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Dollar General Reduces Self-Checkout Options to Increase Engagement, Decrease Shrink
Retail // March 14, 2024

Dollar General is cutting back on its offering of self-checkout options, saying it is doing so to improve the customer experience and to reduce inventory shrink. This change follows a year in which the retailer saw an increased level of shrink, the company said in a...

Rite Aid Rides Ozempic Wave but Fails to Profit  
Retail // June 29, 2023

During its fiscal first quarter, Rite Aid reported a boost in pharmacy sales, attributed to the introduction of a new category of drugs.  Pharmacy sales rose 3.4% year over year, fueled by the demand for Ozempic and other GLP-1 receptor agonists. These medications are prescribed...

Home Depot Connects Opioid Addiction To Thievery Uptick
Retail // December 12, 2019

Executives at Home Depot said opioid addiction in the U.S. might be part of the reason for a recent escalation of thefts in its stores, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday (Dec. 11).  An organized band of thieves are swiping merchandise totaling millions and stowing the goods...

One-Two Punch Of Shoplifting & Fraud Costs Retailers $44B
News // July 02, 2015

Retailers got hurt from two directions last year: When they weren’t getting straight-up robbed, they were being defrauded from within. And it all contributed to industry losses totaling $44 billion for the year. This information comes from the National Retail Federation (NRF)/University of Florida National...

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Dollar General Reduces Self-Checkout Options to Increase Engagement, Decrease Shrink

March 14, 2024
Dollar General is cutting back on its offering of self-checkout options, saying it is doing so to improve the customer experience and to reduce inventory shrink. This change follows a year in which the retailer saw an increased level of shrink, the company said in a Thursday (March 14) earnings release. Inventory shrink, or shrinkage, is the loss […]

Home Depot Connects Opioid Addiction To Thievery Uptick

December 12, 2019
Executives at Home Depot said opioid addiction in the U.S. might be part of the reason for a recent escalation of thefts in its stores, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday (Dec....

One-Two Punch Of Shoplifting & Fraud Costs Retailers $44B

July 02, 2015
Retailers got hurt from two directions last year: When they weren’t getting straight-up robbed, they were being defrauded from within. And it all contributed to industry losses totaling $44 billion...

Retail Gets Its Shrink On

July 02, 2015
While the news from the 2015 National Retail Security Survey wasn’t all great — with retailers having suffered losses in the previous year to the tune of $44 billion —...