White Papers / Surveys

Inventory Counting Practices in the Retail Sector
Palmer, W., Richardson, C., 02/2008

Pre-Employment Screening Practices in the Retail Sector
Palmer, W., Richardson, C., 05/2007

Preventing Retail Shrinkage: Measuring the 'Value' of CCTV, EAS, and Data Mining Tools
Beck, A., ECR Europe White Paper, 02/2008

Effective Retail Loss Prevention: 10 Ways to Keep Shrinkage Low
Beck, A., University of Leicester, 02/2007

Shrinkage in Europe: Stock Loss in the Fast-moving Consumer Goods Sector
Beck, A., Bilby, C., and Chapman, P., Security Journal, 2002

Legal Resources

Shoplifting Laws by State

Management Articles

Alignment: Is it Time to Visit the Chiropractor?
Palmer, W., RILA Report, 2/2009

Playing Nice in the Sandbox: Relationship Credibility
Palmer, W., RILA Report, 12/2008

Expertise Credibility: A Prerequisite for Persuasion
Palmer, W., RILA Report, 11/2008

Communicating with Senior Executives:: Do You Know Their "Hot Buttons"?
Palmer, W., RILA Report, 10/2008

Learning a Second Language: Communicating with Senior Executives
Palmer, W., RILA Report, 09/2008

Loss Prevention and Shortage: Cause and Effect?
Palmer, W., RILA Report, 08/2008

Stagnant EAS?
Palmer, W., RILA Report, 07/2008

Process Failures and Shrinkage
Palmer, W., RILA Report, 06/2008

The World is Flat? Not Yet
Palmer, W., LossPrevention Magazine, 05/2008

Benchmarking Your Performance on Shrinkage
Beck, A., Palmer, W., LossPrevention Magazine, 07/2007

Considerations for Evaluating EAS Source-tagging
Palmer, W., LossPrevention Magazine, 09/2006

Selling Your Proposal to Senior Executives - Part I
Palmer, W., LossPrevention Magazine, 09/2005

Selling Your Proposal to Senior Executives - Part II
Palmer, W., LossPrevention Magazine, 11/2005

Managing the Fundamentals - Tactical Job Search
Palmer, W., LossPrevention Magazine, 03/2005

Understanding the Impact of RFID on Retail
Palmer, W., LossPrevention Magazine, 11/2004

POS Exception Reporting: The Benefits and ROI
Palmer, W., LossPrevention Magazine - 05/2004

What's Security Worth?
Palmer, W, Security Management Magazine, 03/2004

Developing Talent at Circuit City
Palmer, W., LossPrevention Magazine, 11/2003

Continuing Education For Loss Prevention Executives
Palmer, W., LossPrevention Magazine, 11/2002

ROI: Turning Accounting Rules Into Management Tools
Palmer, W., Loss Prevention Magazine, 07/2001

The Changing Dynamics of Retail Shrinkage
Palmer, W., ADT SolutionSource Newsletter, 2000