thought Challenge winner
Pedro Ramos, Agilence |
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January 10 -- 2011 TC second place winner
Sharon Dindal, Meijer |
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January 11 -- 2011 TC third place winner
Paul McGinley, Dollar Financial Group |
| 12 |
January 12 -- $5M web seller gets 6 1/2
years in prison |
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January 13 -- HD-Sears-Kmart-Kohl's Hit by
ID theft ring |
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January 16 --
Retail crime costs up one-third according to BRC
survey |
| 17 |
January 17 -- "Secrets of Shoplifters"
documentary viewed by 2 million |
| 18 |
January 18 -- Best Buy announces leadership
changes |
| 19 |
January 19 -- Fake iPad Scam hitting
Canadian retailers |
| 20 |
January 20 -- Fed's bust largest ever $175M
piracy ring |
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January 23 -- $6M multi-state box-stuffing
ORC crew busted in San Diego |
| 24 |
January 24 -- ChoicePoint LexisNexis hacker
gets 18 yrs in prison |
| 25 |
January 25 -- Saks Fifth Avenue's $2M ORC
case |
| 26 |
January 26 -- Toys R Us growing their ORC
team |
| 27 |
January 27 -- LPNN's Special Broadcast of
ORC LP Leaders |
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January 30 -- Stephen O'Keefe named VP Op's
Retail Council of Canada |
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January 31 -- Transnational ORC "Thieves of
Law" gang busted |
