SECURITY/RISK

Amazon pilots face recognition for prospective third-party sellers
Amazon is testing a voluntary program that uses biometric data to verify the identity of sellers applying to utilize its online marketplace.
Survey: Digital purchases, fraud on the rise for the holidays
Retailers can look forward to growth in both online sales and fraud attempts this holiday season.

News
Study: Automated fraud poses substantial risk to online retailers
A wide range of cybersecurity threats pose a persistent challenge for the e-commerce industry.
OPERATIONS / SUPPLY CHAIN
Amazon disrupts counterfeit operations in China
Amazon has successfully collaborated with Chinese law enforcement to seize more than 240,000 counterfeit items.
OPERATIONS / SUPPLY CHAIN
The top threats to successful home delivery are…
A new survey reveals the impact of delivery-related issues on retailers and consumers.
OPERATIONS / SUPPLY CHAIN
Survey: Consumers’ online fraud concerns rise this holiday season
Consumers are more accepting of security measures when it comes to online shopping and have higher overall expectations for the experience.
TECHNOLOGY
Two former eBay executives sentenced for cyberstalking
Prison terms await two former high-level eBay security executives who pled guilty to leading a harassment campaign against two e-commerce bloggers.
OPERATIONS / SUPPLY CHAIN
Hudson’s Bay Company centralizes data protection
The parent company of retail banners including Hudson’s Bay and Saks Fifth Avenue is securing its data on-premises and in the cloud.
SECURITY/RISK
Uber responds to ‘cybersecurity incident’
A hacker may have gained access to multiple internal databases at Uber Technologies Inc.
TECHNOLOGY
Three retail solutions across the enterprise that can reduce shrink
Some retail technologies also assist loss prevention efforts as a helpful side effect.
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NRF: Retail shrink nears $100 billion; ORC a top challenge
Customer-on-employee violence has emerged as a growing new risk and threat to retailers.
News
Citing theft, Wegmans ending self-checkout
Scan-and-go is going away at Wegmans.
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Exclusive: Cybersecurity is a major retail IT issue
Retail IT leaders and C-suites rate cybersecurity ahead of some other pressing problems as a top business concern.
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The North Face hit by cyberattack
The North Face is reporting that its e-commerce site suffered a “credential stuffing attack” during summer 2022.

News and coverage of security threats from in-store related theft involving employees, shop-lifting and organized crime, as well as digital issues related to cybersecurity, data breaches and theft.