Shrink & loss prevention
Theft, shrink, safety and the technology used to reduce them.
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podcast · 23 Oct 2026 · Trade press
Sainsbury's Wins the Weekly Shop, Walmart's AI Agents
Sainsbury's is winning back the weekly shop on price, while Walmart writes the rules for AI shopping agents that buy on a customer's behalf. Today's Decoding Retail also covers BRC confidence and shoplifting figures, Waitrose's first full-line supermarket in ei…
podcast · 7 Oct 2026 · Trade press
Walmart Drops Pricing Patent as ASOS Is Hacked
Walmart is dropping a patent that would have let Scan & Go personalise prices at the point of scan, while ASOS confirms a cyber attack that reached customers through its own app. Today's briefing shows retail leaders that pricing and customer data are now where trust i…
podcast · 1 Sept 2026 · Operator voice · primary theme
Retail Cybersecurity Is a Sector Problem — Scott Price, CEO DFI Retail Group
Scott Price, Group Chief Executive of DFI Retail Group, argues that retail cybersecurity is now a sector-wide risk—not a problem any company can solve alone.Recorded at NRF APAC 2026 in Singapore, the conversation examines why retailers need to share threat intelligence, how d…
news · 14 Aug 2026 · Vendor · primary theme
ReturnPro's Sender Shamiss: Retail's $890 Billion Returns Problem Has Become a Margin Opportunity
ReturnPro CEO and co-founder Sender Shamiss argues that retail's $890 billion returns problem is now a margin opportunity, spanning prevention, fraud detection, intelligent routing and recommerce.
news · 6 Aug 2026 · Trade press
Five APAC Retail Trends Shaping Global Retail
From organised retail crime in Australia to China's membership economy and Vietnam's mobile-first e-commerce, five developments across Asia Pacific point to one theme: the region's retailers are adapting faster than consumer behaviour is changing.
podcast · 1 Aug 2026 · Operator voice · primary theme
APAC Retail Trends: China Membership, Vietnam E-commerce & K-Food
Retail crime is becoming serious enough to affect whether stores can continue operating in parts of Australia. At the same time, Costco is expanding its reach in China through JD.com, Vietnam’s e-commerce market is being shaped by Shopee and TikTok Shop, and functional foods a…
podcast · 1 Aug 2026 · Trade press · primary theme
APAC Retail: Crime, Costco China, Vietnam E-commerce and K-Food
Retail crime is becoming serious enough to affect whether stores can continue operating in parts of Australia. At the same time, Costco is expanding its reach in China through JD.com, Vietnam’s e-commerce market is being shaped by Shopee and TikTok Shop, and functional foods a…
podcast · 22 Jul 2026 · Trade press
Starbucks Korea, Lefties UK, AI Beauty and Adidas Bangkok
Five global retail stories in one concise briefing: Starbucks Korea’s marketing crisis, retail-crime legislation in Canada and the US, AI-powered beauty at shu uemura, Lefties’ UK launch and Adidas’ community-focused Bangkok store.Five international retail developments in unde…
podcast · 9 Jun 2026 · Trade press · primary theme
Unauthorized Sellers Are Killing Retail Margins
Unauthorized sellers can quietly destroy retail margins. In this episode of The Retail Podcast, Alex speaks with Megan Harman, founder of Thorn Crest, about how unauthorized sellers, counterfeits, dupes, broken case packs, copycat products, and weak reseller agreements can ero…
podcast · 9 Jun 2026 · Trade press · primary theme
Unauthorized Sellers Are Killing Retail Margins
Retail brand protection is no longer just about stopping counterfeit products. For many brands, the bigger issue is margin loss.In this episode of The Retail Podcast, Alex speaks with Megan Harman, founder of Thorn Crest, about how unauthorized sellers, copycat products, onlin…
podcast · 15 May 2026 · Trade press · primary theme
Stores Are Growing Again — Here's Why Retail Crime Didn't Stop It | World Retail Signals
Retail is entering a new era shaped by AI, organized retail crime, and a renewed investment in physical stores.In this episode of Five Things Friday — USA Edition, Alex sits down with Jill Dvorak, SVP of Content at the National Retail Federation (NRF), to unpack the biggest re…
podcast · 15 May 2026 · Operator voice
Retail Crime, AI Commerce & Why Stores Are Expanding Again
AI is reshaping commerce. Retailers are investing in stores again. And organized retail crime has become one of the industry’s biggest policy priorities. This week, Jill Dvorak from the National Retail Federation joins Five Things Friday - USA Edition to discuss: The latest or…
podcast · 20 Apr 2026 · Trade press · primary theme
Retail Crime, JD.com, Carrefour Africa & Macy’s Closures | World Retail Signals
In this episode of World Retail Signals, co-hosts Ian McGarrigle, Chairman at World Retail Congress, and Niamh Stone, Programme Director at World Retail Congress, join Alex to unpack the retail developments shaping leadership thinking across the UK, Europe, Africa and the US. …
podcast · 1 Aug 2025 · Trade press
Magnum Ice‑Cream Trend, Primark Home, Retail Cybersecurity & More
Episode at a glance0:00 Intro – Alex & Simone set the scene1:21 Magnum’s affordable luxury play5:11 Smaller, faster, more targeted UK store formats8:12 Cybersecurity breaches erode consumer trust11:13 Omnichannel fulfilment: John Lewis × Uber Eats & B&Q marketplace…
podcast · 24 Jul 2025 · Trade press · primary theme
Retail Crime Surge, Marketplace Power, and APAC’s AI-Driven Retail Revolution
From safe rooms to social commerce, we unpack what’s shaping the APAC retail landscape now.Recorded live during Australia’s largest retail conference, this episode of Five Things Friday – APAC Edition dives into two polarizing forces in retail: rising crime rates and retail me…
podcast · 30 Apr 2025 · Vendor
How Retailers Can Win the Battle Against Returns with ReturnPro CEO Sender Shamiss
Returns are costing retailers nearly $900 billion annually—and the problem is accelerating.In this episode, Sender Shamiss, CEO and co-founder of ReturnPro, joins The Retail Podcast to expose the operational chaos, financial impact, and future-facing solutions around retail re…
podcast · 25 Oct 2023 · Vendor · primary theme
Part 2 $100 Billion Shrinkage Challenge: Transformation Through Retail Innovation
In this compelling episode, we speak with ITAB's leading figures, Leandro Blanc and Chris Bright, about the future of retail. From customer guidance to high-value item protection and breakthroughs in self-checkout fraud prevention, they share invaluable insights into ITAB&…
podcast · 11 Sept 2023 · Vendor · primary theme
Part 1. Unpacking the $100 Billion Shrinkage Challenge
🎙️ Special 3-Part Episode Alert! 🎙️ The evolving landscape of retail is facing one of its most significant challenges yet! U.S. giants like Target, Wal-Mart, and Home Depot grapple with the ever-growing issue of inventory shrinkage - costing the industry a staggering $100 bi…