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More than plexiglass: Experts weigh in on rising retail crime rate in US

Inside Retail

“Retailers are resorting to various strategies to address their crime concerns, such as altering trading hours, reconfiguring merchandise assortment, locking more produce away, tagging more products, changing layouts and transforming store design,” he told Inside Retail.

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Retail crime: Why foiling shoplifters takes a team effort

Inside Retail

To circumvent this, shoplifters often remove goods from packaging in areas with little or no surveillance or focused on lower-priced items without security tags. Retailers must ensure that their security measures are designed to work in harmony and not in isolation from one another.

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Inventory Shrinkage: How to Control a Persistent Problem

Parcel Pending

Implementing security cameras and making sure items are security tagged or tethered not only helps prevent theft, but also helps discourage those who might be considering it as an option. 10 Requiring a receipt for cash returns is a policy that should be strictly enforced without any exceptions.

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The Electric Hummer Is a Mix Between an Ambulance and a Race Car

Robinson Meyer

Mikhael Farah, a spokesperson for General Motors, told me in a statement that the Hummer in the video was able to accelerate so rapidly because the driver was using a feature called “Watts to Freedom,” a “launch-control mode” designed to propel the car forward from a stop. It’s absolutely a design choice and a marketing choice,” Schiavo said.

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