Training and Events
Training and events
Events
ECR Retail Loss Group regular working group meetings provide an opportunity to network with industry peers, hear updates on the latest research and sector initiatives, and development new skills and insights.

Training courses
To enhance our mission’s impact, we deliver a selection of leadership training courses led by our academic partners.
Event
Food Waste: Innovations in Markdowns
Focus area: Food waste

Retailers share updates on their markdown strategies that reduce surplus food, and avoid the costs of managing unsold [but spoiled, damaged or out of date] food.

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Research and Insights
Research and insights
Video in retail
The evolving role of surveillance, AI and analytics in deterring crime.

Self-checkout
Balancing customer experience with effective loss prevention at SCO.

Food waste
Reducing preventable waste and aligning shrink reduction with sustainability goals.

RFID in retail
Using real-time data to track goods, reduce shrink, and improve replenishment.

E-commerce loss
Tackling fraud, returns abuse and delivery risk in online retail.

On-shelf availability
Ensuring products are where they should be, when customers want them.

Inventory accuracy
Why better stock data reduces shrink, improves margins and builds trust.

Retail loss, safety and security
Protecting people, products and profits in an age of rising threats.

Research papers
Events
News
Podcasts
Innovation challenges
Data Points
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Joe Clare

Joe Clare

Professor of Criminology

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E-commerce loss

Returns Fraud and Abuse: Diagnosing the Problem, Targeting the Response

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E-commerce loss

Wardrobing – Fashionista or Fraud? The Hidden Cost of Return Abuse

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Video in retail

Retail loss, safety and security

E-commerce loss

Inventory accuracy

On-shelf availability

Research papers

Innovation challenges

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