Following the general session this morning a series of forums were held discussing a wide range of issues. One forum discussed the world of organized retail crime (ORC). Featured on the panel were Bill Suthard, CFI, Lowe’s Companies, Inc., Elizabeth Oesterle, National Retail Federation and Scott Springer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Scott Springer [...]
Day two of the 2008 NRF Loss Prevention Convention started with some notable awards.
2008 NRF Law Enforcement Retail Partnership Award
NRF presented this year’s award to Detective Jim Ostojic with the Polk County, FL Sheriff’s Office and Special Agent Telly Sands with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
In June 2007, Detective Ostojic uncovered an organized retail [...]
While the news world is moving online quickly, you still can’t beat the feeling of print in your hand. Each morning, conference attendees can quickly catch-up on yesterday’s activities and receive a glimpse of the day ahead via the LPinformation Conference Daily.
The 16-page publication is produced on-site each day by a team of reporters [...]
Here are some select photos from the EXPO Hall, you can review the photoset for all the shots.
Lunch on the first day of the conference featured a general session panel moderated by Melissa Mitchell, LifeWay Christian Stores. On the panel were: Larry Barton, LarryBarton.com and Mary Ellen O’Toole, Federal Bureau of Investigations Academy. The topic, threat management.
Larry spoke first and focussed on case management. One of his first points is [...]
One of the next round of concurrent morning sessions addressed the topic of partnering with law enforcement. The panel featured John Hawthorne, Publix Super Markets, Inc. and Richard Milburn, Mesa Police Department. Moderating was Frank Muscato, Walgreen Co.
John Hawthorne was the first to speak. John polled to audience to see who worked [...]
One of the issues with any large conference is deciding between the breakout sessions. At this year’s event there are five concurrent sessions going on in the morning on day one.
A few questions for you:
- How do you decide which sessions to attend?
- Any comments/thoughts on the sessions you did attend?
After the morning general session a series of concurrent sessions started. First up, battling e-commerce fraud. On the panel were Michael Long, Accertify, LLC and Timothy Laudenbach, Best Buy with Rod Holm, Express moderating.
First up was Michael Long. Michael said in the lead-up to this session they decided to broaden the scope [...]
A photoset from the conference is over on Flickr. We’ll be posting photos during the entire event.
Loss Prevention 2008 kicked off this morning with opening remarks from Joseph LaRocca, National Retail Federation.
Joe recapped some of the major issues that retailers face in loss and prevention and how this event plans to address those topics. Highlighted topics include: shrinkage, active shootings, workplace safety, cybercrime and cooperation with law enforcement (LERPnet). [...]