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Understanding Where Businesses Actually Lose Money

Short, practical explanations of the loss categories we see most often, and where to read more about each one.

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Loss prevention explained

Inventory Shrinkage

What Is Retail Shrinkage and How Can Businesses Reduce It?

Shrinkage is the gap between the inventory your records show and what you actually have. Reducing it starts with knowing which of the twelve common loss sources apply to your operation.

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Employee Theft

The Hidden Cost of Employee Theft

Internal theft is quieter than shoplifting and usually more expensive, because the people involved understand exactly which controls are not being checked.

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Operational Risk

10 Reasons Inventory Shrinkage Happens

Receiving errors, unverified transfers, unreviewed write-offs, and count discipline failures often explain more variance than theft does.

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Profit Protection

How Multi-Location Businesses Can Improve Loss Prevention

Standardized controls, location scorecards, and consistent escalation turn scattered site-level effort into a measurable program.

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Retail Theft

Retail Theft vs. Operational Shrinkage: Understanding the Difference

Theft and process failure require entirely different responses. Treating one as the other is why many programs fail to move the number.

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Organized Retail Crime

Building an Organized Retail Crime Response

Coordinated groups exploit the fact that most retailers review incidents one store at a time.

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