EDITOR’S LETTER

Retailers’ Response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma

As I write this column, Hurricane Irma is bearing down on Florida just two weeks after Hurricane Harvey devastated southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. Both storms have exacted extreme damage termed “unprecedented,” “800-year event,” “largest ever in the Atlantic,” and other superlatives that seem to have become the new normal.

At the same time, we are seeing tremendous response to these disasters from all parts of the local, state, and national communities, especially from retail. Retailers have always been on the front line of disaster response be it home centers providing materials for hurricane preparation and then rebuilding, convenience stores and service stations providing fuel and ice, and especially supermarkets providing fresh and prepared food, water, and other essentials to both first responders and victims.

With Hurricane Harvey, we heard about the great efforts put forth by HEB, Walmart, Kohl’s, and others. Just as we did with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, we want to tell the story of how retailers handled their crisis management and business recovery with these storms. Please contact me directly if you want to be included in this story.

LPM Online

In August we premiered a new digital magazine called LPM Online. We plan to publish our digital magazine bimonthly on even-numbered months in between our print editions. We are excited about this digital publication because of the dynamic elements that can be added to both the editorial as well as the advertising—things like videos, podcasts, and animations that will bring the information alive.

We are also planning to use this vehicle for focused editorial. For example, in the August edition, the majority of topics were on the broad subject of surveillance. Articles included: ■ Adapting LP Strategy to

Retail’s Revolution, ■ Feature Recognition as a Sales and

Marketing Tool, ■ Why You Need Complete Video

Coverage for Your Store, ■ Retail Technologies and Privacy, and ■ Surveillance-related news from solutions providers.

In the future we will focus on subjects like safety, data analytics, e-commerce, and organized retail crime (ORC). We hope the focus we choose will reflect your interests. As always, we welcome your suggestions for topics for LPM Online. Please send suggestions to editor@LPportal.com.

The digital magazine is accessible on the LPM Online tab on our website, LossPreventionMedia.com, or by going directly to LPM-online.com. The digital magazine is optimized to view on any device, from smartphone to tablet to desktop.

To receive notification of all editions of LPM Online, you need to be a digital subscriber of LPM. It’s free and gives you access to all our digital content, including our extensive website, print magazine archives, special reports, and much more. If you are not a subscriber, use the SUBSCRIBE NOW link on our website.

If you are a solution provider and want to reach the loss prevention audience with a medium that allows you to demo your technology, show a corporate video, or showcase your products and services in other ways, please contact our advertising manager Ben Skidmore at BenS@LPportal.com.

We have always prided ourselves in being on the forefront of the LP and publication industries. After all, we were the first magazine to exclusively serve the retail loss prevention professional. We hope you enjoy our new digital-only publication as much as you do our print edition. Let us know what you think. We’re always interested in hearing from you. Contact me at JackT@LPportal.com.

Jack Trlica Managing Editor

Jim Carr, CFI Senior Director, Global Asset Protection, Rent-A-Center

Ray Cloud Senior Vice President, Loss Prevention, Ross Stores

Francis D’Addario, CPP, CFE Emeritus Faculty Member, Strategic Influence and Innovation, Security Executive Council

Charles Delgado, LPC Regional Vice President, Store Operations, Academy Sports

Scott Draher, LPC Vice President, Loss Prevention, Safety, and Operations, Lowe’s

Scott Glenn, LPC Chief Security Officer, Sears Holdings

Barry Grant Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Images

Bill Heine Senior Director, Global Security, Brinker International

Frank Johns, LPC Chairman, The Loss Prevention Foundation

Mike Lamb, LPC Vice President, Asset Protection, The Kroger Co.

David Lund, LPC

Vice President of Loss Prevention, DICK’S Sporting Goods

John Matas

Vice President, Asset Protection, Investigations & ORC, Macy’s

Chris McDonald Senior Vice President, Loss Prevention, Compass Group NA

Randy Meadows Senior Vice President, Loss Prevention, Kohl’s

Melissa Mitchell, CFI Director of Asset Protection and Retail Supply Chain, LifeWay Christian Stores

Dan Provost, LPC Vice President, Global Loss Prevention, Staples

Joe Schrauder Vice President of Asset Protection, Walmart Stores

Tina Sellers, LPC Director of Loss Prevention, Retail Business Services LLC, an Ahold-Delhaize Company

Mark Stinde, LPC Vice President, Asset Protection, 7-Eleven

Paul Stone, LPC Vice President, Loss Prevention and Risk Management, Best Buy

Robert Vranek Vice President, Loss Prevention, Belk

Keith White, LPC Senior Vice President, Loss Prevention and Corporate Administration, Gap Inc.

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700 Matthews Mint Hill Rd, Ste C Matthews, NC 28105 704-365-5226 office, 704-365-1026 fax MANAGING EDITOR Jack Trlica JackT@LPportal.com EXECUTIVE EDITOR James Lee, LPC JimL@LPportal.com EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, DIGITAL Jacque Brittain, LPC JacB@LPportal.com MANAGING EDITOR, DIGITAL Kelsey Seidler KelseyS@LPportal.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Adrian Beck Read Hayes, PhD, CPP Tom Meehan, CFI Walter Palmer, CFI, CPP, CFE Colin Peacock Maurizio P. Scrofani, CCSP, LPC Garett Seivold Gene Smith, LPC Shane G. Sturman, CFI, CPP Bill Turner, LPC David E. Zulawski, CFI, CFE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Kevin McMenimen, LPC KevinM@LPportal.com DIRECTOR OF CLIENT RELATIONS Lisa Carroll LisaC@LPportal.com DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL OPERATIONS John Selevitch JohnS@LPportal.com SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGERS Justin Kemp, LPQ Karen Rondeau DESIGN & PRODUCTION SPARK Publications info@SPARKpublications.com CREATIVE DIRECTOR Larry Preslar

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