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Sha
Kusuman named Director of Asset Protection
for Christian Dior Couture
Before joining Christian Dior Couture as the Director of Asset Protection, Sha
spent seven years with Barneys New York. At Barneys, he held various roles:
Senior Director, Loss Prevention & Operations (nearly 5 years), Regional
Director, Loss Prevention East Coast (1 year), Manager of Loss Prevention (1
year) and External Investigations Manager (1 year). Earlier in his career, he
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Eric Burgess named Director of Loss Prevention
for Vincente's Supermarkets
Before being named Director of Loss Prevention for Vincente's Supermarkets, Eric
spent five years with BJ's Wholesale Club as a Regional Asset Control Manager.
Prior to that, he spent more than a year and a half as Assistant Store Manager
for Toys R Us. Earlier in his career, he served as Assistant Store Manager for
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Year
in Review: What Was New in 2020
In case you missed it, here are some of
ADT Commercial's
biggest announcements published in the D&D Daily this year:
Acquisitions
● Dec:
ADT Commercial Acquires CLS Technology Inc.
● Nov:
ADT Commercial Acquires Deterrent Technologies, Inc.
● Feb: ADT
Commercial Purchases Alliant Integrators, Inc.
Partnerships
● Sep:
ADT Invests in Percepta Labs, "Ethical AI" Security Technology Startup
● June:
ADT Partners with Dollar Tree Inc. to Deliver Industry-Leading Solutions to
Retail Locations Nationwide
● May: ADT
Delivers Safety and Peace of Mind to Instacart Shoppers With ADT Mobile Solution
Giving Back
● June:
ADT Commercial donates meals to healthcare workers across the U.S.
● May:
ADT Contributes $1 Million to Assist Over 100 Nonprofits Across America Hit Hard
by Coronavirus
● Mar:
ADT Provides Update on Safety of Our Customers and Employees
During the COVID-19 Health Crisis
Recognizing the People
● Oct:
ADT Names Derrick Dicoi Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
● July:
ADT Commercial Announces New Appointments to Enterprise Security Risk Group
LPNN Top Videos
● June:
Sponsor of #1 All-Time Most-Watched 'LP Leader' Episode
● May:
#2 All-Time
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Two ADT Execs Among This Year's Winners
Security Systems News welcomes "40 under 40" Class of 2020
Security Systems News is excited to bring you this year's "40 under 40"
class of 2020, made up of a diverse and talented group of young professionals
representing the next generation of leaders in security.
This year's "40 under 40" class is an incredible mix of security consultants
(13 winners) - added for the first time in 2019 - system integrators,
security dealers and monitoring professionals (17 winners), and end users
(10 winners). This year's class also includes 13 women, up from only 7 last
year, which not only reflects the increase in the number and quality of
nominations we received for women this year, but also reflects the changing
culture and dynamic within our industry.
Another interesting trend is the continued increase in security professionals
with cybersecurity and IT know-how - to go with their physical and electronic
security chops - changing the face, both literally and figuratively, of security
as we know it. Many in this year's class are helping to guide their companies
during these challenging times, while leveraging new technologies and best
practices, and striving to grow professionally.
Here are the SSN "40 under 40" Class of 2020 winners.
Protests & Violence
Unrest the New Norm?
Whitepaper urges your enterprise to rethink corporate response to social unrest
 A new whitepaper from global risk consultancy Control Risks addresses how
businesses should rethink their global corporate response to social unrest.
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified and accelerated the threat posed by unrest
to businesses - not only in the US, but globally. While the reasons for unrest
may not have changed, the environments in which organizations now operate are
different and so the expectations of stakeholders are likely to change.
In the report,
Rethinking your global corporate response to social unrest, Jacqueline
Day, Sorana Parvulescu, and Charles Hecker explain why it's time to embrace a
longer-term view and mindset that acknowledges unrest as the "new norm." The
whitepaper shares five key issues every company should consider when approaching
risk arising from social unrest as well as five actions every company should
take to prepare for such activity.
The five considerations include: objectively assess your risk management
programs and longer-term security needed; evaluating crisis management team
membership and bandwidth; defining your organization's social and community
engagement agenda; refocusing the enterprise's government relations program and
approach to political risk management; and challenging previous thinking on duty
of care as well as revisiting associated policies.
securitymagazine.com
Chicago: Six Months After Looting and Property Damage, City Eyes Next Chapter
This month, WTTW News is checking in on neighborhoods across Chicago where civil
unrest occurred this summer, including some instances of looting and property
damage. So far, they've reported on the
South Chicago neighborhood on the city's Southeast Side, along with
Englewood on the city's South Side. Businesses in both areas experienced
civil unrest and looting in late May and early June.
wttw.com
NYC shootings on pace to hit a 14-year high, NYPD commissioner says
The city has seen 1,433 shooting incidents and 1,756 gun-violence
victims as of Monday - nearly double last year's numbers over the same
time, according to NYPD data. "We had nine shootings yesterday," Police
Commissioner Dermot Shea said. "Last year that would have been a full week."
Shea touted the department's uptick in gun arrests over the last three months,
which were up by 25 percent year-to-date, but said the elimination of bail in
most cases means police make little headway.
"We have made staggering numbers of gun arrests, taking guns off the streets
from felons . . . but when you look, three days later, four days later, those
individuals are back on the street committing more gun violence," Shea said.
nypost.com
Minneapolis to shift $8M from police budget amid defund the police movement
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget early Thursday that
will shift about $8 million from the police department toward violence
prevention and other services - but will keep the mayor's targeted staffing
levels for sworn officers intact. Mayor Jacob Frey, who'd threatened to veto the
entire budget if the council went ahead with its plan to cap police staffing,
said the vote was a defining moment for the city, which has experienced
soaring crime rates amid calls to defund the police since the May 25 death of
George Floyd.
The City Council had initially proposed to cut the city's authorized police
force to 750 officers, down from the current 888, beginning in 2022. But members
backtracked on that plan late Wednesday after the mayor called it
"irresponsible." The council voted 7-6 to remove language that lowered the cap.
cbsnews.com
Portland protesters have armed guards, stockpiled weapons at occupied zone
The Portland police chief said Wednesday that he remained "greatly concerned"
about an area occupied by demonstrators attempting to block the eviction of a
Black and Indigenous family, explaining that individuals have stockpiled
weapons, assigned armed guards and spray-painted threats to kill police officers
at the so-called Red House on Mississipi Avenue.
foxnews.com
Seattle police who fired pepper spray, blast balls on BLM protesters
violated order, judge says
Washington DC: Street closures downtown planned Saturday for pro-Trump rallies
New Mexico eliminated cash bail - but now one county
locks up more people without bond before trial
Oakland formed a task force to help defund the police.
Now some members want the city to reconsider
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COVID Update
US: Over 15.8M Cases - 297K Dead - 9.2M Recovered
Worldwide:
Over 69.5M Cases - 1.5M Dead - 48.2M Recovered
Private Industry Security Guard Deaths:
225
Law Enforcement Officer Deaths:
163
*Red indicates change in total
deaths
How a third wave of COVID-19 engulfed the US
America faces outbreaks of coronavirus in most communities as waves of disease
strike places blasted by earlier surges and those previously spared. The spring
surge was centered on New Orleans and urban areas in the Northeast. The summer
surge primarily rocked Sun Belt states such as Texas, Arizona and Florida. Now,
nearly every corner of America is getting hit with extraordinary case counts.
usatoday.com
On this big day for vaccine development in the U.S.,
daily deaths from Covid-19 just exceeded the deaths from 9/11
The United States should be celebrating a day of great hope today, as a Covid-19
vaccine could get authorized for emergency use very soon.
Instead, it's a day of devastating loss. The
daily death toll
from Covid-19 reached a record high of 3,124 Wednesday,
according to Johns Hopkins University. That's more deaths than those suffered in
the
9/11 attacks. And experts say the death toll will get worse.
A new composite forecast from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
projects a total of
332,000 to 362,000 Covid-19 deaths by January 2.
That forecast combines modeling from 40 independent research groups.
Covid-19
hospitalizations also reached a new record
high of 106,688 on Wednesday, according to
the COVID Tracking Project. And more than
221,000 new infections
were reported in just one day -- inevitably leading to even more
hospitalizations and deaths.
cnn.com
Stealing to Survive:
More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during
the pandemic
Retailers, police departments and loss prevention researchers are reporting an
uptick in theft of necessities like food and hygiene products
 Early in the pandemic, Joo Park noticed a worrisome shift at the market he
manages near downtown Washington: At least once a day, he'd spot someone
slipping a package of meat, a bag of rice or other food into a shirt or under a
jacket. Diapers, shampoo and laundry detergent began disappearing in bigger
numbers, too.
Since then, he said, thefts have more than doubled at Capitol Supermarket - even
though he now stations more employees at the entrance, asks shoppers to leave
backpacks up front and displays high-theft items like hand sanitizer and baking
yeast in more conspicuous areas. Park doesn't usually call the police, choosing
instead to bar offenders from coming back.
"It's become much harder during the pandemic," he said. "People will say, 'I was
just hungry.' And then what do you do?"
The coronavirus recession has been a relentless churn of high unemployment and
economic uncertainty. The government stimulus that kept millions of Americans
from falling into poverty earlier in the pandemic is long gone, and new aid is
still a dot on the horizon after months of congressional inaction. Hunger is
chronic, at levels not seen in decades.
The result is a
growing subset of Americans who are stealing food to survive.
Shoplifting is up markedly since the pandemic began in the spring and at higher
levels than in past economic downturns, according to interviews with more than a
dozen retailers, security experts and police departments across the country. But
what's distinctive about this trend, experts say, is what's being taken - more
staples like bread, pasta and baby formula.
 Though shoplifting tends to spike during national crises
- it jumped 16 percent
after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and 34 percent after the 2008 recession,
according to the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, which tracks
data from U.S. courts - the current trend line is skewing even higher, according
to
Read Hayes, a criminologist at the University of Florida and the director of the
Loss Prevention Research Council.
Hayes has been tracking theft since the coronavirus began sweeping across the
United States in March, and has phone calls with the leaders of 60 major retail
chains every other week to help them prevent losses. Most reports of retail
theft have been anecdotal, he said, and even 10 months into the pandemic, it's
too early to know the full scope.
washingtonpost.com
Outdoor dining isn't quite
"outdoors" anymore
Restaurants are getting creative with their
winter setups.
But some changes might make dining out riskier.
 To the surprise of many restaurant patrons and public health experts, outdoor
dining has begun to migrate indoors. Or, as one Twitter user put it, it's become
"indoor dining on the sidewalk."
Pandemic restrictions on restaurants vary by jurisdiction or state, with some
enacting bans or requiring reduced capacity on indoor dining. Many restaurants,
therefore, heavily invested in outdoor dining setups when stay-at-home orders
were lifted or lightened. That drew in customers - at least until temperatures
began to drop.
In parts of the country with colder winters, restaurants have drummed up
temporary solutions to persuade guests to dine out for as long as possible,
before snow-induced winter hibernation sets in. Many establishments have been
tasked with figuring out how to make outdoor dining appear invitingly cozy, with
little to no federal or state regulations on how streetery setups should look.
Outdoor restaurants have exchanged their bright Campari umbrellas for space
heaters and heat lamps, canopy tents with vinyl flaps, and plastic bubble igloos
decked out with string lights. Some have even hired workers to construct
semi-enclosed wooden huts, which serve as restaurant-adjacent sunrooms with more
dining space. Most of these creative architectural creations are intended to
keep customers warm in the winter. It might not, though, keep them safe - or as
safe as outdoor dining could be with uninterrupted airflow and plenty of space
between patrons.
vox.com
Few NYC shops have applied for 'Open Storefronts' program
It is not an uncommon sight to find a table stacked with discount books for sale
outside of a bookstore in Manhattan. As the U.S. continues into the next phase
of the novel coronavirus pandemic, New York City has been hoping to motivate
other types of retailers to take on that method of outdoor selling in order to
give customers a safer way to shop and stores a way to keep their doors open.
The
Open Storefronts program outlines criteria for NYC businesses to set up shop
and conduct business on the sidewalk. The program has been available since early
October and ends on December 31. However, only 563 of the 40,000 eligible NYC
businesses have applied to take part.
retailwire.com
CVS ready to send 10K staffers to immunize seniors in nursing homes
CVS Chief Executive Larry Merlo said the company is ready to administer
"vaccines into the arms of some of our most vulnerable populations" within 24 to
48 hours upon receiving its share of Covid-19 vaccines. He said the company has
10,000 health care professionals ready to administer the shots in nursing homes
and assisted living centers. The government struck a deal in October with CVS
and Walgreens to administer the coronavirus vaccinations at long-term care
facilities across the country.
cnbc.com
Canada Approves Pfizer Vaccine and Could Start Shots Next Week
Uber wants drivers and delivery workers to get priority access to COVID-19
vaccine
COVID-19 patient infected indoors after 5 minutes, 20 feet away: study
COVID Tracker Rebekah Jones Raises $200K+ on GoFundMe
After Armed Raid on Her Florida Home
Tech Giants in the Crosshairs - Could Amazon Be Next?
Facebook should be broken up, FTC and states allege in twin lawsuits
The social network is under pressure to spin
off Instagram and WhatsApp
Facebook's purchases of photo service Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp have
helped fuel the social media giant's massive growth. They've also prompted
concerns from federal and state authorities about Facebook's dominance in social
networking.
The uneasiness with Facebook's power bubbled over on Wednesday as the
Federal Trade Commission and
48 attorneys general filed separate lawsuits in federal court accusing
Facebook of illegally stifling its competition by snapping up its rivals.
The lawsuits are the latest sign that lawmakers and regulators are ratcheting up
their scrutiny of the power that tech giants wield. In October, the Justice
Department filed a landmark
lawsuit against Google for allegedly holding monopolies in both search and
search advertising.
cnet.com
Pandemic Closures Devastate Restaurant Industry's Middle Class
In sheer economic terms, few workers have stood more directly in the path of the
pandemic than the roughly 10 million people employed by restaurants at the start
of the year. The industry shed close to half those jobs in March and April, and
was still down almost 1.5 million as of October.
The winter will likely bring another round of pain: In recent weeks,
reservations have dropped substantially in cold-weather states like Illinois,
New York and Pennsylvania, according to data from OpenTable.
In good times, new restaurants open weekly, and workers with sought-after skills
or high-end experience often enjoy plenty of job options. But a wave of closures
has hit pricier restaurants harder than fast food and other down-market
establishments, which have an easier time shifting to takeout, and those workers
have become increasingly desperate.
nytimes.com
U.S. Jobless Claims Jump to Three-Month High Amid New Shutdowns
Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits surged last week, topping estimates
with the highest level since September, suggesting that widening business
shutdowns to curb the pandemic are spurring fresh job losses. Initial jobless
claims in regular state programs rose by 137,000 to 853,000 in the week ended
Dec. 5, Labor Department data showed Thursday. On an unadjusted basis, the
figure increased by almost 229,000. The prior week included Thanksgiving, and
data tend to be volatile around holidays.
bloomberg.com
Ho, ho - oh, no!
Values of troubled Manhattan retail properties sink 53%
New York City, like much of the globe, has been doing a lot more huddling than
hustling lately. Tourism is expected to drop 66% for the full year, as
the pandemic sets alarming new records. And lawmakers in Washington have yet to
produce another pandemic aid package for struggling workers, businesses and
cities, despite months of rancor. All that is pretty cheerless for Manhattan
retail properties, which after nine months of COVID-19 restrictions that
pummeled business also could now face losing further ground this crucial
holiday shopping season to e-commerce.
marketwatch.com
Starbucks plans to open about 22,000 stores in the next ten years
Designer Brands mulls the closure of as many as 80 stores
Eerie photos of abandoned malls and retail stores around the world
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Loss Prevention Leader Bruce Williamson Passes Away
after Battle with Cancer
 Sadly,
on December 8, 2020 the loss prevention industry lost Bruce Williamson, a
long-time LP professional and friend to many, to pancreatic cancer after a
two-year battle with the disease. He passed away peacefully with his wife Susan
and daughter Amanda by his side in New Jersey.
With a long career in retail loss prevention that spanned decades, starting with
Bonwit Teller as the security director in their 59th Street store, to Lord &
Taylor, to Bloomingdale's where he rose to the operating vice president of loss
prevention and audit, and finally to Metro One LPSG as the VP of logistics
operations since 2002.
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The unprecedented challenges retail and restaurants are facing require a serious relook at IT networking and security infrastructure. Join us for a
webinar to
understand how retailers and restaurants can tackle these challenges while
dealing with the constraints imposed by legacy infrastructure and budget cuts.
Listen to our experts, Steve Womer, VP Customer & Solutions Engineering,
Interface Security Systems, and Courtney Radke, Retail CISO, Fortinet, share
their practical insights.
Here is what you will learn from this webinar on January 20, 2021 at 1 pm CT:
• What are the key drivers of change that retail and restaurant chains should
watch for
• How to design and deploy secure networks that optimize BOPUS, contactless
stores and fulfillment centers
• How to protect against advanced cyber threats at the branch, the data center,
and in the cloud
• How to scale your network infrastructure to support video analytics/business
intelligence
• How to plan for new technologies like SASE and 5G
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3rd-Party Vendor Hack @ DSW
Vendor ransomware attack disrupts DSW's inventory management
DSW's e-commerce site lost access to store inventories when a software vendor
suffered a ransomware attack during the last two weeks of Q3, Roger Rawlins, CEO
of the retailer's parent company Designer Brands, said on a Wednesday earnings
call. Rawlins did not name the software vendor that suffered the ransomware
attack.
"We effectively lost a portion of our digital sales capabilities for two
weeks during our crucial September selling season," Rawlins said. The
roughly 13 million units in stores were not visible to customers on the DSW
website when the vendor was forced to temporarily shut down.
The shutdown brought DSW's available visible assortment from 13 million units
to roughly 1.3 million - disrupting the chain's ability to balance inventory
between stores and warehouses. DSW has been shipping e-commerce orders from
stores throughout the pandemic.
retaildive.com
Payment Processing Giant TSYS: Ransomware Incident "Immaterial" to Company
Payment card processing giant TSYS suffered a ransomware attack earlier this
month. Since then reams of data stolen from the company have been posted online,
with the attackers promising to publish more in the coming days. But the company
says the malware did not jeopardize card data, and that the incident was limited
to administrative areas of its business.
Headquartered in Columbus, Ga., Total System Services Inc. (TSYS) is the
third-largest third-party payment processor for financial institutions in North
America, and a major processor in Europe.
krebsonsecurity.com
IP cameras & RFID asset tracker vulnerability
Amnesia:33 vulnerabilities impact millions of smart and industrial devices
&uuid=(email)) Security researchers have disclosed 33 security flaws in four open-source TCP/IP
libraries currently used inside the firmware of products from more than 150
vendors.
Forescout researchers estimate that millions of consumer and industrial-grade
devices are currently impacted by the security flaws they discovered, and which
they named Amnesia:33.
Impacted systems include anything you can think of, including smartphones,
gaming consoles, sensors, system-on-a-chip (SOC) boards, HVAC systems, printers,
routers, switches, IP cameras, self-checkout kiosks, RFID asset trackers,
badge readers, uninterruptible power supplies, and all sorts of industrial
equipment.
zdnet.com
Report Details COVID-19 Impact on Security Threat Landscape
WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in network security and intelligence,
advanced endpoint protection, multi-factor authentication and secure Wi-Fi,
today announced the release of its
Internet Security Report for Q3 2020. Top findings from the research reveal
how COVID-19 has impacted the security threat landscape, with evidence that
attackers continue to target corporate networks despite the shift to remote work,
and a rise in pandemic-related malicious domains and phishing campaigns.
"As the impact of COVID-19 continues to unfold, our threat intelligence provides
key insight into how attackers are adjusting their tactics," said Corey Nachreiner, chief technology officer at WatchGuard.
"While there's no such thing
as 'the new normal' when it comes to security, businesses can be sure that
increasing protection for both the endpoint and the network will be a priority
in 2021 and beyond. It will also be important to establish a layered approach to
information security, with services that can mitigate evasive and encrypted
attacks, sophisticated phishing campaigns and more."
Key findings from the Q3 2020 report include:
● Network attacks and unique detections both hit
two-year highs
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COVID-19 scams grow in prevalence
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Businesses click on hundreds of phishing attacks and bad links
Read more here:
globenewswire.com
A Vexing Target for Security
Six steps to control a rogue drone incident
 Small, unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), commonly referred to as drones, are
ubiquitous, diverse, and increasingly cheaper and faster to market. Their small
size, relative durability and vast range of capabilities make them a vexing
target for security services, because dealing with sUAS detection means making
split-second decisions between what could be a hobbyist's gadget or a weaponized aerial vehicle carrying a dangerous payload. The drone
surveillance challenge lies in proper drone detection and intelligent
mitigation, which can only be achieved via a thorough understanding of the rogue
drone event lifecycle.
So, how does the lifecycle of a rogue drone incident play out? Teach your
security personnel six possible steps, all of which fall under two broader
stages: detection, then mitigation.
securitymagazine.com
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Legalizing Cannabis: Which State is Next?
In the 2020 election, we have seen many states legalize recreational adult-use
of marijuana.
New Jersey, Vermont,
Arizona, Montana and South Dakota all voted to pass legalization of cannabis.
Legalizing in these recent states was a huge step forward in the cannabis
industry. Make's one wonder, "who's
next?"
New Jersey neighboring states, like
New York and
Pennsylvania, are going
to start pushing for their own legalization. They don't want their potential
customers being drawn to New Jersey. Other states like
Connecticut, Maryland,
and New Mexico
are all next up to bat
as well.
What is the future for legalizing cannabis?
Marijuana Business Daily projects the November 3rd election opened the
door for marijuana cultivators. Specifically in states like New York,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland and New Mexico. They could generate
more than $2.5 billion
combined in the first year
and $6.3 billion by the
end of 2024.
sapphirerisk.com
House passes bill decriminalizing marijuana at the federal level
The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize
and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters call a
failed policy of criminalizing pot use and taking steps to address racial
disparities in enforcement of federal drug laws.
Opponents, mostly Republicans, called the bill a hollow political gesture and
mocked Democrats for bringing it up at a time when thousands of Americans are
dying from the coronavirus pandemic.
Supporters say the pot bill would help end the decades-long "war on drugs" by
removing marijuana, or cannabis, from the list of federally controlled
substances while allowing states to set their own rules on pot. The bill
also would use money from a new excise tax on marijuana to address the needs of
groups and communities harmed by the so-called drug war and provide for the
expungement of federal marijuana convictions and arrests.
kron4.com
Despite Cannabis Win, Legality Still Unlikely For Now
Two In Three Americans Approve Of House Vote To Decriminalize Marijuana
350% Cannabis Sales Spike on 'Green Wednesday'
Cannabis Sales In The U.S. Soar On 'Green Wednesday'
 Lovingly
dubbed "Green Wednesday" by the cannabis industry,
the day before
Thanksgiving
reflects adult
consumer's desire to have a little weed on deck for family gatherings. The name,
a play on the larger retail shopping days Black Friday and Cyber Monday,
originated sometime in 2016-2017 in legal marketplaces looking to incentivize
cannabis consumers. While some companies offer up BOGO or discounted deals on
certain products, many don't need to.
The demand is just so
high.
Even with all the safety restrictions in place, cannabis companies across the
country are reporting
substantial Green
Wednesday spikes in sales- upwards of 350%.
In the U.S., sales on Green Wednesday are second in line to 4/20 for the highest
cannabis sales of the entire year. 2020 was no exception to this trend. Data
from thousands of companies across the country shows
Green Wednesday brought
consumers in droves.
forbes.com
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Cracking Down on Fake Goods
Amazon and YETI sue third-party sellers, alleging they sold counterfeit tumblers
 Amazon
and YETI are accusing third-party sellers of hawking counterfeit goods on the
platform as the retail giant attempts to crack down on dupes on the platform,
according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.
In March,
US Customs and Border
Protection seized a shipment
of cup lids, branded
with the YETI logo, under the suspicion that the shipment contained counterfeit
products, the court filing said. When US Customs sent 500 of the lids to YETI to
be checked, the company found that the goods were counterfeit, according to the
court documents.
The shipment from China
listed a seller called "The Cyber Bargain Portal" as the recipient, the court
documents said. Another account, doing business as "Gadsden Flags USA," was also
registered to the same address and purported to sell YETI brand tumblers on
Amazon, the suit alleged.
The case is part of
a
larger effort by Amazon to crack down on counterfeit products on its platform.
In November, Amazon sued two influencers, alleging that they sold fake luxury
products like Gucci wallets and disguised their Amazon listing to fool the
platform's knockoff detectors. The retail giant also launched a Counterfeit
Crimes Unit in June, and
spent $500 million
fighting fraud and abuse,
including counterfeit, according to the company.
The new investment in combating fraudulent goods follows
complaints from sellers
like Birkenstock, which pulled its sandals from Amazon in 2016
after scores of fake
shoes were sold
on the site, CNBC
reported.
businessinsider.com
Fraud Risk is 'Off the Charts'
Online shopping scams target record number of holiday shoppers buying gifts on
the internet
 Consumer
experts estimate
online shopping is up
at least 30% this year,
and will continue to grow through the New Year. That means there are more
opportunities for you to become a victim of a holiday hack, and 2020 may be the
perfect storm for holiday scams.
"You got the pandemic going on. You've got this work from home, then you've also
got this huge gain in online shopping," said security expert John Gunn with
OneSpan. "And when you combine these three together,
the risk levels for consumers are off the charts."
There are scammers actually
faking the legitimate
retailers look, images and emails
and sending them to unsuspecting shoppers. In reality, they are
phishing attempts
to get your personal and account information.
To avoid them, hover over the email name and see if the address looks
suspiciously long or unusual and ask yourself if the offer too good to be true.
Second, be careful where you store all of your account information like credit
card numbers and shipping addresses. Cyber criminals are targeting store
accounts for the shopping season.
abc7chicago.com
Online shopping scams are on the rise, how you can protect your money
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Fort Myers, FL: Photos of man who stole $250k in jewelry from antique shop
 A
man hid inside of an antique store in Fort Myers and waited for it to close
before he stole $250,000 in jewelry. The unidentified man hid behind a couch on
Monday in Gannon's Antiques and Art Center. After the store closed, Crime
Stoppers said the man walked toward a glass case containing the jewelry, stole
the valuables and forced his way out of the business. Crime Stoppers released
new surveillance photos of the man on Wednesday, Dec. 9. Store owner Dean Gannon
said the suspect shopped at his store two days before the burglary and made a
purchase. Gannon said based on surveillance video, the suspect left in a
dark-colored SUV.
nbc-2.com
York, PA: Verizon employee helped in $28,000 store robbery;
2 additional suspects charged
 Two
more people have been charged in a 2019 Verizon store robbery investigators say
was an inside job that allowed the perpetrators to take almost $28,000 in
merchandise. William Russell Loughlin and Noah Pablo Zayas, are wanted by
Newberry Township Police, on allegations of robbery and racketeering, according
to charging documents. Loughlin, 33, of California, and Zayas, 25, of New York,
have not been arraigned in York County. Zayas has been at the Frederick County
Adult Detention Center in Maryland since March on unrelated charges involving
another Verizon store robbery, according to police.
Both face felonies
including corrupt organization, conspiracy to commit burglary, conspiracy to
commit theft by unlawful taking of immovable property and organized retail theft
worth $20,000 or more.
Last year Newberry Township Police arrested Destiny Elaine Altland, 23, a
Verizon employee who reported the robbery. Altland, of Codorus Township, also
faces some of the same charges as Loughlin and Zayas, in addition to
misdemeanors of false reports and tampering with evidence. She is free on
$50,000 bail and has a status hearing Thursday morning. Police were sent Sept.
1, 2019, about 10:10 a.m. to a Verizon Wireless, 108 Newberry Parkway, in
Newberry Township for a report of an armed robbery, according to charging
documents. Charging documents say Altland told police "she observed two males
with masks" enter the store and steal 40 electronic devices including iPhones
and Samsung phones worth $27,795.
yorkdispatch.com
Racine, WI: Man accused of stealing over $10,000 of Apple products from Target
 An
Illinois man is charged with felony retail theft greater than $10,000 for
allegedly stealing Apple products from a Target store in Racine. The accused is
28-year-old Richard Hemphill. According to the criminal complaint, officers
responded to the Target store on Durand Avenue in Racine on Oct. 5 to
investigate a retail theft. The store manager stated "employees discovered a
secured display case containing Apple products had been cleared out except for
two Apple watches that were left behind."
fox6now.com
Elyria, OH: Two men steal from Walmart twice in same day; 1 arrested
A man was arrested and another is at-large for allegedly stealing from the same
Walmart, in Elyria, twice in one day on Dec. 6. Gregory D. Jones was charged for
theft, a fifth-degree felony, and criminal trespassing, a fourth-degree
misdemeanor. At 7 a.m., loss prevention witnessed Jones, and an unknown man walk
in, put
$1,794 worth of Roombas,
in a shopping cart and left without paying. At 2:45 p.m., the duo returned to
the Walmart and were wearing the same clothes from the earlier theft. This time,
the men turned their attention to the jewelry department where they took watches
and concealed them, the report said. As they walked, Walmart staff apprehended
Jones, but his accomplice fled to the Fusion with the watches he stole,
according to the report.
The total amount of
stolen merchandise is valued at $1,806.88.
When officers arrived, the manager showed paperwork that verified Jones had been
trespassed from Walmart for a March 3 misdemeanor theft he committed earlier in
the year, the report said.
morningjournal.com
Houston, TX: HPD connects sledgehammer robbery crew to at least 20 crimes
 Houston
police need your help in identifying four suspects possibly responsible for more
than 20 robberies across the city. HPD's Robbery Division released video from a
Nov. 8 incident where four male suspects entered a pawn shop on Richmond Avenue.
Video shows three of the suspects exit a white four-door sedan and walk toward
the business. Two of the men walked inside while the third stayed by the door.
One suspect used a sledgehammer to smash a display case while the other suspect
filled a sack with the items from inside. The suspects drove off, according to
police. Police said they have reason to believe the same suspects are
responsible for over 20 similar cases in the area.
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Shootings & Deaths
San Jose, CA: Fatal shooting at San Jose 7-Eleven store, ongoing investigation
no known motive
The San Jose Police Department said a man was shot and killed around 1 a.m. on
Wednesday at a 7-Eleven. The shooting happened in the 4200 block of Senter Rd.
Police said the victim died at the scene. There is no information on the suspect
at this time. This was the city's 43rd homicide of the year.
ron4.com
Update : Lubbock, TX: GoFundMe account established for Lubbock Walmart shooting
victim
 A
GoFundMe
account has been established for the family of a Muleshoe man who was killed
inside a Lubbock Walmart store. Roel (Roy) Munoz was shopping at a Walmart on
Friday, December 4 when he was killed. Munoz worked for Southwest Food
Enterprises and oversaw the school cafeterias in Muleshoe, Sudan and Morton. The
goal is to raise $10,000 to assist with funeral services. According to an arrest
warrant and police reports obtained by EverythingLubbock.com, Munoz was shot by
Kaleb Anthony Vasquez, 20, in the hardware area. The arrest warrant listed no
apparent reason behind the fatal shooting. Vasquez ran out of the store
following the shooting and was followed by a Walmart employee. The employee told
police they witnessed Vasquez drop the gun inside a sewer. Lubbock Police said a
few hours later, Vasquez attempted to carjack a vehicle outside a convenience
store.
everythinglubbock.com
Queens, NY: Homeless Man Indicted for Murder in Shooting Death of Deli Worker in
Ozone Park Store in October
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Wilbarger, County, TX: Thirsty burglar's soda break puts him in can for 5 years
 The
pause in his burglary work may have refreshed the thief, but the soda he drank
also sends him to prison for five years. Patrick Cole Mitchell, 35, of Vernon,
was sentenced by 46th District Judge Dan Mike Bird after he pleaded guilty. The
case of the burglar's soda can was opened in 2018 when a burglary was reported
at a Foard County Ranch. A deputy noticed an open soda can left out on a
counter, and swabbed it for DNA. The DNA was placed in a data-base, and for
weeks it appeared the case had fizzled out. Then a match came back to Mitchell,
who by this time was in a cooler in Mississippi on another charge. District
Attorney Staley Heatly was bubbling with praise for Deputy Perry Shaw who
noticed the soda can and wondered if it had been opened by the burglar.
wdtn.com
Nashville, TN: Burglar charged after spending night in Dollar Tree and doing
$1,000 of damage to the rest room
Brooklyn, NY: FDNY: EMS crew robbed at gunpoint after responding to fake 911
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Adult - Montgomery, AL
- Armed Robbery
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Antique - Fort Myers,
FL - Burglary
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C-Store - Las Vegas,
NV - Robbery
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C-Store - Montgomery,
AL - Robbery
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Dollar Tree -
Nashville, TN - Burglary
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Gas Station - -
Nashville, TN - Robbery
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Gas Station - Smyrna,
TN - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Dallas
County, AL - Burglary
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Guns - Kansas City, MO
- Burglary
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Hair Salon - Sparks,
NV - Burglary
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Hardware - Park
Rapids, MN - Armed Robbery
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Jewelry - Burlington,
VT - Robbery
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Jewelry - Albany, NY -
Robbery
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Jewelry - Concord, NC -
Robbery
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Jewelry - Hayward, CA -
Robbery
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Jewelry - Indianapolis,
IN - Robbery
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Jewelry - Columbus, OH
- Robbery
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Restaurant -
Nashville, TN - Burglary
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Restaurant -
Madisonville, KY - Burglary (Taco Bell)
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7-Eleven - Chicago, IL
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Regional Manager LP, Audit & Firearms Compliance
IL, WI, MN, IA, ND, SD, NE, OK, MO & KS
- posted Dec. 9
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San Francisco, CA
- posted Sept. 24
You should have strong analytical skills, be a quick
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The
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NuTech National, an
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The most prevailing comment made by corporate America when they come to market
looking for a new senior Loss Prevention executive is bring me someone who has a
total business acumen and understands the entire business. Take note to this
common theme as it sends a very clear message that you've got to be a retail
executive first that happens to be a subject matter expert in Loss Prevention.
And as we continue to evolve technologically the demands are greater that you
understand the financial, merchandising, supply chain, and operations side of
the business and know how to integrate the various shrinkage reduction
components within all of them. Being able to communicate all of that in a series
of meetings is truly the key and then being able to do it day in and day out is
the objective.
Just a Thought,
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