LPRC & ISCPO Partnership Agreement – PR | 1.11.22

, , ,


LPRC and ISCPO Partnership Press Release:

With disruptions causing over $4 trillion dollars in profit loss according to Reuters, supply chain challenges continue to affect retailers, manufacturers, and other logistics companies alike. Strategic partnerships and collaboration are needed to ensure the maximum safety & efficiency during these demanding times.

As of January 10th, 2022, the LPRC and ISCPO have drawn up a partnership in the spirit of collaboration to cultivate a Supply Chain Community for both organization’s members and the overall supply chain industry.

The Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC), a twenty-two-year-old industry leading research organization that collaborates with over 70 retail member organizations, 80 protective solution companies, law enforcement, industry partners, and academic leaders, for the goal of providing evidence-based solutions addressing loss, safety, and fraud prevention, and the International Supply Chain Protection Organization (ISCPO), a non-profit professional association that connects members from a wide array of sectors across the global supply chain including retail, wholesale, eCommerce, manufacturing, insurance, risk management/legal, distribution, operations, and logistics, as well as, law enforcement and government agencies, established to promote collaborative efforts of networking, benchmarking and resource development for security and asset protection professionals across the global supply chain, have decided to enter into a partnership to maximize the value of both organizations and the industry at large.

Both the LPRC and ISCPO each bring tremendous value to this new endeavor. With natural disasters, workplace violence, and many other supply chain logistical issues at the forefront of industry concerns; the LPRC/ISCPO partnership is ready to combat these issues by mobilizing their communities to identify, research, and address these acute and chronic issues. Now with a joint Supply Chain Protection Working Group, industry leaders and solution providers, will continue to have monthly engagements to help work through a variety of industry issues, and come together to research specific concerns and solutions.

The LPRC and the ISCPO are both proud and excited to enter this partnership and to embark on a journey to bring mitigation strategies, problem solving solutions & research to the supply chain industry as a whole.

Should you have any questions about this partnership please feel free to reach out to:

Rhett Asher – ISCPO President & Chairman

Email: Rhett.asher@iscpo.org

Diego Rodriguez – LPRC Supply Chain Protection Working Group Facilitator & LPRC Representative

Email: Diego@lpresearch.org

/by

LPRC Partners with Lighthouse Consultants to Support Ongoing Retail Community Engagement

, ,

North American retailers experienced the highest average shrinkage – unexpected losses due to crime, administrative reporting, and exceptions to standard operating practice – in three decades as reported by the National Retail Federation in 2020. The need to collaborate in a non-competitive manner has become increasingly more important to retailers. The Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) continues to provide science-based programs and systems that have a positive effect on controlling these unnecessary expenses, and the heightened interest from the retail community has been overwhelming.

Dr. Read Hayes, University of Florida Research Scientist/Criminologist and LPRC Director, has announced a partnership with Lighthouse Consultants (LHC) to support ongoing efforts to engage with the retail community.

LHC is made up of an industry-leading and experienced group of professionals: Chad McIntosh, former VP LP and Risk Management at Bloomingdales, Stephen O’Keefe, former VP LP and Risk Management at Walmart Canada, Russ Tate, 35+ years of loss prevention and security solution experience, and Jeff Powers, loss prevention and security consultant. LHC will partner with LPRC to help drive membership and awareness of their unique and compelling, science-based, results-driven expertise.

“LPRC is proud and excited to be working with LHC as we focus on the next level expansion of our research and results community,” said Dr. Hayes.

For more information about how to join the LPRC, please contact info@lpresearch.org.

/by

LPRC’s New COVID-19 Resources Page

,

As a response to the current pandemic, the LPRC is providing retailers and practitioners with a COVID-19 resources page. This landing page includes:

  • Our most recent webinar, COVID-19: How Retail Offenders Take Advantage of Crisis Situations
  • Our special CrimeScience episode, COVID-19 and Retail’s Forecast
  • Federal and state resources
  • COVID-19 Initiatives Calendar
  • Access to our ongoing projects
  • News and announcements on the current pandemic
  • A contact form for any specific questions for our research team

 

Access the new page by clicking here.

/by

Stay Up to Date with LPRC via the Connect

Sign Up!

The LPRC sends out our e-newsletter, the Connect, every Tuesday. We include research highlights, updates, relevant articles, upcoming events, and more. This is a great way to see what the LPRC is all about, whether you’re a member or not.

Click here sign up for the Connect!

 

Signed up, but haven’t gotten it?

The most common issue is the newsletter is marked as Spam or Junk by your company. To avoid this, please whitelist @lpresearch.org by going to Junk, then select Junk Email Options:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, go to the Safe Senders tab, and select Add.  Input @lpresearch.org into the box:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click OK and then click OK again, and you should be good to go!

 

Want to know what you’ve missed?

View all of our past Connect newsletters here.

 

/by

Police Say Amazon Ring Isn’t Much of a Crime Fighter

LPRC director Dr. Read Hayes was recently interviewed by NBC News about how Amazon’s Ring doorbells have affected porch piracy. Read what he has to say in this in-depth article here.

/by

Fear of Crime Webinar Available Now in Knowledge Center

The Fear of Crime webinar, presented by Research Team Leader Kenna Carlsen, is now available in the Knowledge Center! Learn about trends in fear of crime, including identifying those individuals who report the most fear, and understanding common factors influencing it.

Click here to watch.

/by

Growing World of Organized Theft Rings Driving Up Prices for Shoppers

 

LPRC Director Dr. Read Hayes and Innovation Manager Jordan Burchell were featured in this informative piece by WSB-TV! Partially filmed during IMPACT 2019, WSB-TV explores the true costs behind organized retail crime, and how places like the NextRetail Research Center can help.

/by

LPRC 2019 Working Group Award Recipients

, ,

LPRC’s Working Group Awards are given to leaders and co-leaders who demonstrate strong participation, maintain a positive and interesting call environment, and whose deliverables affect a cross-section of retail formats.​ Their commitment and dedication improves our research and results community, and for that we are grateful. The LPRC is pleased to announce the 2019 Working Group Award Recipients:

 

Retail Fraud Working Group

  • Leader(s): Trish Svebek, Dollar General
  • Co-leader(s): Sean O’Brien, Target / James Kendall, Target

Organized Retail Crime Working Group

  • Leader(s):  Jessica Zwart, Target / Bobby Haskins, Auror
  • Co –Leader(s): Ben Dugan, CVS / Abe Gonzalez, Bloomingdale’s

Product Protection Working Group:

  • Leader(s): Adam Hartway, InComm/ Scott Ziter, Price Chopper
  • Co –Leader(s): Andrea Guthrie, Dick’s/ Jeremy Henderson, TJX

 

/by

Self-Checkout Machines Encourage Shoplifting. Stores Love Them Anyway

With self-checkout machines suddenly everywhere you may be wondering…with no one to watch shoppers, don’t they just steal stuff?

The answer, in short, is yes. While technology can improve a lot of things, it can’t change human nature.

But, say retail industry experts, for many stores, the machines are worth the hassle. Indeed, shops ranging from superstores like Target and Walmart to convenience chain CVS to local mom-and-pop groceries have all been adding machines. One recent study suggested globally, self-checkout could continue to grow 10% a year for the next five years.

So what gives? While shoppers may love or hate self-checkout, for stores it often comes down to one thing: Machines mean fewer cashiers, and that can translate to big savings, even if it encourages some shoppers to take the five-fingered discount.

Continue reading: http://money.com/money/5657848/shelf-checkout-encourages-shoplifting/

/by

LPRC 2019 Fellowship Award Recipients

, ,

The LPRC Fellowship Award is given to those that exceed expectations through high-level performance and dedication on working groups or projects.​ We are proud to recognize these individuals for their participation in the LPRC. Our research and results community is made better by their contributions.

2019 LPRC Fellowship Award Recipients


Krista Monnin

Procter & Gamble


Basia Pietrawska

CAP Index


Tom Arigi

Kroger

/by