This week on a new episode of CrimeScience, our hosts discuss industry wide initiatives that the LPRC is hosting and participating in to enhance collaboration across retailers and with law enforcement, rising retail sales in June especially in restaurants and gasoline, with the weakest sectors being in C-stores and department stores, and strongest being in online sales.

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This week, our hosts discuss the rapid departure of businesses from Portland, how one typo has caused national defense secrets to be compromised, and a comparison of car theft to retail thefts. Also this week, a quick look at inflation as well as more current events!

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This week, our hosts discuss protests in France, how far retailers are going in preventative measures, and how Threads’ rapid growth. Also this week, a look at Canadian sentiment towards self-checkout as well as more current events!

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This week, our hosts discuss a product recovery totaling $7 million, self-check out complications, international police shootings, and the effects of AI. Also this week, a look at US consumer confidence as well as more current events!

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This week, our hosts discuss growing issues in retail from lowered sales due to inflation, inventory distortion, shrink and violence on the rise, and the Amazon effect. Also this week, a new two-factor scam to be aware of as well as more current events!

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On this episode of CrimeScience, we recap the NRF Protect event in Dallas and cover some thoughts about trends revealed there. Also this week, a reminder about cybersecurity and its role in retail as well as some new challenges to be aware of.

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This week on the 150th episode of CrimeScience, our hosts discuss new AI development and industry related strategy to help enhance safety for people and places in our communities. Stay tuned to hear from special guests in the next few weeks and more updates on the LPRC.

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This week on CrimeScience, our hosts discuss unprecedented store closures among retailers and some of the potential causes and ramifications of that, the LPRC Eastside initiative and how that may enhance our understanding of community level safety, retail fraud and AI news, and sales trends in retail getting worse, especially with inflation.

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Our hosts are traveling all over the world this week and discuss travel updates from the LPRC, challenges in San Francisco including store closures, shrink surveys from Jack Hayes International, and a Google versus Bing competition for AI deployment. A resurgence of bad actors using QR codes for malware has been seen so we discuss some best practices for preventing issues.

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This week on CrimeScience, Dr. Hayes discusses the upcoming Violence Crime Summit and its increasing relevance, as well as the upcoming NRSS and its value as a tool for practitioners. Our hosts also discuss the top 5 grocery chains in the US in 2023, top 10 jobs that will be lost and top 10 gained due to AI innovations, and Department of Justice and FBI crackdown on hackers and trackers.

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