All Crime, fraud & security articles – Page 15
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Asda opts for Cinario to run store security
Asda is using software from Cinario to integrate and manage all of its security systems running in a range of its stores.
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AnalysisDigital divide: is the IT department an unloved outpost of your organisation?
Is the IT department an unloved outpost of your organisation, or critical to its success? Joanna Perry explains one new measure that has been designed to help retailers find out
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NewsRetail Solutions relocates
This year’s Retail Solutions show is to relocate to ExCel in London from its former home at Birmingham’s NEC.
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Retailers under pressure to meet card security standard
Payment card schemes and acquiring banks are stepping up a gear in their demand that retailers become compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS).
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Analysis
Jail terms
Retailers have been crying out for more help with tackling crime. Could retail jails be the answer, or do they pose as many problems as they solve? Liz Morrell assesses the Government’s plans
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Robertson takes top job at BRC
Former B&Q marketing director Stephen Robertson, most recently marketing director at Woolworths, has been named director-general of the British Retail Consortium.
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Analysis
Violent increase
Shocking figures released by the BRC last month showed a steep increase in physical and verbal attacks on shop workers. Katie Kilgallen asks how retailers can tackle this worrying rise
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Jaeger cracks down on fraud with data-mining tool
Jaeger is implementing a data-mining system to target process inefficiencies and internal fraud.
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UK retail shrinkage is the worst in Europe
The total value lost by UK retailers through theft and internal error fell last year, but Britain still has the biggest retail shrinkage problem in Europe.
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NewsPayment Card Council sets software standard
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCISSC) will add a standard for payment software applications to its remit.
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Analysis
All seeing eye
Over the years, surveillance systems have gone from being staffed heavily to hardly at all. The latest breed has raised the bar, using cameras with built-in intelligence that are constantly on the watch. Joanna Perry reports
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Value of stolen goods hits ten-year high as attacks on store staff soar
The value of stolen goods from retailers has hit a ten-year high according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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Analysis
All seeing eye
Over the years, surveillance systems have gone from being staffed heavily to hardly at all. The latest breed has raised the bar, using cameras with built-in intelligence that are constantly on the watch. Joanna Perry reports
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Opinion
Technology must not turn a blind eye
A good policeman uses a combination of knowledge, experience and instinct to determine when to pull a car over or stop and search a suspected criminal on the street.
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News
Dolcis revamps store systems under new owner
Dolcis has begun a roll-out of a new store system as part of the IT overhaul taking place to separate it from previous owner Alexon Group.
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Government reveals plans to soften shoplifting penalties
BRC calls for a firm line on retail crime