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Organized Retail Crime is Growing, Losses up 7% from Last Year

Material Handling & Logistics

A National Retail Federation report found that 92% of companies surveyed had been a victim of organized retail crime in the past year. The report found that 92% of companies surveyed had been a victim of ORC in the past year and that 71% said ORC incidents were increasing. Return Fraud Continues to Post a Threat to Retailers.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. Many shippers have effectively elected to toss to the wayside any talk of partnerships, relationships, cooperation, collaboration, etc. ,” the report read [emphasis mine]. Based on the quote above from the Stifel report, it seems like my advice has been ignored.