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The key to better boards? More women with hands-on retail experience

Inside Retail

In an industry with a very high percentage of female employees and, positively, strong representation in management ranks, there is still room at the top for many more women in leadership roles as CEO and company directors in major retailers. The retail industry accounts for 9.8 million employees.

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Has retail’s focus on cutting costs boosted retail crime?

Inside Retail

Myer, for example, recently announced that it would be partnering with undercover police officers to curb theft in its department stores. In our recent report , we asked loss prevention managers the most common tactics used, and the most common are still very simple tactics that require no planning,” Townsley said.

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Retail crime: Why foiling shoplifters takes a team effort

Inside Retail

Customer theft has long been recognised as retailers’ primary source of loss, accounting for about half of all crime-related losses. When we sought answers from LP managers, enquiring about the tactics customers engaging in theft employed, their responses were both enlightening and disheartening.

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How to solve Malaysia’s retail labour shortage: Tips from industry experts

Inside Retail

For example, a franchise of an international retail chain , Uniqlo, recently posted its salaries, including RM2,400 (US$528) for a retail associate role, and RM2,800 (US$616) for a senior retail associate role. . In his mind, this is an age-old problem, but ultimately shows a failure of leadership and management.

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Why this global CEO wants more mainstream retailers to sell sex toys

Inside Retail

That’s the vision of Johannes Plettenberg, CEO of the newly formed Lovehoney Group, the world’s largest sexual wellness company following the merger this week of German sex toy distributor Wow Tech Group and global online retailer Lovehoney. “It The French adult retail chain Passage du Désir is a good example of this, Plettenberg said.