Items that are unaccounted for compared to what the inventory system believes the store should have are losses or "shrink". Shrink is caused by … See more

Apprehensions and Recoveries
Many large retailers have in-store loss prevention employees who are trained to reduce shoplifting. This can come in the form of uniformed security officers, undercover security, or both. Each state allows stores to … See more

• Rudolph C. Kimiecik; Chris Thomas (2005). Loss Prevention in the Retail Business. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-72321-9.
• Read Hayes (2007). Retail Security and Loss Prevention … See more

Operational errors
Operational errors are inadvertent human errors that occur when workers do not follow existing business best practices and policies or a company lacks the proper best practices and policies to ensure work is performed with … See more

• McAfee Institute
• Package pilferage
• Package theft
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• HowStuffWorks: How anti-shoplifting devices work See more