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RCC Session Spotlight: The Fight Against Online
Fraud
Hear first-hand how experts are protecting against online fraud
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Part One - Current Trends in Digital Security
Presented by Kevin C. Krinke
Covering a few of the more
interesting digital operations and security trends in recent history that touch
upon, or have direct impacts on, retail businesses and large corporations from
around the world.
Part Two - The Fight Against Online
Fraud
Roundtable Discussion
With the
rise of e-commerce, retailers are always looking for new ways to drive traffic
to their virtual stores. But the popularity of online shopping has also drawn
the interest of some unwanted customers. The anonymity of e-tailing means it has
become easier for would-be criminals to perpetrate online fraud using a variety
of schemes that might involve stolen credit card numbers, gift cards and even
in-store pick-ups. Incurring shipping costs and credit card chargeback fees can
make the process all the more onerous for retailers who may be on the hook for
substantial losses and cumbersome investigations. A panel of retail experts
share their strategies for fighting online fraud and minimizing losses.
The conference will be held on Sept. 29 at the
International Centre in Mississauga.
Visit
RCCLPConference.ca
to register and to view
the finalized agenda. |
Coming Tomorrow -
Canada's ORC Efforts - Privacy Laws Vs. ORC Associations
The History - The Impact - The Future
Tried and tested: liquor
distribution and retail system ready to manage legalized marijuana
The Responsible Marijuana Retail Alliance of BC, a partnership between the
BC Private Liquor Store Association (BCPLSA) and BC Government and Service
Employees' Union (BCGEU), today communicated its support of the federal
government's process toward the legalization and regulation of marijuana
across Canada.
The alliance intends to offer advice to policymakers
on the safe and effective distribution and sale of recreational marijuana,
recommending liquor stores as the model best suited for retailing purposes.
"Liquor stores provide the most strictly controlled system for accessing
a controlled substance because they already have the proper infrastructure
and mechanisms required for the safe retailing of non-medical marijuana,"
remarked Damian Kettlewell, marijuana spokesperson for the BCPLSA. "If
provincial and territorial governments can regulate the retail landscape
through the existing liquor control mechanism the high level of compliance
and safety of the liquor system can flow through to the marijuana
retail system."
The Responsible Marijuana Retail Alliance of BC has
examined post-prohibition liquor regulations to help shape its
recommendations. Most of these regulations remain in place, and Canada's
liquor regulatory system is a model that should be used for introducing
other legal, controlled substances into the country, such as marijuana,
according to the alliance.
bcgeu.ca
Business owner incensed
as banks back away from marijuana industry
Scotiabank and the Royal Bank of Canada say they aren't providing accounts
to companies associated with the marijuana industry, leaving some business
owners scrambling to find alternate arrangements. TD Bank said it assesses
all applications on a case-by-case basis. CIBC and the Bank of Montreal did
not reply to requests for comment. ctvnews.ca
Alberta puts $15 hour
minimum wage in regulations for 2018
The
province estimates that 305,000 employed Albertans earn less than $15 an
hour
It's now on the books and in effect: Alberta's minimum wage
will be $15 an hour by 2018. Labour Minister Christina Gray says cabinet has
passed the required regulation to not only raise the rate to $12.20 an hour
this October, but also to boost it by $1.40 an hour again in October 2017
and finally in October 2018.
cbc.ca
Golf Town Canada set to
be sold
Golf Town, Canada's largest golf
retailer, is set to be sold as its struggling U.S. parent company Golfsmith
files for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, according to sources.
theglobeandmail.com
Canada among Ikea's
top 4 fastest growing markets
Clothing retail
industry prospering in Canada despite closures
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Edmonton, AB: Man left gravely injured after being
attacked in 7-Eleven parking lot
A man was
taken to hospital after being found suffering from very serious injuries outside
a west Edmonton convenience store Wednesday morning. It's believed he was
attacked in the store parking lot. Police said 7-Eleven employees knew a man was
laying outside.
"The staff inside the store has been interviewed and they didn't see anything
other than the fact that they were aware that there was an individual laying in
front of the store.
"But sadly this neighbourhood, it's not uncommon in
the middle of the night for people to find themselves laying in and around the
7-Eleven. So it wasn't that out of the ordinary."
The area around the
store does experience crime, with several
assaults,
robberies, thefts, and break and enters in the past 30 days alone. Police
believe they have found the weapon used in the attack, but have not revealed
what it was.
globalnews.ca
Toronto police arrest three in violent retail
robberies; Suspect assaulted children
Toronto police arrested three men and are looking for a fourth in connection
with a rash of retail robberies. Police said the holdups took place Aug. 29 to
Sept. 1 and involved four men. On Sept. 1, two men entered a convenience
store, jumped the counter and confronted the 62-year-old woman at the counter
with demands for money at gunpoint.
"The man with the handgun pointed the
handgun at the woman's two children who were in the store," police alleged in a
news release Thursday, Sept. 8. Two suspects were
seen getting into a getaway vehicle after the robbery. Two men were later
arrested while a third man allegedly involved was arrested Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Police are trying to identify a fourth suspect.
insidetoronto.com
Niagara Falls: Gas theft
leads police to wanted Toronto man
Police have
made an arrest in a gas station theft, and as it turns out also nabbed a man
wanted on a Canada Wide Parole warrant. Police were called to a gas station in
Niagara Falls yesterday afternoon after someone filled up and left without
paying. That's when police ran the car's plate and found out it was stolen in
Durham Region and was used in a robbery that took place early yesterday morning
in Toronto, a 25 year old man identified as Nathan Barrett of Toronto was
arrested.
610cktb.com
Fort McMurray, AB:
Pharmacist pins down armed robbery suspect
A
pharmacist in Fort McMurray took matters into his own hands earlier this month
when a man armed with a gun allegedly walked into the Shopper's Drug Mart and
demanded drugs. Rather than comply, RCMP say the pharmacist pinned the suspect
down and held him until police arrived at the scene. Neither pharmacist nor
suspect were injured in the incident.
edmontonjournal.com
Toronto men face fraud charges after allegedly
skimming cards at bank machines
Three
Toronto men are facing dozens of charges after an investigation into alleged
bank machine fraud. Police allege the men would install skimming equipment as
overlays on bank machines, capture passwords entered into the keypads and use
the information to commit credit card fraud. Police say they arrested the three
men on Wednesday and laid a total of 47 charges.
torontosun.com
Slake Lake, AB: 2 women
charged in one-hour crime spree
Police in Slave
Lake caught up with two young women on the run on Tuesday, after they left a
trail of crime and disorder behind them during a one-hour crime spree. The two
women were involved in an armed robbery of a liquor store, a home invasion at
gunpoint and several driving infractions.
globalnews.ca
cbc.ca
Prescott, ON: Man with 'partial
moustache' wanted in $1,700 razor theft
Robberies
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Alberta: Armed trio hold up
Sunchild Gas Bar for beef jerkey
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Fort McMurray, AB: Pharmacist pins
down armed robbery suspect
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Lockport, MB: Store robbed by
knife-wielding suspect
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Newfoundland: Robbery suspect
turns himself in after Facebook chat with police
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Peel, ON: Man charged in
connection with four convenience store robberies
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St. John's NL: Needle used in convenience store
armed robbery
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Vancouver, BC: RCMP
searching Tickety-Boo convenience store armed robber
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Windsor, ON: Police seek
knife-fielding Mac's Convenience store robber
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