All Crime, fraud & security articles – Page 14
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NewsBody Shop opts for global security system
Body Shop has selected a system to help it achieve PCIDSS compliance across its global organisation.
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John Lewis pushes on with IP CCTV roll-out
John Lewis has gone live with a networked CCTV system at its Leicester Highcross store, which opened last week.
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TK Maxx to use data to tackle shrinkage
Discount retailer TK Maxx is to roll out a data-mining system to identify fraudulent activity and process errors.
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Sainsbury’s bolsters its videoconferencing
Sainsbury’s logistics division is using a managed videoconferencing service in 10 UK locations to improve collaboration, cut travel costs and support corporate social responsibility.
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AnalysisStaff safety on a knife edge
Violent crime has never been higher up the agenda and shopworkers are on the front line. Charlotte Hardie asks what is being done to protect them from knife attacks
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Iceland founder hits out at soaring shop crime
“We are plagued with a tidal wave of shoplifting. 50 per cent of the time it turns violent. Our store managers are physically attacked, spat at, assaulted – it’s out of control.”
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NewsM&S to up PoS security with system roll-out
Marks Spencer is to introduce a new IT security system at the point of sale (PoS).
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Croydon named hotspot for fashion theft
Croydon in south London has been named the worst place for fashion fraud, suffering the highest amount of stock loss or shrinkage caused by theft.
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Your retail industry: sharing practical insights
Retail Week is proud to bring you an impressive line-up of retail speakers
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3 days, 6 cutting-edge conferences
Retail Week Conferences and Retail Solutions have joined forces to present the retail industry with a unique platform providing extensive learning and networking opportunities.
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Welcome to Retail Solutions 2008
Retail Solutions allows retail technology professionals to meet and hear the UK’s leading retailers. The focus this year is on staying ahead with sustainable retailing
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Bags of confusion
A reduction in plastic bags is an environmental victory but, by encouraging shoppers to use their own carriers, retailers increase the risk of shoplifting. Charlotte Dennis-Jones reports
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Opinion
Following financial services
Financial services firms have tended to be ahead of the curve when it comes to deploying new technology, because their businesses rely and benefit so much from it.
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NewsSomerfield tests mobile scanning
Somerfield is piloting a mobile scanning system from Datalogic Scanning with a view to rolling it out at its convenience-led stores.
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Staples picks PDAs for loss-prevention audits
Staples has rolled out an audit system on mobile phones to all of its loss-prevention officers.
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Less is more
Boots is on a mission to reduce shrinkage to new lows with integrated security systems. Head of loss prevention Robert Jennings talks Joanna Perry through the project
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Opinion
A bitter victory against crime
There is no more emotive issue in the industry than crime against retailers and few things have caused more anger than the proposals in the summer of 2006 for the sanction of imprisonment to be taken away from shoplifters.
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Shoplifters face jail terms as Retail Week campaign pays off
Retailers breathed a sigh of relief this week as plans to abolish the penalty of imprisonment for persistent shoplifters were shelved.