Conexxus’ Innovation Research Committee and Conexxus leaders are taking a field trip to the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) from November 7-8 in Gainesville, Florida, and retailers are welcome to join.
“As retail crime evolves and becomes increasingly aggressive, retailers need more innovative solutions to protect their assets, minimize losses and create a safer environment for employees and shoppers everywhere,” Conexxus said in a press release.
The Loss Prevention Research Council is “committed to improving retail asset protection with evidence-based research and industry collaboration. The five pillars of the LPRC ecosystem are research, innovate, collaborate, inform and engage. The visit will include discussion with LPRC leaders as well as time in their labs,” according to Conexxus.
You can find more information about the event here.
To continue to learn more about how to keep stores safe, join NACS for the first Loss Prevention and Safety Symposium December 3-4 in Dallas, Texas.
“The volume of concerns being expressed by our members regarding protecting their people and managing their assets has risen to unprecedented levels, and so over the course of the last year we’ve convened research and an industry working group to understand the key pain points and where solutions and dialogue are needed. The result is this important new industry event,” said Lori Buss Stillman, vice president of research and education at NACS. “It’s really an event developed for the industry by the industry, and led by convenience industry loss prevention and asset protection leaders because it’s a topic that they care deeply about.”
The event will kick off the afternoon of December 3 with an opening session on the growing threat of crime and safety in convenience retail, as well as a reception and networking event. The morning of December 4 will begin with a panel discussion on priorities and strategies for protecting employees and stores, featuring leaders in asset protection from Casey’s General Stores (Mark Stinde), 7-Eleven (Art Lazo) and Parker’s Kitchen (Britt Davidson).
The agenda is divided into three tracks: protecting people, safeguarding against loss and investing in safer communities.