Loss Prevention Guide For Retail Businesses

Copious illustrations and figures help you familiarize yourself with security hardware, and unbiased evaluations make it easier to select the products that are right for your business. End-of-chapter checklists and sample forms enable you to organize your approach to each security issue. Kimiecik also provides helpful guidelines on how to spot, detain, interview, and arrest suspected shoplifters; evaluate checks and credit cards; identify counterfeit currency; thwart con artists; and detect fraud of every stripe. An important section on armed robbery shows you steps you can take to minimize your risk of robbery, how to behave while a robbery is in progress, and what to do once the robber has fled. A similar section covers burglaries. An entire chapter on internal loss prevention provides valuable tips on hiring trustworthy employees, preventing and detecting employee theft, and training staff members to be part of your security effort.

In this invaluable guide, retail security expert Rudolph Kimiecik examines a broad range of external and internal security problems and prescribes affordable, sustainable solutions that will make a real difference in the safety, security, and profitability of your business. From procedures for opening and closing your store, making bank deposits, and dealing with emergencies, to selecting alarm and lock systems, key control, and deterrent lighting, Kimiecik helps you pinpoint the areas in which you are most vulnerable and shore them up with a judicious mixture of common sense, procedural control, and reasonable expenditure.

The Retailer's Guide to Loss Prevention and Security is an introduction to retail security. It covers the basic principles, the various techniques and technologies available, and the retailer's interaction with the police, courts, and the law. Donald J. Horan, President of Loss Control Concepts, Ltd., lends to this book his vast experience in the retail business and as a loss control consultant. Designated a Certified Protection Professional by the American Society for Industrial Security, he is also a member of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC). He has directed and managed retail loss prevention programs all over the U.S. for major department stores and specialty chains, and has provided his expertise to a host of client companies during his tenure with the National Loss Prevention Bureau. Donald Horan's practical experience fills this book with all the tips, strategies, and procedures you need to create an effective loss prevention program. Owners, managers, and security managers of small and medium-sized retail operations; security agencies; individuals, institutions, and companies that give seminars on the topic; and personnel in law enforcement and forensics will find this an essential text. It will be extremely helpful to senior corporate executives to whom the loss prevention/security function reports, because it is their responsibility to determine whether loss prevention practices conform to the long-term goals of the company. Growing retail businesses and those contemplating future acquisitions for expansion will find the work invaluable. The same can be said for turn-around ventures or downsized businesses emerging from reorganization. The book would also be easily adaptable for use in undergraduate courses in an accredited criminal justice or retail management program.

If youre a professional in the loss prevention field and want a long career, then this guidebook is for you. For almost two decades, Herman Otis Laskey Jr. has been saving companies time and money. In this guide, Laskey offers anecdotes and methods for loss prevention, including detailed case studies about how hes uncovered internal and external thefts; issues that all retail businesses must focus on to reduce losses; ways to deter employees and customers from stealing; tips on cutting costs when investigating crimes; five secrets to a successful loss prevention career. He also shares how the STINOR Method Loss Prevention can reduce shoplifting and employee theft by up to 95 percent. This method has been used for more than fifteen years by thousands of retailers and restaurants. In addition, youll learn how to focus on problem areas such as bathrooms and fitting rooms. By thinking like a thief and equipping yourself with the knowledge of a longtime loss prevention professional, youll benefit from Secrets of a Successful Loss Prevention Career.

The most thorough, easy-to-understand counter-crime guide for retail managers ever created! Packed with succinct explanations of today's most popular crimes and proven identification and eradication strategies for eliminating them.

A reference for security professionals who work in or advise small businesses. It addresses the reality of shoplifting, fraud and embezzlement, showing how each incremental loss eats away at profit and success, and discusses how to develop and maintain a loss prevention strategy.

Effective Retail Security addresses the needs of both the student and the retail markets by being written in an accessible style outlining the dangers of retail loss, the opportunities and psychology that encourage it, and the strategies for eliminating it. While retail loss, or shrinkage as it is commonly referred to, can be a major contributor to the erosion of the profitability of any business, there is much ignorance within even the retail industry about the extent of the problem and how to overcome it. The psychology behind much theft and shoplifting can be simple, and there are many simple strategies which even the small retailer can implement to significantly reduce the opportunity for much stock loss. Besides being of concern to the small retailer, these issues are addressed within various tertiary courses in retail, stock management, and retail operations. The author has included a number of cartoons to keep the tone light, but the text is to the point and full of relevant, applied advice and strategies. The applied nature of much of the advice will be of value particularly to the small (and larger) retailer, while the readily understood nature of the writing will be useful to students of retailing who in many cases will be school graduates lacking relevant work experience to provide a context for their studies. written in an accessible style extensive use of cartoons to illustrate crucial points addresses the needs of the student and the retail market

Protect Your Store! teaches small to medium business owners how to quickly reduce shoplifting and other forms of theft in retail while also boosting sales and profits. Some of the techniques can be used immediately and will have an impact on the store right away. Other areas cover the more comprehensive shoplifting prevention strategies which take more time to implement but reduce loss and boost profits. In the book, Bill Bregar also addresses whether to press charges, how to develop a relationship with local police, employee theft and how to handle a shoplifter when you catch one. This book is a blueprint to boost profits and cut shoplifting loss as well as a valuable resource to possibly prevent a serious injury. The book also debunks some anti-theft strategies which do not work and explains why. It also includes a template for a complete store policy for reducing and handling shoplifting situations. This is a must read for any retailer who is not part of a big box chain and needs to figure out shoplifting prevention on their own.