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Protests & Violence
FBI alert about possible 'war' against Congress reached D.C. and Capitol Police
on eve of attack, deepening security questions
Around 7 p.m. on Jan. 5, less than 24 hours before an angry mob overran the U.S.
Capitol, an FBI bulletin warning that extremists were calling for violent
attacks on Congress landed in an email inbox used by the D.C. police department.
That same evening, a member of the Capitol Police received the same memo.
But the alert was not flagged for top officials at either agency, according to
congressional testimony Tuesday - deepening questions about the breakdowns that
contributed to massive security failures on Jan. 6.
Both acting D.C. police chief Robert J. Contee III and former Capitol Police
chief Steven Sund said
the intelligence community at large failed to detect key information about the
intentions of the attackers and adequately communicate what was known in the
run-up to the Capitol riot.
"I would certainly think that something as violent as an insurrection at the
Capitol would warrant a phone call or something," Contee told lawmakers.
washingtonpost.com
The Capitol Being Turned Into a Fortress Spurs D.C. Push for Statehood
DC Council: Razor wire is 'wrong solution' for failures that took place during
Capitol riot
Rochester, NY: Protesters take to the streets after grand jury announces
no officers will be charged in killing of Daniel Prude
 On a snowy night last March, Daniel Prude sprinted shirtless out of his
brother's home in Rochester, N.Y., seemingly in the grip of a psychotic episode.
Distraught, his brother called police for help.
Instead, the officers handcuffed
Mr. Prude, placed a mesh hood over his head and pressed him into the pavement
until he lost consciousness. His death - as well as what emerged as an apparent
cover-up of the circumstances around it - further inflamed a national reckoning
around racism and brutality in policing.
On Tuesday, the New York attorney general, Letitia James, announced that none of
the officers who arrested Mr. Prude would face charges in connection with his
death. A
grand jury
convened by Ms. James to investigate the case
declined to charge any of the seven officers on the scene that night with a
crime. Ms. James was blunt in
acknowledging that she had hoped for a different outcome.
Rochester braced for the possibility of protests
over the grand jury decision. As word spread that an announcement in the case
was imminent,
concrete barriers were placed around the city's public safety building.
On Tuesday evening, a crowd of about 150 people marched through the city,
denouncing the grand jury decision and the system that made it possible. Around
9 p.m., the crowd gathered outside a police building on Child Street, chanting
and singing before a line of officers in riot gear. After many of the officers
went back inside the building, some of the remaining protesters made their way
down a nearby ramp and began marching on Interstate 490, toward downtown
Rochester.
nytimes.com
DOJ Will Review NYS AG Report on Daniel Prude Investigation
With New Grand Jury, DOJ Revives Investigation Into Death of George Floyd
As
the Minnesota state murder trial of Derek Chauvin approaches,
the federal government has accelerated its own investigation
A new federal grand jury has been empaneled in Minneapolis and the Justice
Department has called new witnesses as part of its investigation of Derek
Chauvin, the former police officer who will go on trial in state court next
month on a murder charge for the death of George Floyd, according to two people
with direct knowledge of the investigation.
The fresh slate of witnesses subpoenaed to give testimony about Mr. Chauvin is
an early sign that the federal investigation into the death of Mr. Floyd, which
began last year and then languished, is being reinvigorated under the
administration of President Biden.
It is unlikely that the Justice Department, in presenting evidence to a new
grand jury, is hoping for a quick indictment of Mr. Chauvin before his state
trial, which is scheduled to begin March 8. But
if there was an acquittal or a mistrial,
attention would immediately shift to the federal investigation, and to whether
Mr. Chauvin would face trial for violating Mr. Floyd's civil rights.
(The charge does not involve race, but is based on the idea that an officer
"willfully" violated someone's constitutional rights, such as protection against
unreasonable seizure, or the right to due process.)
nytimes.com
Minnesota Court of Appeals will hear arguments to add third-degree murder charge in George Floyd case
Chicago: 90-day protest begins at McDonald's headquarters;
Black franchise owners allege discrimination
Lawsuit alleges McDonald's growth has been
"predatory in nature"
 Community organizers on Monday kicked off
90 days of picketing at McDonald's
world headquarters in the West Loop, hoping to call attention to what they say
are discriminatory practices against Black-owned franchises.
"We are coming after every McDonald's that we shop in," activist Mark Carter
said Monday morning. "We send this message starting today that if you don't want
to see us outside of your headquarters, then it would be in your best interest
to sit down with those who have traveled 700 miles from Memphis, Tennessee."
The protest was organized ahead of a meeting scheduled for Tuesday in Chicago
between McDonald's executives and two brothers from Memphis, James Byrd and
Darrell Byrd, who own four locations between them. The Byrd brothers filed a
class-action lawsuit against the company in October,
arguing that
McDonald's has put Black operators in economically distressed
communities with high levels of crime, leading to higher overhead costs in terms
of security, insurance, employee turnover and even rent.
"McDonald's has denied the Black franchisees the same opportunities as white
operators and continually steer them to
economically depressed and dangerous areas with low volume sales," said Wallace
"Gator" Bradley, president of United
in Peace, a political activist group fighting for the Black
community.
The company issued a statement in response to the protest:
"McDonald's takes its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion seriously
and does not tolerate discrimination of any kind," Reggie Miller, the company's
global chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, was quoted as saying. "We
must go further and remain focused on serious action to accelerate meaningful
and overdue societal change."
suntimes.com
COVID Update
US: Over 28.9M Cases - 515K Dead - 19.2M Recovered
Worldwide:
Over 112M Cases - 2.5M Dead - 88M Recovered
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3rd U.S. Covid Vaccine Moves Forward
FDA staff endorses Johnson & Johnson's single-shot vaccine for emergency
use
 The Food and Drug Administration's staff endorsed Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19
vaccine for emergency use, a critical step in bringing a third shot to the U.S.
marketplace. The staff report released Wednesday is meant to brief the FDA's
Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, which will meet
Friday to review J&J's request for emergency use authorization.
During similar requests by Pfizer and Moderna, the agency authorized those
companies' vaccinations one day after the committee of outside medical advisors
backed emergency use authorization. The committee is expected to recommend J&J's
vaccine. The FDA doesn't have to follow the committee's recommendation, but it
often does.
J&J submitted its Covid vaccine data to the FDA on Feb. 4. The vaccine's level
of protection varied by region, J&J said, with
the shot demonstrating 66% effectiveness overall, 72% in the United States,
66% in Latin America and 57% in South Africa, where the B.1.351 variant is
rapidly spreading. However, the FDA staff documents show the vaccine was 64%
effective in South Africa after about a month. The company said
the vaccine prevented 100% of hospitalizations and deaths.
nytimes.com
Pfizer, Moderna, J&J pledge 240M Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of March
The United States can expect to see a total of 240 million doses of Covid-19
vaccine by the end of March, drug companies told a House subcommittee Tuesday.
Pfizer
and
Moderna
-- the two companies with Covid-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use in the
United States -- have pledged to make a combined total of 220 million doses
available for shipment by the end of March. Meanwhile,
Johnson & Johnson,
which could secure emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine from the
US Food and Drug Administration later this week, has pledged to make 20 million
doses available in the same time frame.
cnn.com
42% of U.S. Workers Want Employers to Delay Re-Opening Until Vaccines Widely
Available to Employees, Research Finds
As the U.S. ramps up coronavirus vaccinations, new national research finds that
many U.S. workers (42 percent) indicate that their employer should wait to
re-open until COVID-19 vaccines are more widely available to employees. About
one-quarter (26 percent) say employees should be required to take a
COVID-19 test
before entering the workplace,
while 37 percent say testing should be encouraged.
A new national poll of working Americans from Eagle Hill Consulting also finds
that 57 percent of survey respondents believe employers should offer
vaccine incentives
to employees. And,
slightly above half (52 percent) agree that
employers should
require vaccines, up
from 49 percent in December 2020. And, there is growing support among employees
that employers should stay involved in some areas like requiring and encouraging
masks, social distancing, COVID-19 testing and temperature checks at work.
In terms of COVID testing, most (45 percent) say that employers should cover the
costs for any employer-mandated tests. Twenty-nine percent say the federal
government should bear the costs, while 15 percent say insurance providers or
state/local government (10 percent) should pay for required tests. Only two
percent agree employees should pay.
prnewswire.com
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8 challenges for business leaders that will shape year 2 of COVID-19
As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the intersection of the
ongoing economic crisis, the continuing pandemic, the social justice movement,
and increasing inequality are just the short list of what leaders need to
acknowledge, manage - and help to solve. We gathered a group of corporate
reputation strategists who have spent the last year helping companies manage
some of the most important and central issues surrounding COVID-19 to identify
key challenges corporate leaders will likely face in this second year of
pandemic response.
Leaders will need to imagine forward rather than look to playbooks of the past.
Here are eight challenges on the horizon for companies:
1:
As companies look to "build back better," the question will be better for whom?
2: The collapse of Main Street and small businesses will accelerate corporate
reckoning over growing wealth inequality
3: A permanent shift to working from home sets the conditions for decreasing
employee loyalty and increasing employee activism
4: The treatment of and reliance on essential workers throughout the pandemic
will lead to a reemergence of the labor movement during the early days of the
Biden administration
5: Companies - and managers - will need to face America's deteriorating mental
health as it continues to directly impact the workplace
6: Social justice issues will stay front and center. Companies will face
pressure to deliver beyond commitments made in 2020.
7: The disappearance of women from the workforce will worsen, undermining
diversity, wiping out hard-fought gains in leadership and pay equity, and
robbing the future talent pipeline of female leaders.
8: Divergent expectations and lack of societal norms around the return to both
work and play will create significant conflict that businesses will be forced to
mediate.
Read more here:
fastcompany.com
Crisis shifts CEOs' priorities
The pandemic has put business leaders to the ultimate test as unanticipated
disruptions changed the way we work. Many chief executives are
prioritizing organizational agility, technology and emerging regulations
as they navigate the pandemic, according to
IBM's 2021 CEO Study.
The survey of 3,000 chiefs found that leaders at high performing organizations
cited
managing an "anywhere" workforce as a top challenge over the next few years.
"The COVID-19 pandemic challenged many leaders to focus on what's essential,
like their people," says Mark Foster, senior vice president at IBM Services.
linkedin.com
Survey: Despite COVID-19 fears, consumers still carry cash
Cashless payments are on the rise in the wake of COVID-19,
but don't write off
hard currency just yet.
 A new survey from online deal platform CouponFollow,
"The State of Cashless
Spending in 2021," indicates nearly half (49%) of surveyed adult U.S. consumers
are worried about using cash due to the potential risk of COVID-19 transmission.
As a result, 41% started using cashless payments during 2020.
However, respondents are not entirely abandoning cash as a means of making
retail purchases. Six in 10 (62%) used cash for some of their shopping in 2020,
and nine in 10 (91%) carry cash on them at any given time. About
one-third (35%) of
respondents said they are prepared to give up using cash completely.
The survey also reveals that smartphone-based payments show promise for future
growth. Four in 10 (43%) respondents started using apps like Venmo and PayPal
more in 2020, while 33% are increasingly reliant on digital wallets like Apple
Pay. Other cashless payment forms that saw upticks in use by more than one-third
of respondents included credit cards (40%) and debit cards (38%).
chainstoreage.com
Swipe fees making it harder for retailers during the pandemic
Visa and Mastercard are planning to raise interaction (AKA swipe fees) for some
credit card purchases. Merchants paid $18.1 billion in interchange fees last
year, up 13 percent year-over-year, according to the Nielson Report. The fees
charged by the card issuers have long been a source of dispute with retailers
who claim that the high price of conducting transactions, particularly online,
is cutting into what little profits they already make.
retailwire.com
One of the Nation's Largest Chicken Producers Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing and
is Sentenced to a $107 Million Criminal Fine
 First
Corporation Pleads Guilty in Ongoing Criminal Antitrust Investigation into the
Broiler Chicken Industry
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (Pilgrim's), a major broiler chicken producer
based in Greeley, Colorado, has pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to pay
approximately $107 million in criminal fines for its participation in a
conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chicken products, the
Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
According to the plea agreement entered in the U.S. District Court in Denver,
from as early as 2012 and continuing at least into 2017, Pilgrim's participated
in a conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition for sales of broiler
chicken products in the United States that affected at least $361 million in
Pilgrim's sales of broiler chicken products. The District Court accepted
Pilgrim's guilty plea and sentenced the company to pay a criminal fine of
$107,923,572.
Pilgrim's is the first company to plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to
fix prices and rig bids for broiler chicken products. Broiler chickens are
chickens raised for human consumption and sold to grocers and restaurants.
Ten executives and employees at major broiler chicken producers have also
previously been charged. The investigation remains ongoing.
justice.gov
NRF's Jon Gold talks port congestion impact on retail
 Lori Ann LaRocco speaks with
Jonathan Gold,
VP of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation,
about the retail import slowdown. No retailer wants to have empty shelves or
place items they receive late immediately on discount. These added costs from
the delays ultimately have to be absorbed by the retailer. They discuss how
retailers are navigating the container crunch so they can be fully stocked.
KEY QUOTES FROM GOLD:
"The ripple effects that we're seeing from all of this congestion are pretty
significant. It's going to impact all sectors of the economy going forward."
"The inventory ratio is incredibly low. Folks are struggling to get product
in."
"Some of the challenges that we're facing are just operationally related issues
that I don't think Congress can address. But having a policy going forward so
that we understand the need for improving freight movement throughout the United
States and putting money towards that is incredibly important and sends the
right signal. ... What we're pushing for is a robust freight movement plan as
part of an infrastructure bill going forward."
Watch the video here:
freightwaves.com
Coca-Cola slammed for diversity training that urged workers to be 'less white';
LinkedIn removes lesson from its website after complaint goes viral
After a whistleblower complained that Coca-Cola was asking its employees to
engage in diversity training offered by LinkedIn Learning that encouraged them
to "try to be less white," the social media firm has removed the program.
"The Confronting Racism course featuring Robin DiAngelo is no longer
available in our course library, at the request of the 3rd party content
provider we licensed this content from," LinkedIn vice president of corporate
communications Nicole Leverich told Newsweek in an email. "We provide a wide
variety of learning content, including more than 270 courses on the topics of
diversity, inclusion and belonging."
Coca-Cola has been criticized on social media since Friday when Karlyn Borysenko,
who is an organizational psychologist and YouTube commentator,
tweeted screenshots of the LinkedIn course. She received the tip from
whistleblowers at Coca-Cola who said employees were "required" to take the
online course, though other companies were similarly asking their staff
to engage in the course, as well.
newsweek.com
Leading Retailers Endorse Equality Act
 Retail
Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Senior Executive Vice President, Public
Affairs, Michael Hanson issued the following statement in support of the
Equality Act, legislation which would amend Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act to provide employment non-discrimination protections based on sexual
orientation and gender identity:
"RILA proudly supports the Equality Act. This legislation complements the
industry's ongoing efforts to promote opportunity and inclusion in the
workforce. No one should face discrimination in the workplace based on sexual
orientation or gender identity."
rila.org
Instacart diversifying beyond groceries
Instacart, which started and grew primarily as a grocery delivery service, has
expanded its reach to offering similar services for retailers like Walgreens.
The company is also working with Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods, Sephora and
Staples.
cnn.com
Belk files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy, eyes lightning-fast exit
Fry's Electronics going out of business, shutting down all stores
Gap to invest $140 million to build Texas warehouse as online sales swell
Skincare company Heyday wants to open 'hundreds of stores' in next five years
Quarterly Results
Lowe's Q4 comp's up 28.6%, net sales up 26.7%; full-year net sales up 24.2%
TJX Companies Q4 comp's down 3%, net sales down 10.3%; full-year comp's down 4%,
net sales down 23%
This Week We are Making History with our Health & Wellness Webinar!
Prevent financial loss by equipping
employees with education and training
On Thursday, February 25, Product Protection Solutions' (PPS) is partnering with
the Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) and Movement Rx. They will offer education
and training to promote health and wellness within the loss prevention
community.
Register for Part 1 of this 2-part webinar series this Thursday, February 25
at 1:00 P.M. EST., "Working From Home: How to Get Employees Happier &
Healthier" here.
Then register to attend Part 2 on Thursday, March 4, at 1:00 P.M. EST.,
Happy Retail: Simple Tools to Improve Employee Physical & Emotional Health"
here.
The 2019 Retail Risk Report showed retail 2018 retail companies paid over
$64 million in losses due to strain injuries between 2016-2018. Physical
injuries not only impact the bottom line but also affects employee lost time.
The average employee lost time due to a physical injury is 24 days.
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New LPRC Report:
Feedback and Trial Results of CIS Security Solutions'
Tick-R-Tape Technology
Package tags and wraps are widely used to protect merchandise. However, as
retail offenders adapt and learn techniques to defeat these technologies,
solution providers must respond by developing new, more secure ways to protect
products.
CIS Security Solutions Inc. developed and sought to test their
Tick-R-Tape technology, a universal package tag designed to protect hard and
soft merchandise.
In 2019, the Loss Prevention Research Council worked with a large department
store chain to better understand the effects of implementing CIS' Tick-R-Tape
in-store. The goals of the research were to:
1. Examine offender reactions to the Tick-R-Tape technology
2. Understand customer perceptions of CIS' Tick-R-Tape technology
3. Understand associate perceptions of CIS' Tick-R-Tape technology
4. Compare the Tick-R-Tape to traditional keeper boxes and spider-wraps by
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3 RH-ISAC Cyber Thursday Webinars Tomorrow, Feb. 25
The Retail and Hospitality Information
Sharing and Analysis Center
 11
am ET:
Staycations for Cybercriminals: How Hackers Are Exploiting the Shift Toward
Online Retail and Hospitality Services
1 pm ET:
Manage and Mitigate Risks With Information Security Capability Prioritization
*Member Exclusive Webinar
3 pm ET:
Stop Fraud Without Friction: How to Stay Ahead of Motivated Attackers
See RH-ISAC's other upcoming events
here.
Checkout Skimmers Powered by Chip Cards
 Easily the most sophisticated skimming devices made for hacking terminals at
retail self-checkout lanes are a new breed of PIN pad overlay combined with a
flexible, paper-thin device that fits inside the terminal's chip reader slot.
What enables these skimmers to be so slim? They draw their power from the
low-voltage current that gets triggered when a chip-based card is inserted. As a
result, they do not require external batteries, and can remain in operation
indefinitely.
The overlay skimming device pictured here consists of two main components. The
one on top is a regular PIN pad overlay designed to record keypresses when a
customer enters their debit card PIN. The overlay includes a microcontroller and
a small data storage unit (bottom left).
The second component, which is wired to the overlay skimmer, is a flexible card
skimmer (often called a "shimmer") that gets fed into the mouth of the chip card
acceptance slot. You'll notice neither device contains a battery, because there
simply isn't enough space to accommodate one.
Virtually all payment card terminals at self-checkout lanes now accept (if not
also require) cards with a chip to be inserted into the machine. When a chip
card is inserted, the terminal reads the data stored on the smart card by
sending an electric current through the chip.
Incredibly, this skimming apparatus is able to siphon a small amount of that
power (a few milliamps) to record any data transmitted by the payment terminal
transaction and PIN pad presses. When the terminal is no longer in use, the
skimming device remains dormant.
The skimmer does not stick out of the payment terminal at all when it's been
seated properly inside the machine.
krebsonsecurity.com
Mexican Politician Removed Over Alleged Ties to Romanian ATM Skimmer Gang
The leader of Mexico's Green Party has been removed from office following
allegations that he received money from a Romanian ATM skimmer gang that
stole hundreds of millions of dollars from tourists visiting Mexico's top
tourist destinations over the past five years. The scandal is the latest
fallout stemming from a three-part investigation into the organized crime group
by KrebsOnSecurity in 2015.
Jose de la Peña Ruiz de Chávez, who leads the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM),
was dismissed this month after it was revealed that his were among 79 bank
accounts seized as part of an ongoing law enforcement investigation into a
Romanian organized crime group that owned and operated an ATM network throughout
the country.
krebsonsecurity.com
10K Targeted in Phishing Attacks Spoofing FedEx, DHL Express
Two large phishing attacks, aimed at a combined 10,000 victims, spoofed emails
from FedEx and DHL Express in an attempt to steal their targets' business
email account credentials.
The attackers' techniques included social engineering, brand impersonation, and
link redirects,
report Armorblox researchers who detected the campaigns. They also hosted
phishing pages on Quip and Google Firebase. Because these domains are considered
reputable, malicious emails may bypass security filters configured to block bad
links and files, researchers note.
darkreading.com
SolarWinds Attackers Lurked for 'Several Months' in FireEye's Network
Top execs from FireEye, SolarWinds,
Microsoft, and CrowdStrike testified before the US Senate Tuesday on the
aftermath - and ongoing investigations - into the epic attacks.
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spent "several months" embedded in FireEye's network before the security firm
spotted them, Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, told a congressional committee
today.
"The attacker wasn't alive every single day" on our network, Mandia told the US
Senate Intelligence Committee in response to a question about the attack time
frame on FireEye's network. "They were on our systems for three hours on one
day, a week would go by, and a couple of hours another day. We weren't a
full-time job for [them] ... because they had broken into another 60-plus, if
not 100, organizations. There were several days of activity before we detected
them."
Mandia, along with Microsoft president Brad Smith, CrowdStrike president and CEO
George Kurtz, and new SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna, testified before the
intelligence committee today in a hearing on the so-called SolarWinds cyber
espionage attack campaign that US intelligence officials say is most likely the
handiwork of Russian nation-state actors.
Conspicuously missing from the panel was Amazon Web Services (AWS), which
declined the Senate's invitation to testify -- a snub that appeared to rile
several senators on the committee. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., pointed out that
the attack was waged inside the US, and
some secondary command-and-control nodes were hosted on AWS's infrastructure.
darkreading.com
More SolarWinds Hack Victims Yet to Be Publicly Identified, Tech Executives Say
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'Responding to Escalated Violence in Retail'
Hear from Sean Sportun at the Upcoming Retail Loss Prevention Forum
 Security
Mgr, Circle K, Central Canada | Board Chair, Toronto Crime Stoppers
Sean has spent the last fifteen years as Security Manager for Circle K Stores
Central Canada Division. He is tasked with ensuring the safety of customers and
employees, crime deterrence programs, and managing all investigations for the
division's 740 locations.
Sean will discuss how to respond to escalated violence in retail. With an
increase in violent situations occurring in retail spaces, LP professionals must
reevaluate their strategies. Sean will share the results of community engagement
and training strategies that lowered violence and increased sales. He will also
explore the value of partnering with Crime Stoppers.
During the Retail Loss
Prevention Forum on April 8,
you'll gain actionable insights on responding to violence and other pertinent LP
topics.
Visit RCCLPConference.ca
for full event information and stay tuned for more agenda announcements.
Register today to take advantage of early bird rates.
Third COVID Wave in Canada?
Trudeau warns of dangerous 3rd wave as Canada copes with vaccine 'drought'
 Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians that public health measures,
including restrictions on indoor social gatherings, would have to continue for
weeks to come as new Covid-19 variants, and a slow vaccine rollout, risk
causing a dangerous third wave of the virus.
"We have to keep taking strong public health measures," said Trudeau
during a news conference Friday adding, "otherwise we could see a third wave
that is even worse than the second or the first, and I know that's not the news
you want to hear."
Canadian public health officials released alarming new modeling Friday
indicating that even current public health measures will not be enough to
contain a third wave if fueled by faster spreading variants of Covid-19.
cnn.com
Ontario Scraps Plan to Ease COVID Restrictions
No Reprieve for Toronto as Tight Lockdown Extended to March
Ontario's government has scrapped plans to allow more businesses to reopen in
Toronto after city officials warned it would be a deadly mistake.
Stay-at-home orders will remain in place until at least
March 8 in Canada's largest city and financial center, as well as two
other regions of the province. Toronto had been expected to return to
less-stringent measures on Feb. 22, allowing for limited opening of some retail
businesses that have been closed to in-person activity since November.
"These are difficult but necessary decisions, in order to protect against
Covid-19 variants and maintain the progress we have all made together," Health
Minister Christine Elliott said in a statement.
The reversal came after municipal officials, including Toronto Mayor John Tory,
urged Ontario Premier Doug Ford to slow down reopening plans, which would
have allowed struggling retailers to open at 25% capacity.
bloomberg.com
'Five hundred feet away, and they can let
people inside, but I can't?'
Steeles Avenue a frustrating border for locked-down Toronto businesses
 "Five
hundred feet away, and they can let people inside, but I can't? How does that
make any sense at all? It's terrible," said Gianopoulos, owner of Laterna, a
small North York restaurant serving Greek and Italian food.
In Toronto and Peel Region, there's still a stay-at-home order in effect to
slow the spread of COVID-19, at least until March 8. On Monday, York
Region moved out of the stay-at-home order and into the "red zone," meaning
restaurants could allow indoor dining, barbers could provide haircuts, and
non-essential retailers could open up, at limited capacity.
Just a few minutes away from Laterna on the north side of Steeles in
Thornhill, Sababa Fine Foods offers a wide array of Middle Eastern foods at its
deli counter. The family which owns Sababa is mulling over whether or not to
open up the dining room, now that they're allowed to have diners inside.
That discrepancy frustrates Toronto business owners who've struggled with
various levels of restrictions since the global pandemic was declared last
March. It also means, say small business advocates, that Toronto residents will
simply head a few minutes north to do their shopping, eat in a
restaurant, or especially, to trim their lockdown-lengthened hair.
thepeterboroughexaminer.com
CFIB Statement on Lockdown Extensions in Toronto and Peel
Toronto small businesses weary from pandemic uncertainty
Opinion: Manitoba retailers paid bigger COVID price than rest of Canada
Vaccines are Only One Piece of the Puzzle
Mass vaccinations not only factor in Canada's reopening timeline
Canada's chief public health officer says the timing of when Canada will return
to some state of normalcy is not solely dependent on the country achieving
mass vaccination.
Weighing in on U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statements that England will
move to lift all COVID-19 restrictions by June 21, Dr. Theresa Tam said Canada's
reopening timelines rely on a variety of factors.
She said while vaccinations generally play a "key role," other indicators
include "the actual epidemic curve in terms of where it's moving, the rates of
serious outcomes including ICU admissions, hospitalizations and deaths...and
you also want the public health capacity for testing, tracing, contact tracing
all to be in place."
ctvnews.ca
Record Vaccine Delivery
Canada to receive record 640K vaccine doses this week with Pfizer,
Moderna deliveries
Canada is poised to receive a record number of COVID-19 vaccine doses this
week thanks to scheduled deliveries from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, as the
country looks to speed up its vaccination efforts.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects more than 640,000 shots from
the pharmaceutical giants this week, which would represent the largest number of
deliveries in a single week.
The previous record was set last week when Pfizer and BioNTech delivered
more than 400,000 doses of their vaccine following a month-long lull while they
expanded a production plant in Europe.
ctvnews.ca
U.S. is outpacing Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Retailers Rushing to Build Logistics Hubs
E-Commerce Explosion to Fuel Warehouse Building Boom in Canada
Canada is on the verge of a warehouse
building boom as soaring demand for online goods is expected to continue beyond
the pandemic.
Forty million square feet of additional warehouse space will be needed in
the next five years after e-commerce sales rose 32% last year, according
to a report from brokerage CBRE Ltd.
That's more than all the leasable warehouse space in the country's three largest
industrial real estate markets combined, meaning there will be little choice but
to build new facilities, according to the report.
After lagging some developed countries in embracing e-commerce, Canada is now
posting some of the fastest growth as shoppers doubled the share of their online
purchases to at least 40% during the pandemic, according to a recent report from
JP Morgan. Retailers are rushing to build logistics
hubs to fulfill orders, making the country's three largest cities,
Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, the three tightest markets for industrial
space in North America, CBRE said.
bloomberg.com
Struggling Bars & Restaurants Facing New
Competition from 7-Eleven
Why 7-Eleven's plan to serve alcohol in Ontario sparks concern - and curiosity
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in business community
7-Eleven's new plan to sell wine and beer at several Ontario stores is raising
both eyebrows and concern in the business community. Already struggling with
COVID-19 restrictions, Ontario bars and restaurants may soon be facing new
competition from a powerful, multinational chain of convenience stores.
That's right: it will be restaurants and bars competing with 7-Eleven if its
applications are successful. The company is applying for licences to sell beer
and wine for in-store consumption only. Corner store alcohol sales remain
prohibited in Ontario.
cbc.ca
Union workers call on Ontario to reject 7-Eleven proposal to sell alcohol
Largest Monthly Drop Since April
Canada: Retail Sales decline by 3.4% in December vs. -2.5% expected
Retail Sales in Canada fell by 3.4% in December to $53.4 billion and
recorded the largest monthly fall since April, the data published by
Statistics Canada showed on Friday. This reading followed November's increase of
1.3% and missed the market expectation for a decrease of 2.5%.
fxstreet.com
Canadian Tire to Close National Sports Store Chain Amid New Competition
How the Pandemic Has Changed Consumer Expectations While Accelerating
Ecommerce in Canada
Canadian retail sales of cannabis double in December 2020
Scarborough, ON: Boy, 16, charged with murder in fatal strip mall shooting
 Toronto
police have charged a 16-year-old boy with first-degree murder in connection
with the fatal shooting of a 62-year-old man at a Scarborough strip mall
earlier this month. Cam-Thanh Tat was found with gunshot wounds in an apartment
above the plaza in the Lawrence Avenue East and Pharmacy Avenue area around 7:08
p.m. on Feb. 8. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The teen, who cannot be
identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was arrested Friday and
appeared in court by video the same day. Police say their investigation remains
active and ongoing. Cam-Thanh's death is the city's seventh homicide of the
year.
ca.news.yahoo.com
Vancouver, BC: Alleged mask thief cuts hands of LP officers during his escape
Face masks are apparently becoming so valuable they are being stolen off
Vancouver shelves. According to a release from the Vancouver Police
Department, on Monday evening a man walked into an East Vancouver retail store
and picked up some packages of face masks. Two loss prevention officers in the
store saw him allegedly conceal the masks and attempt to walk out, neglecting to
pay for the masks. The release goes to state that when officers confronted the
alleged thief, he cut each of their hands with a sharp object and fled the
store. A few hours later, a VPD municipal police officer spotted the suspect. He
was then arrested for theft, and assault with a weapon, and taken to jail.
vancouverisawesome.com
Edmonton, AB: Another robbery too much for business owner during pandemic
Outside his Edmonton sporting goods shop lays the metal frame that was supposed
to protect his storefront. Someone weaved a chain through the bars and ripped it
down. Edmonton police investigators believe a heavy vehicle was used. Sports
Shack has been broken into five times at its current location and twice in the
last few months. Break-ins would be difficult enough for the small business
owner to endure but this, coupled with the pandemic, has made it even worse.
edmonton.ctvnews.ca
Quinte West OPP arrest three suspects in province-wide shoplifting spree
Welland, ON: Canine helps track down suspect after pharmacy armed robbery
Kingston, ON: 3 men arrested following armed robbery of convenience store
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Vaccine Incentives for Amazon Employees
Amazon offering bonuses to front-line employees who get Covid vaccine
New up-to-$80 benefit to those who get the
vaccine off-site is the latest in our efforts to support employees, customers,
and communities during the pandemic.
As COVID-19 vaccines become available to front-line workers, we are asking
our employees to be vaccinated at the earliest appropriate time to protect
themselves, their families, and communities. To help, hourly employees in the
U.S. such as those working in Operations, Customer Service, AWS Support and Data
Centers, Devices Support and Data Associates, Whole Foods Markets, and Physical
Stores will receive $40 for each dose if they have to go off-site for the
vaccine.
In addition to supporting employees when they go off-site to get the vaccine, we
have begun the work to build on-site vaccine options at many of our
Operations sites and will use them in partnership with local governments as
the vaccine becomes available to us.
This new benefit is on top of the $2.5 billion we invested in special bonuses
and incentives for our teams globally over the last year, and the $11.5
billion we invested in COVID-19-related measures overall. This investment has
enabled us to provide more than one million in-house COVID-19 tests for
employees, a pop-up clinic in Seattle, PPE and extensive safety measures for
employees and partners throughout our network, a $25 million relief fund for
partners, and two million testing kits to teachers, staff, and select students
in Colorado, to name a few.
aboutamazon.com
Kohl's tried striking a deal with Amazon. It wasn't enough
When Michelle Gass took over as Kohl's CEO in 2018, she tried getting creative
to bring more shoppers into stores. The company had just struck a deal with
Amazon the previous year to allow customers to bring their returns to select
Kohl's locations. The hope was that the deal would attract younger consumers
who would then stick around and shop. Kohl's expanded the partnership to
every store during Gass's tenure, and she said in November that it was "pleased"
with the program.
Kohl's has attempted several other new approaches to draw customers in recent
years, including expanding its sportswear assortment and leasing out space at a
handful of stores to Planet Fitness (PLNT) and Aldi. Such efforts haven't
been enough to fend off activist investors, who now want to shake things up.
cnn.com
E-Commerce Boom is Driving Blue-Collar Job Growth
Online shopping grows to over 70% of EU internet users
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Charlotte, NC: Criminals turn to online marketplaces to sell stolen merchandise
 Online
bargain hunters beware: You may be getting more than you bargained for. If you
shop online, like many people, you might be surprised to learn that the hot deal
you just got might actually be "hot" as in stolen. "They're brazen," said CMPD
Det. Thomas Kendziora. "They're bold and they just go in and take the items."
Stolen items are turning up on sites like Facebook Marketplace, eBay, and
OfferUp. That means a gift you got or an item you purchased cheap could be part
of a police report. "There's a good chance that it's stolen," said Home Depot
spokesperson Christina Cornell. This souped-up shoplifting is known as organized
retail crime. Professional thieves are working in groups to steal tens of
thousands of dollars of merchandise, sometimes over several months, then turn to
online marketplaces to sell it. "They're trying to resell these items very
quickly," said Cornell. "For cash."
counton2.com
Laredo, TX: Women jailed for allegedly stealing clothing from Old Navy, Target
 Two
women have been arrested in connection with a couple of thefts at Old Navy and
Target, according to Laredo police. On Tuesday, Maria del Socorro Jimenez, 30,
and Ana Gabriel Martinez, 22, were served with arrest warrants charging them
with theft of property and engaging in organized criminal activity. LPD
officers responded to a theft report on Jan. 16 at the Old Navy on 7605 San
Dario Ave. Loss prevention personnel stated that three women entered the store
and stole assorted items. The women allegedly took three packs of men's briefs
and two graphic tees before concealing them in a plastic bag and exiting the
store without paying for the merchandise.
lmtonline.com
Palos Height, IL: Burglars In Stolen Car Break Into T-Mobile
Burglars broke into a Palos Heights cell phone store making off with merchandise
and cash early Tuesday morning. Officers responded to an alarm around 4:15 a.m.
at T-Mobile, College Drive, Palos Heights. When officers arrived, they
discovered that the business's front window had been shattered. The suspects
removed an unknown number of phones and cash, police said.
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Shootings & Deaths
New York, NY: Suspect arrested in fatal Harlem liquor store shooting
A suspected gunman wanted for a Harlem liquor store slaying has been busted,
police said Wednesday, Isiah Smith, 35, was arrested Tuesday evening and charged
with murder and gun possession in the shooting of Darell McAllister, 24, the
night of Dec. 22. Police said the shooting had a gang element. Smith is Blood,
police believe, though it does not appear his victim had any know connection to
a gang or crew. The trouble began when McAllister got into an argument with
several men inside R & C Wine & Liquor on E. 111th Street.
nydailynews.com
Trenton, NJ: Man Gunned Down, Another Shot In The Face outside Gas Station
 Authorities
in Mercer County announced they are investigating a fatal double shooting in
Trenton that happened on Monday night. Trenton police report responding to the
shooting on Sanhican Drive shortly after 6 p.m. Monday. Officers report finding
two men suffering from gunshot wounds out front of the Sunoco Station. After
transport to the hospital, 25-year-old Khalil Gibbs of West Windsor was
pronounced dead. Authorities say he was struck in his torso. The 20-year-old
shooting victim from Trenton remains hospitalized after being shot in the face,
according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office.
planetprinceton.com
Update: Beachwood, OH: Beachwood Police officer fired after July 2019 shooting
of a suspected shoplifter at Beachwood Place
 In
a letter sent from Beachwood Mayor Martin S. Horwitz to former officer Blake
Rogers, the mayor says that Rogers violated multiple ethical, use of force, and
standards policies enforced by the Beachwood Police Department, including
discharging his weapon in the presence of children. During the incident,
Officer Rogers reportedly shot a suspected shoplifter after the man was seen
stealing a $60 hat and attempted to leave Beachwood Place. The suspect,
later identified as Jaquan Jones, drove over Officer Rogers' foot while
attempting to leave the mall parking lot.
"Your employment as a City of Beachwood Police Officer is terminated
immediately," said Beachwood's Mayor Martin S. Horwitz in a letter to Rogers.
"As there is current legal action filed by you against the City of Beachwood,
there will be no further comments or interviews on the behalf of the City." In
October, a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury announced that there would be no felony
charges filed against Rogers. The former officer filed a lawsuit against the
City of Beachwood following the announcement that he would not face charges.
cleveland19.com
Fort Mills, SC: Man wanted in S.C. gas station killing turns self in to police
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Staten Island, NY: Man sought for questioning in connection with knife-point
robbery at Nordstrom Rack
The NYPD is asking via social media for the public's help identifying a man
sought for questioning in connection with a knife-point robbery in the afternoon
at a store in St. George. The incident occurred at Nordstrom Rack in the Empire
Outlets at 15 Richmond Terrace on Feb. 3 at about 2:20 p.m., according to a
spokeswoman for the NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
silive.com
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C-Store - Mesa, AZ - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Chicago, IL
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Clothing - Staten
Island, NY - Armed Robbery
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Clothing - Atlantic
City, NJ - Burglary
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Family Dollar -
Shreveport, LA - Armed Robbery
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Fast Lube - Scappoose,
OR - Burglary
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Gas Station - Rutland,
VT - Burglary
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Gas Station - Grosse
Point, MI - Burglary
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Gas Station - Sandy,
UT - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Sandy,
UT - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Sandy,
UT - Armed Robbery
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Grocery - Scappoose,
OR - Burglary
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Jewelry - Concord, NC
- Robbery
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Jewelry - El Paso, TX
- Robbery
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Liquor - Chicago, IL -
Burglary
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Liquor - Rochester, MN - Burglary
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Liquor - Rochester, MN - Burglary
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Jewelry - Chattanooga, TN - Robbery
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Jewelry - Effingham, IL - Robbery
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Pharmacy -
Philadelphia, PA - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Tampa, FL - Armed Robbery (Burger King)
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Restaurant -
Scappoose, OR - Burglary (Starbucks)
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T-Mobile - Palos
Heights, IL - Burglary
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Waterville, ME - Robbery
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Baltimore, MD
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The Senior Manager, Retail Asset Protection is responsible for implementing
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