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How is live-streaming driving e-commerce sales during the pandemic? Learn about this approach & much more including information on antivirals, LPRC’s STRATEGY@, the global economic forecast, sales data, contactless payment & associated scams, Portland’s facial recognition ban, and the VA data breach on our newest episode of LPRC CrimeScience: The Weekly Review, hosted by Dr. […]

Joe Skorupa, Editorial Director for RIS News, joins us this week to provide insight into what retailers are thinking and doing during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and how the upcoming holiday season could play out in this unprecedented time, including his suggestions on how to succeed. Our co-hosts also touch on COVID-19 infection rates, LPRC […]

In this episode of LPRC CrimeScience, Dr. Rylan Simpson, Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University, joins Dr. Read Hayes to discuss his criminological background, how people receive, process, and interpret visual information about police officers, how these visible cues set expectations, research methods, his police ride-along experience, and much more. Dr. Rylan Simpson received his […]

COVID-19 accounts for most 2020 cyberattacks. Amazon Fresh, Amazon’s grocery delivery service, opens in California. Apparel sees an increase in sales. This, & more, including information on positive COVID-19 test rates, therapies & vaccine trials, new data from Retail Dive, brand intimacy, school shopping, curbside retail, online forums & violence, and cyber-security advice in this […]

In this special LPRC Crimescience: The Weekly Review episode, Peter Trepp, CEO & President of FaceFirst, joins us to give his take on the future of privacy, delving into expectations of privacy, legislation, security, technologies, and more. In addition, co-hosts Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio discuss upcoming LPRC collaborative initiatives, the recent […]

In this episode of LPRC CrimeScience, Dr. Laura Huey, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario and the Director of the Canadian Society of Evidence-Based Policing (CAN-SEBP), joins Dr. Read Hayes to discuss her background, victimization of marginalized groups, data analysis, implicit and explicit bias, the importance of evidence-based practice, the Canadian […]

253 deaths took place in retail locations – an increase of 45% from this second quarter. Why is the total revolving credit card debt down 10%? Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio discuss this and more, including COVID-19 vaccine testing, LPRC initiatives, virtual SOC,  increased online sales, fraud risks, & chargebacks, puppy scams […]

In this episode of LPRC CrimeScience, Debbie Perano, Loss Prevention Manager at Bunnings, joins Dr. Read Hayes to discuss how her team dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic, including team safety & training, strategies, priorities, and interdepartmental collaboration.

In this episode of LPRC CrimeScience: The Weekly Review, Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio are joined by Greg Buzek, Founder and President of the IHL Group, to delve into COVID-19’s impact on retail, inventory distortion, emerging technologies (artificial intelligence & computer vision), the millennial unemployment rate, global retail sales, virtual SOC, cybersecurity […]

In this episode of LPRC CrimeScience: The Weekly Review, Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio gives a breakdown of LPRC initiatives, vaccines & therapeutics, the Twitter cyber-attack, social engineering, cyber-security during COVID-19, 2020 murder rates, Amazon’s sales data and innovation, the top 5 surveilled cities, COVID-19 related deaths by population, new store openings,  […]

In this episode of LPRC CrimeScience: The Weekly Review, featured guest John-Pierre “JP” Kamel, RFID specialist, joins Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio to discuss RFID as a data collection tool and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected its role in retail and loss prevention.  Tune in to also learn about LPRC initiatives, […]

In this episode of LPRC CrimeScience, we welcome Dr. Bryanna Fox, Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Faculty Affiliate of the Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida. She joins Dr. Read Hayes to discuss burglaries, latent class analysis, law enforcement, offender and event profiling, the history and evolution of profiling, and […]

In this episode of LPRC CrimeScience: The Weekly Review, Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio discuss LPRC initiatives, face masks, the retail data this week, store closures, inventory distortion, supply chain issues, NRF’s shrink survey results, open-source intelligence, hacking trends during COVID-19, multi-factor authentication, and much more.

In this episode of LPRC CrimeScience: The Weekly Review, we welcome featured guest, Basia Pietrawska, Vice President of Consulting and Analytics at CAP Index. She joins Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio to discuss LPRC initiatives, COVID-19 & rioting effects on crime rates in major U.S. cities (crimes against persons & property crimes),  […]

In order to accurately represent the wide-reaching content of this podcast, we have changed the COVID-19 Series name to The Weekly Review. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio discuss LPRC initiatives, global consumer trends, new shopping channels, pandemic hoarding, the new rules of retail, healthcare cyberattacks,  online banking risks, hackers utilizing data, shoplifters weaponizing […]

In this LPRC CrimeScience COVID-19 Series episode, Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’onofrio discuss LPRC initiatives, face masks in retail, government approval rates during COVID-19, 5G, discretionary spending, business reopenings, cyber security attacks, online forums, and more.

In this LPRC CrimeScience COVID-19 Series episode, Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’onofrio discuss LPRC initiatives, mask requirements, contact tracing & privacy, credit card fraud, Australia’s state-based cyber attack, global retail sales data, and the relationship between physical stores & online shopping.

In this special LPRC CrimeScience COVID-19 Series episode, Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’onofrio are joined by featured guest Robert Locke, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Johnson Controls and LPRC Board Member, to give his take on the future of retail, the need for innovation and quality team members for businesses, and […]

In this LPRC CrimeScience COVID-19 Series episode, Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’onofrio discuss LPRC initiatives, fake donation pages, coupon scams, social media monitoring, product return data, return fraud, cashless transactions, and much more.

The RFID Lab at Auburn University is a research institute focusing on the business case and technical implementation of RFID and other emerging technologies in retail, aviation, supply chain, and manufacturing. Justin Patton, Director of the Auburn University RFID Lab, joins Dr. Read Hayes for a discussion on the lab’s origin, mission, past project highlights, […]

Dr. Tamara Herold, Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, and the Director of the Crowd Management Research Council, joins Dr. Read Hayes to discuss the recent riots, the science of crime, crowd management tactics to prevent violence, and much more.

This week’s LPRC CrimeScience COVID-19 Series episode delves into both the ongoing pandemic as well as the emerging riots and looting incidents. Tune in as Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’onofrio, and Tom Meehan discuss this and more, including LPRC initiatives, social media monitoring, cyber-attacks, online shopping, new data on the economy, and the financial impact […]

What does the data say about the retail sector during the ongoing pandemic? On this LPRC CrimeScience COVID-19 Series episode, our new weekly podcast covering the novel coronavirus with Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’onofrio, and Tom Meehan, we discuss this and more, including LPRC initiatives, wealth transfer, curbside pickup, store reopenings, data breaches, malware, and […]

In this episode, Keith Aubele, Dri-Mark Board Member, joins our host Dr. Read Hayes to discuss the changes in loss prevention, internal versus external theft, implications of counterfeit currency on businesses, and much more.

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically affected the retail industry globally, resulting in a permanent change to the landscape. As of now, stores are facing unprecedented issues as they start to reopen their locations. With misinformation spreading along with the virus, it can be difficult to determine the best practices to keep both employees and customers […]