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Shrinkage

- Discover the shocking amount of money that shrinkage costs the retail industry in the first-ever survey of its kind.

Store Losses Studied

- Despite billions spent to curtail it, retailers' losses due to shoplifting, fraud, and administrative errors continue to mount.

U.K.: A New Device Stops Youth Loitering and Ticks Off Civil Liberties' Groups

- The Mosquito, an anti-loitering device, delivers a high-pitched squeal only audible, for the most part, to those under the age of 25.

Retailers in the U.K. Need Better IT Security Strategy, Report Warns

- Deloitte says, "only 20 percent of respondents said they have a formally defined information security strategy."

Retailers Fight E-Fencing

- The Internet is becoming the venue of choice for criminals who want to fence their stolen goods for more profit than on the street.

Tools for Preventing Counterfeiting

- The United States has recently proposed a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Assuming the treaty gets ratified, the key to its effectiveness will be for it to receive enough funding from the participating governments.

Tagging RFID's Privacy Problems

- A new bill introduced by California State Senator Debra Bowen (D-Redondo Beach) would restrict the use of information collected by radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.

Theft

- The Legislature of West Virginia has approved a bill (H.B. 4101) that will make it a felony to create more than 14 fake bar code labels with the intent of stealing from retailers. Perpetrators face a sentence of up to two years in prison.

From the Archives: How Should Malls Address Terrorism?

- A Security Management article from July 2003 examined how Israel protects its shopping centers from terrorist attack.

How Should Malls Address Terrorism?

- Studying shopping center security in Israel can help U.S. malls develop contingency plans for quickly elevating their security posture.

Counterfeiting Exposed: Protecting Your Brand and Customers.

- Targeted to owners of intellectual property, including brands, trademarks, patents, and copyrights, the book explains what they can do to protect themselves from counterfeiters. The advice includes something for just about everyone.

The Retail Manager's Guide to Crime and Loss Prevention

-  Retail loss prevention measures are equally important to mom-and-pop stores and major retail chains, but smaller operations may lack the resources to hire a full-time security professional. Here, author Liz Martinez focuses on smaller and less sophisticated retailers that have little or no corporate loss prevention support.

OSHA.

- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued two ergonomics guidelines, one for the retail grocery industry and the other for poultry processing plants.