As retail theft remains at elevated levels, a study by market researcher Numerator indicated that about a quarter of shoppers won’t purchase items that are locked up. If they want an item that’s locked up, 62% of shoppers responding to a survey said they would usually...
According to Cequence, an API security and bot management firm, freshly mined data revealed a 96% surge in attack traffic targeting retailers occurred during the Labor Day weekend. The data is based on real, anonymized traffic and attack data from the Cequence retail...
The scale of e-commerce fraud is accelerating at an alarming rate, powered by Gen AI, human trafficking and the exploitation of new targets, according to a report from commerce protection provider Signifyd. Signifyd’s “State of Fraud and Abuse 2024”...
Retail merchandise returns in 2023 totaled some $743 billion, accounting for 14.5% of total sales, according to a report published by the National Retail Federation and Appriss Retail. The total included about $101 billion in fraudulent returns, which translates to a...
Many retail workers are worried about safety issues when they’re on the clock, an inaugural Retail Worker Safety Report from Motorola Solutions determined. A large proportion of retail workers and managers perceive safety incidents at their stores as rising, Motorola...
