CIS Convertible IR/Magnet Tag and Gen5 Tether

Shrink Analysis, Offender, Customer, and Associate Feedback

Michael B. Giblin, Dr.Read Hayes

Executive Summary

Introduction

The Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) conducted a series of in-person survey interviews at a Jacksonville, FL Mid-box StoreLab and Miami, FL Mid-box StoreLab in order to understand associate, customer, and offender reactions to CIS’s IR/Magnet Convertible tag and detacher, as well as Gen-5 Tethers. An LPRC Research Scientist designed all data collection tools and collected data in September and November 2018. The trial portion of this test, along with another set of Customer, Offender, and Associate data and an additional technological focus of anti......

LPRC Research Report: EAS Detacher 2018

EAS Detacher Offender Report

Michael B. Giblin, Dt. Read Hayes

Introduction
Research on the continued effectiveness of EAS technologies is one of the most frequently requested topics that the Loss Prevention Research Council’s retailer members would like to be studied. The LPRC furnishes frequent reports measuring the efficacy of individual EAS solutions with customer, offender, and associate feedback, and data coupled with sales and shrink outcomes. In 2018, the LPRC added to this offering by embarking on a series of more holistic research studies examining the EAS ecosystem and how it can adapt to today’s retail marketplace. This report is the first of that new series of research......