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The article discusses the increase of operating expenses among direct-stores in 2014 including workers health insurance, in-store shrinkage, and the total size area of convenience stores (c-stores).

The article presents a graph on inventory shrinkage affecting retailers and statistics on organized retail crime (ORC) in cities and states including Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; and New York.

The article talks about the shrinking of pre-refunded bonds outstanding amounts according to the data recieved from the U.S. Treasury on State and Local Government Series Securities.

The article offers ideas to control shrinkage at dairy plants. It suggests that dairy companies must meet the challenges and competition by cutting costs and increasing profits while improving the quality of its products and services. It reveals that plant shrinkage occur in operating areas such as processing, bottling/packaging, and distribution.

Presents the results of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers' (NARM) annual Loss Prevention Survey on shrinkage. Percentage of shrinkage in total record store sales; Music and video shrinkage statistics; Shoplifting as largest cause of shrinkage; Internal shrinkage; Shrinkage attributed to human error; Average number of employees terminated per store; Theft and fraud problems.

The author offers his opinion regarding the BookCon event, which took place at the 2014 BookExpo America (BEA) book trade fair. He believes the event requires improved crowd control, notes that display books were mistaken for free merchandise, and remarks on the work of the event organizer Red Exhibitions. Commentary from publishing house executives Jim Hanas, Tom Hallock, and Cynthia Sherry is provided.

The article mentions a U.S. study conducted by the Centre for Retail Research for Checkpoint Systems which suggests retail shrinkage including losses from theft will reach $8.9 billion during the period from mid-November 2012 through Christmas. The article notes that is a four percent increase over the previous year's shrinkage. The comments of the research center's director Joshua Bamfield are mentioned.

The article reports on the findings of the study "24th Annual Retail Theft Survey" from Jack L. Hayes International Inc. that showed that shoplifters and dishonest employees were accounted for the six billion U.S. dollars loss from 24 major retailers in 2011. It reveals that 1,076,508 shoplifters were apprehended, over 161 million dollars was recovered from those apprehended, and 37.4 million dollars from those who were not apprehended. It also notes the reasons contributing to employee theft.

The article discusses ways to avoid shrinkage in a business which many retailers are giving little attention about it. It mentions the "Global Retail Loss Prevention Survey 2009" which reveals that many retailers have learned to live with losses caused by damage, theft and accounting errors and that over 90 companies remain satisfied with their management of stock shrinkage. It notes the significant role played by salespeople in reducing shrinkage in a business.

The article offers the author's insights on the possible shrinkage of drapes and curtains in laundry cleaning and tips on how to prevent customers from filing complaints such as informing them of this possibility and getting the accurate measurements of the original curtains.

The article presents the author's view on the systemic problem of retailers in the U.S. on shoplifting. The author states that as retailers know the high cost of shrinkage, they are willing to spend 5 percent of their gross sales to limit their money through the utilization of loss prevention (LP). The author mentions some threats to the LP plans such as the Organized Retail Theft (ORT)-Organized Retail Crime (ORC) which involves more than the loss of money but on human consumables.

The article reports that the merchandise losses declined to 1.44 percent in 2009, as compared to 1.51 in 2008, as presented by National Retail Federation of the U.S. It states that a majority of losses were due to employee theft, shoplifting and administrative errors. It mentions several safeguards adopted by retailers including increase in past employee verification, remote camera monitoring and increasing credit checks.

The article focuses on the report of the Global Retail Theft Barometer 2009 (GRTB 2009) on retail shrinkage and crime. It states that the total shrink in 41 countries and regions including the U.S., China, and Europe cost retailers 114.8 billion dollars with an average of 1.43% global retail sales. It also mentions that shrink rates vary on different retail business in which apparel or clothing and fashion has 1.84%, automotive parts with 1.83%, and cosmetics 1.77%.

The article focuses on the challenges surrounding the practices employed by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in managing theft and shrinkage in the U.S. The decision of the company to give up its zero-tolerance shoplifting policy may have been influenced by scrutiny from outside sources. It is noted that the withdrawal of the company from its proactive loss prevention (LP) approach can increase shrink, decrease profitability, and affect shareholder value.

The article reveals that nearly 65 percent to 70 percent of total supermarket shrink accrues from the fresh category, typically eroding as much as 8 percent to 10 percent of an individual store's sales, according to research from Infosys Technologies. Many of the root causes of shrink may be resolved by cultural adoption and forming a well-planned, strategic business process technology road map.

The article reports the declination of copper shipments in November 2006 according to Copper and Brass Servicenter Association in Pennsylvania. Part of the decrease was the result of one less shipping day in November which declined to 3.5 percent. However, for the first 11 months of the year, copper shipments still 8.5 percent ahead of the similar period in 2005, while alloy has gained 2.8 percent on its shipments. After 11 months, the total shipments has increased to 4.9 percent for the year.

The article reports on the effort of furniture firms to prevent breakage during shipment of stone tops in the U.S. Granite tops are shipped by Saloom in a specially designed crate offering maximum protection with a breakage rate of less than one percent. Maitland-Smith uses s foam sprayed around the edges of stone tables before they are shipped to make sure none of the edges is damaged.

The article focuses on the problems related to shrinkage at various business enterprises. Fixing process failures in the supply chain instead of trying to stop shoplifting is the only way to get to grips with shrinkage, experts have warned. Speaking at a conference, Colin Peacock, global customer director, Gillette Co., said that shrinkage had remained stubbornly flat at about 1.8% of retail grocery sales between 1991 and 2001, while cash spent on trying to tackle it had increased from 0.32% to 0.55% of sales over the same period.

Presents information on the deal entered into by Jenn's Cocktail Co. with AGI/Klearfold to provide multipack bottle carriers for its Cocktails by Jenn line of portable premium vodka beverages. Use of styrene acrylic copolymers by AGI/Klearfold to produce the injection-molded end caps; Feature of the carriers to protect them from breakage; Goal in the design of the carriers according to Rich Thibault, director of creative service of AGI/Klearfold.

Offers pieces of advice on how U.S. merchants can minimize damages to their merchandise during shipping. Tips from Doug Caldwell, vice president of logistics services provider AFMS; Significance of packaging; Need to pay extra attention to perishables.

Reports on a survey on the decline of retail shrinkage rates, presented at the National Retail Federation's Loss Prevention and Risk Management & Control conference in Orlando, Florida in June 2004. Factor attributed to the shrinkage woes; Amount lost from the U.S. economy annually due to retail shrinkage; Actions being taken by retailers to address the problem; Shrinkage rates for retailers that have lower manager and employee turnover.

Reports on the development of a revised Wingliner trailer by Don-Bur and Christian Salvesen, to eliminate in-transit breakages on Salvesen's contract with Rockware Glass. Inspiration for the design; Specifications and features of the vehicle.

Reports on the plan of BT Rolatruc to launch a scheme to limit damage to warehousing caused by poor forklift truck operation, by raising the awareness of the problem among forklift truck drivers and at the same time helping to build their self-steem in Great Britain. Cost effectiveness of the initiative; Comments from national sales manager David Rostance; Significance of the initiative for the company.

Reports on the benefits accrued by companies that have converted to factory gate pricing (FGP) in Great Britain. Greater on-shelf availability; Access to more markets and removal of shrinkage charges; Comments from Jonathan Smith, an executive from Axis Management Consultancy; Several benefits of FGP for manufacturers; Need for manufacturers to better analyze their customers and portfolios.

Reports on the postponement of the implementation of the pay-on-scan program of Barnes & Noble. Purpose of the program; Impact of the program on publishers and national distributors; Average shrink in the company' stores.

The article presents results of a survey conducted by Centre of Retail Research to European retailers concerning retail shrinkage. The survey revealed that Great Britain top for the highest amount of retail shrinkage. The shrinkage is mainly attributed to theft by customers and the employees were second in line. Shrinkage is expected to cost European retailers 19.2 billion euros. The Great Britain is followed by countries like Norway, Greece, France, The Netherlands, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sweden and others.

Presents a question-and-answer advisory on contract shrinkage allowances in the United States. Recognition on the occurrence of damage and loss of goods; Avoidance of trade disputes; Imposition of legal standard of care in warehousing.

Presents video recordings industry-related news briefs as of September 22, 2001. Retails shrinkage rate, or rate of loss through loss and other factors, for DVDs, which is the highest of any product; Details of the planned 2001 Big Apple Anime Fest, which will feature Japanese-style animation; Criticism of the so-called pan-and-scan version of the DVD 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.'

Reports that the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a Revenue Procedure 98-29 to provide guidance for changing to a method of accounting for estimating inventory `shrinkage' in computing ending inventory. Items in which shrinkage can occur; What the revenue procedure provides; Requests of the procedure; Effective date of the procedure.