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Cyberattack Investigation Continues for Raley’s
Monday, it was announced that the West
Sacramento-based store was continuing their investigation on
the cyberattack on their computers where some of the
customers reported unauthorized activity on their personal
card-payment accounts. Since the public disclosing of the
possible cyberattack last Thursday, half a dozen shoppers of
the Raley’s supermarket have contacted The Sacramento Bee
about problems in their accounts. Reports of unauthorized
attempts of card use all over the U.S. popped up, including
California, Ohio, and Alabama. Raley's also comments that
they do not collect Social Security or driver’s license
numbers with transactions that use a payment card.
(Source
sacbee.com)
Walgreens Pays $80 Million- Oxycodone Reached Black Market
Allegations that the drug store allowed millions of
controlled substances to reach the black market resulted in
a hefty fine. In September, Walgreens was accused of
endangering public safety and the DEA barred them from
shipping oxycodone and other controlled drugs from its
distribution center in Jupiter, FL. The distribution
center’s controlled substance licenses were suspended until
September 2014, as well as the licenses of six of its 800
Florida pharmacies until May 2014. The DEA said Walgreens
failed to maintain proper controls to make sure the drugs
were not given to addicts and drug dealers.
(Source
freep.com)
EEOC says BMW, Dollar General Criminal-Conviction Hiring
Policies Discriminates Against Blacks The
EEOC filed lawsuits against the BMW’s Spartanburg, SC
manufacturing plant as well as the Dollar General in
Goodlettsville, TN. The claim is that both companies are
violating the Civil Rights Act due to their policies of not
hiring those convicted of crimes, and that is costing
African-Americans jobs. The lawsuit against Dollar General
was filed by two black applicants who were rejected jobs.
EEOC is looking to put an injunction in place so this kind
of discrimination doesn’t happen again in the future.
(Source
bizjournals.com)
ACLU: National Security Agency Surveillance of Verizon
Customers Violates 1st and 4th Amendments The
lawsuit, filed Tuesday, fights a surveillance court order
made last week, which the ACLU received. The order required
the company to turn over phone call details, including
information about the calls made and when they were made.
The ACLU lawsuit is not the first to emerge challenging the
surveillance program. Larry Klayman, founder of watchdog
websites Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, filed a similar
lawsuit on Friday. (Source
csoonline.com)
Strong Sales Growth at HBC Offset by Lord & Taylors 1.4%
Drop
The retail stores same-store sales decline proved not to be
enough to keep Hudson’s Bay Company results for the first
quarter in the cold. HBC’s same-store sales went up nearly
8% but were slightly offset by a decline in Lord & Taylor’s
same-store sales of 1.4%. Sales at Lord & Taylor were
certainly impacted by the bad weather trends causing
customer traffic in their stores to drop, compared to last
year’s first quarter. (Source
retailingtoday.com)
Office Max/Office Depot Company Merger Looking for CEO
The search for a CEO is underway with the help of global
talent management consultancy Korn/Ferry, for the combined
company in their pending merger. The search process is hoped
to be done at or prior to the close of the merger, which
started earlier this year. (Source
retailingtoday.com)
The Future of Retail: From Digital to Physical
AT&T is redesigning their retail stores, including a
stylized space that looks more like a museum lobby, and
equipped with new-age digital technology that will certainly
grab your attention. The hands-on help is definitely a plus
as well. Retailers such as Michael Kors, Staples and Pep
Boys are wowing the consumer with their futuristic in-store
shopping experiences. Using technology has revved up from
ringing sales via mobile devices, creating an interactive
world, or as president at AT&T calls it, turning “the
traditional website experience into the physical
experience.” Pep Boys are giving their stores a digital
overhaul: associates carry iPads and customers can sit in a
digital lounge and charge their iphones or tablets and enjoy
free WiFi. With even more innovation coming, it will be
interesting to see what else they can come up with.
(Source
adweek.com)
Retailers Turn to Technology to Drive Customer Engagement
Adapting and using the new technology at hand will be
crucial for retailers’ success. The pressure is on to
enhance the in-store experience, and here are some of the
trends they have adopted to engage their customers. Despite
the customer feeling uneasy about sharing personal data, it
could enhance their experiences shopping if used in the
right way. Neiman Marcus uses an app called NM Services,
where once a customer checks into the store, staff can
customize recommendations for the customer and efficiently
direct the customer to the appropriate products. Me-Ality is
another innovation in technology: this Size-Matching
Stations utilizes the skin’s natural moistures to provide
specific size and style recommendations for clothing sold in
the store. Eddie Bauer and Bloomingdale’s have both
partnered with this company, and Eddie Bauer even offers
discounts on items recommended by the machine.
(Source
therobinreport.com)
ATM Skimming- Watch Out!
ATM skimming is responsible for about $350,000 of monetary
losses each day in the United States and is considered to be
the number one ATM-related crime. Here are a few things to
look for the next time you need to hit an ATM.
(Source
csoonline.com)
Butterfly Wing Model for Fighting Counterfeiters
Nanotech Security Corp. in Canada is looking to use the
structure of a Morpho butterfly, known for bright,
iridescent blue or green wings, to make a visual image that
would be almost impossible to counterfeit. The printed
security image could be embossed on virtually any surface
including pills. By studying the wings of this butterfly,
and the ways it uses patterned scales to produce the
brightly colored hues, the company made ‘nano-hole arrays’
which give off the same iridescent effects with a simpler
structure that is also able to be produced in mass
quantities. Because of the complexity of the image, and the
cost of equipment needed to produce it, counterfeiting would
be unlikely. (Source
foxnews.com)
$625,000 in Gold Bars stolen from Miami International
Airport- Cargo Handler and Pawn Shop Owner Arrested
Marco Cruz, cargo clerk at the
airport, was charged with stealing a box of six gold bars
that arrived on an American Airlines flight last month. When
other cargo workers noticed the box missing, they notified
authorities. Pawn shop owner, Ramses Llufrio, was charged
with knowingly receiving the stolen property. He bought five
gold bars for $250,000. If convicted, the men will face 10
years in prison. (Source
yahoo.com)
Reusable Bags: Great for the Ecosytem... and Shoplifting
A ban on single-use bags have required more attention on
reusable bags from authorities. The ban, which took place on
March 1st in Austin, TX, has made it harder to differentiate
between customers and shoplifters. People can put items in
their bags while shopping, and walk away without paying.
According to Austin police officer, David Silva, shoplifters
could be going unnoticed, because store officials have to
see a person stealing in order to question them. Although
the statistics in Austin don’t necessarily show a rise in
theft, in other cities like Seattle, 1 in 5 businesses
reported an increase in shoplifting. There’s no way to say
for sure, though, if it’s due to the ban or not.
(Source
omaha.com)
 Two
wanted in violent armed robbery of a Kay Jewelers, taking
$500K in jewelry
Two thieves used a stun gun on the female
clerk of Kay Jewelers in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and walk
out with more than $500,00 in jewelry and $200 in cash. The
suspects took the keys from the two clerks and started
opening the cases of jewelry. Police believe they may have
done this before, especially since the male suspect had tape
over his fingers, and the female wore gloves so as to not
leave behind fingerprints. Gwinnett County Police Cpl, Jake
Smith, said “We don’t have anything in Gwinnett that matches
these two individuals but we have spread the word to see
what might match how these two are committing the crimes and
their general descriptions.” (Source
ksdk.com)
 51-year-old
Charged for Beverly, MA Jewelry Store Robberies
James Ray Radler, wanted in at least
five states, was ordered held on $750,000 cash bail, in
connection with two robberies of Beverly jewelry stores. He
could be responsible for a dozen more, authorities say. He
pled not guilty to two counts of breaking and entering and
malicious destruction of property, as well as to being a
fugitive from justice. Radler faces charges in connection
with robberies at the same jewelry store about a week apart
in December and January. The police linked Radler to the
robbery from blood left at the store. Police found him in a
Danvers hotel and arrested him over the weekend.
(Source
cbslocal.com)
St.
Louis Walgreen’s Pharmacy Window No Match for Thieves Two
men punched a hole through the security glass at the
pharmacy’s drive-thru window. They were caught on
surveillance camera, but were gone by the time police
arrived at the scene. If the suspects took narcotics,
another problem could stem from the burglary: selling the
drugs on the streets. (Source
kplr11.com)
‘Another One Bites The Dust’ in Credit Card Fraud Ring
One of 32 people charged in a multimillion-dollar,
multi-state credit card fraud ring appeared in court Monday
in Jersey City. Olukayode Adeosun impersonated the identity
of numerous credit card holders and raked in $75,000 in
illegal profits. Bail was set at $500,000. Nearly 1,000
victims country-wide were affected by the scam.
(Source
nj.com)
Houston County Sheriff: 11 robberies committed in 3 states
are linked
In a press conference on Monday,
Houston County, Alabama's Sheriff Andy Hughes said
authorities believe at least 11 robberies over the last
three months across three states are linked. Some of the
robberies involved attacks on clerks and shooting out the
glass of store’s windows and doors to gain entry. Click the
story to read more on which robberies are believed to be
linked. (Source
al.com)
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