Benefit Denial to Be Featured at October Workshop

The 8th Annual Impact Workshop of the Loss Prevention Research Council will be held October 15 – 17 on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville. Over a hundred retail LP and vendor executives will gather to hear results of recent research as well as discuss emerging technologies and future research. Following are some of the highlights of the agenda:

Leadership panel on innovation featuring John Voytilla, OfficeMax; Brand Elverston, Walmart; Dr. Richard Hollinger and Dr. Steve Kirn, University of Florida; and Ned McCauley, Tyco Integrated Security.

Benefit denial, packaging innovation, predictive analytics, and video analytics working group sessions with Shannon Hunter, OfficeMax; Tim Fisher, Best Buy; Carlos Bacelis, Sears Holdings; and Ahmad Lightfoot, T.J.Maxx.

Digital journey presentation and roundtable discussions with Don Burkett, Sears Holdings; Ed Weiser, Motorola; and Katie Freiday, The Home Depot.

New challenges in loss prevention roundtable discussions on best practices in talent recruitment and development and customer attitudes toward LP facilitated by Danny Sorrells, Walmart.

Recent LPRC research results on predictive analytics, open access, and other field research.

StoreLab mock-up environment with offenders discussing perceptions of theft-deterrent solutions and tactics.

All retailers are invited to attend this workshop.

Visit the magazine calendar or the LPRC website, LPresearch.org, for more information, or call or email Corrie Tallman at 352-222-8202, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to register.