New Report from ECR Europe Shrinkage Group: Are Retailers Wasting Billions Every Year on Loss Prevention Technologies?
Up one levelEvery year retailers worldwide spend billions of Euros on various types of technology such as CCTV, tagging and Data Mining in an attempt to tackle the ever present problem of shrinkage, which estimated to cost the European Fast Moving Consumer Goods Sector alone as much Euros 18 billion a year (equivalent to the GDP of Luxembourg!). Trying to decide in which technology to invest can be tricky business, with often extravagant claims by suppliers being unsubstantiated by any published evidence.
Persuading the business to invest can also be an up hill struggle as can deciding upon a way to measure the overall "value" such investments can be worth to the business. Press Release
New report highlights the need for retailers to radically improve the way they justify spending on loss prevention investments. Full Report