RSR’s first annual benchmark report on the subject of retail shrink: “Winning Trends in Loss Prevention: Benchmark Study 2008” reveals that despite media hype around Organized Crime as a driver of shrink, the sources of shrink remain the same. Employees steal cash and merchandise, “sweetheart” friends at the Point of Sale and make administrative errors, and customers steal merchandise.

Retailers’ believe their best hope to solving these seemingly intractable problems lies in adding more business intelligence to existing technology implementations. Learn how Retail Winners are controlling shrink, even as their sales and gross margins outpace the competition.

Note: This document was revised on 1/29/2008 to resolve an error in the original release.