Interface Systems Recognized as a Great Place to Work® for the Third Consecutive Year

Employee Trust and Accountability Culture Drives Exceptional Customer Experience

St. Louis, MO — February 24, 2026 — Interface Systems, a leading managed service provider delivering business security, networking, and business intelligence solutions to multi-location enterprises, today announced that it has been recognized as a Great Place to Work® Certified™ workplace for the third consecutive year, based entirely on employee feedback collected through the independent Great Place to Work Trust Index® survey.

In the 2026 survey, 82% of Interface employees said it is a great place to work, well above the 57% benchmark for typical U.S. companies.

Survey results highlighted consistent strengths across the organization:

• 93% of employees say they were made to feel welcome when they joined the company.

• 88% report they are able to take time off when needed.

• 88% agree that people care about each other in the organization.

• 86% say people are given substantial responsibility.

• 86% affirm that they have high trust in leadership credibility, respect, and fairness.

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Retailers Battle Gift Card Fraud
Gift Card Fraud Emerges as Growing Retail Loss Vector

By the D&D Daily staff

Gift cards remain a popular purchase category, particularly during peak holiday seasons and promotional events. However, retailers are increasingly identifying gift card fraud as a distinct and growing source of loss that requires focused prevention strategies.

Unlike traditional shoplifting, gift card fraud often occurs through manipulation of systems rather than physical theft of merchandise. One common tactic involves tampering with gift cards displayed on open racks. Criminals record or scrape card numbers and security codes, then monitor activation activity. Once a legitimate customer purchases and loads funds onto the compromised card, the fraudster quickly drains the balance online before the recipient attempts to use it.

Another emerging risk involves social engineering schemes. Fraudsters may contact store associates posing as corporate representatives and instruct them to activate large batches of gift cards under the guise of a technical test or urgent directive. In other cases, scammers pressure consumers directly — convincing victims to purchase gift cards and share codes as payment for fictitious taxes, utilities, or emergencies.

For retailers, the financial impact extends beyond the card value. Investigations, customer reimbursements, brand damage, and chargebacks can compound losses. Because gift cards are treated as cash equivalents, recovery options are often limited once funds are transferred.

Loss prevention teams are responding with layered controls. Many retailers are shifting high-value gift cards behind service counters or into locked displays to reduce tampering. Packaging enhancements — such as sealed sleeves and scratch-off PIN protections — are also being upgraded.

From a systems perspective, real-time monitoring tools can flag rapid balance depletion, high-risk activation patterns, or repeated transactions tied to known fraud indicators. Employee training is equally critical, particularly in identifying social engineering attempts and escalating suspicious requests.

As digital and physical gift card programs expand, retailers are recognizing that proactive controls, cross-functional communication, and customer awareness campaigns are essential to minimizing fraud exposure and protecting both revenue and reputation.


1,600 Violent Retail Attacks Per Day
UK: Violent attacks on shop staff down by a fifth but still ‘too high’

British Retail Consortium figures show that while incidents against retail workers are down to 1,600 a day, they’re still far higher than before the pandemic

Violence and abuse against retail workers declined by a fifth last year but levels of crime remain “unacceptably high”, the industry has warned.

There were 1,600 daily incidents against shop workers in 2024/25, down from 2,000 the year before and bringing the yearly total to 590,000, according to figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Sensormatic Solutions.

The BRC, which represents the UK retail sector, cautioned that daily rates of violence and abuse were still the second highest on record and far greater than an average of 455 incidents a day before the pandemic. In particular, physical violence remained largely unchanged year-on-year at 118, with 36 incidents a day involving a weapon.

The government’s Crime and Policing Bill is set to introduce a specific offence for assaulting a retail worker to act as an additional deterrent after rates of retail crime surged during the pandemic. It will also remove the £200 threshold for “low-level” theft.

There were 5.5 million incidents of shop theft last year costing British retailers close to £400 million, although the true figure is likely to be significantly higher, given hat many thefts go undetected. The report also examined incidents of parcel delivery thefts for the first time, which cost shops more than £100 million last year.

Troubles with retail crime in recent years have piled pressure on an industry already grappling with increases to national insurance contributions and the national living wage and have intensified the demand on ministers and local police forces to find a solution.

Shoplifting rates have risen in tandem with the price of British goods, while parliament’s business and trade committee warned earlier in February that the government was at risk of “hollowing out” the high street without a series of urgent reforms to ease cost pressures across the board. thetimes.com


Cartel Unrest Impacting C-Stores
‘Like a war zone’: Bay Area residents live through violence in Mexico
Many Americans have been impacted by violent outbursts that swept through a number of cities in Mexico after the government there killed the head of the powerful Jalisco New Generation drug cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho.” The wave of unrest included the burning of buses, cars and convenience stores, especially in Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara.

Some North Bay residents found themselves sheltering in place in an unexpected vacation twist, or frantically trying to reschedule flights home. Others had to cancel upcoming visits to Mexico. Many worried from afar as family members and friends recounted taught situations.

Hermosillo described dramatic incidents in Jalostotitlán. The cartels burned a car on a roadway leading into and out of town, and a bank that catered to people with disabilities. She called it “unnerving.”

“We were fortunate, by chance we went shopping Saturday,” Cosgrove said. “We were told lines are an hour, two hours to get into grocery stores. Uber just opened up.”  mercurynews.com


$725M Cargo Theft Losses in 2025
ICYMI: Cargo Theft Is Exploding — And Congress May Finally Step In
Cargo theft losses surged to nearly $725 million last year, according to CargoNet, and the problem is no longer local or opportunistic.

In this HDT Talks Trucking Short Take, Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge speaks with Scott Cornell, VP of Transportation Risk & Strategy at LogistIQ Insurance Solutions and chair of TAPA Americas, about how cargo theft has evolved into a sophisticated, international crime — and why federal tracking and enforcement have lagged behind.

Cornell explains how cargo theft provisions were added to the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA), what the legislation would do differently, and how federal tracking, task forces, and prosecutors could help motor carriers, brokers, and shippers fight back. truckinginfo.com


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