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Holiday season brings heightened security risks for retail sector
December 11, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SAN MATEO, Calif. and GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When it comes to security in the retail sector, the 2025 holiday season was expected to be more fraught with concerns of violence than the previous year, according to new research conducted by the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) in partnership with Verkada.
In a report titled “The State of Retail Safety,” researchers found that more than half of retail workers (52%) say they are likely to leave their current job in...
Shouldering unacceptable risks: Crime drives retail workers to leave, new research finds
December 17, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SAN MATEO, Calif. and GAINESVILLE, Fla. — More than four in 10 retail workers in the U.S. say they are likely to leave their current job in the next 12 months due to personal safety concerns, according to research conducted by the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) in partnership with Verkada.
Findings in the “State of Retail Safety Report” reveal the challenges facing retail workers and offer a blueprint for addressing them.
"Safety is a fundamental...