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A Must-Read for Store Owners and Managers.......2004-04-28
This book is easy to understand, and it has everything in it that a retail person needs to know in order to reduce thefts and other kinds of losses in a store. I've looked at other books, but they're too complicated. This one lays the topics out in a logical way, and the writer doesn't try to impress you with big words--just the facts!
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The Retailer's Guide to Loss Prevention and Security
Donald J. Horan
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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.
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Required reading for any retailer.......1997-05-10
In this age of tough competition and lowered margins, any retailer who can't keep their costs in line is destined to be a former retailer. One of the most basic costs to tackle, yet the most difficult to get a grasp on, is inventory loss. CUT YOUR LOSSES! is a must read for any retailer. Whether you have been in Loss Prevetnion for years, are just starting, or had better be starting soon, this book is an excellent resource. This book does not spend your valuable time giving you an in depth view of the psychology of a thief or how to estbalish a corporate Loss Prevention program. While that may be important, it won't solve your problems. CUT YOUR LOSSES! comes right out and tells you what is happening and what you can do to stop it. It is a quick and easy read that you can put into pactice as you go. If you were to only pick on book to get you going on Loss Prevention, this would be it
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Every Retailer's Guide to Loss Prevention: Keep Your Profits Stop Theft
Michael Brough , and
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Loss Prevention Guide for Retail Businesses
Rudolph C. Kimiecik
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It's no secret that most small retail businesses don't have the budgets to take elaborate and expensive security measures against break-ins, robberies, shoplifting, employee theft, and civil unrest. Criminals know it as well as you do—and they know how to take advantage of weaknesses you may not even notice until it's too late. But there are many inexpensive steps you can take to tighten in-store security; reduce the risk of harm to yourself, your customers, and your employees; improve your store's physical security; detect fraud and theft, and generally make it tougher for criminals to take advantage of you.
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.
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.
Written in a clear, jargon-free style and organized for easy reference, Loss Prevention Guide for Retail Businesses speaks directly to you, the small business owner or manager, in language you understand. It shows you how to identify and take direct control of your store's security problems and keep your business safe, secure, and profitable.
"I can't afford a corporate security staff! What can I do to protect my business?"
If you've ever heard yourself saying these words . . . if you just can't afford all the full-blown protective services that alarm companies, locksmiths, and security guard agencies have to offer . . . if you're worried that shoplifters, con artists, burglars, and dishonest employees know more about in-store security than you do, you need this book.
Retail security expert Rudolph C. Kimiecik gives you clear, unbiased, extremely practical advice on the entire spectrum of retail security issues: personal safety, physical security, and internal and external loss. He shows you how to identify your vulnerabilities, implement procedures to reduce risk, detect theft and fraud, and make your business a less attractive target for criminals.
Unbiased evaluations of security hardware help you 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
- Helpful guidelines show you how to spot, detain, interview, and arrest suspected shoplifters; evaluate checks and credit cards; identify counterfeit currency; thwart con artists; detect fraud of every stripe; and minimize your risk of armed robbery
- 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
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The Future of HR.......2003-11-26
What could an LP expert possibly teach me about Human Resources? The answer, after reading this outstanding book, is "plenty." This is indeed the future of my profession.
Author Copeland writes about creating a "loss-free" organization. This goal is now non-negotiable. He insists that associates deserve a better work environment than they have today; I must agree. And he tells you how to get there, step by step. That's the recipe for a great book.
This is a makes-sense book that I highly recommend to anyone in HR who takes their responsibilities seriously and strives everyday to protect associates in a nurtured environment.
Yes, Mr. Copeland, LP and HR can indeed work together to make a much better workplace, one that is violence-free, harassment-free, and respectful...all the while accomplishing the business' goals.
HR Pro? Read this book! I recommend it to one and all.
It's a book that I proudly share with my peers,and that's the best compliment I can give to any book.
MANDATORY READING!.......2003-08-28
We in HR are responsible for much of what happens throughout the business, including loss prevention! It wasn't until I read LP For HR that I realized how little I knew about my role in preventing loss, especially regarding violence in the workplace.
After I read this excellent book, I partnered immediately with our security staff. Today, after just one month of following this book's advice, we have made tremendous strides toward creating Mr. Copeland's "perfect" work environment.
Yes, it's all here. My entire staff has a copy, and we're marching to the tune of this knowledgeable drummer. Congratulations to Mr. Copeland for writing what no others seemed capable of writing, in a sensible format.
Look at the news any day of the week...you've got to be saying as an HR executive, "there but for the grace of God go I."
Don't be a statistic, be a reader. Here's the "real deal."
Congratulations, Mr. Copeland. I hope all my counterparts in HR read your book.
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This digital document is an article from Do-It-Yourself Retailing, published by National Retail Hardware Association on January 1, 1996. The length of the article is 990 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: Retailers should take pro-active measures to stop internal theft before it happens. In many cases, employees are deterred from pocketing merchandise and money if policies and procedures against theft are strictly followed. Among measures retailers can take against employee theft are cash register, merchandise, receiving and general controls. Such measures can be supplemented with a loss prevention training video from the National Retail Hardware Assn. and Home Center Institute.
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Title: Control measures to combat internal theft. (retailers)(excerpts from 'Loss Prevention Guide for Retail Businesses')
Author: Rudolph Kimiecik
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Do-It-Yourself Retailing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1996
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The Retail Manager's Guide to Crime and Loss Prevention.(Reviews)(Book Review): An article from: Security Management
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- Far beyond expectations.
- Far beyond expectations.
- Far beyond expectations.
- An excellent tool for any LP staff
- Increase Awareness, Reduce Loss, Avoid Liability
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Steal Me Blind! Shoplifting & Retail Theft...And How To Stop It Without Getting Sued.
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Far beyond expectations........2001-09-08
The first two weeks, the section on video surveillance and terms and equipment saved us a few hours of research, cleared up some confusion and saved us ordering some things for a job that just wouldn't have worked. At that point, we would have been happy if that was all we ever got from this book.
But we're finding a WHOLE lot more. Probably what I like best is it's written like a book and not a technical manual, so it's enjoyable to read. Also, unlike most security things I read, it goes way beyond "what to do and why." It does a great job with the most important part: "Exactly HOW to do."
Great Example: The author claimed that someone with no experience could follow directions in the book to hook up a VCR, TV, mini-camera, plus cable and power sources and have it all up and recording in just two minutes. Our part-time secretary is a Culinary student. She followed the directions and actually had it recording with a few seconds to spare. THAT was pretty neat.
Far beyond expectations........2001-09-08
The first two weeks, the section on video surveillance and terms and equipment saved us a few hours of research, cleared up some confusion and saved us ordering some things for a job that just wouldn't have worked. At that point, we would have been happy if that was all we ever got from this book.
But we're finding a WHOLE lot more. Probably what I like best is it's written like a book and not a technical manual, so it's enjoyable to read. Also, unlike most security things I read, it goes way beyond "what to do and why." It does a great job with the most important part: "Exactly HOW to do."
Great Example: The author claimed that someone with no experience could follow directions in the book to hook up a VCR, TV, mini-camera, plus cable and power sources and have it all up and recording in just two minutes. Our part-time secretary is a Culinary student. She followed the directions and actually had it recording with a few seconds to spare. THAT was pretty neat.
Far beyond expectations........2001-09-08
The first two weeks, the section on video surveillance and terms and equipment saved us a few hours of research, cleared up some confusion and saved us ordering some things for a job that just wouldn't have worked. At that point, we would have been happy if that was all we ever got from this book.
But we're finding a WHOLE lot more. Probably what I like best is it's written like a book and not a technical manual, so it's enjoyable to read. Also, unlike most security things I read, it goes way beyond "what to do and why." It does a great job with the most important part: "Exactly HOW to do."
Great Example: The author claimed that someone with no experience could follow directions in the book to hook up a VCR, TV, mini-camera, plus cable and power sources and have it all up and recording in just two minutes. Our part-time secretary is a Culinary student. She followed the directions and actually had it recording with a few seconds to spare. THAT was pretty neat.
An excellent tool for any LP staff.......2000-08-11
I got more information out of Rich's book than any of the criminal justice texts I've read over the years. Having worked for companies with good loss prevention programs as well as companies with poor programs I can relate to the "Policy B" stores talked about in the book.
Rich- Any tips for dealing with companies that pay lip service to LP but balk at using anything other than 1950's technology that you can include in the next revision?
Increase Awareness, Reduce Loss, Avoid Liability.......2000-03-02
Those are the tenets of the corporation I work for, and this book is a perfect addition to a library for anyone who wants those results.
Rich has communicated effectively the steps and tools necessary to reduce loss in your retail location and NOT GET SUED.
Many self help books can be dry reading. Not this one. Every point made is followed up by a story or anecdote that assists the reader in visualizing the problem and how solutions can be applied.
Whether you are a loss prevention professional, a private investigator, or a store owner/operator this is a must read if you want to reduce your losses.
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Kenichi Ohmae's invisible continent is a moving, unbounded world, consisting of four dimensions: There's what you can see (old economy commerce, like bricks-and-mortar retail); a borderless world in which capital moves around, chasing the best products and the highest investment returns regardless of national origin; the cyber-world, which has changed not only the way we do business but the way we interact on a personal level; and the high multiples awarded to new economy stocks, which are the basis of not only present wealth but what anyone with a retirement plan hopes will be future comfort.
By Ohmae's reckoning, the invisible continent was born in 1985. Microsoft released Windows 1.0, CNN launched, Cisco Systems began, the first Gateway 2000 computers were shipped, and companies like Sun Microsystems and Dell were in their infancies. Back then, the economic outlook was gloomy and few saw this embryonic continent forming. Now, of course, it affects virtually every business. Ohmae throws his arms around the entire continent and looks at how decisions are made on the invisible continent (the "platforms," which are created by businesses rather than governments), how money moves around the globe, how old-economy monoliths can become new economy Godzillas, and even how all of it might collapse. (Imagine that the Euro overtakes the dollar as the currency of choice; arbitrageurs "short" American currency; inflation soars; the stock market crashes.) The Invisible Continent is a bold and visionary attempt to not only explain the present, but project the future. (Bill Gates as U.N. secretary-general? It could happen.) The possibilities he raises--good and bad--are equally mind-blowing. More important are the practical questions that arise: Who's running this new continent? To what end? And for whom? We'll have to wait and see what the real answers are. But for now, Ohmae's speculation is nothing short of fascinating. --Lou Schuler
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Kenichi Ohame looks ahead to the future of business in the age of the Internet and sees a rapidly changing landscape -- one to which we must adapt or face the consequences. Ohame unveils this new economy's four basic forces and shows how a dramatic and volatile battleground is forming between companies and the countries that try to regulate them.
Just as The Borderless World foresaw a globally interlinked economy, The Invisible Continent maps out the coming technological revolutions and the impact they will have on the businesses around the world. A must read for anyone seeking to attain and keep a competitive advantage in today's markets, The Invisible Continent is a "timely, well-written, and well-organized book" (Library Journal).
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Platforms.......2006-06-16
The existence of an invisible continent reflects the markets capitalist desire for "growth" and expansion, in the world economy. "The old world may feel familiar, and still respond predictably to government and corporate policies but there is no growth in it". The invisible continent framework information is explained from four, dimensional windows: visible, borderless, cyber, and high multiples.
In 1990, Japanese businessmen were talking about and expressing concern over deflation. The phenomena of recession growth were plaguing them; Japanese companies were produce at record level rates and increases and at the same time consumers consumption rates failed to keep up. The Japanese government responded by lowering interests to zero and engaged in stimulus package of massive government spending with the public work projects spiking too $400 billion. Japan had spent $1 trillion beyond its budget. Japan's consumption was voracious; as Japanese consumers paid prices, as high as, $2,000, for Sony play station borrow against their $50 surplus in net income, for Japanese "bread winners". Between 1998-1999, Japanese were talking on 30 million cell phones; 17 million Japanese visited overseas for shopping and vacation and spent some spent 100k on around the world cruises; and Japanese were the number one in the world purchaser of luxury goods.
"People felt economically stable" and expressed optimism in "prospects for growth"; the Japanese were rich in savings, weighting out at $12 trillion in savings and 35k gross per capita GNP. Japan financed US deficits in trade, investing in US Treasuries funding government budgets, and participated in balance of trade swings. Japanese savings exported wealth generation foreign, as savings were invested in dot.coms, softbank, venture funds, and stock market fuel that boosted the American economy of the 1990s. Japans economy was linked to economic forces outside of Japan.
Clinton orchestrated the US boom by drawing money to the US economy and the Japanese government drove money away from local development by vocalizing a pessimistic future for Japan repelling its people from reinvesting in Japan. Massive cross-border migration of capital injected into America. "By being overly pessimistic, the Japanese government effectively prevented its own people from investing in Japan".
Using Cyber communication and networks, the Japanese investor shot their money in currencies that showed the most promise.
The dollar represents 50% of private saving in the world, and American economy represent 30% of global GDP. $200 billion recycle back into the US economy, as investors buy up T-bill and US stock. Japan, Brazil, China, Russia flock to put their money into the dollar denominated securities. The dollar is preferred because it is widely tradable and easily exchangeable.
"People around the world become the workers of America" and companies leverage labor costs reductions across national borders reducing operation costs to achieve "Products goods at a competitive and deflationary cost"
In 1997, $45.1 billion poured into Asia and $21.3 billion flowed from Asia and Africa into the US. The flowed out of Asia exasperated the Asian crisis but bolstered the US economy. Also, money flowed from Latin America into the US. The dollar became a magnet for currencies, "America is a safe haven for money".
The cyber dimension accrued marketability for investors plugged into the network and being plugged into the network helped those individuals gain credibility and respect. "The presence of platforms is the ingredient that has made arbitrage so universal. "Platforms are places where buyers and seller meet, concurrent tasks collaborate work, lovers exchange happy notes, and policy makers and dissentients make their point of view know to the world."
The creation of platform provided the means to create the invisible continent. "The emergence of a new array of platforms is most significant, therefore, because it changes the constraints on companies"; "platforms thrive by being open to all partners"; "customers drove open platforms", "platforms open up avenues of commerce"; "40% of the $800 billion by consumers using credit cards will shift online by 2005"; and "customers want reliable neutral and unbiased platforms". Platforms act as a one stop shopping port. Unreliability does not stop the purchase of products, as long as, the site is trustworthy. Platforms seek oligopoly; platforms give clout and bargain discounts; "no platform hegemony is guaranteed"; "once a platform reaches status of oligopoly, it will probably not have many competitors"; "the most popular platforms support the largest number of other products"; "it is always easy to identify the most popular platforms by the crowds they attract"; and "your better off on concentrating on niches in your category".
Capitalists of the invisible continent will accumulate money, as governments will have less hold over their wealth generating process; cyber capabilities will provide accurate, relevant, and timely information for exported work assignment, product orders, and service requests; the network is open and expected to grow because the a wide range of products and service will be handled by the platform; hegemony results from oligarchy and dominance in a niche or sector; and capitalist will prize the long term profits, stability, and leverage higher multiples of earnings.
A must read to fully enter the "new economy" continent.......2003-12-11
Make sure to read this book to explore and better integrate this "invisible continent", which is wrapped around all of us.
Kenichi Ohmae is starting his book with following words: "... sudden changes can often be traced to the discovery of new lands-the opening up of contact with a new geographic region with a different way of life. As explorers and settlers have come to new continents, they have shifted their ways of life-not just for themselves, but also for the old worlds they left behind."
"During the past fifteen years... a kind of new continent, existing only in our collective minds, has been discovered-a continent without land" where "people with courage and curiosity have discovered new ways of life."
The author calls this continent " the invisible continent... as palpable and vital, as tangible and solid, as if you could find it on a map." But this metaphor of an "invisible continent" can also be used for the people who do not want to see the changes, even more nowadays after the recent explosion of the "new economy" bubble.
Looking through the glasses of the Kenichi Ohmae becomes surely useful to understand and act in the world we are living in.
Four dimensions are characterising this "invisible continent". They are the visible dimension, the inevitable physical part to deliver goods and services, the borderless dimension, global worldwide markets and operations, the cyber dimension-instant communication and exchanges, the dimension of high multiples allowing huge financial leverage.
The most successful companies in the "new economy" are playing on these four dimensions interactively to thrive at never seen before speed, when in conventional management schools these four dimensions are taught separately, when taught.
The appearance of this new continent, some 18 years ago, was linked to the setting up of platforms, open standards tacitly shared between "new economy" pioneers and consumers, and to the growing role of arbitrage in an increased information fluidity environment to maintain prices down and quality up. If Microsoft Windows is an important platform to communicate in the cyber dimension, English language and dollar currency are two other ones in the borderless dimension, explaining partly the predominance of USA on this new continent. When arbitrage is creating opportunities it creates also uncertainty for long-term commitment and a more unstable environment.
In the new continent the power is shifting from the producers to the consumers with important impact on economical and political decisions.
This is the point where the old and the new have to find answers to questions asked by the introduction in our lives of this new continent.
Kenichi Ohmae's book is becoming our lighthouse in this new territory by presenting the strategies followed by the "new economy" companies but also by exploring the role of politicians to facilitate integration in this "new economy" environment.
Many developed illustrated ideas are real value as: targeting markets with enough consumer power and discretionary income, deregulating crucial economical activities, developing regional entities, setting up the right "new economy" infrastructures etc.
Here are the basics on micro and macro economy to enter in the 21st century.
Reading this book changed my life in making clear the invisible of this new continent. I'm convinced that the Kenichi Ohmae's contribution will be better recognised in coming years and I keep his book at hand to make sure to extract all the richness it contains.
A fine interpretation of recent economic history.......2003-02-18
One of what I consider the enlightening books that allow you to gain a new perspective on a seemingly complex subject. In one go the author attempts to explain how recent economic, technological, commercial and societal developments have conspired to create a new world order. Decision-makers would do well to use the lessons of this book to analyze their decisions. I sometimes feel that the people making the decisions, universally, are under-educated and naive and would not even consider the wider ramifications of their decisions.
My only complaint is that Mr. Ohmae tends to ramble on topics that may well be more concise. He also pauses every once in a while to complain against the egregious faults of the Japanese government. I don't blame him but it would be better if he treated it in a seperate book on the subject.
A book providing wider horizon and longer vision.......2002-02-26
It talks about how 3 new forces - cyber, economic multiples, globalisation - are reshaping the world's future. Not only in business or economic, bu also in political and social spheres.
These 3 forces are not really new and there shall be lot of literature talking about them. Strength of this book is to look at them from a macro perspective; and they interact (together with "real" economy) and affect well-being of mankind. It is not a descriptive book. In fact, the author shares his vision of how we shall deal with these changes - as an individual, a company, a country, a government, and everyone of us as an international citizen.
Author exercises powerful imagination of what will happen in future, e.g. a new cold war using the 3 forces. This may seem wild but certainly not empty talking. You may not take this seriously but it can enhance your feel about many future possibilities.
Unlike most Japanese, author has his independent opinions and express them critically. It is always sensitive for a foreigner to talk about other countries - e.g. Americans blocking Japan's recovery, Koreans maintaining developing countries mindset, China and Russia disintegration - let us be open minded and respect free speech.
Virtual Pioneering.......2001-04-12
I think this is probably the best that Ohmae has written since "The Mind of the Strategist".
In this text, Ohmae takes us on an exploration of the brave new world of capitalism, which he dubs the Invisible Continent. I find that a very intriguing metaphor for the new world, and a partial explanation of how companies ... can be profitless, yet have people still flocking to them--they've homesteaded. And in staking that claim, have occupied part of a potential bonanza.
With his ideas of Golden Platforms and the New Arbritrage, he gives us a glimpse of the new rules of the game. In doing so, we also begin to get a sense of why some countries, like Ireland, became enormously successful; while others, like New Zealand, only did _most_ of the right things, and therefore have come up short in the global economic sweepstakes.
Most interestingly, he also talks about regionalism, and how that creates different economic conditions both within countries, and between regions of different countries, that are able to leverage their skills and abilities into competitive advantage. While this has been covered in many other places, most particularly in Porter's "The Competitive Advantage of Nations", the presentation here is quite excellent.
Overall, Ohmae writes with his consistent lucidity taking what might be a very difficult--and academic--topic and making it understandable to people who _don't_ teach business for a living. This will be a required reading for my November MBA class in International Strategic Management.
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Loss Prevention Threats and Strategies: How People Steal From Your Business and What You Can do to Stop It
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Biting the Hand That Feeds: The Employee Theft Epidemic--New Perspectives, New Solutions
The Art of the Steal: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business from Fraud, America's #1 Crime
The Retail Loss Prevention Officer: The Law and the Fundamental Elements of Retail Security
