Latest Retail Industry Best Practice

Jan 23, 2023

Do I have an ORC problem? Three questions to ask

How do you know if you have a problem with Organized Retail Crime (ORC)? This article suggests three key questions to start with.

Store Safety

Nov 10, 2022

Empowering your frontline teams with Retail Crime Intelligence

Frontline store teams are bearing the brunt of daily retail crime incidents. This is how to empower them so they can protect themselves and customers.

Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) for retail: how it works

Store Safety

Oct 31, 2022

Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) for retail: how it works

Learn more about Automatic License Plate Recognition, or ALPR, and how it works for retail AP/LP leaders.

Organized Retail Crime

Aug 15, 2022

Why solving ORC matters & 5 ways to take action

Discover how AP/LP leaders approach solving ORC (Organized Retail Crime) and its wide-ranging impact.

Overcoming Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) privacy concerns

Store Safety

Aug 12, 2022

Overcoming Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) privacy concerns

ALPR can be an effective tool for reducing crime when used carefully. Discover Auror’s privacy-supporting approach to ALPR.

Retail Crime

May 18, 2022

Navigating retail crime data and GDPR with Auror

Struggling to meet your data protection obligations when it comes to retail crime data? Auror’s General Counsel and Data Protection Officer, Frith Tweedie, explains how the Auror platform can help make compliance a breeze.

National ORCA movement continues to gather steam

Organized Retail Crime

Feb 15, 2022

National ORCA movement continues to gather steam

The Auror for ORCAs platform - the largest collaborative movement against ORC has just got even bigger with more ORCAs joining soon.

Why solving Organized Retail Crime needs a purpose-built approach

At Auror

Jan 27, 2022

Why solving Organized Retail Crime needs a purpose-built approach

The reality of today’s retail environment means there is not a single retailer these days that does not have a problem with Organized Retail Crime (ORC). This makes it more important than ever for Asset Protection/Loss Prevention (AP/LP) teams to find the right solution for the job.

Loss Prevention

Nov 30, 2021

Why AP/LP is more important than ever

The challenges retailers and communities have faced when it comes to crime has grown in scale and complexity over the past two years. Many customers from across the world have asked us about the impacts that COVID-19 has had on the AP/LP retail industry, and how they’re dealing with new crime threats as markets begin to open more fully.

Putting a stop to South Australia’s most wanted shoplifter

Retail Crime

Oct 4, 2021

Putting a stop to South Australia’s most wanted shoplifter

Two of Australia’s largest retailers are breathing a sigh of relief as one of their most prolific and aggressive shoplifters has been arrested

How Ulta Beauty proved ORC needed to be addressed

Organized Retail Crime

Aug 3, 2021

How Ulta Beauty proved ORC needed to be addressed

Building the capability to deal with and solve ORC incidents at Ulta Beauty.

Community

Apr 12, 2021

A War on Fuel Loss

Lessons from Four Star US Army General Stanly McChrystal (ret.) on collaborating to win the war on fuel loss.

Store Safety

Dec 7, 2020

Analyzing the Impact of Retail Crime on Workplace Health & Safety

Despite a large drop in serious workplace injuries across most industries in Australasia since 2007, retailers are yet to see the same level of decline. With retail crime increasing consistently over the past 2 years, and subsequent aggression and threatening behaviours reaching unprecedented levels, we take a look at the impacts and lessons for retailers.

Loss Prevention

Oct 14, 2020

Why AP/LP Leaders Need to Think like Tech Investors

We believe making effective technology investments is one of the most critical things for AP/LP leaders to get right to outperform when it comes to shrink results in the years to come.

Loss Prevention

Sep 10, 2020

Incident Reporting Best Practices: The Key to Moving Unknown to Known Shrink

How much of our shrinkage number is due to theft? If you’ve been asked this question once, you’ve been asked it a thousand times. How do you answer this question? Educated guess? Based on indicative feedback? Through deep data analysis? Read here to find out how to move unknown to known shrink.

Retail Crime

Jun 24, 2020

Using Lessons from the GFC and Great Depression to Help Retain your LP Budget

The GFC and post-GFC period may provide the best blueprint as we look ahead to the impact of COVID-19 on the retail sector.

Loss Prevention

May 28, 2020

Lessons from a Four-Star General

Learn how General Stanley McChrystal turned the tide of the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan by empowering his teams with intelligence, and how AP/LP teams across the world can benefit from his approach.

Loss Prevention

Apr 30, 2020

How Loss Prevention can make the Pivot from Cost Center to Profit Center in the New Economy

The difference between the post-global financial crisis (GFC) economy and the post-Covid-19 economy will be significant, and for retailers and their Loss Prevention (LP) functions to survive and more importantly win in the new economy, a change in approach is needed.

Law Enforcement

Apr 27, 2020

New World Halswell Work With the Christchurch Police Eagle to Stop a 1.5 Month Retail Crime Spree

We chatted to Miles Mangos, Store Manager at New World Halswell about how they worked with the Police Eagle helicopter team to stop a repeat offender on a two-month crime spree. This is a great example of how retail crime intelligence can empower your store teams to prevent serious crime!

Retail Crime

Dec 5, 2018

What's Wrong with this Picture?

See how this retailer used a novel initiative to address stores not reporting crime.

Me-Manuals: An Experiment in Over-sharing

At Auror

Dec 3, 2018

Me-Manuals: An Experiment in Over-sharing

Publishing a Me-Manual: What we've learnt from an experiement in over-sharing.

Law Enforcement

Feb 8, 2018

Ask A Cop: Collaboration

Sergeant Matt Murray from Waitemata District Police is back, this time answering questions about the value of collaboration and the results it creates.

The Data Network Effect for Crimefighting

Community

Feb 7, 2018

The Data Network Effect for Crimefighting

Discover the secret superpower of the Auror platform: the data network effect. Listen along in our first-ever podcast!

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Do I have an ORC problem? Three questions to ask

Empowering your frontline teams with Retail Crime Intelligence

Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) for retail: how it works

Why solving ORC matters & 5 ways to take action

Overcoming Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) privacy concerns

Navigating retail crime data and GDPR with Auror

National ORCA movement continues to gather steam

Why solving Organized Retail Crime needs a purpose-built approach

Why AP/LP is more important than ever

Putting a stop to South Australia’s most wanted shoplifter

How Ulta Beauty proved ORC needed to be addressed

A War on Fuel Loss

Analyzing the Impact of Retail Crime on Workplace Health & Safety

Why AP/LP Leaders Need to Think like Tech Investors

Incident Reporting Best Practices: The Key to Moving Unknown to Known Shrink

Using Lessons from the GFC and Great Depression to Help Retain your LP Budget

Lessons from a Four-Star General

How Loss Prevention can make the Pivot from Cost Center to Profit Center in the New Economy

New World Halswell Work With the Christchurch Police Eagle to Stop a 1.5 Month Retail Crime Spree

What's Wrong with this Picture?

Me-Manuals: An Experiment in Over-sharing

Ask A Cop: Collaboration

The Data Network Effect for Crimefighting

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