New Loss Prevention - Redefining Shrinkage Management

Challenging existing ideas about not only what constitutes retail shrinkage, but also the approach that should be adopted to deal with it, it critically examines how current approaches to managing shrinkage are at best preventative, and how through operational excellence, organizations can reduce the impact it has on their profitability.

List of contents

Introduction Retailing and Shrinkage in Context Defining Shrinkage Scale and Extent of the Problem Understanding Shrinkage Traditional Approaches to Loss Prevention Operational Failure as a Driver of Shrinkage Identifying Operational Failures Introducing New Loss Prevention Implementing New Loss Prevention

About the author

ADRIAN BECK is a Reader in Criminology and Head of the Department of Criminology at the University of Leicester, UK. 
 
COLIN PEACOCK has global responsibility for shrinkage management, on-shelf availability and brand protection for Procter and Gamble.

Summary

Challenging existing ideas about not only what constitutes retail shrinkage, but also the approach that should be adopted to deal with it, it critically examines how current approaches to managing shrinkage are at best preventative, and how through operational excellence, organizations can reduce the impact it has on their profitability.

Additional text

'If you have anything whatsoever to do with the movement, selling and protection of goods, in whatever capacity, then 'New Loss Prevention' is a must-read.' - Security Today

Report

'If you have anything whatsoever to do with the movement, selling and protection of goods, in whatever capacity, then 'New Loss Prevention' is a must-read.' - Security Today

Product details

• Authors: Beck, A Beck, A. Beck, C Peacock, C. Peacock
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9781349365821
• ISBN: 978-1-349-36582-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 12 mm x 220 mm
• Weight: 269 g
• Illustrations: XI, 192 p.
• Series: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Management, B, Planning, Leadership, Organization, Business Strategy/Leadership, police, Organizational theory & behaviour, risk management, business strategy, Business Mathematics, Management & management techniques, Crime & criminology, Management science, Business mathematics & systems, Business Strategy and Leadership, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Policing, Crime Control and Security, Risk assessment, management;organization;organizations;policing