LPRC

On this week’s episode, John Voytilla, global loss prevention and subject matter expert in developing scalable and actionable strategies, joins our co-hosts to talk about the LPRC STRATEGY@ program, the importance of collaboration in the retail industry, acute vs. chronic LP issues, erosion of consequences, and much more.

John Voytilla has a verified approach to risk identification and mitigation. He has over 20 years of leadership experience in the office products industry, where he led the loss prevention and safety organizations at OfficeMax/Office Depot. Through mergers and acquisitions, John developed synergistic strategies that improved the profitability of the company. John joined Party City in 2017 as Senior Vice President to lead the development of the loss prevention and safety program, store development, facilities, and procurement functions. Recently, John launched his own consulting practice LP-FOCUS, LLC. There he will apply his critical thinking and financial/business acumen to help organizations improve their profitability. John has been an active board member and past chair of the BOA for the LPRC. 

Dr. David Weisburd, Distinguished Professor at George Mason University and Executive Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, joins Dr. Read Hayes on LPRC CrimeScience to discuss science in evidence-based policing, the value and challenges of real-world research, place and crime event clustering, and much more. This is part one of two of the discussion.

145,000 COVID-19 scam websites taken down. Retail’s not dead: it’s one of the fastest-changing industries. In this week’s episode, our co-hosts discuss these topics and more, including COVID-19 strains, Clubhouse app scams, Reddit stocks, and retail trends and predictions in 2021.

In this week’s episode, our co-hosts delve into the types of curbside pickup shoppers, the future of malls, 2021 store experience projections, the most important retail technologies in 2021, fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, and much more.

Dr. John Eck, Professor at the University of Cincinnati, joins Dr. Read Hayes on the second and final part of their discussion to give his perspective on Opportunity Structure Signatures, Examining Crime Prevention Mechanisms, Weak Intervention Backfire Concerns, and much more.