Articles from the Retail Industry
System Lockdown
Burlington Coat Factory has deployed technology from Savant Protection Inc., Nashua, N.H., on its chain-wide network of point-of-sale systems in an effort...
Police Asking For Tougher Security At Florida Malls
Since someone murdered a mother and daughter and left their bodies outside a Boca Raton, Fla., mall, Coral Springs Police Chief Duncan Foster repeatedly tried to talk to the owners of Coral Square Mall about hiring off-duty officers to increase security.
But Foster tells the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper that his requests went unanswered by mall managers for Simon Property Group, owner also of the Town Center at Boca Raton, where the bodies were found.
Now Foster has written the Indianapolis-based owner of the malls, asking for a sit-down meeting....
New Security For New Developments
By Michael Fickes
Of the 3,000 or so retail shopping centers in the United States, a little more than 130 of them mix together various kinds of commercial real estate space...
Ringing It Up | Combatting employee theft at point-of-sale registers
By Patrick Sobalvarro
It's not widely known to outside retailers, but employee theft comprises the highest percentage of retail shrink more than that from traditional shoplifters...
Spotting And Stopping Today's Thieves
By Steven May
Retail loss prevention (LP) experts have bad news for retailers when it comes to stopping today's thieves: there's no shortcut. Because today's thieves...
A Regimen For Security
While the retail industry has a unique set of security problems, the loss prevention and operations challenges retailers face and the solutions they use...
Security Intelligence Rises To A New Level
By MICHAEL FICKES
Compared with today's expanded capabilities, security in corporate America has been a farce, says James D. Connor, a principal with N2N Secure, San Jose,...
RFID Awakens
By Michael Fickes
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology isn't just for paying highway tolls anymore. A new RFID world is emerging, and it may offer a host of...
Targeting Terror at the Mall
PAUL ROTHMAN
Shopping malls across the country have begun training their security guards to fight terrorism. A 14-hour program has been developed by the International...
Wireless Mesh Network Ties Together San Diego Shopping Center
By RANDY SOUTHERLAND
Westfield UTC is one of San Diego's most stylish lifestyle shopping centers. Its 155 shops, along with numerous restaurants and a movie theatre, draw...
Benefits of Supply Chain Security Outweigh the Costs
Companies that invest in supply chain security measures can expect substantial benefits that far outweigh the costs of the security expenditures, according...
Theme Parks Go High-Tech With Surveillance, Security
A security expert speaking at the recent National Fire Prevention Association conference in Orlando said new computer software, paired with...
RFID Faces Adoption Challenges In Retail Environments
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS RFID systems spending for retail in-store applications reached nearly $88 million globally in 2005, according to a report by Venture...
Starbucks Uses Cargo Security Devices to Ensure Supply Chain Integrity
ERIN SEMPLE
Starbucks Corp. has installed high-tech sensors to detect tampering with its cargo containers filled with coffee beans that are shipped from Guatemala...
Security Along the Supply Chain
By Ronald Greene
WOULD THE COMPANY PASS A SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY TEST? What level of security is sufficient to meet the minimum government program requirements? What level...
RFID Fights Retail Crime
By Jacqueline Emigh
RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION is now being tested in new ways to fight shoplifting and other forms of retail shrinkage, although its name is still more...
CUSTOMERS FEELING UNSAFE? SECURITY CAN HELP
LARRY ANDERSON, EDITOR
More and more business is conducted online these days, and companies, such as banks and even retail stores, are enjoying the benefits of plummeting overhead...
Destination: Atlantic Station
By Randy Southerland
One might never guess that this bustling urban retail development sits upon what once was a massive steel plant. In fact, few of the throngs of shoppers...
Revlon Facility Gives ID Cards a Makeover
Hodgepodge is not the newest Revlon eye color. It's how Security Manager Thomas Hillery described the variety of ID cards used at Revlon's North American...
$4.7 Billion Lost to Retail Theft in 2004
More than 750,000 shoplifters and dishonest employees were apprehended in 2004 by just 27 U.S. retail companies, according to the 17th Annual Retail Theft...
The Big Picture
By Andrew Wren
There is a bulletproof method for eliminating shoplifting in the retail environment: Assign a personal escort for each and every customer entering the...
It's A Steal
By Corrina Stellitano
SMART VIDEO CAN DO WHAT ONLY HUMANS ONCE DID IN THE RETAIL ENVIRONMENT. Today's smart systems can notice a spill on Aisle 4, a shopper repeatedly reaching...
The RFID Debates
By Michael Fickes
Smart cards have transformed access control and ID badging into technologies so powerful that the government at least in California has taken notice and...
RETAILERS USE TECHNOLOGY TO COMBAT ORGANIZED SHOPLIFTING
At a major drug store, items such as diabetic test strips, nicotine patches and perfume have been placed behind locked glass cabinets, with a bell to...
Ready or Not?
By Corrina Stellitano
THE RESULTS OF POOR PLANNING OR FAILED PLANS ranged from cataclysmic to inconvenient: thousands stranded on rooftops and overpasses; highways stalled...
